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: Maude
On 8th July 1811 [his father] Cornwallis Maude 3rd Viscount Hawarden [aged 31] and [his mother] Jane Crawfurd Bruce were married. She by marriage Viscountess Hawarden.
On 4th April 1817 Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt was born to [his father] Cornwallis Maude 3rd Viscount Hawarden [aged 37] and [his mother] Jane Crawfurd Bruce.
On 19th December 1831 [his brother-in-law] Charles Anderson-Pelham 2nd Earl Yarborough [aged 22] and [his sister] Maria Adelaide Maude Countess Yarborough [aged 17] were married. He the son of Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough [aged 50].
On 24th March 1845 Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt [aged 27] and Clementina Elphinstone-Fleming Viscountess Hawarden [aged 22] were married.
On 15th January 1846 [his daughter] Isabella Grace Maude was born to Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt [aged 28] and [his wife] Clementina Elphinstone-Fleming Viscountess Hawarden [aged 23]. She married 28th January 1869 Reginald Charles Abbot 3rd Baron Colchester, son of Charles Abbot 2nd Baron Colchester.
On 5th September 1846 Charles Anderson-Pelham 1st Earl Yarborough [aged 65] died aboard his yacht at Vigo. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Earl Yarborough, 3rd Baron Yarborough. [his sister] Maria Adelaide Maude Countess Yarborough [aged 31] by marriage Countess Yarborough.
On 9th October 1849 [his brother-in-law] Charles Cornwallis Neville 5th Baron Braybrooke [aged 26] and [his sister] Florence Maude Baroness Braybrooke were married.
On 24th March 1852 [his mother] Jane Crawfurd Bruce died.
On 22nd October 1852 [his son] Captain Cornwallis Maude was born to Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt [aged 35] and [his wife] Clementina Elphinstone-Fleming Viscountess Hawarden [aged 30]. He married 28th February 1878 his half third cousin Eva Henrietta Brooke and had issue.
On 12th October 1856 [his father] Cornwallis Maude 3rd Viscount Hawarden [aged 76] died. His son Cornwallis [aged 39] succeeded 4th Viscount Hawarden, 4th Baron Montalt of Hawarden in Tipperary, 6th Baronet of Dundrum in Tipperary.
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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On 4th February 1861 Richard Cornwallis Neville 4th Baron Braybrooke [aged 40] died at Audley End House, Saffron Walden [Map]. His brother [his brother-in-law] Charles [aged 37] succeeded 5th Baron Braybrooke of Braybrooke in Northamptonshire. [his sister] Florence Maude Baroness Braybrooke by marriage Baroness Braybrooke of Braybrooke in Northamptonshire.
On 19th January 1865 [his wife] Clementina Elphinstone-Fleming Viscountess Hawarden [aged 42] died.
On 28th January 1869 [his son-in-law] Reginald Charles Abbot 3rd Baron Colchester [aged 27] and Isabella Grace Maude [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt [aged 51] and Clementina Elphinstone-Fleming Viscountess Hawarden.
On 7th August 1869 [his brother-in-law] William Monson 1st Viscount Oxenbridge [aged 40] and [his sister] Maria Adelaide Maude Countess Yarborough [aged 54] were married. She by marriage Baroness Monson of Burton in Lincolnshire.
The London Gazette 24071. 2nd March 1874. St. James's Palace, March 2, 1874.
The Queen [aged 54] has been pleased to appoint to be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty:-
Charles Adolphus, Earl of Dunmore [aged 32], in the room of Gavin, Earl of Breadalbane [aged 22], resigned.
Robert, Earl of Roden [aged 27], in the room of Valentine Augustus, Earl of Kenmare [aged 48], resigned.
Cornwallis, Viscount Hawarden [aged 56], in the room of Albert Edmund, Earl of Morley [aged 30], resigned.
William, Lord Bagot [aged 62], in the room of Thomas, Lord Camoys [aged 76], resigned.
Dudley Charles, Lord De Ros [aged 46], in the room of Charles, Lord Lurgan, resigned.
William Buller Fullerton, Lord Elphinstone [aged 45], in the room of Frederick Henry Paul, Lord Methuen [aged 56], resigned.
Thomas, Lord Walsingham [aged 30], in the room of Arthur, Lord Wrottesley [aged 49], resigned.
On 10th April 1875 [his son-in-law] Gerald Richard Brooke [aged 22] and Kathleen Maude were married. She the daughter of Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt [aged 58] and Clementina Elphinstone-Fleming Viscountess Hawarden. They were half third cousins.
On 28th February 1878 Captain Cornwallis Maude [aged 25] and Eva Henrietta Brooke were married. He the son of Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt [aged 60] and Clementina Elphinstone-Fleming Viscountess Hawarden. They were half third cousins.
The London Gazette 24843. St. James's Palace, May 10, 1880. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint to be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty:-
Frederick Henry Paul [aged 62], Lord Methuen in the room of William, Lord Bagot [aged 69], resigned.
Lawrance [aged 35], Earl of Zetland, in the room of Charles Adolphus [aged 39], Earl of Dunmore, resigned.
William [aged 46], Earl of Listowel, in the room of Dudley Charles FitzGerald [aged 53], Lord de Ros, resigned.
Thomas [aged 25], Lord Ribblesdale, in the room of William Buller Fullerton [aged 51], Lord Elphinstone, resigned.
Charles Douglas Richard [aged 39], Lord Sudeley, in the room of John Major [aged 37], Lord Henniker, resigned.
Arthur [aged 55], Lord Wrottesley, in the room of Cornwallis [aged 63], Viscount Hawarden, resigned.
On 27th February 1881 was the final and decisive battle of the First Boer War that was a resounding victory for the Boers. General George Pomeroy aka Colley [aged 45], who commanded, and [his son] Captain Cornwallis Maude [aged 28] were killed.
On 17th July 1886 [his son-in-law] Seymour Coghill Hort Bushe and Kathleen Maude were married. She the daughter of Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt [aged 69] and Clementina Elphinstone-Fleming Viscountess Hawarden.
On 13th August 1886 [his brother-in-law] William Monson 1st Viscount Oxenbridge [aged 57] was created 1st Viscount Oxenbridge of Burton in Lincolnshire. [his sister] Maria Adelaide Maude Countess Yarborough [aged 71] by marriage Viscountess Oxenbridge of Burton in Lincolnshire.
On 9th September 1886 Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt [aged 69] was created 1st Earl de Montalt of Dundrum in Tipperary.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 24th December 1897 [his sister] Maria Adelaide Maude Countess Yarborough [aged 83] died.
On 9th January 1905 Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt [aged 87] died.
[his daughter] Kathleen Maude was born to Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt and Clementina Elphinstone-Fleming Viscountess Hawarden. She married (1) 10th April 1875 her half third cousin Gerald Richard Brooke (2) 17th July 1886 Seymour Coghill Hort Bushe.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Maude 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Cornwallis Maude 1st Viscount Hawarden
Father: Cornwallis Maude 3rd Viscount Hawarden
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Monck 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Blennerhassett Monck
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Monck of St Stephen's Green, Dublin
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Monck of Kildare Street Dublin
GrandMother: Anne Isabella Monck Viscountess Hawarden
Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt
GrandFather: Patrick Craufurd Bruce of Taplow Lodge in Buckinghamshire
Mother: Jane Crawfurd Bruce