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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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Paternal Family Tree: Paulett
Maternal Family Tree: Emmeline Riddlesford 1223-1276
In 1503 [his father] William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 20) and [his mother] Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester were married.
Around 1510 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester was born to [his father] William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 27) and [his mother] Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester.
Before 20th October 1528 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 18) and Elizabeth Willoughby were married. He the son of William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 45) and Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester. They were half fifth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1531 Anthony Ughtred (age 53) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham (age 13) were married. The difference in their ages was 40 years.
In 1532 [his son] William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester was born to John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 22) and [his wife] Elizabeth Willoughby. He married 20th June 1544 his fourth cousin twice removed Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester, daughter of William Howard 1st Baron Howard and Katherine Broughton, and had issue.
Before 1536 Richard Sackville (age 28) and [his future wife] Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester were married.
On 3rd August 1537 Gregory Cromwell 1st Baron Cromwell Oakham (age 17) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham (age 19) were married at Mortlake, Richmond. He the son of Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl Essex (age 52) and Elizabeth Wyckes.
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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On 9th March 1539 [his father] William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 56) was created 1st Baron St John.
On 18th December 1540 Gregory Cromwell 1st Baron Cromwell Oakham (age 20) was created 1st Baron Cromwell Oakham. [his future wife] Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham (age 22) by marriage Baroness Cromwell Oakham.
Between 20th June 1544 and 10th February 1548 [his son] William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester (age 12) and [his daughter-in-law] Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester (age 9) were married. He the son of John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 34) and [his wife] Elizabeth Willoughby. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
On 28th November 1545 [his son-in-law] William Courtenay 2nd Earl Devon (age 16) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Paulett Countess Devon were married. She the daughter of John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 35) and [his wife] Elizabeth Willoughby. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 19th January 1550 [his father] William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 67) was created 1st Earl Wiltshire.
Around March 1554 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 44) and Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham (age 36) were married. He the son of William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 71) and Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester. They were fifth cousins.
On 19th March 1556 [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham (age 38) died. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Basing.
On 25th December 1558 [his mother] Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester died.
Before 1560 [his son-in-law] Henry Cromwell 2nd Baron Cromwell Oakham (age 21) and [his daughter] Mary Paulett Baroness Cromwell Oakham were married. She by marriage Baroness Cromwell Oakham. She the daughter of John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 49) and [his wife] Elizabeth Willoughby. They were sixth cousins.
Before May 1571 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 61) and Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester were married. He the son of William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 88) and Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester.
In January 1572 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 35) was tried for high treason for his involvement in the Ridolphi Plot. [his step-son] Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 36) acted as judge.
George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 44) was appointed Lord High Steward for the trial.
Walter Mildmay (age 51) helped prepare evidence against Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk.
On 10th March 1572 [his father] William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 89) died. On His son John (age 62) succeeded 2nd Marquess Winchester, 2nd Earl Wiltshire, 2nd Baron St John. [his wife] Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
Before 4th November 1576 [his son-in-law] Henry Ughtred (age 43) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Paulett Countess Devon were married. She the daughter of John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 66) and [his wife] Elizabeth Willoughby. They were sixth cousins.
On 4th November 1576 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 66) died. His son William (age 44) succeeded 3rd Marquess Winchester, 3rd Earl Wiltshire, 3rd Baron St John. [his daughter-in-law] Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester (age 41) by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1586 [his former wife] Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester died.
Survey London Volume 4 Chelsea Part II. More's estate was granted to [his father] Sir William Paulet [See Patent Roll, I Edward VI., pt. 3.] (first Marquess of Winchester): it was inherited by his son the second Marquess, and in 1575 passed to Gregory Fiennes, Lord Dacre of the South, and his wife Anne - the foundress of those charming almshouses, Emmanuel Hospital, Westminster, now destroyed - who was a daughter of the Marchioness of Winchester by her former husband, Sir Robert Sackville. Baroness Dacre, who died in 1595, left the house to Lord Burleigh, who is said to have lived here, and he was followed by his youngest son, Sir Robert Cecil, afterwards Earl of Salisbury, who took possession in 1597. It is to Cecil's passion for building, which was not exhausted until he had parted with his fortune in completing Hatfield, that we owe the earliest representations on paper of the house at Chelsea. In his Chelsea Old Church Mr. Randall Davies published a reproduction of a beautiful plan of the Chelsea Estate, preserved among the Hatfield papers, and the present writer in some further research among Lord Salisbury's MSS. found five plans to a larger scale, all of which have reference to Cecil's schemes for rebuilding Sir Thomas More's house. For a detailed examination of these plans, the reader is referred to the Architectural Review of March and May, 1911, but by the courtesy of the proprietors of the Review, the reproductions are included here.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Paulett Countess Devon was born to John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester and Elizabeth Willoughby. She married (1) 28th November 1545 her fourth cousin once removed William Courtenay 2nd Earl Devon and had issue (2) before 4th November 1576 her sixth cousin Henry Ughtred, son of Anthony Ughtred and Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham.
[his daughter] Mary Paulett Baroness Cromwell Oakham was born to John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester and Elizabeth Willoughby. She married before 1560 her sixth cousin Henry Cromwell 2nd Baron Cromwell Oakham, son of Gregory Cromwell 1st Baron Cromwell Oakham and Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paulett
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Paulet
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paulet
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Paulet 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Poynings 5th Baron St John of Basing 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Poynings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Constance Poynings 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Welles 5th Baron Welles 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Welles 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Mowbray Countess Rockingham 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: John Paulet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Ros of Gedney 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Skelton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Skelton
Father: William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Capell
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Capell of Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk
GrandFather: William Capell
Mother: Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Arundell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Lustock
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Arundell
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lambourne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor aka Annorah Lambourne
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Arundell 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Burghesh 
5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Burghesh 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Kerdeston
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Burghesh 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Hanham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ismania Hanham
GrandMother: Margaret Arundell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chidiock 4th Baron Fitzpayn
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Chidiock 5th Baron Fitzpayn
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Chideock 6th Baron Fitzpayn 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ivo Fitzwarin 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Argentine
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Marmaduke Lumley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Lumley 1st Baron Lumley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holand 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Lumley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Lumley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England