23rd Generation 
23rd Generation 2918. Sir Matthew ARUNDELL was born circa 1532 and died on 24 Dec 1598 at age 66.
General Notes: Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle (c. 1532-4 - 24 December 1598), who married Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton , Nottinghamshire and had two sons Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c.1560 - 7 November 1639),[3] and William (aft. 1560 - 16 February 1592), who died unmarried.
- Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle
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Matthew married Margaret WILLOUGHBY, daughter of Sir Henry WILLOUGHBY, of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire and Unknown,.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 3007 M i. Thomas ARUNDELL, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour was born circa 1560, died on 7 Nov 1639 at age 79, and was buried in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England.
3008 M ii. William ARUNDELL was born after 1560 and died on 16 Feb 1592.
2919. Walter DEVEREUX, 1st Earl of Essex was born on 16 Sep 1541 and died on 22 Sep 1576 in Ireland at age 35.
General Notes: Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex
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Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, KG (16 September 1541 - 22 September 1576), an English nobleman and general. From 1573 until his death he fought in Ireland in connection with the Plantation of Ulster , where he ordered the massacre of Rathlin Island . He was the father of Elizabeth I 's favourite of her later years, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex .
Family
Walter was the eldest son of Sir Richard Devereux and Dorothy Hastings. His paternal grandfather was the 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley , who was created Viscount Hereford in 1550. His maternal grandparents were George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon . Anne Stafford is best known for having been a mistress of Henry VIII around 1510. Through both of his parents, Walter was related, albeit distantly, to the Bourchier family, to which previous Earls of Essex had belonged.
In 1561 or 1562, Walter married Lettice , daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey . Lettice's maternal grandmother was Mary Boleyn , the elder sister of Queen Anne Boleyn . Like Walter's own grandmother, Mary Boleyn too had been a mistress of Henry VIII ; it is up for debate whether Lettice's mother Catherine was conceived during Mary's affair with the King. Walter and Lettice had three children, a son Robert and two daughters, Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich and Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland .
Career
In 1558, Walter's grandfather died and he became 2nd Viscount Hereford and 10th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. He provided signal service in suppressing the Northern Rebellion of 1569, serving as high marshal of the field under the Earl of Warwick and Lord Clinton. For his zeal in the service of Queen Elizabeth I on this and other occasions, Walter was made a knight of the Garter and was created Earl of Essex in 1572.
Eager to give proof of "his good devotion to employ himself in the service of her Majesty," he offered on certain conditions to subdue or colonize, at his own expense, a portion of the Irish province of Ulster . At that time, Ulster was completely under the dominion of the O'Neills, led by Sir Brian MacPhelim and Turlough Luineach , and of the Scots led by Sorley Boy MacDonnell . His offer, with certain modifications, was accepted. He set sail for Ireland in July 1573, accompanied by a number of earls, knights and gentlemen, and with a force of about 1200 men.
His enterprise had an inauspicious beginning; a storm dispersed his fleet and drove some of his vessels as far as Cork and the Isle of Man . His forces did not all reach the place of rendezvous till late in the autumn, and he was compelled to entrench himself at Belfast for the winter. Here his troops were diminished by sickness, famine and desertion to not much more than 200 men.
Intrigues of various sorts and fighting of a guerilla type followed, and Essex had difficulties both with his deputy Fitzwilliam and with the Queen. He was in dire straits, and his offensive movements in Ulster took the form of raids and brutal massacres among the O'Neills. In October 1574, he treacherously captured MacPhelim at a conference in Belfast , and after slaughtering his attendants, had him and his wife and brother executed at Dublin . He arrested William Piers , who active in driving the Scots out of Ulster and accused him of passing military intelligence to Brian mac Phelim O'Neill . Essex ordered Piers's arrest and detention in Carrickfergus Castle in December 1574 but Piers was freed and he successfully executed Brian mac Phelim O'Neill for treason. [1]
After encouraging Essex to prepare to attack the Irish chief Tirlogh Luineach, apparently at the instigation of the earl of Leicester , the queen suddenly commanded him to "break off his enterprise." However, she left him a certain discretionary power, and he took advantage of that to defeat Turlogh Luineach and chastise County Antrim . He also massacred several hundreds of Sorley Boy's following, chiefly women and children, who had hidden in the caves of Rathlin Island in the face of an amphibious assault led by Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Norreys .
He returned to England at the end of 1575, resolved "to live henceforth an untroubled life." He was however persuaded to accept the offer of the queen to make him Earl Marshal of Ireland. He arrived in Dublin in September 1576, but died only three weeks later of dysentery . It was suspected that he had been poisoned at the behest of the earl of Leicester , who married his widow two years later. A post-mortem was carried out and concluded that Essex had died of natural causes. He was succeeded in the Earldom of Essex by his son Robert .
Notes and references
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^ "Piers, William" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (subscription required). . Retrieved September 5, 2010.
^ Historical, genealogical, and biographical account of the Jolliffe family of Virginia 1652 to 1893 By William Jolliffe (1893) Google Books
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Walter married Lettice KNOLLYS, Countess of Essex, Countess of Leicester, daughter of Sir Francis KNOLLYS, Knight of the Garter and Catherine CAREY, circa 1562. Lettice was born on 8 Nov 1543 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, died on 25 Dec 1634 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England at age 91, and was buried in Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, England.
