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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: Bertie
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On 30th July 1678 [his father] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 17) and [his mother] Mary Wynn (age 17) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 47) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey.
On 29th April 1686 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to [his father] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 25) and [his mother] Mary Wynn (age 25).
In 1689 [his mother] Mary Wynn (age 28) died.
In 1689 [his father] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 28) and Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 58) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey.
On 9th May 1701 [his grandfather] Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey (age 70) died. His son [his father] Robert (age 40) succeeded 4th Earl Lindsey, 17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Countess Lindsey.
In 1702 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 15) graduated at Oxford University.
In 1706 [his father] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 45) was created 1st Marquess Lindsay. Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Marchioness Lindsay.
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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
Describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience.
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In December 1706 Thomas Coke (age 32) exchanged offices with Peregrine Bertie (age 20). Thomas Coke was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household which position he held for the rest of his life.
In 1708 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 21) was elected MP Lincolnshire.
In 1708 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 21) was appointed Privy Council.
In 1710 Margaret Brownlow (age 23) died of smallpox. Her estate of £40,000 was divided between her four sisters: [his future wife] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, [his future sister-in-law] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter (age 29), [his future sister-in-law] Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford (age 26) and [his future sister-in-law] Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel (age 19).
In June 1711 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 25) and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 50) and Mary Wynn.
In 1714 [his son] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 27) and [his wife] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. He married (1) 1735 Elizabeth Blundell (2) 27th November 1750 Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven and had issue.
In 1715 [his father] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 54) was created 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven. Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
In 1719 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 32) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King George I (age 58).
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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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In 1723 [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter (age 42) died.
On 26th July 1723 [his father] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 62) died. His son Peregrine (age 37) succeeded 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 2nd Marquess Lindsay, 5th Earl Lindsey, 18th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [his wife] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
On 1st May 1729 [his son] Brownlow Bertie 5th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 43) and [his wife] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven at Lindsey House Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. He married (1) 11th November 1762 Harriot Pitt (2) 2nd January 1769 Mary Anne Layard and had issue.
In 1735 [his son] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Blundell were married. He the son of Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 48) and [his wife] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
In 1736 [his wife] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven died.
On 1st January 1741 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 54) died. His son Peregrine (age 27) succeeded 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 3rd Marquess Lindsay, 6th Earl Lindsey, 19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
After 1st January 1741. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham [Map]. Monument to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (deceased). Flat Obelisk before which stands life sized carving of the deceased leaning on an Urn, in Roman dress, a putto holding a medallion of the Duchess [his former wife] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. Sculpted by Louis Francois Roubiliac (age 38).
[his daughter] Caroline Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
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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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[his daughter] Albinia Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. She married 1744 Francis Beckford.
[his daughter] Mary Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. She married 21st February 1747 Samuel Greatheed.
[his son] Albemarle Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.
[his daughter] Jane Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. She married 31st March 1743 Edward Mathew.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Bertie Baron Willoughby 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Golding Countess of Oxford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Jeffrey of Chiddington Sussex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jeffrey
GrandFather: Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Cockayne 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cockayne
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cockayne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Medcalf
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Medcalf
Great x 1 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Morris
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Morris Countess Dover
Father: Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wharton 2nd Baron Wharton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Wharton 3rd Baron Wharton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Radclyffe 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Wharton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Clifford Baroness Wharton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Dacre Countess Cumberland 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Wharton 4th Baron Wharton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philadelphia Carey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth
GrandMother: Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wandesford Baroness Wharton
Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Wynn" ap Maredudd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Maurice Wynn
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Wynn 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sian Bulkeley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Griffith
Great x 1 Grandfather: Owen Wynn 3rd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Gerard
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gerard
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sidney Gerard
GrandFather: Richard Wynn 4th Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Williams
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Williams
Great x 1 Grandmother: Grace Williams
Mother: Mary Wynn 
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulke Myddelton of Llansannan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Myddelton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Myddelton of Chirk
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Dryhurst of Denbigh
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Dryhurst
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Saltonstall
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Saltonstall
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hester Saltonstall
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Poyntz of South Ockendon 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Suzanna Poyntz
GrandMother: Sarah Myddelton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Napier 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Napier
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Robinson 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Robinson