The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

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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Earl Clanricarde

Earl Clanricarde is in Earl Ireland.

In 1544 Ulick na "gCeann aka of the Heads" Burke 1st Earl Clanricarde died. His son Richard succeeded 2nd Earl Clanricarde.

In 1582 Richard Burke 2nd Earl Clanricarde died. His son Ulrick succeeded 3rd Earl Clanricarde.

In 1601 Ulrick Burke 3rd Earl Clanricarde died. His son Richard [aged 29] succeeded 4th Earl Clanricarde.

On 12th November 1635 Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans [aged 63] died. His son Ulick [aged 31] succeeded 5th Earl Clanricarde, 2nd Earl St Albans. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 42] was blamed for his death making an enemy of Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde and his half-brother (they shared the same mother Frances Walsingham Countess Essex) Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex [aged 44].

In July 1657 Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde [aged 53] died. His first cousin Richard succeeded 6th Earl Clanricarde. Earl St Albans extinct.

In 1666 Richard Burgh 8th Earl Clanricarde [aged 27] died. His brother John [aged 24] succeeded 9th Earl Clanricarde.

In 1666 Richard Burke 6th Earl Clanricarde died. His brother William succeeded 7th Earl Clanricarde.

In or before 1674 William Burke 7th Earl Clanricarde and Helen MacCarty Countess Clanricarde [aged 41] were married. She by marriage Countess Clanricarde.

After 1708 William Burke 7th Earl Clanricarde died. His son Richard succeeded 8th Earl Clanricarde.

In 1722 John Burke 9th Earl Clanricard [aged 80] died. His son Michael [aged 36] succeeded 10th Earl Clanricarde.

In 1726 Michael Burke 10th Earl Clanricarde [aged 40] died. His son John [aged 5] succeeded 11th Earl Clanricarde.

On 1st July 1740 John Smith Burgh 11th Earl Clanricarde [aged 19] and Hester Amelia Vincent Countess Clanricarde were married. She by marriage Countess Clanricarde. He the son of Michael Burke 10th Earl Clanricarde.

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 21st April 1782 John Smith Burgh 11th Earl Clanricarde [aged 61] died. His son Henry [aged 40] succeeded 12th Earl Clanricarde.

On 8th December 1797 Henry Burgh 1st Marquess Clarincade [aged 55] died without issue. Marquess Clarincade extinct. His brother John [aged 53] succeeded 13th Earl Clanricarde.

On 10th April 1874 Ulick Burgh 1st Marquess Clanricarde [aged 71] died at Stratton Street. His son Hubert [aged 41] succeeded 2nd Marquess Clarincade, 15th Earl Clanricarde, 2nd Baron Somerhill of Somerhill in Kent.