Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Baron Spencer is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.
Baron Spencer Wormleighton is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.
Summary
21st July 1603. Robert Spencer 1st Baron Spencer [aged 33] created. See Coronation of James I.
25th October 1627. Son William Spencer 2nd Baron Spencer [aged 36] succeeded.
19th December 1636. Son Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland [aged 16] succeeded.
20th September 1643. Son Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland [aged 2] succeeded.
28th September 1702. Son Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland [aged 27] succeeded.
19th April 1722. Son Robert Spencer 4th Earl of Sunderland [aged 20] succeeded.
27th February 1729. Brother Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough [aged 22] succeeded.
20th October 1758. Son George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough [aged 19] succeeded.
29th January 1817. Son George Spencer-Churchill 5th Duke of Marlborough [aged 50] succeeded.
5th March 1840. Son George Spencer-Churchill 6th Duke of Marlborough [aged 46] succeeded.
1st July 1857. Son John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough [aged 35] succeeded.
5th July 1883. Son George Charles Spencer-Churchill 8th Duke of Marlborough [aged 39] succeeded.
9th November 1892. Son Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill 9th Duke of Marlborough [aged 20] succeeded.
30th June 1934. Son John Albert William Spencer-Churchill 10th Duke of Marlborough [aged 36] succeeded.
11th March 1972. Son John Spencer-Churchill 11th Duke of Marlborough [aged 45] succeeded.
16th October 2014. Son James Spencer-Churchill 12th Duke of Marlborough [aged 58] succeeded.
On 21st July 1603 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 37] created a number of new Baronies...
Thomas Egerton [aged 63] was created 1st Baron Ellesmere. Alice Spencer Countess Derby [aged 54] by marriage Baroness Ellesmere.
Robert Spencer [aged 33] was created 1st Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
John Harrington [aged 63] was created 1st Baron Harington of Exton. Anne Keilway Baroness Harington [aged 49] by marriage Baroness Harington of Exton.
In 1615 William Spencer 2nd Baron Spencer [aged 23] and Penelope Wriothesley Baroness Spencer Wormleighton [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Baroness Spencer Wormleighton. She the daughter of Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton [aged 41] and Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton [aged 43]. They were fourth cousins.
On 25th October 1627 Robert Spencer 1st Baron Spencer [aged 57] died. His son William [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
On 19th December 1636 William Spencer 2nd Baron Spencer [aged 45] died. His son Henry [aged 16] succeeded 3rd Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
On 20th July 1639, some sources say 11th July 1639, Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland [aged 18] and Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland [aged 21] were married at Penhurst Rother. She by marriage Baroness Spencer Wormleighton. Her long-term suitor, she was the 'Sacharissa' of his poems, Edmund Waller [aged 33] wrote a letter to the bride's sister [aged 12] on the occasion of the wedding. She the daughter of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 43] and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 41]. They were third cousins.
Madam,
In this common joy at Penshurst, I know none to whom complaints may come less unseasonably than to your ladyship, the loss of a bedfellow being almost equal to that of a mistress; and therefore you ought at least to pardon, if you consent not to the imprecations of, the deserted, which just Heaven no doubt will hear. May my lady Dorothy, if we may yet call her so, suffer as much, and have the like passion for this young lord, whom she has preferred to the rest of mankind, as others have had for her; and may his love, before the year go about, make her taste of the first curse imposed upon womankind, the pains of becoming a mother. May her first born be none of her own sex, nor so like her but that he may resemble her lord as much as herself. May she that always affected silence and retirement have the house filled with the noise and number of her children, and hereafter of her grandchildren; and then may she arrive at that great curse, so much declined by fair ladies, old age; may she live to be very old and yet seem young; be told so by her glass, and have no aches to inform her of the truth; and when she shall appear to be mortal, may her lord not mourn for her, but go hand in hand with her to that place where we are told there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, that being there divorced we may all have an equal interest in her again! My revenge being immortal, I wish all this may befall her posterity to the world's end and afterwards! To you, madam, I wish all good things, and that this loss may in good time be happily supplied with a more constant bedfellow of the other sex. Madam, I humbly kiss your hands, and beg pardon for this trouble, from
Your ladyship's
most humble servant,
E. Waller.
On 20th September 1643 Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland [aged 22] died. His son Robert [aged 2] succeeded 2nd Earl of Sunderland, 4th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
On 28th September 1702 Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland [aged 61] died at Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Map]. His son Charles [aged 27] succeeded 3rd Earl of Sunderland, 5th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland [aged 19] by marriage Countess of Sunderland.
On 19th April 1722 Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland [aged 46] died. His son Robert [aged 20] succeeded 4th Earl of Sunderland, 6th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
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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On 27th February 1729 Robert Spencer 4th Earl of Sunderland [aged 27] died. His brother Charles [aged 22] succeeded 5th Earl of Sunderland, 7th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
On 20th October 1758 Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough [aged 51] died. His son George [aged 19] succeeded 4th Duke Marlborough, 4th Marquess of Blandford, 4th Earl of Marlborough, 4th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 6th Earl of Sunderland, 8th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
On 29th January 1817 George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough [aged 78] died. His son George [aged 50] succeeded 5th Duke Marlborough, 5th Marquess of Blandford, 5th Earl of Marlborough, 5th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 7th Earl of Sunderland, 9th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Susan Stewart Duchess of Marlborough [aged 49] by marriage Duchess Marlborough.
