Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Paternal Family Tree: Wotton
On 6th June 1608 [her father] Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton [aged 21] and [her step-mother] Mary Throckmorton [aged 18] were married.
In 1609 Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield was born to [her father] Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton [aged 22].
On 19th January 1626 [her grandfather] Edward Wotton 1st Baron Wotton [aged 78] died. His son [her father] Thomas [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Baron Wotton.
In 1628 Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 19] were married. He the son of Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield [aged 44] and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.
In 1630 [her daughter] Dorothea Helena Kirkoven Countess Derby was born to [her future husband] Jehan Lord of Heenvliet [aged 35] and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 21]. She married before 1655 Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby, son of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby, and had issue.
On 2nd April 1630 [her father] Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton [aged 43] died. Baron Wotton extinct. His daughter Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 21] inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
Before 9th May 1630 Jehan Lord of Heenvliet [aged 35] and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 21] were married.
In 1634 [her son] Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield was born to [her husband] Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 25]. He married (1) 1652 his fourth cousin once removed Anne Percy 2nd Countess Chesterfield, daughter of Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland and Anne Cecil (2) after 1654 Elizabeth Butler Countess Chesterfield, daughter of James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde and Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde, and had issue (3) after July 1665 his third cousin once removed Elizabeth Dormer Countess Chesterfield, daughter of Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon and Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon, and had issue.
On 29th November 1634 [her husband] Henry Stanhope died.
Around 1635 Anthony Van Dyck [aged 35]. Portrait of Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 26].
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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On 21st December 1639 [her brother-in-law] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 28] and [her sister] Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden [aged 24] were married.
On 8th March 1643 Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [aged 61] died. His son [her brother-in-law] Baptist [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Viscount Campden, 3rd Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire. [her sister] Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden [aged 28] by marriage Viscountess Campden.
On 9th May 1643 [her son] Charles Kirkoven 1st Earl Bellomont was born to [her husband] Jehan Lord of Heenvliet [aged 48] and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 34] at The Hague. He married 25th August 1679 Frances Willoughby Countess Bellomont, daughter of William Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham and Anne Carey Baroness Willoughby of Parham.
In 1652 Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 18] and Anne Percy 2nd Countess Chesterfield [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland [aged 49] and Anne Cecil. He the son of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 43]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
After 1654 Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 20] and Elizabeth Butler Countess Chesterfield [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 43] and Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde [aged 38]. He the son of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 45].
Before 1655 [her son-in-law] Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby [aged 26] and Dorothea Helena Kirkoven Countess Derby [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. She the daughter of Jehan Lord of Heenvliet [aged 60] and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 45]. He the son of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 55].
After 1655 [her sister] Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden [deceased] died.
In 1660 Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 51] was created 1st Countess Chesterfield.
On 7th March 1660 [her husband] Jehan Lord of Heenvliet [aged 65] died.
In September 1660 Daniel O'Neill [aged 48] and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 51] were married.
Before 1662 [her son-in-law] William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington [aged 21] and Catherine Stanhope Baroness Alington were married. She by marriage Baroness Alington of Killard. She the daughter of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 52]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 19th November 1662 [her daughter] Catherine Stanhope Baroness Alington died.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 24th October 1664 [her husband] Daniel O'Neill [aged 52] died.
After July 1665 Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield [aged 31] and Elizabeth Dormer Countess Chesterfield [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. She the daughter of Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 32] and Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon [aged 32]. He the son of Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 56]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 9th April 1667 Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 58] died. Earl Chesterfield extinct. Her son Charles Kirkoven 1st Earl Bellomont [aged 23] inherited Boughton aka Bocton Place, Kent [Map].
John Evelyn's Diary. 2nd June 1676. We returned in the evening by Hampstead, to see [her son] Lord Wotton's [aged 33] house and garden (Bellsize House), built with vast expense by [her former husband] Mr. O'Neale, an Irish gentleman who married Lord Wotton's mother, Baroness Stanhope. The furniture is very particular for Indian cabinets, porcelain, and other solid and noble movables. The gallery very fine, the gardens very large, but ill kept, yet woody and chargeable. The soil a cold weeping clay, not answering the expense.
[her daughter] Catherine Stanhope Baroness Alington was born to Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield. She married before 1662 her third cousin once removed William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington, son of William Alington 1st Baron Alington and Elizabeth Tollemache Baroness Alington.
[her daughter] Mary Stanhope was born to Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield.
[her son] Wotton Stanhope was born to Henry Stanhope and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wotton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Wotton of Boughton Place in Kent
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Wotton
GrandFather: Edward Wotton 1st Baron Wotton
Father: Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton