Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet
Maternal Family Tree: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster 1350-1403
Descendants Family Tree: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 1379-1440
1392 Death of Isabella of Castile
1396 Marriage of John of Gaunt and Katherine Roet
1397 Legitimation of the Beauforts
1397 Richard II Rewards his Supporters
1403 Marriage of Henry IV and Joanna of Navarre
In 1379 Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland was born illegitimately to John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 38] and Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster [aged 28]. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 24th June 1380 [her brother-in-law] John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke [aged 7] and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 17] were married at Kenilworth Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 40] and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. He the son of John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke and Anne Manny Countess Pembroke. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
After 24th June 1380 [her brother-in-law] John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke [aged 7] and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 17] marriage annulled since she had become pregnant by John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 28] whom she subsequently married. It isn't clear whether John Holland was punished; he was half-brother to King Richard II of England [aged 13] through their mother Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 51].
On 5th February 1381 [her half-brother] Henry Bolingbroke [aged 13] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Bohun [aged 13] were married at Arundel Castle [Map]. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton [aged 34]. He the son of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 40] and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. They were second cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 14th June 1381 the mob gained access to the Tower of London [Map] capturing Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 52], the future [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England [aged 14], Joan Holland Duchess York [aged 1] and Archbishop Simon Sudbury [aged 65].
Archbishop Simon Sudbury was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at Canterbury Cathedral [Map].
Lord Treasurer Robert Hales [aged 56], who had only been appointed on the 1st February 1381, was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map].
On 24th June 1386 [her brother-in-law] John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 34] and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 23] were married at Plymouth, Devon [Map]. She the daughter of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 46] and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. He the son of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 2nd February 1387 [her brother-in-law] King John I of Portugal [aged 35] and [her half-sister] Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. She the daughter of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 46] and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. He the son of Peter I King Portugal and Inês Castro. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 19th December 1387 an army of the Lords Appellant led by the future [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England [aged 20] prevented the forces of King Richard II of England [aged 20] commanded by Robert de Vere 1st Duke Ireland [aged 25] from crossing the bridge [Map] over the River Thames at Radcot in Oxfordshire. When [her uncle] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 32] arrived with further Lord Appellant's men the King's men were encircled. The King's men attempted to force the crossing of the bridge at which time the only casualties occurred including Thomas Molyneux [aged 49] who was killed by Thomas Mortimer [aged 37]. Around 800 men drowned in the marshes whilst trying to escape. Robert de Vere 1st Duke Ireland narrowly escaped to France.
Before 17th September 1388 [her brother-in-law] Henry III King Castile [aged 8] and [her half-sister] Catherine of Lancaster Queen Consort Castile [aged 15] were married at Palencia Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 48] and Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster [aged 34]. He the son of John I King Castile [aged 30] and Eleanor Barcelona Queen Consort Castile. They were half second cousins. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1391 Robert Ferrers [aged 18] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 12] were married at Beaufort en Vallée [Map]. She the illegitmate daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 50] and Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster [aged 40].
On 23rd December 1392 Isabella of Castile Duchess York [aged 37] died. She was buried at King's Langley Priory, Hertfordshire [Map]. She the wife of [her uncle] Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York [aged 51]. Isabella had travelled to England with her sister Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster [aged 38] who had married Edmund's elder brother John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 52]. Isabella and Edmund's marriage was not, apparently, a happy one. She is known to have had an affair with John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 40] who may have been the father of Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge [aged 7] progenitor of the House of York.
In 1393 [her daughter] Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke was born to Robert Ferrers [aged 20] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 14]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 28th October 1407 her fifth cousin John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke, son of Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke and Catherine Clifford Baroness Greystoke, and had issue.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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In 1394 [her daughter] Mary or Margery Ferrers was born to Robert Ferrers and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 15]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married in or before 1416 her fourth cousin Ralph Neville, son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby, and had issue.
On 13th January 1396 [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 55] and [her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster [aged 45] were married at Lincoln Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Lancaster. He the son of [her grandfather] King Edward III of England and [her grandmother] Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England.
Froissart Book 4 Chapter 73. [13th January 1396]. At this period, the [her father] duke of Lancaster [aged 55] married his third wife [Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster [aged 45]], the daughter of a Hainault knight, called sir Paon de Ruet: he had formerly been one of the knights to the good and noble queen Philippa of England, who much loved the Hainaulters, as she was herself of that country.
This lady whom the duke of Lancaster married was called Catherine, and in her youth had been of the household of the duchess Blanche of Lancaster. Before the lady Blanche's death, and even when the duke was married to his second wife Constance, the daughter of don Pedro, he cohabited with the lady Catherine de Ruet, who was then married to an English knight [Hugh Swynford] now dead.
The duke of Lancaster had three children1 by her, previous to his marriage, two sons and a daughter: the eldest son was named John [aged 23] lord Beaufort of Lancaster; the other Thomas [Henry] [aged 21], whom the duke kept at the schools in Oxford, and made a great churchman and civihan. He was afterward bishop of Lincoln, which is the richest bishopric in the kingdom: from affection to these children, the duke married their mother, to the great astonishment of France and England, for Catherine Swynford was of base extraction in comparison to his two former duchesses Blanche and Constance. When this marriage was announced to the ladies of high rank in England, such as the duchess of Gloucester [aged 30], the countess of Derby2, the countess of Arundel [aged 20], and others connected with the royal family, they were greatly shocked, and thought the duke much to blame. They said, "he had sadly disgraced himself by thus marrying his concubine;" and added, that, "since it was so, she would be the second lady in the kingdom, and the queen [aged 6] would be dishonourably accompanied by her; but that, for their parts, they would leave her to do the honours alone, for they would never enter any place where she was. They themselves would be disgraced if they suffered such a base-born duchess, who had been the duke's concubine a long time before and during his marriages, to take precedence, and their hearts would burst with grief were it to happen." Those who were the most outrageous on the subject were the duke [aged 41] and duchess of Gloucester. They considered the duke of Lancaster as a doating fool for thus marrying his concubine, and declared they would never honour his lady by calling her sister. The duke of York [aged 54] made light of the matter, for he lived chiefly with the king and his brother of Lancaster. The duke of Gloucester was of a different way of thinking: although the youngest of the three brothers, he yielded to no man's opinion, was naturally very proud and overbearing, and in opposition to the king's ministers, unless he could turn them as he willed. Catherine Ruet, however, remained duchess of Lancaster, and the second lady in England, as long as she lived. She was a lady accustomed to honours, for she had been brought up at court during her youth, and the duke fondly loved the children he had by her, as he showed during his life and at his death.
Note 1. Froissart mistakes in the number, and Thomas for Henry. According to Sandford, he had four children by Catherine Swynford: — John Beaufort, earl of Somerset, — Henry Beaufort, bishop of Winchester and cardinal of Beaufort, — Thomas Beaufort [aged 19], duke of Exeter and earl of Dorset, — Joan Beaufort [aged 17], countess of Westmoreland. For farther particulars, see Sandford and Dugdale.
Note 2. This reference to the Countess of Derby is confusing. In 1396 the Earl of Derby was Henry [aged 28], future King Henry IV, who inherited the title from his mother Blanche when she died in 1368. Henry's first wife Mary Bohun had died in 1394, and he marired his second wife Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 26] in 1403?
Before 29th November 1396 Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 32] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Baroness Neville Raby. She the illegitmate daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 56] and Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster [aged 46]. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1397 [her daughter] Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 33] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 18]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) before 1414 her second cousin Richard Despencer 4th Baron Burghesh, son of Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester and Constance York Countess Gloucester (2) before 8th July 1418 her second cousin Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland, son of Henry "Hotspur" Percy and Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys, and had issue.
