Paternal Family Tree: Darcy
Maternal Family Tree: Katherine de la Pole 1416-1488
In or before 1581 [her father] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 15) and [her mother] Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 13) were married.
In 1593 Penelope Darcy Lady Gage was born to [her father] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 28) and [her mother] Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 25) at St Osyth's, Essex.
Around 1597 [her son] Thomas Gage 2nd Baronet was born to [her future husband] John Gage 1st Baronet (age 27) and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage (age 4). He married before 2nd July 1654 Mary Chamberlain Lady Gage and Goring and had issue.
On 14th May 1602 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage (age 16) and [her sister] Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [her father] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 37) and [her mother] Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 35).
On 28th June 1611 John Gage 1st Baronet (age 41) and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 46) and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 44).
In 1612 [her future husband] William Hervey (age 25) and Susan Jermyn (age 21) were married.
In 1613 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage (age 27) was created 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche. He the son-in-law of the last Baron of the 1513 creation [her father] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 48).
On 14th July 1615 John Savage 1st Baronet (age 65) died. His son [her brother-in-law] Thomas (age 29) succeeded 2nd Baronet Savage of Rocksavage in Cheshire. [her sister] Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 34) by marriage Lady Savage of Rocksavage in Cheshire.
Around 1617 [her son] Edward Gage 1st Baronet was born to [her husband] John Gage 1st Baronet (age 47) and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage (age 24) at Firle, East Sussex. He married (1) 1648 Mary Hervey Lady Gage and had issue (2) before 1669 Anne Watkins Lady Gage (3) before 1669 his fifth cousin once removed Bridget Feilding Lady Gage, daughter of George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond and Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond (4) before 1669 Frances Aston Lady Gage, daughter of Walter Aston 2nd Baronet and Mary Weston (5) before 1680 his fifth cousin once removed Frances Feilding Lady Gage, daughter of George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond and Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 5th July 1621 [her father] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 56) was created 1st Viscount Colchester with a special remainder to his grandson [her nephew] John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers (age 18). [her mother] Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 54) by marriage Viscountess Colchester
On 26th March 1622 [her husband] John Gage 1st Baronet (age 52) was created 1st Baronet Gage of Firley in Sussex. Penelope Darcy Lady Gage (age 29) by marriage Lady Gage of Firley in Sussex.
On 4th November 1626 [her father] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 61) was created 1st Earl Rivers with a special remainder to his grandson [her nephew] John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers (age 23). [her mother] Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 59) by marriage Countess Rivers.
On 4th November 1626 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage (age 40) was created 1st Viscount Savage. [her sister] Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 45) by marriage Viscountess Savage.
On 3rd October 1633 [her husband] John Gage 1st Baronet (age 63) died. His son [her son] Thomas (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baronet Gage of Firley in Sussex.
Before 1639 [her son-in-law] Lewis Tresham 1st Baronet (age 63) and [her daughter] Frances Gage Lady Tresham were married.
On 25th February 1640 [her father] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers (age 75) died at Winchester House Broad Street. His grandson [her nephew] John (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Rivers, 2nd Viscount Colchester. Baron Darcy of Chiche extinct.
In 1641 [her sister] Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 60) was created 1st Countess Rivers for life by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 40) since she had been passed over when her father's Earldom Countess Rivers passed from her father to her eldest son [her nephew] John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers (age 37).
In 1642 William Hervey (age 55) and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage (age 49) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 74).
On 28th June 1644 [her mother] Mary Kitson Countess Rivers (age 77) died.
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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Before 22nd November 1646 Elizabeth Baker Lady Hamner (age 36) died. The date based on the date of the second marriage of her husband Thomas Hanmer 2nd Baronet (age 34) to [her step-daughter] Susan Hervey Lady Hamner (age 34).
On 22nd November 1646 Thomas Hanmer 2nd Baronet (age 34) and [her step-daughter] Susan Hervey Lady Hamner (age 34) were married. She by marriage Lady Hamner of Hamner in Flintshire.
In 1648 [her son] Edward Gage 1st Baronet (age 31) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Hervey Lady Gage were married.
After 1650 [her step-daughter] Susan Hervey Lady Hamner (deceased) died.
On 9th March 1650 [her sister] Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers (age 69) died. Earl Rivers extinct since it was a created for life only.
Before 2nd July 1654 [her son] Thomas Gage 2nd Baronet (age 57) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Chamberlain Lady Gage and Goring (age 34) were married. She by marriage Lady Gage of Firley in Sussex. The difference in their ages was 23 years.
On 2nd July 1654 [her son] Thomas Gage 2nd Baronet (age 57) died. His son [her grandson] Thomas (age 17) succeeded 3rd Baronet Gage of Firley in Sussex.
On 30th July 1655 James Reynolds (age 22) and [her step-daughter] Judith Hervey (age 40) were married.
In 1658 [her step-son] John Hervey (age 41) and Elizabeth Hervey were married.
In 1660 [her husband] William Hervey (age 73) died.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 2nd July 1661 Penelope Darcy Lady Gage (age 68) died at Firle, East Sussex.
[her daughter] Frances Gage Lady Tresham was born to John Gage 1st Baronet and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage. She married before 1639 Lewis Tresham 1st Baronet.
George Trenchard and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage were married. She the daughter of Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Darcy 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tyrrell 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Darcy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 1st Baron Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Wentworth 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 4th Baron Despencer 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Clifford Baroness Despencer 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wentworth Countess Bath 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Saye 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Saye Baroness Despencer 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: John Darcy 2nd Baron Darcy 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Courtenay 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Baroness Darcy Chiche 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Trussell
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Trussell
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Donne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Father: Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Rich 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Rich
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Rich
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Dinley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Dinley
GrandMother: Frances Rich
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rowland Jenks
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Jenks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich
Penelope Darcy Lady Gage 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson 
GrandFather: Thomas Kitson
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath
Mother: Mary Kitson Countess Rivers 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Cornwallis
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Cornwallis
GrandMother: Elizabeth Cornwallis 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Jerningham 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Jerningham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clifton 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Jerningham
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Bedingfield
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bedingfield
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Shelton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Jerningham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Drury of Hawstead in Suffolk
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Drury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bridget Drury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Calthorpe 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Calthorpe 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stapleton 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of