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The Chronicle of the Abbey of Evesham is a remarkable medieval history of one of England’s great Benedictine monasteries. Beginning with the abbey’s legendary and royal foundations, it traces the fortunes of Evesham through centuries of religious devotion, political conflict, legal struggle, rebuilding, reform, and royal patronage. At the heart of the chronicle is the abbey’s determination to defend its ancient liberties. Its monks record disputes with bishops, appeals to popes and papal legates, contested elections of abbots, lawsuits over lands and privileges, and the long struggle to preserve Evesham’s exemption from episcopal control. Alongside these institutional battles are vivid accounts of saints and miracles, including St Ecgwine, St Odulf and the royal martyr St Wistan, whose relics and cult formed an important part of the abbey’s identity. The chronicle also preserves a wealth of detail about everyday monastic life. It describes the building and repair of churches, cloisters, chapels, halls, mills, granges and fishponds; the acquisition of estates and revenues; the making of vestments, shrines, bells and liturgical books; and the provision of food, clothing, recreation and medical care for the monks. Successive abbots emerge not merely as religious superiors but as administrators, builders, patrons, diplomats and defenders of the community. Extending into the later Middle Ages, the narrative reflects the changing political world around Evesham, from the Norman Conquest and the Angevin kings to the Wars of the Roses and the reign of Henry VIII. The result is both a history of a single monastery and a richly detailed record of medieval English religious, legal, economic and political life. This edition offers modern readers direct access to one of the most important monastic chronicles of medieval England, revealing how the monks of Evesham understood their saints, their privileges, their rulers and their place in history.

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James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale 1759-1839

Paternal Family Tree: Maitland

On 24th April 1749 [his father] John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale [aged 31] and [his mother] Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale were married. She by marriage Countess Lauderdale. They had twelve children, six boys and six girls. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles Maitland 6th Earl Lauderdale and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Ogilvy Countess Lauderdale [aged 56].

On 26th January 1759 James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale was born to John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale [aged 41] and Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale at Haltoun House, Ratho.

On 15th August 1782 James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale [aged 23] and Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale [aged 20] were married. He the son of John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale [aged 64] and Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale.

On 12th May 1784 [his son] James Maitland 9th Earl Lauderdale was born to James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale [aged 25] and [his wife] Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale [aged 22].

On 18th April 1785 [his brother-in-law] George Hay 7th Marquess Tweedale [aged 32] and [his sister] Hannah Maitland Marchioness Tweddale [aged 35] were married. She the daughter of [his father] John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale [aged 67] and [his mother] Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale. They were fourth cousins.

On 10th June 1785 [his son] Admiral Anthony Maitland 10th Earl of Lauderdale was born to James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale [aged 26] and [his wife] Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale [aged 23].

In 1789 [his mother] Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale died.

On 17th August 1789 [his father] John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale [aged 71] died at Haltoun House, Ratho. His son James [aged 30] succeeded 8th Earl Lauderdale, 8th Viscount Maitland, 8th Viscount Lauderdale, 4th Baronet Maitland of Ravelrig in Nova Scotia. [his wife] Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale [aged 27] by marriage Countess Lauderdale.

On 3rd October 1790 [his daughter] Eleanor Maitland was born to James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale [aged 31] and [his wife] Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale [aged 28]. She married 19th January 1815 James Balfour and had issue.

        
                    The London Gazette 15889. Whitehall, February 15, 1806. 
                
                    The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Baron and Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Thomas Anson [aged 39], Esq, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Styles, and Titles of Baron Soberton, of Soberton, in the County of Southampton, and Viscount Anson, of Shugborough and Orgrave, in the County of Stafford. [Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson [aged 27] by marriage Viscountess Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire.]
                
                    The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity ef a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Most Honorable John Denis Marquis of Sligo, Knight of the Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Monteagle, of Westport, in the County of Mayo. 
                
                    The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Hugh Earl of Eglinton, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, arid Title of Baron Ardrossan, of Ardrossan, in the County of Ayr. 
                
                    The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable James Earl of Lauderdale [aged 47], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Lauderdale, of Thirlestane, in the County of Berwick. 
                
