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: Pelham
Maternal Family Tree: Eleanor Gifford 1575
On 26th November 1679 [his father] Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton [aged 26] and Elizabeth Jones were married.
On 21st May 1688 [his father] Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton [aged 35] and [his mother] Grace Holles were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare [aged 55] and [his grandmother] Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare [aged 55].
On 21st July 1693 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne was born to [his father] Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton [aged 40] and [his mother] Grace Holles.
On 13th September 1700 [his mother] Grace Holles died.
In 1703 [his grandfather] John Pelham 3rd Baronet [aged 80] died. His son [his father] Thomas [aged 50] succeeded 4th Baronet Pelham of Laughton.
In 1706 [his father] Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton [aged 53] was created 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton.
Before 11th May 1711 [his brother-in-law] Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townsend [aged 37] and [his half-sister] Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend were married. She by marriage Viscountess Townsend.
On 11th May 1711 [his half-sister] Elizabeth Pelham Viscountess Townsend died.
On 23rd January 1712 [his father] Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton [aged 59] died. His son Thomas [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Baron Pelham of Laughton, 5th Baronet Pelham of Laughton.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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On 19th October 1714 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 21] was created 1st Earl Clare and 1st Viscount Haughton with a special remainder to his brother Henry Pelham [aged 20].
On 11th August 1715 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 22] was created 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Marquess Clare with a special remainder to his brother Henry Pelham [aged 20].
On 2nd April 1717 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 23] and Henrietta Godolphin Duchess Newcastle under Lyne [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Duchess Newcastle under Lyme. She the daughter of Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin [aged 38] and Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess of Marlborough [aged 35].
On 16th May 1717 [his brother-in-law] Henry Clinton 7th Earl Lincoln [aged 33] and [his sister] Lucy Pelham Countess Lincoln were married. She by marriage Countess Lincoln. He the son of Francis Clinton 6th Earl Lincoln and Susan Penniston Countess Lincoln.
In 1718 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 24] was appointed 533rd Knight of the Garter by King George I [aged 57].
Around 1720 Charles Jervas [aged 45]. Portrait of Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 26] in his Garter Robes.
On 25th January 1727 Thomas Spencer Wilson 6th Baronet was born to Thomas Wilson 4th Baronet [aged 45]. His forenames Thomas and Spencer from his godfathers Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 33] and Spencer Compton 1st Earl Wilmington [aged 54].
On 20th July 1736 [his sister] Lucy Pelham Countess Lincoln died.
On 26th June 1740 Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds [aged 26] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds were married. She by marriage Duchess Leeds. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin [aged 61] and [his mother-in-law] Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess of Marlborough. He the son of Peregrine Osborne 3rd Duke Leeds and Elizabeth Harley.
On 2nd October 1750 Cecil Bishopp 6th Baronet [aged 49] wrote to Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 57]: "The last time I had the honour to be with your Grace... you gave me leave to trouble you with a letter, in case an employment should become vacant... I then mentioned... superintendent of the royal brass foundries at Woolwich... Tis a sinecure, and the salary £500 a year, and no more.".
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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On 17th November 1756 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 63] was created 1st Duke Newcastle under Lyme with a special remainder to his nephew by marriage Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton 2nd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 36] husband of his niece Catherine Pelham Countess of Lincoln [aged 29].
On 4th May 1762 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 23] created a number of new peerages...
Edward Noel 1st Viscount Wentworth [aged 46] was created 1st Viscount Wentworth.
William Courtenay 7th Earl Devon [aged 53] was created 1st Viscount Courtenay.
Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 68] was created 1st Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex with default to his cousin Thomas Pelham [aged 34].
Caroline Lennox 1st Baroness Holland [aged 39] was created 1st Baroness Holland in Lincolnshire. Henry Fox 1st Baron Holland [aged 56] by marriage Baron Holland in Lincolnshire.
John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont [aged 51] was created 1st Baron Lovel and Holland of Enmore in Somerset.
John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton in Northamptonshire.
Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester [aged 44] was created 1st Baron Milton of Milton Abbey in Dorset.
Edward Hussey-Montagu 1st Earl Beaulieu [aged 41] was created 1st Baron Beaulieu of Beaulieu in Hampshire with a special remainder to his heirs male with his current wife Isabella Montagu Duchess Manchester [aged 56].
On 12th May 1762 George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon [aged 53] was created 1st Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton [aged 46] by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.
George Fox Lane 1st Baron Bingley [aged 65] was created 1st Baron Bingley. Harriet Benson Baroness Bingley [aged 57] by marriage Baroness Bingley.
In 1764 [his sister-in-law] Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds died.
On 17th November 1768 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 75] died without issue. He was buried in the Pelham family vault at All Saint's Church, Laughton. Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, Marquess Clare, Earl Clare, Viscount Haughton and Baron Pelham of Laughton extinct.
[his nephew] Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton 2nd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne [aged 48] succeeded 2nd Duke Newcastle under Lyme.
Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex and 6th Baronet Pelham of Laughton.
On 17th July 1776 [his former wife] Henrietta Godolphin Duchess Newcastle under Lyne [aged 75] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 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 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 25 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 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pelham
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Pelham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Carew 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son 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 Grandmother: Anne Sackville 7 x Great Grand Daughter 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 1 Grandfather: Thomas Pelham 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Walsingham
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Walsingham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Gouter
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Guildford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Guildford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara West 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandFather: John Pelham 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sidney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Sidney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Dudley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Gamage of Coity Castle 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Gamage of Coity Castle 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Lucy Sidney Baroness Pelham Laughton 8 x Great Grand Daughter 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 Grandfather: Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland 5 x Great Grand Son 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 2 Grandfather: Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Knollys 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Holles
Great x 3 Grandfather: Denzil Holles
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Denzell
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Holles 1st Earl de Clare 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Sheffield 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Rawson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Port
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Port
GrandFather: Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare 8 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 Grandfather: Geoffrey Vere 6 x Great Grand Son 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 2 Grandfather: Horace de Vere 1st Baron Vere 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hardkyn
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Tracy
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tracy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Tracy Baroness Spencer Tilbury
Mother: Grace Holles 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 
9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Talbot 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rayner
GrandMother: Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Prowde of Sutton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Prowde
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Gifford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford