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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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Paternal Family Tree: Fairfax
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Bettershorne 1353-1427
In or before 1498 [his father] Thomas Fairfax [aged 22] and [his mother] Anne Gascoigne [aged 23] were married. They were fifth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1498 Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle was born to Thomas Fairfax [aged 23] and Anne Gascoigne [aged 24].
In 1504 [his mother] Anne Gascoigne [aged 30] died.
Around 1516 Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [aged 18] and Jane Palmes were married. They had at least eight sons and at least four daughters.
In 1520 [his father] Thomas Fairfax [aged 45] died.
In 1529 [his son] Robert Fairfax of Pockthorpe in Yorkshire was born to Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [aged 31] and [his wife] Jane Palmes at Driffield [Map].
Around 1530 [his daughter] Mary Anne Fairfax was born to Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [aged 32] and [his wife] Jane Palmes. She married 1548 Henry Curwen.
In or before 1531 [his son] William Fairfax was born to Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [aged 32] and [his wife] Jane Palmes. He married 1. 1545 his fifth cousin Agnes Darcy, daughter of George Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Aston and Dorothy Melton Baroness Darcy 2. 27th April 1571 Jane Stapleton and had issue.
In 1532 [his daughter] Margaret Fairfax was born to Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [aged 34] and [his wife] Jane Palmes. She married before 14th June 1555 her sixth cousin William Bellasis of Newburgh Priory in Yorkshire and had issue.
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The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 2 Chapters 61-109 1342-1361
The Chronicle of Jean le Bel, Volume 2 continues one of the most important fourteenth-century accounts of the early Hundred Years’ War. Written by the Liège chronicler Jean le Bel, this vivid narrative follows the fortunes of Edward III, Jean II of France, the Black Prince, the great nobles of France and England, and the soldiers, captains and companies who shaped the conflict. This volume covers some of the most dramatic events of the period, including the battles of Crécy and Poitiers, the siege and capture of Calais, the captivity of King John, the rise of the Jacquerie, the turmoil in Paris under Étienne Marcel and Charles of Navarre, the devastation caused by the free companies, Edward III’s great campaign of 1359–1360, and the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Brétigny. Jean le Bel’s chronicle is especially valuable for its lively detail, its interest in chivalry, warfare, politics and reputation, and its influence on later chroniclers, most famously Froissart. This English translation presents the text in clear, readable British English while preserving the force and character of the original narrative. The translation includes extensive notes to help the reader better understand Jean le Bel's text. Volume 2 also includes translated appendices drawn from royal and administrative records, many from the English Record Office, which illuminate Edward III’s campaigns in Brittany, the siege and occupation of Calais, naval preparations, military finance, appointments, safe conducts and related affairs.
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In 1538 [his daughter] Eleanor Fairfax was born to Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [aged 40]. She married before 1609 her third cousin John Vavasour, son of William Vavasour.
Before 1540 Richard Flower of Whitwell in Rutlandshire and [his future wife] Alice Harrington were married.
In 1545 [his son] William Fairfax [aged 14] and [his daughter-in-law] Agnes Darcy [aged 23] were married. They were fifth cousins.
In 1548 [his son-in-law] Henry Curwen [aged 19] and [his daughter] Mary Anne Fairfax [aged 18] were married.
Before 14th June 1555 [his son-in-law] William Bellasis of Newburgh Priory in Yorkshire [aged 31] and [his daughter] Margaret Fairfax [aged 23] were married. They were sixth cousins.
Before 1559 Henry Sutton of Averham in Nottinghamshire [aged 55] and [his future wife] Alice Harrington were married.
On 16th April 1564 [his son] Robert Fairfax of Pockthorpe in Yorkshire [aged 35] died.
Before 1570 Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [aged 71] and Alice Harrington were married.
In 1570 Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [aged 72] died. He was buried at the Church of the Holy Cross, Gilling East [Map].
After 1570. Church of the Holy Cross, Gilling East [Map]. Monument to Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle [deceased] and his two wives [his wife] Jane Palmes and Alice Harrington.
Jane Palmes: she was born to Guy Palmes of Naburn. Around 1516 Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle and she were married. They had at least eight sons and at least four daughters.
Alice Harrington: she was born to John Alexander Harrington and Elizabeth Moton. Before 1540 Richard Flower of Whitwell in Rutlandshire and she were married. Before 1559 Henry Sutton of Averham in Nottinghamshire and she were married. Before 1570 Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle and she were married.








1875. Church of the Holy Cross, Gilling East [Map]. Memorial to member of the Fairfax family buried in the in or near the church, including:
Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle
[his son] Nicholas Fairfax
William Fairfax [Note. States 1595?]
Abigail Yate, wife of Charles Fairfax 5th Viscount Fairfax, daughter of John Yate 2nd Baronet.
Charles Fairfax 5th Viscount Fairfax
Charles Fairfax 6th Viscount Fairfax
William Fairfax 8th Viscount Fairfax
Mary Fairfax Viscountess Fairfax, wife of Charles Gregory Fairfax 9th Viscount Fairfax, sister of Charles Fairfax 6th Viscount Fairfax.
Their last descendant Lavinia Fairfax [aged 73] of Gilling Castle, North Yorkshire [Map], onbly surviving child of Charles Gregory Fairfax place this memorial AD 1875, by which she also desires affectionately to commemorate others of her family buried here who have no memorial in this church, viz, her brother Henry Fairfax, died 1797, her sister Mary Anne Fairfax, died 1809 her grandfather Nathaniel Pigot, died 1804, and her aunt Elizabeth Goodricke died 1839.
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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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[his son] Nicholas Fairfax was born to Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle and Jane Palmes at Driffield [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 11 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fairfax
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Fairfax
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Fairfax
Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Neville
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ledes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Neville
6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Neville
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Eure
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Eure
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Grey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Eure
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Aton 2nd Baron Aton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Aton
Father: Thomas Fairfax 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gascoigne
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Gascoigne 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mowbray
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Gascoigne XII 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Gascoigne XIII 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Clarell of Aldwarke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Clarell Lady of the Garter
Grandfather: William Gascoigne 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Neville
2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ferrers
7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary or Margery Ferrers
Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland
Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Neville
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Anne Gascoigne 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Neville
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster
6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys
Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster
Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland
Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland
Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
Grandmother: Margaret Percy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 3rd Baron Poynings
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings
9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Grey Baroness Poynings
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Poynings
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn
5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Grey Baroness Poynings
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Ros Baroness Grey Ruthyn
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley
3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Berkeley
4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Clivedon Baroness Berkeley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne