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: Arundell
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset 1487-1535
In or before 1633 [his father] Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel (age 24) and [his mother] Cicely Compton Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire. They were fourth cousins.
In 1633 Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel was born to [his father] Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel (age 24) and [his mother] Cicely Compton Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 23).
On 19th May 1643 [his grandfather] Thomas Arundell 2nd Baron Arundel (age 57) died. He was buried at St John's Church, Tisbury. His son [his father] Henry (age 35) succeeded 3rd Baron Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire.
In or before 1658 Robert Lucy (age 35) and [his future wife] Margaret Spencer Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 30) were married. They were second cousin once removed.
In or before 1661 Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel (age 27) and Margaret Spencer Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 33) were married. She by marriage Baroness Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire. They were second cousin once removed.
Around 1661 [his son] Henry Arundell 5th Baron Arundel was born to Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel (age 28). He married 1691 Elizabeth Panton and had issue.
In 1672 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 50) was created 1st Earl Shaftesbury. [his sister-in-law] Margaret Spencer Countess Shaftesbury (age 47) by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Before 11th January 1676 Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda (age 54) and [his sister-in-law] Alice Spencer Countess Drogheda (age 50) were married. She by marriage Countess Drogheda.
On 24th March 1676 [his mother] Cicely Compton Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 66) died.
John Evelyn's Diary. 28th January 1685. I was invited to my Lord Arundel of Wardour (age 52), (now newly released of his 6 yeares confinement in ye Tower [Map] on suspicion of the Plot call'd Oates's Plot), where after dinner the same Mr. Pordage entertain'd us with his voice, that excellent and stupendous artist Sign' Jo. Baptist playing to it on the harpsichord. My daughter Mary (age 20) being with us, she also sung to the greate satisfaction of both the masters, and a world of people of quality present. She did so also at my Lord Rochester's (age 42) the evening following, where we had the French Boy so fam'd for his singing, and indeede he had a delicate voice, and had ben well taught. I also heard Mrs. Packer (daughter to my old friend) sing before his Ma* and the Duke, privately, that stupendous basse Gosling accompanying her, but hers was so loud as tooke away much of the sweetnesse. Certainly never woman had a stronger or better eare, could she possibly have govern'd it. She would do rarely in a large church among the nunns.
John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd May 1685. The Popish Lords who had ben sometime before releas'd from their confinement about the Plot, were now discharg'd of their impeachment, of wch I gave Lord Arundel of Wardour (age 52) joy.
In 1691 [his son] Henry Arundell 5th Baron Arundel (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Panton were married.
In 1693 [his sister-in-law] Margaret Spencer Countess Shaftesbury (age 68) died.
On 28th December 1694 [his father] Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel (age 86) died. His son Thomas (age 61) succeeded 4th Baron Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire.
Between July 1696 and 1712 [his sister-in-law] Alice Spencer Countess Drogheda (age 70) died.
On 23rd December 1704 [his wife] Margaret Spencer Baroness Arundel Wardour (age 77) died.
On 10th February 1711 Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel (age 78) died. His son Henry (age 50) succeeded 5th Baron Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 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 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 8 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: John Arundell of Lanherne 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Grey 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Matthew Arundell 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Howard 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Culpepper 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Arundell 1st Baron Arundel 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Willoughby 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Willoughby 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Filiol
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Willoughby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Grey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset 
GrandFather: Thomas Arundell 2nd Baron Arundel 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Wriothesley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Drayton of London
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cheney of Chesham Blois in Buckinghamshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Cheney Countess Southampton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Wriothesley Baroness Arundel Wardour 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Gage
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Browne Countess Southampton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Radclyffe 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stanley Countess Sussex 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Henry Arundell 3rd Baron Arundel 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward North 1st Baron North
Great x 2 Grandmother: Christina North Countess of Worcester
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver Squier of Southby in Hampshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Squier Baroness North
GrandMother: Blanche Somerset Baroness Arundel 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Pole 
8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Neville Baroness Montagu 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Thomas Arundell 4th Baron Arundel 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Compton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Compton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Aylworth
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Compton
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brereton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Werburga Brereton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Walden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Walden
GrandFather: Henry Compton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Graunt
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knightley 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Knightley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Spencer Countess Dorset
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Kitson
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath
Mother: Cicely Compton Baroness Arundel Wardour 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sackville 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Boleyn 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brydges
Great x 3 Grandmother: Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Ayloffe
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Baker
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cicely Baker Countess Dorset
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dinley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dinley
GrandMother: Cecily Sackville 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Howard Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 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 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter 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 1 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Audley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset