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: Yelverton
Maternal Family Tree: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster 1350-1403
In 1689 [his father] Henry Yelverton 1st Viscount Longueville and [his mother] Barbara Talbot Viscountess Longueville [age 24] were married.
On 2nd May 1690 Talbot Yelverton 1st Earl of Sussex was born to [his father] Henry Yelverton 1st Viscount Longueville and [his mother] Barbara Talbot Viscountess Longueville [age 25].
In 1704 [his father] Henry Yelverton 1st Viscount Longueville died. His son Talbot [age 13] succeeded 2nd Viscount Longueville, 16th Baron Grey of Ruthyn, 5th Baronet Yelverton of Easton Maudit in Northamptonshire. [his future wife] Lucy Pelham Countess Sussex by marriage Viscountess Longueville.
In 1717 Talbot Yelverton 1st Earl of Sussex [age 26] was created 1st Earl of Sussex.
On 28th March 1727 Isaac Newton [deceased] was buried in Scientist's Corner, Westminster Abbey [Map]; the first scientist to be buried there. The service was performed by the Bishop of Rochester [age 74].
Before the funeral his body lay in state in the Jerusalem Chamber, Cheyneygates, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His coffin was followed by most of the Fellows of the Royal Society.
The Pall Bearers were the Lord Chancellor Peter King 1st Baron King [age 58], James Graham 1st Duke Montrose [age 44], Robert Ker 2nd Duke Roxburghe [age 18], Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery [age 71], Talbot Yelverton 1st Earl of Sussex [age 36] and Thomas Parker 1st Earl Macclesfield [age 60].
The Chief Mourner was Michael Newton 4th Baronet [age 32]; his third cousin.
Voltaire observed, "He was buried like a king who had done well by his subjects.".
The inscription on his John Michael Rysbrack [age 32] monument reads "Here is buried Isaac Newton, Knight, who by a strength of mind almost divine, and mathematical principles peculiarly his own, explored the course and figures of the planets, the paths of comets, the tides of the sea, the dissimilarities in rays of light, and, what no other scholar has previously imagined, the properties of the colours thus produced. Diligent, sagacious and faithful, in his expositions of nature, antiquity and the holy Scriptures, he vindicated by his philosophy the majesty of God mighty and good, and expressed the simplicity of the Gospel in his manners. Mortals rejoice that there has existed such and so great an ornament of the human race! He was born on 25th December 1642, and died on 20th March 1726."
Before 27th July 1727 Talbot Yelverton 1st Earl of Sussex [age 37] and Lucy Pelham Countess Sussex were married. She by marriage Countess of Sussex. They were fifth cousins.
On 27th July 1727 [his son] George Augustus Yelverton 2nd Earl of Sussex was born to Talbot Yelverton 1st Earl of Sussex [age 37] and [his wife] Lucy Pelham Countess Sussex.
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 7th July 1728 [his son] Henry Yelverton 3rd Earl of Sussex was born to Talbot Yelverton 1st Earl of Sussex [age 38] and [his wife] Lucy Pelham Countess Sussex.
On 27th October 1731 Talbot Yelverton 1st Earl of Sussex [age 41] died. His son George [age 4] succeeded 2nd Earl of Sussex, 3rd Viscount Longueville, 17th Baron Grey of Ruthyn, 6th Baronet Yelverton of Easton Maudit in Northamptonshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 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 22 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 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 26 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Yelverton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Yelverton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amy Fermor 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Yelverton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Catesby of Whiston 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Catesby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Christopher Yelverton 1st Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beale
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beale 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Amy Morison 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Beale 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Henry Yelverton Baron Grey of Ruthyn 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Twysden 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Twysden 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wyatt 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Wyatt 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Haute
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Twysden 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Finch 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Moyle Finch 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Moyle
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Finch Lady Twysden 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Heneage
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Poyntz 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Henry Yelverton 1st Viscount Longueville 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Michael Longueville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Longueville 12th Baron Grey of Ruthyn 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Grey 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery St John 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susan Grey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Susan Longueville 13th Baroness Grey of Ruthyn 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Neville of Keymar, Sussex 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Neville
Talbot Yelverton 1st Earl of Sussex 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot of Albrighton 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Talbot 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wrottesley 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Sharington Talbot 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Sharington of Lacock in Wiltshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Olive Sharington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Paggett of Lacock Abbey
Great x 1 Grandfather: Sherington Talbot 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: John Talbot of Lacock 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Mother: Barbara Talbot Viscountess Longueville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Slingsby of Scriven
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Slingsby of Scriven 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Percy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Percy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Harbottle 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Slingsby 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Vavasour 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Vavasour
GrandMother: Barbara Slingsby 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bellasis of Newburgh Priory in Yorkshire 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fairfax 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax of Denton in Yorkshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Fairfax
Great x 1 Grandmother: Barbara Belasyse 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "The Great Black Knight of the North" Cholmeley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cholmley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Clifford Baroness Scrope Bolton 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Cholmley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Babthorpe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Babthorpe 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Constable 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England