General Notes: Lettice Knollys
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Lettice Knollys ( o? nohlz , sometimes called Laetitia, also known as Lettice Devereux or Lettice Dudley), Countess of Essex and Countess of Leicester (8 November 1543 [1] - 25 December 1634), was an English noblewoman and mother to the courtiers Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and Lady Penelope Rich ; through her marriage to Elizabeth I 's favourite , Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester , she incurred the Queen's undying hatred. [2][3]
A grandniece of Anne Boleyn and close to Princess Elizabeth since childhood, Lettice Knollys was introduced early into court life. At 17 she married Walter Devereux, Viscount Hereford , who in 1572 became Earl of Essex. After her husband went to Ireland in 1573 she possibly became involved with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. There was plenty of scandalous talk, not least when Essex died in Ireland of dysentery in 1576. Two years later Lettice Knollys married Robert Dudley in private. When the Queen was told of the marriage she banished the Countess forever from court, effectively curtailing her social life. The couple's child, Robert, Lord Denbigh, died at the age of three, to the great grief of his parents and ending all prospects for the continuance of the House of Dudley. Lettice Knollys' union with Leicester was nevertheless a happy one, as was her third marriage to the much younger Sir Christopher Blount , whom she unexpectedly married in 1589 only six months after the Earl's death. She continued to style herself Lady Leicester.
The Countess was richly left under Leicester's will; yet the discharge of his overwhelming debts diminished her wealth. In 1604-1605 she successfully defended her widow's rights in court when her possessions and her good name were threatened by the Earl's illegitimate son, Robert Dudley , who claimed that he was his father's legitimate heir, thus implicitly declaring her marriage bigamous . Lettice Knollys was always close to her large family circle. Helpless at the political eclipse of her eldest son, the second Earl of Essex, she lost both him and her third husband to the executioner in 1601. From the 1590s she lived chiefly in the Staffordshire countryside. In reasonably good health until the end, she died aged 91 on Christmas Day .
Family and upbringing
Lettice Knollys was born on 8 November 1543 at Rotherfield Greys , Oxfordshire . [1] Her father, Sir Francis Knollys , was a Member of Parliament and acted as Master of the Horse to Prince Edward . [4] Her mother, Catherine Carey , was a daughter of Mary Boleyn , sister to Queen Anne Boleyn . Thus Catherine Knollys was Elizabeth I 's first cousin, and Lettice Knollys her first cousin once removed. [5] Lettice was the third of her parents' 16 children. [6]
Sir Francis and his wife were Protestants . [6] In 1556 they went to Frankfurt in Germany to escape religious persecution under Queen Mary , taking five of their children with them. [6] It is unknown whether Lettice was among them, and she may have passed the next few years in the household of Princess Elizabeth with whom the family had a close relationship since the mid-1540s. [1] They returned to England in January 1559, two months after Elizabeth I's succession. [1] Francis Knollys was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Royal Household; Lady Knollys became a senior Lady of the Bedchamber , and her daughter Lettice a Maid of the Privy Chamber . [6]
First marriage and love affair
In late 1560 Lettice Knollys married Walter Devereux, Viscount Hereford . The couple lived at the family seat of Chartley in Staffordshire . [1] Here the two eldest of their five children, the daughters Penelope and Dorothy , were born in 1563 and 1564, respectively. [7] Lettice Devereux returned to court on at least one occasion, in the summer of 1565, when the Spanish ambassador Diego Guzmán de Silva described her as "one of the best-looking ladies of the court" and as a favourite with the Queen. [8] Pregnant with her first son, she flirted with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester , the Queen's favourite . [1] The Queen found out at once and succumbed to a fit of jealousy. [9] The Viscountess went back to Staffordshire where, in November 1565, she gave birth to Robert , later 2nd Earl of Essex. Two more sons followed: Walter, who was born in 1569, and Francis, who died soon after birth at an unknown date. [10]
Walter Devereux was raised to the earldom of Essex in 1572. [1] In 1573 he successfully suggested to the Queen a project to plant Englishmen in Ulster . [1] In the autumn he went to Ireland , not to return for two years. During this time Lettice Devereux possibly engaged in a love-affair with the Earl of Leicester; her whereabouts in the following years are largely unknown, though. [1] In 1573 Leicester sent her a present of venison to Chartley from his seat Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire , and she made hunting visits to Kenilworth in 1574 and 1576. [1] She was also present in July 1575 when Dudley entertained the Queen with a magnificent 19-days festival at the castle. [11] Elizabeth and the court (including the Earl of Leicester) then progressed to Chartley, where they were welcomed by the Countess of Essex. [12]
When Walter Devereux returned to England in December 1575, the Spanish agent in London , Antonio de Guaras, reported:
As the thing is publicly talked of in the streets, there can be no harm in my writing openly about the great enmity between the Earl of Leicester and the Earl of Essex, in consequence, it is said, of the fact that while Essex was in Ireland his wife had two children by Leicester. ... Great discord is expected in consequence. [13]
These rumours were elaborated on years later in Leicester's Commonwealth , a Catholic underground libel against the Protestant Earl of Leicester satirically detailing his alleged enormities. [14] Here the Countess of Essex, after having a daughter by Leicester, kills a second child "cruelly and unnaturally" by abortion to prevent her homecoming husband from discovering her affair. [15] There is no evidence that any such children ever existed. [13]
The Earl of Essex returned to Ireland in July 1576. At Dublin , he died of dysentery on 22 September during an epidemic, bemoaning the "frailness of women" in his last words. [16] Rumours of poison, administered by Leicester, immediately sprung up and continued notwithstanding an official investigation which concluded that Essex had died of natural causes. [17][18] His body was carried over to Carmarthen , where his widow attended the funeral. [1]