Parliament Rolls Richard II. 4th February 1397. 28. Be it remembered that on Tuesday, the fifteenth day of the parliament [4 February 1397], the chancellor [aged 53], by order of the king [aged 30], declared that our holy father the pope, in reverence of the most excellent person of the king and his honourable uncle the duke of Guyenne and of Lancaster [aged 56], and of his blood, has enabled and legitimized my lord John Beaufort [aged 24], his brothers [Note. Cardinal Henry Beaufort [aged 22] and Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter [aged 20]], and his sister [aged 18]. And therefore our lord the king, as sole ruler of his kingdom of England, for the honour of his blood, willed and enabled of his abundant royal power, and legitimized, of his own authority, the said John, his said brothers, and sister. And he also pronounced and published the ability and legitimation, according to the form of the charter of the king made thereon.
29. Which charter was read in full parliament, and delivered to the said duke, father of the said John, and his said brothers and sister; the tenor of which charter follows:
Richard, by the grace of God, king of England and France and lord of Ireland, to our most beloved kinsmen the noble John, knight, Henry, cleric, Thomas, donzel, and our beloved noblewoman Joan Beaufort, lady-in-waiting, our most beloved cousins born of our uncle that noble man John duke of Lancaster, our lieges, greeting and the goodwill of our royal majesty. While inwardly considering how endlessly and with how many honours of parental and sincere affection of our aforementioned uncle and of his mature counsel we are on all sides blessed, we have judged it appropriate and worthy that in consideration of his merits, and in contemplation of the grace of persons, we should endow you, who are resplendent with probity and virtuous life and conduct, and are born of royal stock and divinely marked with many virtues and gifts, with the protection of grace and favour by special prerogative. Thus it is that, yielding to the prayers of our said uncle, your father, we grant to you who, so it is claimed, have suffered such defect of birth, that, notwithstanding this defect, which, together with its various consequences, we wish to be fully included in these presents, you may nevertheless receive all honours, dignities, preferments, estates, degrees, and public and private offices, both perpetual and temporal, and feudal and noble rights, by whatsoever name they are called, such as duchies, lordships, earldoms, baronies, or whatsoever other fiefs they be, whether they be dependent upon or held of us mediately or intermediately, which may be preferred, promoted, elected, taken up and allowed, and received, retained, performed and exercised prudently, freely and lawfully, as if you were born in wedlock, notwithstanding any statutes or customs of our kingdom of England decreed or observed to the contrary; and we dispense you [from this defect] by the tenor of these presents, by the plenitude of our royal power and with the assent of our parliament; and we restore you and each of you to legitimacy.
On 29th September 1397 King Richard II [aged 30] rewarded his relations with Dukedoms, possibly for their part in downfall of [her uncle] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [deceased], Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick [aged 59] and Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel [deceased]...
His older half-brother [her brother-in-law] John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 45] was created 1st Duke Exeter. [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 34] by marriage Duchess Exeter.
His nephew Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey [aged 23] was created 1st Duke Surrey.
His first cousin once-removed Margaret was created 1st Duchess Norfolk - for life only. On the same day her grandson Thomas [aged 29] was also created Duke of Norfolk - see below.
His second cousin once removed Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk was created 1st Duke Norfolk. Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk [aged 31] by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
His first cousin Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle [aged 24] was created 1st Duke Albemarle. Beatrice Burgundy Countess Rutland and Cork [aged 24] by marriage Duchess Albemarle.
His illegitimate first cousin [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset [aged 24] was created 1st Marquess Somerset, 1st Marquess Dorset. [her future sister-in-law] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 12] by marriage Marchioness Somerset, Marchioness Dorset.
Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 33] was created 1st Earl of Westmoreland. Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 18] by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
On 27th November 1397 [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset [aged 24] and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Somerset. She the daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent [aged 47]. He the illegitmate son of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 57] and [her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster [aged 47]. They were half third cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 27th February 1398 [her illegitimate brother] Cardinal Henry Beaufort [aged 23] was appointed Bishop of Lincoln.
On 3rd February 1399 [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 58] died at Leicester Castle [Map]. [her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster [aged 48] was by his side. His son [her half-brother] Henry [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Duke Lancaster, 7th Earl of Leicester. He was buried in the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral [Map] with his first wife Blanche Duchess of Lancaster.
King Richard II of England [aged 32] witheld the future Henry IV's inheritance from him giving Henry reason to return to England to claim his lands and titles.
