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Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet

Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.

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Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland 1619-1675

Paternal Family Tree: Rich

Maternal Family Tree: Dorothy Granville 1563-1638

In 1616 [his father] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 25] and [his mother] Isabel Cope Countess Holland were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick [aged 56] and [his grandmother] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.

Around 1619 Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland was born to Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 28] and Isabel Cope Countess Holland.

On 28th June 1632 [his brother-in-law] William Paget 5th Baron Paget Beaudasert [aged 22] and [his sister] Frances Rich Baroness Geneville Beaudasert [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Baroness Paget Beaudasert. She the daughter of [his father] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 41] and [his mother] Isabel Cope Countess Holland. They were second cousin once removed.

On 1st December 1640 [his brother-in-law] James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk [aged 21] and [his sister] Susannah Rich Countess Suffolk [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Suffolk. She the daughter of [his father] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 50] and [his mother] Isabel Cope Countess Holland. He the son of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk. They were fifth cousins.

In 1641 Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland [aged 22] and Elizabeth Ingram Countess Holland [aged 18] were married. He the son of Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 50] and Isabel Cope Countess Holland. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1642 [his son] Henry Rich was born to Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland [aged 23] and [his wife] Elizabeth Ingram Countess Holland [aged 19]. He married 14th February 1659 Christiana Riccard Baroness Berkeley.

On 9th March 1649 at the Old Palace Yard, Westminster Palace three Royalist Lords were beheaded ...

Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham [aged 41] was beheaded. His son Arthur [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Baron Capell Hadham.

[his father] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 58] was beheaded. His son Robert [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Earl Holland. [his wife] Elizabeth Ingram Countess Holland [aged 26] by marriage Countess Holland.

James Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton [aged 42] was beheaded. His brother William [aged 32] succeeded 2nd Duke Hamilton, 3rd Earl Cambridge, 3rd Baron Innerdale by special remainder.

John Owen [aged 49] had been sentenced to death but was subsequently pardoned.

Around February 1650 [his former brother-in-law] James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk [aged 30] and Barbara Villiers Countess Suffolk [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Countess Suffolk. He the son of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk.

On 27th June 1655 [his future brother-in-law] Robert Montagu 3rd Earl Manchester [aged 21] and Anne Yelverton Countess Manchester [aged 25] were married at St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map]. He the son of [his future father-in-law] Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester [aged 53] and Anne Rich Viscountess Mandeville.

In August 1655 [his mother] Isabel Cope Countess Holland died.

On 14th February 1659 Henry Rich [aged 17] and Christiana Riccard Baroness Berkeley [aged 21] were married. He the son of Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland [aged 40] and Elizabeth Ingram Countess Holland [aged 36].

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Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough

A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'

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After 14th February 1659 [his son] Henry Rich [deceased] died.

In 1661 Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland [aged 42] and Anne Montagu Countess Warwick and Holland were married. She by marriage Countess Holland. She the daughter of Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester [aged 59] and Anne Rich Viscountess Mandeville. He the son of Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland and Isabel Cope Countess Holland. They were first cousin once removed.

Around September 1661 [his wife] Elizabeth Ingram Countess Holland [aged 38] died.

Around 1673 [his son] Edward Rich 6th Earl Warwick 3rd Earl Holland was born to Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland [aged 54] and [his wife] Anne Montagu Countess Warwick and Holland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.14%. He married 1697 Charlotte Myddelton Countess Warwick and Holland, daughter of Thomas Myddelton 2nd Baronet and Charlotte Bridgeman Lady Myddelton, and had issue.

On 24th August 1673 Charles Rich 4th Earl Warwick [aged 58] died. His first cousin Robert [aged 54] succeeded 5th Earl Warwick, 7th Baron Rich of Leez. [his wife] Anne Montagu Countess Warwick and Holland by marriage Countess Warwick.

On 16th April 1675 Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland [aged 56] died. His son Edward [aged 2] succeeded 6th Earl Warwick, 3rd Earl Holland, 8th Baron Rich of Leez.

In 1689 [his former wife] Anne Montagu Countess Warwick and Holland died.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Rich was born to Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland and Anne Montagu Countess Warwick and Holland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.14%. She married before 1711 Francis Edwardes and had issue.

Royal Ancestors of Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland 1619-1675

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 15 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland 1619-1675

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Rich

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Rich

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Dinley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Dinley

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Rich 2nd Baron Rich of Leez

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Jenks

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Jenks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich

Grandfather: Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Baldry

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Baldry Baroness Rich Leez

Father: Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Devereux 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Bourchier Baroness Ferrers Chartley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Grandmother: Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Knollys

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Knollys

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Troutbeck

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Knollys

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston

Great x 1 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cope

Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Cope

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Cope

Grandfather: Walter Cope 13 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Mohun 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Mohun 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Mohun 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mohun 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Mother: Isabel Cope Countess Holland 14 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Granville

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Granville

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Grenville

Grandmother: Dorothy Granville