The Countess' jointure , the lands left to her under her husband's will, was too little to live by and did not comprise Chartley, so that she and her children had to seek accommodation elsewhere. [1][19] She partly lived in her father's house at Rotherfield Greys, but also with friends; Leicester's Commonwealth claimed that Leicester had her move "up and down the country from house to house by privy ways". [1] She pleaded for an augmentation of her jointure with the authorities and, to reach a compromise with the late Earl's executors , threatened "by some froward advice" to claim her dower rights . [1] These would have amounted to one third of the Devereux estate. [20] After seven months of wrangling a more satisfactory settlement was reached, the Countess declaring to be "content to respect my children more than myself". [20] She equally-though unsuccessfully-tried to move the Queen to forgive Essex' debts to the Crown, which very much burdened the inheritance of her son, the young Earl of Essex. [21]
Marriage to Leicester and banishment from court
Lettice Knollys married Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester on 21 September 1578 at around seven o'clock in the morning. Only six other people were present at the Earl's country house at Wanstead , Essex ; among these were the bride's father and brother, Francis and Richard Knollys, the bridegroom's brother, Ambrose, Earl of Warwick , and his two friends, the Earl of Pembroke and Lord North . [22] The officiating chaplain Humphrey Tyndall later remarked that the bride wore a "loose gown" (an informal morning dress [23] ), which has triggered modern speculation that she was pregnant and that the ceremony happened under pressure from her father. [1][note 1] The marriage was, however, in planning between Leicester and his wedding guests for almost a year. While Lettice Devereux may well have been pregnant, there is no further indication as to this. [1][23] The marriage date coincided with the end of the customary two-years-mourning for a widow. [1]
Leicester-a widower since 1560-had for many years been in hope of marrying Elizabeth herself, "for whose sake he had hitherto forborne marriage", as he confessed to Lord North. [22] He also feared Elizabeth's reaction and insisted that his marriage be kept a secret. It did not remain one for long, the French ambassador, Michel de Castelnau , reporting it only two months later. [1] When the Queen was told of the marriage the next year, she banished Lettice Dudley permanently from court; she never forgave her cousin, nor could she ever accept the marriage. [25][26] Even Lady Leicester's movements through London were resented by the Queen, [27] let alone summer visits to Kenilworth by husband and wife. [1] In 1583 Elizabeth asked a Scottish diplomat whether it was true that Leicester wanted to marry his younger stepdaughter Dorothy to James VI of Scotland ; when the Scot denied this
the Queen became so excited about it as to say that she would rather allow the King to take her crown away than to see him married to the daughter of such a she-wolf, and, if she could find no other way to repress her ambition and that of the traitor Leicester, she would proclaim her all over Christendom for the bad woman she was, and prove that her husband was a cuckold. She said much more to the same effect. [28][1]
Lettice Dudley continued to style herself Countess of Essex for several years into her new marriage. [1] She lived very discreetly, often with her relatives at the Knollys family home in Oxfordshire. In February 1580 she was expecting the birth of a child there. For the birth of Leicester's heir, Robert, Lord Denbigh, in June 1581, she moved to Leicester House on the Strand . A further advanced pregnancy was reported in September 1582 by the French ambassador, yet the outcome is again unknown. [1] The next year Lettice Dudley became officially resident at Leicester House, and Elizabeth was once again furious with the Earl "about his marriage, for he opened the same more plainly than ever before". [1] A few weeks later Michel de Castelnau was a guest at Leicester's palatial mansion: "He especially invited me to dine with him and his wife, who has much influence over him and whom he introduces only to those to whom he wishes to show a particular mark of attention." [29]
Robert Dudley had been close to the Knollys family since the early 1550s; several of Lettice's brothers had been in his service and his marriage only enhanced his relations with her siblings. To his four stepchildren he was a concerned and generous stepfather. [1][30] The Dudleys' domestic life is partly documented in the Earl's accounts; [1] Lettice Dudley financed her personal expenses and servants out of her revenue as Dowager Countess of Essex, [31] remaining largely excluded from society life. [29]
The three-year-old Lord Denbigh died suddenly on 19 July 1584 at Wanstead. His death shattered the dynastical hopes of the House of Dudley. [23] Leicester stayed away from his court duties for a few weeks "to comfort my sorrowful wife for the loss of my little son, whom God has lately taken from us." [32] He also thanked Lord Burghley for-unsuccessfully-pleading with the Queen "on behalf of my poor wife. For truly my Lord, in all reason she is hardly dealt with." [33] The bereaved couple went on a trip to the countryside to avoid their son's funeral and "made some ... stags afraid, but killed none", as Leicester wrote Burghley. [34][35]
In 1585 Leicester led an English expedition to assist the rebellious United Provinces against Spain. He incurred Elizabeth's wrath when he accepted the title of Governor-General in January 1586-what had especially kindled her fury was a tale that the Countess of Leicester was planning to follow her husband to the Netherlands "with such a train of ladies, and gentlewomen, and such rich coaches, litters, and side-saddles, as Her Majesty had none, and that there should be such a court of ladies, as should far pass Her Majesty's court here." [36][1] Thomas Dudley, who informed Leicester about these events, stressed that "this information" was "most false". [36] At this same time the Earl was giving his wife authority to handle certain land issues during his absence, implying they had no plans to meet in Holland. [1] William Davison , whom Leicester had sent to explain his doings to the Queen, described a visit to the Countess during the crisis: "I found her greatly troubled with tempestuous news she received from court, but somewhat comforted when she understood how I had proceeded with Her Majesty." [37][38]
The Earl returned to England in December 1586, but was sent again to the Netherlands in the following June-to the grief of his wife, as the young Earl of Essex remarked in a letter. [1] Leicester eventually resigned his post in December 1587. The Countess was with him when he died unexpectedly, possibly of malaria, on 4 September 1588 at Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire; they had been on their way to Kenilworth and Buxton. [39] The Earl's funeral at Warwick in October 1588 was attended by his widow as well as numerous members of her family circle. [39][40]
Blount and Essex
Lettice Dudley was left a wealthy widow. Leicester's will appointed her as executrix and her income from both her husbands' jointures amounted to 3,000 p.a. , to which came plate and movables worth £6,000. However, her jointure was to suffer greatly from paying off Leicester's debts, which at some £50,000 were so overwhelming that she was advised to decline the responsibility of dealing with her husband's financial legacy. [1]