                    The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable George Earl of Granard [aged 46], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Granard, of Castle Donnington, in the County of Leicester. 
                
                    The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to John Crewe [aged 63], Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Crewe, of Crewe, in the County-Palatine of Chester. 
                
                    The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to William Lygon [aged 58], Esq; and his Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Style, and Title of Baron Beauchamp of Powyke, in the County of Worcester. [Catherine Denn by marriage Baroness Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire.]

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On 19th January 1815 [his son-in-law] James Balfour [aged 40] and Eleanor Maitland [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale [aged 55] and Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale [aged 53].

In 1816 [his nephew] George Hay 8th Marquess Tweedale [aged 28] and Susan Montagu Marchioness Tweddale [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of William Montagu 5th Duke Manchester [aged 44] and Susan Gordon Duchess Manchester. He the son of [his former brother-in-law] George Hay 7th Marquess Tweedale and [his sister] Hannah Maitland Marchioness Tweddale.

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Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV 1393-1406

The Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV offers a vivid contemporary account of one of the most turbulent periods in late medieval England. Covering the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, the chronicle records royal ceremonies, political conflict, rebellion, war, taxation, religious controversy, executions, popular unrest and remarkable portents. Its pages include a detailed description of Richard II’s coronation, the fall and deposition of the king, Henry IV’s seizure of the throne, the Percy rebellion, the execution of Archbishop Richard Scrope, the campaigns of Owain Glyndŵr, and England’s relations with Scotland, France, Portugal and Scandinavia. Alongside affairs of state, the annalist preserves reports of miracles, eclipses, prophecies, supernatural events and the experiences of ordinary townspeople, clergy, soldiers and travellers. Written from a monastic perspective, the work combines political observation with moral judgement, presenting victories and disasters as evidence of divine favour or punishment. At once a historical record and a reflection of medieval belief, the Annals provides an invaluable window into the challenges, ceremonies and conflicts of England at the turn of the fifteenth century.

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On 10th September 1839 James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale [aged 80] died at Thirlestane Castle, Lauder. His son James [aged 55] succeeded 9th Earl Lauderdale, 9th Viscount Maitland, 9th Viscount Lauderdale, 2nd Baron Lauderdale of Thirlestane in Berwickshire, 5th Baronet Maitland of Ravelrig in Nova Scotia.

In 1856 [his former wife] Eleanor Todd Countess Lauderdale [aged 94] died.

Diary of the Times of George IV Volume 1 Section 1. In the midst of all these political speculations, Lord Grey has made the disputants a low bow, and has gone back to Northumberland, to remain there till the middle of January. I asked Lord Lauderdale, if Lord Grey's friends did not find fault with his being out of the way at such a moment? 'By no means,' answered he with great gravity; 'Lady Grey, is to be confined very soon, and he sacrifices every thing to the consideration of his wife. He was quite in the right. I always do the same thing¹.'

Note 1. This is rather a strange affirmation for the man who is surnamed " The Father of Divorces."

Ancestors of James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale 1759-1839

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Maitland 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Maitland 1st Earl Lauderdale

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Maitland 3rd Earl Lauderdale

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Maitland 5th Earl Lauderdale

Grandfather: Charles Maitland 6th Earl Lauderdale

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lauder Countess of Lauderdale

Father: John Maitland 7th Earl Lauderdale 13 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Ogilvy of Inchmartine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Patrick Ogilvy 2nd Earl Findlater

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Ogilvy 3rd Earl Findlater 10 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Ogilvy 1st Earl Findlater 8 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ogilvy 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leslie

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Ogilvy 1st Earl Seafield 4th Earl Findlater 11 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Grandmother: Elizabeth Ogilvy Countess Lauderdale 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland

James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale 14 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Lombe of Norwich

Grandfather: Thomas Lombe

Mother: Mary Turner Lombe Countess Launderdale

Grandmother: Elizabeth Turner

James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale 1759-1839

Royal Ancestors of James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale 1759-1839

Ancestors of James Maitland 8th Earl Lauderdale 1759-1839