The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Maternal Family Tree: Audrey Saunders 1551-1588
In 1846 [his father] James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (age 40) and [his mother] Jane Lawley (age 25) were married.
On 15th September 1851 Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart was born to [his father] James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (age 46) and [his mother] Jane Lawley (age 30).
After July 1881 Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart (age 29) and Alice Millais Baroness Stuart (age 19) were married. She the daughter of John Everett Millais 1st Baronet (age 52) and Euphemia "Effie" Gray Lady Millais (age 53).
On 15th July 1881 [his daughter] Beatrice Susan Theodosia Stuart-Wortley was born to Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart (age 29) and [his future wife] Beatrice Trollope. She married 1st December 1906 her sixth cousin Captain Arthur William James Gascoyne-Cecil.
On 26th July 1881 [his future wife] Beatrice Trollope died.
On 22nd August 1881 [his father] James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (age 76) died in Ripley House, Ripley, Surrey.
On 16th August 1886 Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart (age 34) and Beatrice Trollope were married.
On 4th December 1900 [his mother] Jane Lawley (age 79) died at Ripley House, Ripley, Surrey.
On 11th October 1905 [his brother] Archibald John Stuart-Wortley (age 56) died at Uxbridge.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 1st December 1906 [his son-in-law] Captain Arthur William James Gascoyne-Cecil (age 31) and [his daughter] Beatrice Susan Theodosia Stuart-Wortley (age 25) were married. They were sixth cousins.
1912. Luke Fildes (age 68). Portrait of Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart (age 60).
In 1917 Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart (age 65) was created 1st Baron Stuart of Wortley in the City of Sheffield. [his wife] Alice Millais Baroness Stuart (age 55) by marriage Baroness Stuart of Wortley in the City of Sheffield.
On 24th April 1926 Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart (age 74) died. Baron Stuart of Wortley in the City of Sheffield extinct.
In 1936 [his former wife] Alice Millais Baroness Stuart (age 74) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 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 26 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 11 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 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 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Stuart 1st Earl Bute 
13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Stuart 2nd Earl Bute 14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 1st Duke Argyll 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Campbell Countess Bute 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tollemache Duchess Argyll 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Sidney Wortley-Montagu 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Wortley-Montagu 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute 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: Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont 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
GrandFather: James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 1st Baron Wharncliffe 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Cunynghame 3rd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Cunynghame
Father: James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Crichton of Crom Castle
Great x 2 Grandfather: Abraham Crichton 1st Baron Erne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Southwell of Castle Matrix 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Southwell
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Crichton 1st Earl Erne
GrandMother: Elizabeth Caroline Mary Crichton Baroness Wharncliffe 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl Bristol 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wedig Lepell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Caroline Hervey Countess Erne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Davers 2nd Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jermyn Davers 4th Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Jermyn Lady Davers 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Davers Countess Bristol
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Green
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaretta Green
Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley 1st Baron Stuart 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Lawley 3rd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Whitmore
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Lawley 4th Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rebecca Winch
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rebecca Browne
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Lawley 5th Baronet
GrandFather: Paul Thompson 1st Baron Wenlock
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Thompson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Thompson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Beilby Thompson
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Thompson
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Roundell of Marston and Hutton-Wansley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Roundell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Elwyck
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Roundell Lady Dawes
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brearey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Brearey
Mother: Jane Lawley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Aldworth of Stanlake 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Aldworth aka Neville aka Griffin 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Neville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Grey 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Griffin 2nd Baron Braybrook 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Calandrini
Great x 2 Grandmother: Magdalen Calandrini
GrandMother: Caroline Griffin Baroness Wenlock 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Granville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Granville
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Granville
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Granville 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Wyndham 2nd Baronet 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Wyndham 3rd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Leveson-Gower Lady Wyndham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wyndham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Seymour 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England