In March or April 1589 the Countess married Sir Christopher Blount , [41] a relatively poor Catholic soldier 12 years her junior, who had been the Earl of Leicester's Gentleman of the Horse and a trusted friend of his. [42][43] The marriage was a great surprise and the Earl of Essex complained that it was an "unhappy choice". [1][41] In the face of tittle-tattle that had reached even France, [41] Lady Leicester-she continued to be styled thus [44] -explained her choice with being a defenceless widow; like her marriage to Leicester, the union proved to be a "genuinely happy" one. [41][1] Some 60 years later it was claimed in a satirical poem that she had poisoned the Earl of Leicester on his deathbed, thereby forestalling her own murder at his hands, because he had found out about her supposed lover, Sir Christopher Blount. [45]
In 1593 Lettice Knollys sold Leicester House to her son, after which it became known as Essex House. [1] She moved to Drayton Bassett near Chartley in Staffordshire, her main residence for the rest of her life. [1] Still banished from court, she saw no point in returning to London without being reconciled to Elizabeth. In December 1597 she had heard from friends that "Her Majesty is very well prepared to hearken to terms of pacification", and was prepared to do "a winter journey" if her son thought "it be to any purpose". [1] "Otherwise a country life is fittest for disgraced persons", she commented. [46] She travelled to London, staying at Essex House from January till March 1598 and meeting all her children and grandchildren. [1][46] Only to meet the Queen was a problem, as Sir Robert Sidney was informed:
I acquainted you with the care to bring Lady Leicester to the Queen's presence; it was often granted, but the Queen found occasion not to come. Upon Shrove Monday, the Queen was persuaded to go to Mr Controller's at the Tilt End, there was my Lady Leicester with a fair jewel of £300. A great dinner was prepared by my Lady Chandos, the Queen's coach ready and all the world expecting Her Majesty's own coming; when upon a sudden she resolved not to go and send so word. My Lord of Essex that had kept his chamber the day before, in his night gown went up to the Queen the privy way; but all would not prevail and as yet my Lady Leicester hath not seen the Queen. [47]
At last a short meeting was granted where the Countess kissed the Queen and "the Queen kissed her", but nothing really changed. [48]
Lettice Knollys' second son, Walter Devereux, died 1591 in France while on military duty, [49] and in subsequent years she was anxious for her elder son's safety. She addressed him "Sweet Robin", longing for his letters and helpless about his moodiness and depression. [50][51] After returning from his command in Ireland without licence, Essex was imprisoned in 1599; his mother came to London to intercede for him with the Queen. [1] She endeavoured to send Elizabeth a "a most curious fine gown" worth £100, which Elizabeth, though she "liked it well", neither accepted nor refused. [52] Lady Leicester's efforts to get sight of her son made matters worse: "Mislike is taken that his mother and friends have been in a house that looks into York Garden where he uses to walk and have saluted each other out of a window." [52]
During Essex' revolt, trial, and execution in February 1601, Lettice Knollys remained at Drayton Basset. She did not only lose her son but also her "best friend", as she called her third husband. [1][44] Sir Christopher Blount was executed on 18 March 1601, three weeks after his stepson, to whom he had been a comrade and confidant for many years. [1][41]
Litigation and old age
The executions and attainders of Essex and Blount led to a legal dispute over the Countess of Leicester's remaining property. In this context she claimed that Blount, in the process of paying off Leicester's debts, had squandered her jewels and much of her landed wealth. [1][41] The death of Elizabeth I in 1603 meant some form of rehabilitation for the Countess; the new monarch, James I , not only restored her grandson, the third Earl of Essex , to his father's title and estate, but quickly cancelled the rest of her debts to the Crown, almost £4,000. [1]
Even more than his debts, the Earl of Leicester's will triggered litigation. He had intended his illegitimate son from his early 1570s relationship with Lady Douglas Sheffield , the adolescent Robert Dudley , to inherit Kenilworth after his brother's, the Earl of Warwick 's, death. Some of the Countess of Leicester's jointure manors lay in the castle's vicinity, while at the same time they had been assigned to the younger Dudley's inheritance by the overseers of Leicester's will. After Warwick's death in February 1590, lengthy legal proceedings ensued over whether particular parts of Lady Leicester's jointure belonged to the Kenilworth estate or not. [53]
In 1603 Dudley initiated moves to prove that he was the legitimate son of his parents and thus the heir to the earldoms of Warwick and Leicester . If successful, this claim would not only have implied that Lettice Knollys' union with Leicester had been bigamous , but would also have nullified her jointure rights. [53] Consequently, in February 1604, she filed a complaint against Dudley in the Star Chamber , accusing him of defamation. She was backed by Sir Robert Sidney , who considered himself the only legitimate heir of his uncles Leicester and Warwick. During the Star Chamber proceedings 56 former servants and friends of the Earl of Leicester testified that he had always regarded Dudley as his illegitimate son. [1] The other side was unable to cite clear evidence and the King's chief minister, Robert Cecil , thought it unwise to rake up the existing property settlement, so the outcome was in favour of Lady Leicester. All the evidence was impounded to preclude a resumption of the case. [1][53]
Throughout her life, Lettice Knollys cared for her siblings, children, and grandchildren. [54][55][56] Until their respective deaths in 1607 and 1619, her daughters Penelope and Dorothy were her closest companions. [1] The young third Earl of Essex, also called Robert, shared much of his life with the old Countess at Chartley and Drayton Bassett. [1] Still walking a mile a day at nearly 90, she died in her chair in the morning of 25 December 1634, aged 91. [1][57] Widely mourned as a symbol of a by-gone age, she wished to be buried "at Warwick by my dear lord and husband the Earl of Leicester with whom I desire to be entombed". [1] Her request was respected and she came to rest in the Beauchamp Chapel of St. Mary's, Warwick , opposite the tomb of her son, the little Lord Denbigh. [1]
See also
Cultural depictions of Elizabeth I of England
Notes
^ For example, by Elizabeth Jenkins in 1961 [24] and Derek Wilson in 1981. [1] The marriage events were detailed in witness depositions by the guests before a notary on 13 March 1581 to secure the legitimacy of the child the Countess of Leicester was then carrying. They include the chaplain's observation about her dress. [1]
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2920. Mary BROWNE, Countess of Southampton was born on 22 Jul 1552 and died on 4 Nov 1607 at age 55.