On 30th September 1399 [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England [aged 32] became King of England usurping the throne of his cousin Richard II [aged 32] and Richard's heir, the seven year old Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl of March [aged 7] who was descended from Edward III's second son [her uncle] Lionel of Antwerp Duke of Clarence. This second usurption was to have far reaching consequences since it subsequently became the descent by which the House of York claimed precedence over the House of Lancaster being one of the causes of the Wars of the Roses. Duke Lancaster, Duke of Hereford, Earl Derby, Earl Lancaster and Earl of Leicester merged with the Crown.
Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 35] was appointed Earl Marshal.
Around 1400 [her daughter] Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 36] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 21]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) 12th January 1412 her fourth cousin John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk, son of Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk, and had issue (2) before 1437 Thomas Strangeways and had issue (3) October 1441 her fourth cousin John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont, son of Henry Beaumont 5th Baron Beaumont and Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Beaumont, and had issue (4) January 1465 her fifth cousin once removed John Woodville, son of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford.
In 1400 [her son] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 36] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 21]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 1423 his half fourth cousin Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury and Eleanor Holland, and had issue.
In 1400 [her brother-in-law] John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke [aged 36] and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 36] were married. She the daughter of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 7th February 1403 [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England [aged 35] and [her sister-in-law] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 33] were married at Winchester, Hampshire [Map]. His third marriage, her second. She had eight children with her first husband but, despite ten years of marriage, none with Henry. She the daughter of Charles "Bad" II King Navarre and Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre. He the son of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 10th May 1403 [her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster [aged 52] died. She was buried in Lincoln Cathedral [Map]. The monument is thought to be the work of Henry Yevele.
"Katherine's fine tomb chest of Purbeck marble, with its moulded plinth and lid, had armorial shields encircled by garters along each side; it was surmounted by a canopied brass depicting Katherine in her widow's weeds, and bearing her arms impaled with those of John of Gaunt, while above it was raised a vaulted canopy with trefoiled arches, cusped lozenges and miniature rose bosses. The canopy and associated stonework would have been painted in bright colours."
When John Leland visited the Cathedral in about 1540, he recorded that: "In the southe parte of the presbytery lyithe in 2. severalle highe marble tumbes in a chapell Catarine Swineforde, the 3. wife to John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, and Jane her dougtar Countes of Westmerland".
In 1654 John Evelyn's Diary: "The soldiers had lately knocked off most of the brasses from the gravestones".
At some point after this the position of the two monuments was changed and they now stand end to end.
On 21st July 1403 [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England [aged 36], with his son the future [her nephew] King Henry V of England [aged 16], defeated the rebel army of Henry "Hotspur" Percy [aged 39] at the Battle of Shrewsbury at the site now known as Battlefield, Shrewsbury [Map]. King Henry V of England took an arrow to the side of his face. John Stanley [aged 53] was wounded in the throat. Thomas Strickland [aged 36] fought and was awarded £38 and two of the rebel Henry's horses. Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 21] fought for the King. Walter Blount [aged 55], the King's Standard Bearer, was killed by Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine [aged 31].
Thomas Wendesley [aged 59], Edmund Cockayne [aged 47] and Robert Goushill were killed.
Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford [aged 25] was killed. His son [her future son-in-law] Humphrey Stafford succeeded 6th Earl Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford.
Hugh Shirley [aged 52] was killed; he was one of four knights dressed as King Henry IV of England.
Of the rebels, Henry "Hotspur" Percy, Madog Kynaston [aged 43] and John Clifton were killed.
Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 60] was beheaded after the battle. Earl Worcester extinct.
Richard Vernon 11th Baron Shipbrook [aged 48] was hanged. Baron Shipbrook forfeit.
John Rossall was killed. His sister Eleanor Rossall [aged 26] inherited a half-share in the Rossall Shrewsbury [Map] estates.
John Massey [aged 65] was killed.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Before 15th February 1404 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter [aged 27] and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Neville Countess Dorest [aged 20] were married. He the illegitmate son of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and [her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster. They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Edward III of England.
Around 1405 [her son] William Neville 1st Earl Kent was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 41] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 26]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 1422 Joan Fauconberg Countess Kent, daughter of Thomas Fauconberg 5th Baron Fauconberg and Joan Brounflete Baroness Fauconberg, and had issue.
On 26th November 1405 Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 5th or 12th Earl of Arundel [aged 24] and Beatrice Aviz Duchess Exeter [aged 23] were married. [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England [aged 38] and [her sister-in-law] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 35] were present at their wedding feast. She the illegitmate daughter of [her brother-in-law] King John I of Portugal [aged 53] and Ines Peres. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey. They were half fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.
Letters. 1406. Letter XXXII. Joanna Counters of Westmoreland [aged 27] to her brother [her half-brother] Henry IV [aged 38].
Most high and puissant prince, and most excellent sovereign lord,.
I recommend myself to your royal and high lordship in the most obedient manner which, with my whole, entire, and simple heart, I can most humbly do, as she who desires to know of you, and of your most noble estate and most perfect health, such prosperity as your royal and most honourable heart can desire. And may it please your high nobleness to understand that I write now to your royal presence in behalf of your loyal liege and esquire, Christopher Standith, who, as he has certified me, has been in your service in Wales every time you have been there against your enemies, and besides, in all your most honourable journeys since your coronation, in which he has expended the substance that he could acquire of his own and of his friends, in such wise that, whereas he and my well beloved his wife Margaret (daughter to Mr. Thomas Fleming, who was chancellor and servant during his life to my most honoured and redoubted lord your father, whom God assoil) kept house and establishment, they have left it, and the said Margaret is lodged very uncomfortably with her children, of whom she has many, having one or two every year; and all this on account of the great charge which her said husband has incurred and still incurs in your service; to whom, of your gracious goodness and gentleness, you have aforetime promised guerdon of his labour, whenever he should spy out [something] from which [he could have a living] of 40 marks or of 40 pounds. And, most puissant and excellent prince and my most sovereign lord, he is the youngest [and his father has dismissed him from] his service, and that merely because he and his wife married each other for downright love, without thinking this time [what they should have to live upon. Wherefore 1) entreat your most high and puissant lordship to consider that the said Margaret should dwell [in some suitable place, or else with the queen your wife, whom God protect; and that she is come to me trusting that my [intercession] might avail her with you. May it please you to be gracious lord to her and her said husband, and of your guerdon [assist them] to support in their persons poor gentility, that their affiance may turn to good effect for them, and to my honour, if it please you, by their finding succour from your royal and most excellent nobility^ on account of this my most effectual supplication.
Most high and puissant prince and most excellent sovereign lord, I pray God to grant you a most honourable and long life, and preserve you in his most excellent keeping, and give entire joy and gladness as much as your gentle and most noble heart would choose or desire.!Written at the castle of Raby [Map]. Your most humble and obedient subject, if it please you, J. DB W.
Around 1407 [her son] George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 43] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 28] at Raby, County Durham. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 1437 his second cousin once removed Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer, daughter of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick, and had issue.
On 28th October 1407 [her son-in-law] John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke [aged 18] and Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke [aged 14] were married at Greystoke Castle, Cumberland. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke. She the daughter of Robert Ferrers and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 28]. They were fifth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1408 [her daughter] Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 44] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 29]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) before 18th October 1424 her second cousin Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham, son of Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford, and had issue (2) 25th November 1467 Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy.
On 16th March 1410 [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset [aged 37] died at Hospital of St Katharine's by the Tower, Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at St Michael's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. His son [her illegitimate nephew] Henry [aged 9] succeeded 2nd Earl Somerset.
On 5th July 1411 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter [aged 34] was created 1st Earl Dorset. [her sister-in-law] Margaret Neville Countess Dorest [aged 27] by marriage Countess Dorset.
In 1412 [her nephew] Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 24] was created 1st Duke Clarence by [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England [aged 44]. [her former sister-in-law] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 27] by marriage Duchess Clarence.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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On 12th January 1412 [her son-in-law] John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 20] and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 48] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 33]. He the son of Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk [aged 46]. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In or before 1413 [her son] Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 48] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 33]. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married (1) 1436 his second cousin once removed Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny, daughter of Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester, and had issue (2) after 18th June 1448 his fourth cousin once removed Katherine Howard Baroness Bergavenny, daughter of Robert Howard and Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn, and had issue.
On 20th March 1413 [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England [aged 45] died in the Jerusalem Chamber, Cheyneygates, Westminster Abbey [Map] in Westminster Abbey confirming a prophesy that he would die in Jerusalem. His son [her nephew] Henry [aged 26] succeeded V King of England. His sons King Henry V of England and Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester [aged 22] were present. He was buried in the Chancel of Canterbury Cathedral [Map].
Before 1414 [her son-in-law] Richard Despencer 4th Baron Burghesh [aged 17] and Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Baroness Burghesh. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 49] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 34]. He the son of Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester and Constance York Countess Gloucester [aged 39]. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 3rd May 1415 [her daughter] Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 51] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 36] at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married October 1429 her second cousin Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York, son of Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge and Anne Mortimer, and had issue.
On 19th July 1415 [her half-sister] Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal [aged 55] died at Sacavém.
In or before 1416 [her son-in-law] Ralph Neville [aged 23] and Mary or Margery Ferrers [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Robert Ferrers and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 36]. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 51] and Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 18th November 1416 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter [aged 39] was created 1st Duke Exeter by [her nephew] King Henry V of England [aged 30] for the remainder of his natural life for 'his service to the king and the realm on both sides of the seas'. At the time the only other dukes were the King's brothers.
On 2nd June 1418 [her half-sister] Catherine of Lancaster Queen Consort Castile [aged 45] died at Valladolid [Map]. She was buried at Capilla de los Reyes Nuevos, Cathedral of Toledo.
Before 8th July 1418 [her son-in-law] Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland [aged 25] and Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 54] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 39]. They were second cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 1422 William Neville 1st Earl Kent [aged 16] and Joan Fauconberg Countess Kent [aged 15] were married. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 57] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 42].
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Before 1423 Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 22] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury [aged 34] and Eleanor Holland. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 58] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 43]. They were half fourth cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Before 18th October 1424 [her son-in-law] Humphrey Stafford 6th Earl Stafford [aged 22] and Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Stafford. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 60] and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 45]. He the son of Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 41]. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 21st October 1425 Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 61] died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map]. His grandson Ralph [aged 19] succeeded 2nd Earl of Westmoreland. Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland [aged 30] by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
Monument to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and his wives Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 46]. Early Plate Bascinet Period. Orle. Man with Two Wives.
Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland: Around 1395 she was born to Henry "Hotspur" Percy and Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Around 1404 John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford and she were married. She by marriage Baroness de Clifford. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. In 1426 Ralph Neville 2nd Earl of Westmoreland and she were married. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. On 26th October 1436 Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland died.
In 1426 [her illegitimate brother] Cardinal Henry Beaufort [aged 51] was appointed Cardinal.
On 24th November 1426 [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 63] died. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Burford [Map].
On 31st December 1426 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter [aged 49] died at Greenwich, Kent [Map]. Some sources say 27th December 1426 and 1st January 1427. Duke Exeter and Earl Dorset extinct.
In October 1429 [her son-in-law] Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York [aged 18] and Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Duchess York. She was the youngest sister of Richard's brother-in-arms Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 29]. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 50]. He the son of Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge and Anne Mortimer. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 30th May 1431 Joan of Arc [aged 19] was burned at the stake witnessed by [her illegitimate brother] Cardinal Henry Beaufort [aged 56] at the Old Market Place, Rouen [Map].
In 1434 [her daughter] Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke [aged 41] died.
In 1436 Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny [aged 23] and Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny [aged 20] were married. He by marriage Baron Abergavenny. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 35]. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 57]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 1437 [her son-in-law] Thomas Strangeways [aged 41] and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk [aged 36] were married. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 57].
In 1437 George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 30] and Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Baroness Latimer of Snape. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 54] and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 58]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 13th November 1440 Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 61] died at Howden. She was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map] next to her mother Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster.
