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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Biography of John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston 1616-1695

Paternal Family Tree: Bennett

Maternal Family Tree: Frideswide Frowyk 1528

1661 Coronation of Charles II

1661 Cavalier Parliament

John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston and Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston were married.

Before 5th July 1616 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston was born to [his father] John Bennet [aged 53] and [his mother] Dorothy Crofts [aged 28]. On 5th July 1616 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston was baptised.

On 15th February 1626 [his father] John Bennet [aged 63] died.

On 24th April 1635 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 18] was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford University.

In 1636 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 19] educated at Gray's Inn.

Before 7th April 1648 Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave [aged 36] and [his future wife] Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave [aged 40] were married. She by marriage Countess Mulgrave. She the daughter of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Elizabeth Sheppard.

In March 1655 [his brother] Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington [aged 37] and [his sister-in-law] Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington [aged 21] were married.

After 24th August 1658 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 42] and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave [aged 50] were married. She the daughter of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Elizabeth Sheppard.

In 1659 [his mother] Dorothy Crofts [aged 71] died.

Coronation of Charles II

On 23rd April 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 30] was crowned II King England Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].

John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 44], Francis Fane [aged 23] and Edward Hungerford [aged 28] was appointed Knight of the Bath.

Francis Godolphin [aged 55] was knighted.

Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland [aged 16] attended.

James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk [aged 42] was appointed Earl Marshal.

Cavalier Parliament

On 8th May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 30] summoned his second Parliament.

John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 44] was elected MP Wallingford.

James Thynne [aged 56] was elected MP Wiltshire.

Adam Browne 2nd Baronet [aged 35] was elected MP Surrey.

Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 30] was elected MP Northumberland.

William Compton [aged 36] was elected MP Cambridge.

Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry [aged 32] was elected MP Camelford.

Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge [aged 61] was elected MP Bath and Heytesbury.

Edward Hungerford [aged 28] was elected MP Chippenham.

Robert Pierrepont [aged 24] was elected MP Nottingham.

John Melbury Sampford Strangeways [aged 75] was elected MP Weymouth.

Giles Strangeways [aged 45] was elected MP Dorset.

John Strangeways [aged 24] was elected MP Bridport.

William Wyndham 1st Baronet [aged 29] was elected MP Taunton.

James Herbert [aged 38] was elected MP Queenborough.

William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington [aged 21] was elected MP Cambridge.

William Bowes of Streatlam [aged 4] was elected MP Durham.

Robert Brooke [aged 24] was elected MP Aldeburgh.

Josiah Child [aged 30] was elected MP Dartmouth.

Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet [aged 73] was elected MP Nottinghamshire.

Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew [aged 37] was elected MP Brackley.

Richard Jennings [aged 42] was elected MP St Albans.

Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet [aged 33] was elected MP Norfolk.

Edward Phelips [aged 48] was elected MP Somerset.

Robert Robartes [aged 27] was elected MP Bossiney.

Hender Robartes [aged 25] was elected MP Bodmin.

Clement Fisher 2nd Baronet [aged 48] was elected MP Coventry.

William Portman 6th Baronet [aged 17] was elected MP Taunton.

John Robinson 1st Baronet [aged 46] was elected MP Rye.

On 14th March 1665 [his brother] Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington [aged 47] was created 1st Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex with a special remainder allowing it to pass to both male and female descendants. [his sister-in-law] Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington [aged 31] by marriage Baroness Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex.

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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On 28th July 1667 Abraham Cowley [aged 49] died in Porch House. He was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map] where [his step-son] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 19] subsequently commissioned a monument.

On 22nd April 1672 Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington [aged 54] was created 1st Earl Arlington, 1st Viscount Thetford and 1st Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex with a similar remainder, and in default of heirs of his body, to his brother Sir John Bennet [aged 55] and the heirs male of his body. Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington [aged 38] by marriage Countess Arlington. See Viscountcies of England Created with a Special Remainder.

In 1674 [his son] Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville was born to John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 57] and Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston. He married 3rd July 1695 his fourth cousin once removed Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston, daughter of Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville and Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville, and had issue.

On 24th November 1682 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 66] was created 1st Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston by marriage Baroness Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex.

On 28th July 1685 [his brother] Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington [aged 67] died. His daughter [his niece] Isabella [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Countess Arlington, 2nd Viscountess Thetford, 2nd Baroness Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 2nd Baroness Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex.

On 18th March 1686 [his step-son] John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 37] and Ursula Stawell Countess Mulgrave and Conway were married at the chapel of Littlecote House. She by marriage Countess Mulgrave. He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and [his wife] Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave [aged 78].

On 11th February 1695 John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 78] died. He was buried at Harlington. His son Charles [aged 21] succeeded 2nd Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex.

[his father] John Bennet and [his mother] Dorothy Crofts were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.

Royal Ancestors of John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston 1616-1695

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 26 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston 1616-1695

Father: John Bennet

John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Crofts

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Crofts

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Croftes

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Crofts

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Kitson

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath

GrandFather: John Crofts 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Poley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susannah Crofts 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Wentworth 5th Baron Despencer 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Tyrrell Baroness Despencer 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adrian Fortescue 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fortescue Baroness Wentworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stonor 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Dorothy Crofts 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Shirley 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Shirley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Bellingham

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Shirley 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Shirley 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandMother: Mary Shirley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kempe

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Kempe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Kempe 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Browne 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Kempe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cheney

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cheney

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret aka Agnes Young

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Cheney

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Frowyk

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frideswide Frowyk