General Notes: Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton
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Mary Wriothesley (née Browne), Countess of Southampton (22 July 1552 - 4 November 1607) was born in Cowdray House , Midhurst , Sussex, England to Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu and Lady Jane Radcliffe . Mary was married three times first to Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton son of Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton and Jane Cheney . Mary and Henry had two children:
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (October 6, 1573 - November 10, 1624) married Elizabeth Vernon
Lady Mary Wriothesley (b. abt. 1563 - buried 27 June 1607) married Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour
Nearly fifteen years after Henry's death on 4 October 1581 Mary married a second time to Thomas Heneage in 1594/1595. He died within a year. She again married a third time to William Hervey.
Mary married Henry WRIOTHESLEY, 2nd Earl of Southampton.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 3009 F i. Mary WRIOTHESLEY was born circa 1563, died circa Jun 1607 at age 44, and was buried on 27 Jun 1607 in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England.
Elizabeth married Robert DORMER, 1st Baron Dormer of Wyng, son of Sir William DORMER and Dorothy CATESBY,. Robert was born on 26 Jan 1551 and died on 8 Nov 1616 at age 65.
General Notes: Robert Dormer, 1st Baron Dormer
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Robert Dormer, 1st Baron Dormer (26 January 1551 - 8 November 1616) was an English peer .
Dormer was the son of Sir William Dormer and his wife Dorothy (née Catesby).
He served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1584 and was knighted in 1591. He was returned as Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire from 1592 to 1593.
In June 1615 he was created a Baronet, of Wing (or Wyng or Wemme). Only a few weeks later he was raised to the peerage as Baron Dormer, of Wenge in the County of Buckingham. He married the Hon. Elizabeth, daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu , in circa 1590.
Lord Dormer died in November 1616, aged 65, and was succeeded in his titles by his grandson Robert , who was created Earl of Carnarvon in 1628.
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Research Notes: ... Thomas Earl of Derby was succeeded by his grandson Thomas (fn. 65) in 1504, (fn. 66) and he in 1505 quitclaimed Wing Manor to Lord Berkeley. (fn. 67) The latter died in 1506, and his son and successor, usually called Sir Maurice Berkeley, kt., (fn. 68) in 1515 sold this manor to Robert (fn. 69) afterwards Sir Robert Dormer, kt. (fn. 70) ; Maurice's brother and heir Sir Thomas Berkeley also releasing his rights in it in 1516. (fn. 71) Sir Robert Dormer died in 1552, and Wing passed on the death of his widow Jane to his son William, (fn. 72) who was also knighted. (fn. 73) He died in 1575, and his son and successor Robert (fn. 74) was made a baronet, and was created a baron as Lord Dormer of Wing in 1615. (fn. 75) His eldest son, Sir William Dormer, predeceased him by a month, leaving a son Robert, (fn. 76) who succeeded his grandfather in 1616 as a minor. (fn. 77) In 1628 he was created Viscount Ascott and Earl of Carnarvon. (fn. 78) He died fighting for King Charles at the first battle of Newbury in 1643, (fn. 79) when his son Charles succeeded. (fn. 80) He retained Wing Manor, (fn. 81) which passed at his death in 1709 (fn. 82) to Philip Stanhope, (fn. 83) his grandson by his elder daughter Elizabeth. (fn. 84) Philip succeeded his father as third Earl of Chesterfield in 1714. (fn. 85) His son and successor in 1726 was the well-known Lord Chesterfield, author of the 'Letters.' (fn. 86) He gave Wing Manor to his second son, Sir William Stanhope, (fn. 87) who died in 1772, (fn. 88) when it descended with the title of Chesterfield (fn. 89) until it was sold in the second quarter of the 19th century by George, the sixth earl, to Mr. J. B. Harcourt, who was owner in 1847. (fn. 90) It was purchased before 1862 by Samuel Jones Loyd, Lord Overstone, (fn. 91) who died in 1883. (fn. 92) His heir was his daughter Harriet, wife of Sir Robert Loyd-Lindsay, K.C.B., who in 1885 was summoned to Parliament as a baron, Lord Wantage of Lockinge, (fn. 93) a title which became extinct at his death in 1901. (fn. 94) His widow, Lady Wantage, is lady of the manor of Wing.
From: 'Parishes: Wing', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 (1925), pp. 449-458. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42597&strquery=Maurice Berkeley Date accessed: 19 October 2011.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 3010 M i. Sir William DORMER died in Oct 1616.
2923. Cecily D'AUBIGNY . Another name for Cecily was Cecily DAUBENY.
Cecily married John BOURCHIER, 11th Baron FitzWaryn, 1st Earl of Bath, son of Fulk BOURCHIER, 10th Baron FitzWaryn and Elizabeth DYNHAM,. John was born on 20 Jul 1470 in Essex, England and died on 30 Apr 1539 at age 68.
General Notes: John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath
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John Bourchier, 11th Baron FitzWarin, created 1st Earl of Bath (20 July 1470 - 30 April 1539) was born in Essex , England to Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin and Elizabeth Dinham.
Marriages
He was married three times first to Cecily Daubeny, daughter of Giles Daubeny, 8th Baron Daubeny and Elizabeth Arundell. They had eight children. He married secondly to Florence Bonville, daughter of John Bonville and Katharine Wingfield. His third marriage was to Elizabeth Wentworth, daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth and Anne Say, also being her third husband.