On 5th March 1840 George Spencer-Churchill 5th Duke of Marlborough [aged 73] died. His son George [aged 46] succeeded 6th Duke Marlborough, 6th Marquess of Blandford, 6th Earl of Marlborough, 6th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 8th Earl of Sunderland, 10th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Jane Stewart Duchess of Marlborough [aged 42] by marriage Duchess Marlborough.
On 1st July 1857 George Spencer-Churchill 6th Duke of Marlborough [aged 63] died. His son John [aged 35] succeeded 7th Duke Marlborough, 7th Marquess of Blandford, 7th Earl of Marlborough, 7th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 9th Earl of Sunderland, 11th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Frances Anne Emily Vane Duchess of Marlborough [aged 35] by marriage Duchess Marlborough.
On 5th July 1883 John Winston Spencer-Churchill 7th Duke of Marlborough [aged 61] died. His son George [aged 39] succeeded 8th Duke Marlborough, 8th Marquess of Blandford, 8th Earl of Marlborough, 8th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 10th Earl of Sunderland, 12th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Albertha Frances Anne Hamilton Duchess of Marlborough [aged 36] by marriage Duchess Marlborough.
On 9th November 1892 George Charles Spencer-Churchill 8th Duke of Marlborough [aged 48] died. His son Charles [aged 20] succeeded 9th Duke Marlborough, 9th Marquess of Blandford, 9th Earl of Marlborough, 9th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 11th Earl of Sunderland, 13th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
On 30th June 1934 Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill 9th Duke of Marlborough [aged 62] died. His son John [aged 36] succeeded 10th Duke Marlborough, 10th Marquess of Blandford, 10th Earl of Marlborough, 10th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 12th Earl of Sunderland, 14th Baron Spencer Wormleighton. Alexandra Mary Cadogan Duchess of Marlborough [aged 34] by marriage Duchess Marlborough.
On 11th March 1972 John Albert William Spencer-Churchill 10th Duke of Marlborough [aged 74] died. He was buried at St Martin's Church, Bladon [Map] next to the grave of his first wife Alexandra Mary Cadogan Duchess of Marlborough who died in 1961. His son John [aged 45] succeeded 11th Duke Marlborough, 11th Marquess of Blandford, 11th Earl of Marlborough, 11th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 13th Earl of Sunderland, 15th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
On 16th October 2014 John Spencer-Churchill 11th Duke of Marlborough [aged 88] died. His son James [aged 58] succeeded 12th Duke Marlborough, 12th Marquess of Blandford, 12th Earl of Marlborough, 12th Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, 14th Earl of Sunderland, 16th Baron Spencer Wormleighton.
Baron Spencer Althorp is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.
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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Summary
3rd April 1761. John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer [aged 26] created.
31st October 1783. Son George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 25] succeeded.
1834. Son John Charles Spencer 3rd Earl Spencer [aged 52] succeeded.
1845. Brother Frederick Spencer 4th Earl Spencer [aged 46] succeeded.
27th December 1857. Son John Poyntz Spencer 5th Earl Spencer [aged 22] succeeded.
1910. Half Brother Charles Robert Spencer 6th Earl Spencer [aged 52] succeeded.
26th September 1922. Son Albert Edward John Spencer 7th Earl Spencer [aged 30] succeeded.
9th June 1975. Son John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 51] succeeded.
29th March 1992. Son Charles Spencer 9th Earl Spencer [aged 27] succeeded.
On 3rd April 1761 John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer [aged 26] was created 1st Viscount Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer Althorp. Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 23] by marriage Viscountess Spencer, 1st Baroness Spencer Althorp.
On 31st October 1783 John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer [aged 48] died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Brington, Northamptonshire. His son George [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Earl Spencer, 2nd Viscount Althorp, 2nd Viscount Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer Althorp. Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 21] by marriage Countess Spencer.
In 1834 George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 75] died. His son John [aged 52] succeeded 3rd Earl Spencer, 3rd Viscount Althorp, 3rd Viscount Spencer, 3rd Baron Spencer Althorp.
In 1845 John Charles Spencer 3rd Earl Spencer [aged 63] died. His brother Frederick [aged 46] succeeded 4th Earl Spencer, 4th Viscount Althorp, 4th Viscount Spencer, 4th Baron Spencer Althorp. Elizabeth Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 45] by marriage Countess Spencer.
On 27th December 1857 Frederick Spencer 4th Earl Spencer [aged 59] died. His son John [aged 22] succeeded 5th Earl Spencer, 5th Viscount Althorp, 5th Viscount Spencer, 5th Baron Spencer Althorp.
In 1910 John Poyntz Spencer 5th Earl Spencer [aged 75] died. His half brother Charles [aged 52] succeeded 6th Earl Spencer, 6th Viscount Althorp, 6th Viscount Spencer, 6th Baron Spencer Althorp. Margaret Baring Countess Spencer by marriage Countess Spencer.
On 26th September 1922 Charles Robert Spencer 6th Earl Spencer [aged 64] died. His son Albert [aged 30] succeeded 7th Earl Spencer, 7th Viscount Althorp, 7th Viscount Spencer, 7th Baron Spencer Althorp. Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton Countess Spencer [aged 25] by marriage Countess Spencer.
On 9th June 1975 Albert Edward John Spencer 7th Earl Spencer [aged 83] died. His son John [aged 51] succeeded 8th Earl Spencer, 8th Viscount Althorp, 8th Viscount Spencer, 8th Baron Spencer Althorp. Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer [aged 39] by marriage Countess Spencer.
On 29th March 1992 John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 68] died. His son Charles [aged 27] succeeded 9th Earl Spencer, 9th Viscount Althorp, 9th Viscount Spencer, 9th Baron Spencer Althorp.