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 Kerry is in Earl Ireland.
On 17th January 1723 Thomas Fitzmurice 1st Earl Kerry [aged 55] was created 1st Earl Kerry. Anne Petty Countess Kerry [aged 52] by marriage Countess Kerry.
On 16th March 1741 Thomas Fitzmurice 1st Earl Kerry [aged 73] died. His son William [aged 47] succeeded 2nd Earl Kerry.
On 4th April 1747 William Fitzmaurice 2nd Earl Kerry [aged 53] died. His son Francis [aged 6] succeeded 3rd Earl Kerry.
In 1768 Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice 3rd Earl Kerry [aged 27] and Anastasia Daly Countess Kerry [aged 48] were married. She by marriage Countess Kerry. The difference in their ages was 20 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of William Fitzmaurice 2nd Earl Kerry and Gertrude Lambart.
On 4th July 1818 Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice 3rd Earl Kerry [aged 77] died. He was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map] in the same tomb as his wife Anastasia Daly Countess Kerry. His first cousin once removed Henry [aged 38] succeeded 4th Earl Kerry.
On 31st January 1863 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne [aged 82] died. His son Henry [aged 47] succeeded 4th Marquess Lansdowne, 5th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 5th Earl Kerry. Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne [aged 43] by marriage Marchioness Lansdowne.
On 5th July 1866 Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne [aged 50] died. His son Henry [aged 21] succeeded 5th Marquess Lansdowne, 6th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 6th Earl Kerry.
On 3rd June 1927 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne [aged 82] died. His son Henry [aged 55] succeeded 6th Marquess Lansdowne, 7th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 7th Earl Kerry.
On 5th March 1936 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 6th Marquess of Lansdowne [aged 64] died. His son Charles [aged 19] succeeded 7th Marquess Lansdowne, 8th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 8th Earl Kerry.
On 30th August 1944 Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice 7th Marquess of Lansdowne [aged 27] was killed in action. He was unmarried. His first cousin George [aged 31] succeeded 8th Marquess Lansdowne, 9th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 9th Earl Kerry. His younger brother Lieutenant Edward Norman Petty-Fitzmaurice [deceased] had been killed nine days before.
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 25th August 1999 George Petty-Fitzmaurice 8th Marquess of Lansdowne [aged 86] died. His son Charles [aged 58] succeeded 9th Marquess Lansdowne, 10th Earl Shelburne in County Wexford, 10th Earl Kerry.