Children
By Cecily Daubeny:
References
Research Notes: Fulk Bourchier, Lord FitzWaryn, son and heir of William and Thomasia, died in 1479, (fn. 41) and Huntstile descended like Wigborough to Fulk's son John, Lord FitzWaryn (cr. earl of Bath 1536, d. 1539). (fn. 42) He or one of his successors sold Huntstile to Edward Walker of Nether Stowey, who was in possession in 1562.
From: 'Chilton Trinity: Manors and other estates', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes) (1992), pp. 252-254. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18661&strquery=william bonville Date accessed: 24 October 2011.
Noted events in his life were:
• Created: 1st Earl of Bath, 1536.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 2550)
2925. Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY, 3rd Baroness Willoughby de Broke was born circa 1500 and died in 1562 at age 62.
General Notes: Elizabeth Willoughby, 3rd Baroness Willoughby de Broke
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Elizabeth Willouhby, 3rd Baroness Willoughby de Broke, de jure 11th Baroness Latimer (c.1500 - 1562) was an English noblewoman.
Elizabeth Willoughby was born circa 1500, probably at Broke in Wiltshire, the eldest daughter of Edward Willoughby of Milcote and Margaret Neville. She was made a ward of Sir Edward Greville who, because she was heiress to the large fortune of her grandfather Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke , hoped to marry her to his eldest son. She did consent to marry his second son and was thereby married before 1526 to Fulke Greville of Beauchamp's Court, Warwickshire (c1491-1569). They had 15 children including Fulke, Robert and Edward.
A manuscript [1] 'in the possession of the Earl of Warwick', and said to be written in 1644, [2] describes the story of the courtship:
"In the days of Henry VIII, I read of Sir Edward Greville, of Milcote, who had the wardenship of Elizabeth, one of the daus. of the Lord Brooke's son. The knight made a motion to his ward to be married to John, his eldest son, but she refused, saying that she did like better of Fulke, his 2nd son. He told her that he had no estate of land to maintain her; and that he was in the King's service of warre beyond the seas, and therefore his return was very doubtful. Shee replied and said, that shee had an estate sufficient both for him and herself, and that she would pray for his safety and wait for his coming. Upon his return home, for the worthy services he had performed, he was by King Henry honoured with a knighthood; and then married Elizabeth, the dau. of the Lord Brooke's son." [2]
She claimed and obtained in 1536 the title 3rd Baroness Willoughby de Broke and 11th Baroness Latimer which had gone into abeyance on the death of her grandfather in 1521. On her death on 1562 the title passed to her eldest son, Sir Fulke Greville . Her husband Fulke was also knighted by Henry VIII in 1542/3 for military service to the crown.
References
^ Manuscript entitled The Genealogie, Life and Death of Robert, Lord Brooke, 1644
^ a b Burke, Sir Bernard, (1938 ed) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Shaw, London. p.2519
External links
Research Notes: Sir Robert Willoughby, who was summoned to parliament as Baron Broke in 1492, married the heiress of Champernowne, of Beer Ferrers. His son Robert, the second Lord Broke, who married a co-heiress of Beauchamp of Powick, died without surviving male issue. The daughters of his son Edward married Sir Fulke Greville (fn. 13) and Sir Francis Dautrey.
From: 'General history: Extinct noble families', Magna Britannia: volume 6: Devonshire (1822), pp. XCV-CVIII. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50550&strquery=Beauchamp Valletort Date accessed: 21 October 2011.
Elizabeth married Sir Fulke GREVILLE.
Research Notes: Willoughby, Baron Broke. \emdash Sir Robert Willoughby, who was summoned to parliament as Baron Broke in 1492, married the heiress of Champernowne, of Beer Ferrers. His son Robert, the second Lord Broke, who married a co-heiress of Beauchamp of Powick, died without surviving male issue. The daughters of his son Edward married Sir Fulke Greville (fn. 13) and Sir Francis Dautrey.
From: 'General history: Extinct noble families', Magna Britannia: volume 6: Devonshire (1822), pp. XCV-CVIII. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50550&strquery=Beauchamp Valletort Date accessed: 21 October 2011.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 3011 M i. Sir Fulke GREVILLE, 4th Baron Willoughby de Broke was born circa 1526 in Broke, Wiltshire, England and died in 1606 in Beauchamp Court, Warwickshire, England at age 80.
2927. William COMPTON, 1st Earl of Northampton died on 24 Jun 1630.
General Notes: William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton
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William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton, KG (died 24 June 1630), known as 2nd Baron Compton from 1589 to 1618, was an English peer .
Northampton was the son of Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton , and Frances Hastings. His maternal grandparents were Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole . Catherine was a daughter of Henry Pole, 11th Baron Montacute and Lady Jane Nevill. Jane was in turn a daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and Margaret Fenne.
He notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire and of Gloucestershire and as Lord President of the Marches and of the Dominion of Wales . In 1618 he was created Earl of Northampton.
Lord Northampton married in 1599 or 1600 to Elizabeth Spencer, a daughter of Sir John Spencer who had been Lord Mayor of London in 1594. Their children included :
References
Research Notes: ... Her estate passed successively to Brereton, (fn. 69) to her daughter Werburgh Brereton (d. 1525), who married secondly Sir William Compton (d. 1528), to Compton, to Peter Compton (d. 1544), the son of Werburgh and Sir William, (fn. 70) and to Peter's relict Anne. (fn. 71) On the death in 1588 of Anne, then the relict of William Herbert, earl of Pembroke, (fn. 72) the estate reverted to her son Henry Compton, Lord Compton (d. 1589), (fn. 73) whose son William, Lord Compton, sold it to Thomas Aubrey in 1591. ...
From: 'Parishes: Sedgehill', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 13: South-west Wiltshire: Chalke and Dunworth hundreds (1987), pp. 169-176. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=116123&strquery=Maurice Berkeley Date accessed: 19 October 2011.
William married Elizabeth SPENCER, daughter of Sir John SPENCER, Lord Mayor of London and Unknown, circa 1599.
Children from this marriage were:
3012 F i. Anne COMPTON died in 1675.
3013 M ii. Spencer COMPTON, 2nd Earl of Northampton was born in May 1601 and died on 19 Mar 1643 at age 41.
General Notes: Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton
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Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton (May 1601 - March 19, 1643), styled Lord Compton from 1618 to 1630, was an English peer , soldier and politician.
Northampton was the son of William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton , and his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Spencer, Lord Mayor of London . On November 3, 1616 he was created a Knight of the Bath and was elected for Ludlow in the parliament of 1621. That same year he was also appointed Master of the Robes to the Prince of Wales and attended the latter in the adventure to Spain in 1623. He warmly supported the king in the Scottish expeditions, at the same time giving his advice for the summoning of the parliament, which word of four syllables he declared was like the dew of heaven.
On the outbreak of the Civil War , he was entrusted with the execution of the commission of array in Warwickshire . After varying success and failure in the Midlands , he fought at Edgehill and, after the king 's return to Oxford was given, in November 1642, the military supervision of Banbury and the neighbouring country. He was attacked in Banbury by the parliamentary forces on December 22, but relieved by Prince Rupert of the Rhine the next day.
In March 1643, he marched from Banbury to relieve Lichfield and, having failed there, proceeded to Stafford , which he occupied. Thence on March 19, accompanied by three of his sons, he marched out with his troops and engaged Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet and Sir William Brereton at Hopton Heath .
He put to flight the enemy's cavalry and took eight guns, but in the moment of victory, while charging too far in advance, he was surrounded by the parliament soldiers. To these who offered him quarter he answered that he scorned to take quarter from such base rogues and rebels as they were, whereupon he was despatched by a blow on the head. Clarendon describes his loss as a great one to the cause.
Northampton married Mary, daughter of Sir Francis Beaumont (not the playwright), by whom he had two daughters and six sons. The eldest son, James , succeeded him as 3rd Earl of Northampton. Henry became bishop of London . Charles, William and Spencer all distinguished themselves in the king's cause - William was one of the original members of the Royalist organisation, The Sealed Knot .
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
2931. Henry II King of France was born on 31 Mar 1519, died on 10 Jul 1559 at age 40, and was buried in Basilica of Saint Denis, Paris, France.
Henry married Catherine DE' MEDICI.
The child from this marriage was:
3014 M i. Francis II King of France was born on 19 Jan 1544 in Château de Fontainebleau, France, died on 5 Dec 1560 in Orléans, France at age 16, and was buried in Basilica of Saint Denis, Paris, France. Another name for Francis was François II King of France.
Noted events in his life were:
• Reign: King consort of Scots, 24 April 1558 – 5 December 1560.
• Reign: King of France, 10 July 1559 – 5 December 1560.
• Coronation: King of France, 21 Sep 1559.
• Dynasty / House: House of Valois.
Francis married Mary , Queen of Scots, daughter of James V , King of Scotland and Mary of Guise , Queen consort of Scotland, on 24 Apr 1558 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France. Mary was born on 8 Dec 1542 in Linlithgow Palace, Scotland, died on 8 Feb 1587 in Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England at age 44, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. The cause of her death was Executed.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 2488)
2932. William WEST, 1st Baron De La Warr (Delaware) died on 30 Dec 1595.
General Notes: William West, 1st Baron De La Warr
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William West, 1st Baron De La Warr, of the second creation (c. 1520 - 30 December 1595) was nephew and adopted heir of Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr . William West was the eldest son of Sir George West , the third of four brothers, and of Elizabeth Morton , daughter of Sir George Morton of Lechlade . He was attainted , 1 February 1550 of attempting to poison his uncle, and was deprived of all honors. His uncle died four years later, so far as we know of natural causes. William West was convicted of treason in 1556, for assisting the plot of George Dudley against Mary I of England . (He argued that he was a peer , and should be tried in the House of Lords ; but was refused.)
He was nevertheless a captain in the siege of St. Quentin in 1557. In 1563, he was restored in blood (i.e. to his rights of inheritance by descent); he was knighted, and created Baron Delaware , on 5 February 1570. He took part as a peer in the trials and convictions of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk and, later, his son, Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel .
He was junior peer in his lifetime, as latest created. However, his son and descendants have been seated with the precedence of 1299, as though they had inherited his uncle Thomas's title. By the modern rules of the House of Lords , his uncle's title fell into abeyance between the daughters of William West's second uncle, Sir Owen West , or their heirs; however, as Cokayne notes, such rules are at best modern approximations to actual medieval practice. What seems clear is that some, but not all, writers treat the letters patent as clarifying the descent of the ancient title, rather than creating a new one, hence William is sometimes referred to as 10th baron.
Research Notes: ... His son Thomas died without issue in September 1554, when the baronies of La Warr and West fell into abeyance between the daughters of his half-brother Sir Owen West. (fn. 52) Sir William West, nephew and heir male of Thomas, being son of Sir George West of Warbleton, co. Sussex, had been adopted by Thomas as his heir before the death of Sir Owen in 1551, but William had tried to poison his uncle and was by Act of Parliament in February 1550 disabled from all honours. In 1556 he was found guilty of complicity in a plot against Queen Mary. He was, however, restored in blood in 1563 and was created in 1570 Lord de la Warr. He died in December 1595, (fn. 53) and his son Thomas conveyed Portslade and other manors in 1599 to Sir Herbert Pelham as security for certain bonds. (fn. 54) In the following year Thomas, Lord de la Warr, Thomas Pelham, Herbert Pelham, and others sold the manor to Richard Snelling. (fn. 55)
From: 'Parishes: Portslade', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7: The rape of Lewes (1940), pp. 282-286. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56968&strquery=Roger la Warr Date accessed: 18 October 2011.