[her son] Henry Neville was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
[her son] Cuthbert Neville was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
[her son] Bishop Robert Neville was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
[her son] John Neville was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
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Neville Arms with a label compony of Beaufort for difference, to signify his junior status as a son of his father's second marriage to Joan Beaufort, a legitimised daughter of John of Gaunt. Source.
Excerpta Historica Page 152. Issue Of [her mother] Katherine De Roelt. Wife Of Sir Hugh Swynford, And Afterwards Of [her father] John of Gaunt Duke Of Lancaster.
Letters Patent Of King Henry The Fourth Certifying The Legitimacy Of Sir Thomas Swynford; With Notices Of The Swynford Family.
Every one is aware that John of Gaunt, "time-honoured Lancaster," formed an illicit connection with Katherine, the widow of Sir Hugh Swynford, and daughter and coheiress of Sir [her grandfather] Payne Roet, Knight, a native of Hainault, and Guienne King of Arms, and that he subsequently married her.
This lady had been governess of the Duke's daughters by his first wife, when his attachment to her, perhaps, commenced. In March 1377, Lady Swynford obtained a confirmation from Edward the Third of a grant from the Duke of Lancaster, of the manors of Gryngelley and Wheteley for life.1 On the 27th December, 3 Ric. II. 1379, the Duke granted her the wardship of the heir of Bertram de Sanneby, "pour le bone et greable service quelle nostre treschier et bien amee Dame Katherine Swynford, Maistresse de noz tresames filles Philipe et Elizabeth de Lancastre, ad fait a nos dittes filles;" and in September, 5 Ric. II. 1381, he gave her an annuity of two hundred marks, payable out of his honor of Tickhill.2 The Duke's second wife Constance, daughter and heiress of Peter, King of Castile and Leon, died in 1394; and two years afterwards, namely, on the 13th January 1396, being then about the age of fifty-four, he married Lady Swynford at Lincoln, to the great displeasure of the Duchess of Gloucester and other ladies of the blood royal.3 As Lady Swynford was then upwards of forty, and had been the Duke's mistress above twenty years, it may be inferred, that gratitude and conscientious motives were his only inducements for making her his wife. The Duke of Lancaster had by her, before his marriage, four children, who were surnamed Beaufort, from being born in Beaufort Castle in France: namely, [her illegitimate brother] John, who became Earl and Marquess of Somerset; Henry, Bishop of Winchester and Cardinal of England; Thomas, Duke of Exeter;4 and Joan, who married Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland. All these children obtained letters of legitimation from Richard the Second, in February 1397, which was preceded by a similar act by the Pope. The King's patent for the purpose was read in the Parliament then sitting at Westminster;5 and the proceeding was ratified and confirmed by its authority. On the same occasion, Sir John Beaufort was created Earl of Somerset to hold to him and the heirs male of his body.6
Note 1. Fœdera, vii. 140.
Note 2. Sandford's Genealogical History, ed. 1707, p. 253.
Note 3. Ibid. and Dugdale's Baronage, ii. 119.
Note 4. He was buried at Bury St. Edmund's, and on the 20th of February 1772, his corpse being accidentally discovered, the coffin was sold as old lead, and his remains shamefully exposed.
Note 5. Rot. Parl. iii. p. 343a.
Note 6. Rot. Parl. iii. p. 343.
Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
King Richard III of England [1]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [1]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [1]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [1]
George Wharton [8]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [21]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [104]
Queen Consort Camilla Shand [35]
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John of England 
Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry III of England Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward I of England Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Edward II of England Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu
GrandFather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France 
Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Philip IV of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James I King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald IV King Navarre 
3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry I King Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Father: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bouchard Avesnes
Great x 3 Grandfather: John of Avesnes I Count Hainaut 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret II Countess Flanders 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing IV Count Holland 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Gerulfing Countess Hainaut 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainaut and Holland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry of Bar II Count of Bar 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Bar Countess Luxemburg and Namur 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Capet Countess of Bar
GrandMother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James I King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Charles Capet of Sicily Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Capet Countess Valois 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen V of Hungary
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cuman
Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Giles "Payne" Roet 
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