The Royal Line of Ancestors
Arnoul de Metz (582 – 640) m Dode Clotilde de Metz (583 – 611)
Ansegisel de Metz (610 – 662) m Begga de Landen (613 – 693)
Pepin II of Austrasia (640 – 714) m Alpaïde von Echternach (654 – 705)
Charles Martel (676 – 741) m Rotrude (685 – 724)
Pepin III (715 – 768) m Bertrada de Laon (720 – 783)
Charloman I (747 – 814) m Hidegarde von Schwaben (758 -783)
Louis le Pieux (778 – 840) m Judith de Bavaria (805 – 843)
Baldwin of Flanders (837 – 879) m Judith de Flanders (844 – 879)
Baldwin II of Flanders (865 – 918) m Aelfthryth of Wessex (871 – 933)
Adelolf de Boulogne (891 – 933) m Mahaut de Crequy (919 – 972)
Arnulf II of Boulogne & Ternois (922 – 972) m Jeanne de Boulogne (930 – 982)
Arnulf III de Boulogne (950 – 990) m Adeline de Desvres (960 - 998)
Baldwin II de Boulogne (963 – 1032) m Adelheid de Holland (974 – 1045)
Eustace I de Boulogne (989 – 1049) m Mathilde de Leuven (990 – 1068)
Eustace II de Boulogne (1020 – 1087) m Ide de Boulogne (1032 – 1113)
Geoffroi de Boulogne (1057 – 1100) m Beatrice de Mandeville (1070 – 1130)
Guillaume de Boulogne (1081 – 1130) m Adélaïde de Clermont, (1085 – 1130)
Richard de Lucy (1089 – 1179) m Rohaise de Boulogne (1092 – 1151)
Odinell II de Umfraville (1120 – 1182) m Alice de Lucy (1129 – 1197)
Richard de Umfraville (1164 – 1226) m Sybil de Torrington (1175 – 1234)
Gilbert de Umfraville (1195 – 1244) m Matilda of Angus (1215 – 1261)
Gilbert II de Umfraville (1244 – 1307) m Elizabeth Comyn (1248 – 1328)
Robert de Umfraville (1277 – 1325) m Lucy de Kyme (1281 – 1323)
Thomas de Umfraville (1321 – 1387) m Joane de Roddam (1328 – 1387)
Thomas II de Umfraville (1361 – 1321) m Agnes de Grey (1365 – 1420)
Thomas Lambert of Owlton (1387 – 1446) m Joan de Umfraville (1387 – 1414)
Christopher Sotherton (1410 – 1439) m Constance Lambert of York (1419 – 1478)
William Sotheron (1438 – 1509) m Alice Spalding (1445 – 1509)
Thomas Millington (1460 – 1508) m Agnes Sotheron (1468 – 1509)
William Millington (1490 – 1537) m Barbara Tomlinson (1494 – 1537)
William Millington II (1523 – 1562) m Margaret Steelware (1535 – 0000)
Thomas Bilbrough (1554 – 1608) m Isabel Millington (1550 – 1600)
Richard Bilbrough (1592 – 1666) m Cecilia Ainsley (1590 – 0000)
John Bilbrough (1630 – 1669) m Alice Fountance (1620 – 0000)
William Bilbrough (1649 – 1709) m Mary Percy (0000 – 0000)
Henry Bilbrough (1664 – 1733) m Mary Conyworth (1681 – 1759)
John Bilbrough (1711 – 1779) m Elizabeth Tuke (1712 – 1794)
Joseph Fletcher (1754 – 1831) m Mary Bilbrough (1755 – 1831)
Joseph Fletcher II (1781 – 1818) m Hannah Oldfield (1781 – 1829)
Thomas Fletcher (1817 – 1872) m Jane Winn (1820 – 1888)
Richard Robert Fletcher (1852 – 1917) m Mary Johnson (1851 – 0000)
Robert Fletcher (1886 – 1954) m Grace Darling Haram (1899 – 1972)
John Alfred Fletcher (1914 – 1998) m Grace Alice Wardle (1915 – 2000)
Alexander John Robert Drew (1938 – 1999) m Margaret Fletcher (1942 – 2023)
David John Drew (1964 -) m Kimberly Harrell (1965 -)
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A soft strand of sand
Telling of long-gone sagas
Whispering memories
Crisp azure blue of sky
Laments many sad losses
Permeating the mind
This cold North Sea
Grasping the bare beach
Cascading waves roll on
Inward the rhythm
Outward the breath
Teardrops mingle with rain
Crumbling decaying priory
Delicate sandstone arches
On the wind eroded headland
A promontory soaked
In slow Benedictine chant
Facing the seagulls soaring
Time continues observing.
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Mother would have wanted us...
Wanted us to enjoy ourselves
At the ‘Grand’ at Tynemouth,
View of an impenetrable sea;
Rolling and rolling over time,
With the vast stretch of sands...
Sands that stretch like memories,
And the wind blows Softly, gentle;
Caressing the crumbling Priory.
Tears of the daughter caught;
Through moments of peace.
Sun warming cold skin in May,
And the presence of my mother
As mourners speak with joy...
Familiar faces around the grave,
The mother of my birth lies still,
Expanding heart; it’s all love
From beginning to the end.
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Yampa River, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
The sound of the river, by old black rocks
Broad, fast-flowing, flecks of white foam
Pools of gray-green, darkness and silver
Running, rippling, gargling, and thrashing.
Overhanging branches of russet willow
With poplars fading into autumn
The tweet and twitter of chickadees
Black, white, darting back and forth.
Mallard Ducks floating and bobbing
Cottonwood leaves litter the damp earth
River sparkles with stories of life and death
Silent currents weaving their tales.
Anglers wade through deeper waters
The search for mature rainbow trout
Fly-fishing from the banks, move swiftly on
Passing quickly beneath the steel bridge.
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Gently auburn hued autumn air
Gold smudges in paintbrush stroke
Dappled on steep mountain sides
Speckled with tall green pines
Groves of bright gilded aspens
Silent in the cool crisp of fall
Waiting for the first frost to come
Time slowing down to stop
Quivering silver black bark
Thousand Buttery yellow leaves
In moist, crumbling black soil;
Rich and dark, damp humus
Trunks trembling in the breeze
Thin shards of golden ore
Fluttering softly in the wind.
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Saddest peals of mourning
A nations’ greatest loss
Ten days slowly turning
Deaths fateful step we cross
Elizabeth our dear queen
Has passed from light to dark
Entering the eternal stream
Her gracious life we mark
Service of a devoted life
Praiseworthy to the last
Her reign banished all strife
All flags now at half-mast
We remember her glory
Trustworthy to the end
To her all songs laudatory
Each subject a dear friend
Royal standard never drops
To a new king we cheer
Noble time never stops
Look forward to a new year
Photo: Cecil Beaton, October 16, 1968
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