William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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After 26th March 1521 [his father] George Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Aston (age 24) and [his mother] Dorothy Melton Baroness Darcy (age 15) were married. They were fifth cousins.
Around 1540 John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy Aston was born to [his father] George Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Aston (age 43) and [his mother] Dorothy Melton Baroness Darcy (age 34) at Aston.
In 1548 [his father] George Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Aston (age 51) was created 1st Baron Darcy of Aston. [his mother] Dorothy Melton Baroness Darcy (age 42) by marriage Baroness Darcy of Aston. Some argue this was a restoration of his father's Barony although when he took his place in the House of Lords it was a junior Baron ie without the precedence of the former Barony suggesting it was a new creation. However, when his son John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy Aston (age 8) took his place in the House of Lords it was with the precedence of the former Barony.
On 21st September 1557 [his mother] Dorothy Melton Baroness Darcy (age 51) died.
On 28th August 1558 [his father] George Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Aston (age 61) died at Stepney [Map]. His son John (age 18) succeeded 2nd Baron Darcy of Aston.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 13th January 1559. The xiij day of January with-in the Towre the Quen mad Knyghtes of the Baythe x.
Note. P. 186. The Knights of the Bath made at the Coronation of queen Elizabeth were in number eleven, viz.:—
John lord Darcy of the North (age 19),
John lord Sheffield (age 21),
John lord Darcy of Chiche (age 27),
Sir Robert Rich (age 22),
Sir Roger North (age 29),
Sir Nicholas Pointz (age 31),
Sir John Berkeley,
Sir Edward Unton (age 25),
Sir Henry Weston (age 24),
Sir George Speke (age 29),
See Anstis's History of the Order of the Bath, App. lxx.; and Nicolas, Appx. p. xiv.
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In or before 1572 [his son] Michael Darcy and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Wentworth (age 3) were married. They were half sixth cousins.
On 13th December 1588 [his son] Michael Darcy died.
Before 18th October 1602 John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy Aston (age 62) and Anne Babington (age 64) were married. She by marriage Baroness Darcy of Aston. They were sixth cousins.
On 18th October 1602 John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy Aston (age 62) died at Aston. His grandson [his grandson] John (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baron Darcy of Aston. [his granddaughter-in-law] Rosamund Freschville Baroness Darcy (age 26) by marriage Baroness Darcy of Aston.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 1st February 1632 [his former wife] Anne Babington (age 94) died.
[his son] Michael Darcy was born to John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy Aston and Anne Babington. He married in or before 1572 his half sixth cousin Margaret Wentworth and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Darcy 5th Baron Darcy of Knayth 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Darcy 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Grey Baroness Darcy Knayth 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Darcy 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joane Greystoke Baroness Darcy Knayth 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke 
Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Darcy 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Scrope 2nd Baron Scrope of Masham 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Scrope 4th Baron Scrope of Masham 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Welles Baroness Scrope Masham 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Scrope 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Chaworth 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chaworth Baroness Scrope Masham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: Thomas Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Templehurst 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Langton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Euphemia Langton
Father: George Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Aston 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Tempest of Bracewell 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Piers Tempest of Bracewell
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tempest
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Tempest
GrandMother: Dousabella Tempest 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clifford 6th Baron Clifford 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ros Baroness Clifford 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Clifford 8th Baron Clifford 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys 
Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Clifford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dacre 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland, Baron Multon of Gilsand 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Douglas Baroness Dacre Gilsland 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Dacre Baroness Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy Aston 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Melton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Melton 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Melton 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Melton 9th Baron Lucy 8 x Great Grand Son of
GrandFather: John Melton of Aston Yorkshire 10th Baron Lucy 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Lathom 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stanley 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arderne 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Arderne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Pilkington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Stanley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Vernon 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Vernon aka Pembridge 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan ferch Rhys Griffith
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ludlow
Great x 3 Grandmother: Benedicta Ludlow
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel de Lingen
Mother: Dorothy Melton Baroness Darcy 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Hastings 7th Baron Hastings 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 8th Baron Hastings 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Despencer Baroness Hastings, Marshal and Morley 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Hastings 9th Baron Hastings 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Muriel Dynham Baroness Hastings 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Montagu 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Hastings 10th Baron Hastings 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Morley 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Morley 6th Baron Marshal 5th Baron Morley 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Molines
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Morley Baroness Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael de la Pole 2nd Earl Suffolk 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Pole Baroness Marshal and Morley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Stafford Countess Suffolk 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Catherine Hastings 6 x Great Grand Daughter of