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Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Paternal Family Tree: Legge
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Sheppard 1617
On 9th June 1846 [his father] William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 22) and [his mother] Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 24) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Heneage Finch 5th Earl Aylesford (age 60) and [his grandmother] Augusta Sophia Greville Countess Aylesford. He the son of [his grandfather] William Legge 4th Earl Dartmouth (age 61) and [his grandmother] Frances Charlotte Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Dartmouth. They were second cousins.
On 6th May 1851 William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth was born to [his father] William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 27) and [his mother] Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.69%.
On 9th October 1852 [his father] William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 29) was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Staffordshire.
On 22nd November 1853 [his grandfather] William Legge 4th Earl Dartmouth (age 68) died. In 1853 His son [his father] William (age 30) succeeded 5th Earl Dartmouth, 6th Baron Dartmouth. [his mother] Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 31) by marriage Countess Dartmouth.
On 18th December 1879 William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 28) and Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Dartmouth. She the daughter of Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 56) and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. He the son of William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 56) and Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 57). They were half fifth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1881 [his son] William Legge 7th Earl Dartmouth was born to William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 29) and [his wife] Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 32). He married 7th December 1905 Ruperta Wynn-Carington Countess Dartmouth, daughter of Charles Robert Wynn-Carington 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire and Cecilia Margaret Harbord Marchioness, and had issue.
In 1882 [his son] Gerald Legge was born to William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 30) and [his wife] Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 33).
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 1883 [his daughter] Dorothy Legge was born to William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 31) and [his wife] Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 34). She married 3rd October 1907 her third cousin once removed Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell and had issue.
In 1885 [his daughter] Joan Margaret Legge was born to William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 33) and [his wife] Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 36).
In 1887 [his father] William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 63) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
In 1888 [his son] Humphry Legge 8th Earl Dartmouth was born to William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 36) and [his wife] Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 39).
On 4th August 1891 [his father] William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 67) died. His son William (age 40) succeeded 6th Earl Dartmouth, 7th Baron Dartmouth.
On 7th January 1892 Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 66) died. His son Thomas (age 36) succeeded 3rd Earl Lichfield, 4th Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 4th Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire. [his sister-in-law] Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 38) by marriage Countess Lichfield.
On 1st December 1900 [his mother] Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 78) died.
On 7th December 1905 [his son] William Legge 7th Earl Dartmouth (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Ruperta Wynn-Carington Countess Dartmouth (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Charles Robert Wynn-Carington 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire (age 62) and Cecilia Margaret Harbord Marchioness (age 49). He the son of William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 54) and [his wife] Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 56).
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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Around 1907. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 55)
Around 1907. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 55)
Around 1907. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 55)
On 3rd October 1907 [his son-in-law] Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell (age 27) and [his daughter] Dorothy Legge (age 24) were married. She the daughter of William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 56) and [his wife] Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 58). They were third cousin once removed.
On 24th January 1909 [his father-in-law] Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 86) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Thomas (age 60) succeeded 3rd Earl of Leicester. Alice Emily White Countess Leicester (age 53) by marriage Countess of Leicester. St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map].
Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester: Before 09 Jul 1880 Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester and Alice Emily White Countess Leicester were married. He the son of Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. On 20th July 1848 he was born to Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. On 19th November 1941 Thomas William Coke 3rd Earl of Leicester died. His son Thomas succeeded 4th Earl of Leicester.
Alice Emily White Countess Leicester: On 29th September 1855 she was born to Luke White 2nd Baron Annaly.
On 9th August 1915 [his son] Gerald Legge (age 33) was killed in action whilst serving with the 7th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment at Suvla Bay.
On 28th December 1929 [his wife] Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 80) died.
On 11th March 1936 William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 84) died. His son William (age 55) succeeded 7th Earl Dartmouth, 8th Baron Dartmouth. [his daughter-in-law] Ruperta Wynn-Carington Countess Dartmouth (age 53) by marriage Countess Dartmouth.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 30 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Legge 1st Earl Dartmouth 
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Legge 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Finch Countess Dartmouth 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Legge 2nd Earl Dartmouth 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Gounter
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Gounter Nicoll
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Catherine Gounter Nicoll Countess Dartmouth
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Blundell of Basingstoke in Hampshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blundell
GrandFather: William Legge 4th Earl Dartmouth 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 1st Earl Aylesford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 2nd Earl Aylesford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Banks Countess Aylesford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Aylesford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Clement Fisher 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fisher Countess Aylesford
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Finch Countess Dartmouth 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Seymour Countess Aylesford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Talbot 1st Baron Talbot 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Talbot 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecil Mathew Baroness Talbot
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Chetwynd-Talbot 1st Earl Talbot 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chetwynd 2nd Viscount Chetwynd 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Chetwynd 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Esther Kent Viscountess Chetwynd
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Trevor Hill 1st Viscount Hillsborough
Great x 3 Grandfather: Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Augusta Hill Countess Talbot 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaretta Fitzgerald 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Frances Charlotte Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Dartmouth 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Lambart
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Naper
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Lenox Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Dutton 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Dutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Bond
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Bond
William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 1st Earl Aylesford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 2nd Earl Aylesford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Banks Countess Aylesford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Aylesford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Clement Fisher 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fisher Countess Aylesford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 4th Earl Aylesford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Seymour Countess Aylesford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Heneage Finch 5th Earl Aylesford 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Thynne 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Thynne 2nd Viscount Weymouth 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Villiers Baroness Lansdowne 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Thynne 1st Marquess of Bath 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville 
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louisa Carteret Viscountess Weymouth 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Worsley Countess Granville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Thynne Countess Aylesford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Mother: Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Greville 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Greville 7th Baron Brooke 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Wilmot 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Thynne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Thynne Baroness Brooke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Strode 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Greville 2nd Earl Warwick and Brooke 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archibald Hamilton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Augusta Sophia Greville Countess Aylesford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Vernon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Vernon Countess Warwick and Brooke 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England