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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Paternal Family Tree: Paulett
On 17th August 1663 [his father] John Paulett 3rd Baron Paulett [aged 22] and [his step-mother] Essex Popham Baroness Poulett [aged 21] were married.
In or before 1668 [his father] John Paulett 3rd Baron Paulett [aged 26] and [his mother] Susan Herbert Baroness Poulett [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Baroness Poulett. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery [aged 46] and [his grandmother] Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery [aged 46]. They were third cousin once removed.
Around 1668 John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett was born to [his father] John Paulett 3rd Baron Paulett [aged 27] and [his mother] Susan Herbert Baroness Poulett [aged 17].
In June 1679 [his father] John Paulett 3rd Baron Paulett [aged 38] died. His son John [aged 11] succeeded 4th Baron Poulett.
Around 1680 John Closterman [aged 20]. Portrait of John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 12].
In 1702 [his daughter] Bridget Paulett was born to John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 34] and [his future wife] Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett.
On 14th April 1702 John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 34] and Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett were married. They were fourth cousins.
In 1706 John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 38] was created 1st Earl Poulett. [his wife] Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett by marriage Countess Poulett.
In 1706 [his daughter] Catherine Paulett was born to John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 38] and [his wife] Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett. She married 1725 John Parker and had issue.
In 1708 [his son] John Paulett 2nd Earl Paulett was born to John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 40] and [his wife] Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett.
In 1710 [his son] Vere Paulett 3rd Earl Paulett was born to John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 42] and [his wife] Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett. He married before 3rd April 1756 Mary Butt and had issue.
In 1711 [his daughter] Anne Paulett was born to John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 43] and [his wife] Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett.
In 1712 Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 46] appointed Knights of the Garter:
518th Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort [aged 27].
519th James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon [aged 53].
520th Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 41].
521st John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 44].
522nd Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 50].
523rd Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 39].
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In 1725 [his son-in-law] John Parker [aged 22] and Catherine Paulett [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 57] and Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett.
On 28th May 1743 John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 75] died. His son John [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Poulett, 5th Baron Poulett.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 23rd March 1748 [his former wife] Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett died.
[his daughter] Rebecca Paulett was born to John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett and Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett.
[his daughter] Susannah Paulett was born to John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett and Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett.
[his son] Peregrine Paulett was born to John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett and Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 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 21 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 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 24 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 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Paulett
Great x 3 Grandfather: Amias Paulett
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Pollard 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Paulett
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Norreys 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Norreys 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Fiennes 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Norreys 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Williams 1st Baron Williams
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Williams Baroness Norreys Rycote 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: John Paulett 2nd Baron Paulett 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ken Baroness Poulett
Father: John Paulett 3rd Baron Paulett 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Vere 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Trussell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Horace de Vere 1st Baron Vere 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hardkyn
GrandMother: Catherine Vere Baroness Poulett 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tracy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Tracy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Digby 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tracy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Tracy Baroness Spencer Tilbury
John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Herbert 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cradock
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Parr 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Parr Countess Pembroke 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Green 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sidney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Sidney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Dudley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandFather: Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Golding
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Golding Countess of Oxford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tonge
Great x 1 Grandmother: Susan Vere Countess Montgomery 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Susan Herbert Baroness Poulett 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Villiers 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Villiers of Brooksby Leicestershire
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Clarke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Collette Clarke
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Villiers 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Saunders of Harrington Northamptonshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders
GrandMother: Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
Great x 1 Grandmother: Rebecca Roper Lady Villiers 