William married someone.
+ 3015 M i. Thomas WEST, 2nd Baron De La Warr (Delaware) died on 24 Mar 1601.
2933. Walter HUNGERFORD, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury was born in 1503 in Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England and died on 28 Jul 1540 in Tower Hill, Cheapside, London at age 37. The cause of his death was Executed by order of Henry VIII.
General Notes: Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury
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Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury (1503 - 28 July 1540), created Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury in 1536, was the son and heir of Sir Edward Hungerford, and his first wife, Jane de la Zouche. He was born in 1503 at Heytesbury in Wiltshire , England . [1]
Biography
Walter was nineteen years old at his father's death in 1522, and soon afterwards appears as squire of the body to Henry VIII . In 1529 he was granted permission to alienate part of his large estates. On 20 August 1532 John, Lord Hussey of Sleaford , whose daughter was Hungerford's third wife, wrote to Sir Thomas Cromwell stating that Hungerford wished to be introduced to him. [2] A little later Hussey informed Cromwell that Hungerford desired to be sheriff of Wiltshire, a desire which was gratified in 1533. Hungerford proved useful to Cromwell in Wiltshire, [3] and in June 1535 Cromwell made a memorandum that Hungerford ought to be rewarded for his well-doing. [4] On 8 June 1536 he was summoned to parliament as Lord Hungerford of Heytesbury. [5]
In 1540 he, together with his chaplain, a Wiltshire clergyman, named William Bird, who was suspected of sympathising with the pilgrims of grace of the north of England , was attainted by act of parliament. [6] Hungerford was charged with employing Bird in his house as chaplain, knowing him to be a traitor; with ordering another chaplain, Hugh Wood, and one Dr. Maudlin to practise conjuring to determine the king's length of life, and his chances of victory over the northern rebels; and finally with committing unnatural offences, [5] and so becoming the first person executed under the Buggery Act of 1533 .[ citation needed ]
He was beheaded on Tower Hill on 28 July 1540, along with his patron Cromwell. Hungerford is stated before his execution to have "seemed so unquiet that many judged him rather in a frenzy than otherwise." [7]
Family
Walter Hungerford, was the only child of Sir Edward Hungerford (d. 1522). Edward, son and heir of Sir Walter Hungerford (d. 1516), accompanied Sir Walter to Scotland in 1503; served in the English army in France in 1513, when he was knighted at battle of Tournai ; was sheriff for Wiltshire in 1517, and for Somerset and Dorset in 1518. In 1520 he attended Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold ; died on 24 January 1522, and left his surviving wife sole executrix. [8]
Walter's mother was his father's first wife, Jane, daughter of John, Lord Zouche of Haryngworth. His father's second wife was Agnes, widow of John Cotell. She had (it afterwards appeared) strangled her first husband at Farleigh Castle on 26 July 1518, with the aid of William Mathewe and William Inges, yeomen of Heytesbury, Wiltshire, and seems to have married Sir Edward almost immediately after burning the body. Not until Sir Edward's death were proceedings taken against her and her accomplices for the murder. She and Mathewe were then convicted and were hanged at Tyburn on 20 February 1524; [9] she seems to have been buried in the Grey Friars' Church in London. [10] An interesting inventory of Lady Hungerford's goods, taken after her trial, is printed in "Archæologia", xxxviii. 353 sq. [11]
Lord Hungerford married thrice: (1) to Susan, daughter of Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey; (2) in 1527, to Alice, daughter of William, Lord Sandys ; and (3), in October 1532, to Elizabeth, daughter of John, lord Hussey . His treatment of his third wife was remarkable for its brutality. In an appeal for protection which she addressed to Cromwell about 1536, [12] she asserted that he kept her incarcerated at Farleigh for three or four years, made some fruitless attempts to divorce her, and endeavoured on several occasions to poison her. [13] After his execution, she became the wife of Sir Robert Throckmorton. [5]
Hungerford left two sons, [14] and two daughters, all apparently by his third wife. The eldest Sir Walter Hungerford (1532-1596), was known as "the Knight of Farley" and the younger, Sir Edward, a gentleman-pensioner to Queen Elizabeth I , was twice married, but died without issue in 1607. He left to his widow (d. 1653) a life interest in the estates, with remainder to his great-nephew, Sir Edward (1596-1648), son of Sir Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton , Oxfordshire. [5]
See also
Notes
^ Harrison,, volume 28 pp. 259,260.
^ Harrison, volume 28 p. 260. Cites: Letters, &c. of Henry VIII, v. 538.
^ Harrison, volume 28 p. 260. Cites: cf. Letters, &c. of Henry VIII, vi. 340-341.
^ Hungerford, volume 28 p. 260. Cites: Letters, &c. of Henry VIII. viii. 353.
^ a b c d Harrison, volume 28 p. 260
^ Harrison, volume 28 p. 260. Cites: Parliament Roll, 31 & 32 Henry VIII, m. 42.
^ Harrison, volume 28 p. 260. Cites: A "brief abstract" of his escheated lands appears in Hoare's Modern Wiltshire, 'Heytesbury Hundred,' pp. 104-7).
^ Harrison, volume 28 p. 260. Cites: cf. Gent. Mag. 1858, pt. i. p. 122.
^ New Style (Julian calendar start of year adjusted to 1 January)
^ Harrison, volume 28 p. 260. Notes: Stow, Chronicle, p. 517; Grey Friars' Chronicle, Camd. Soc., ed. Nichols, pp. 43, 100, where the attempts at identification are hopelessly wrong; Antiquary, ii. 233.
^ Harrison, pp. 259,260.
^ Harrison, volume 28, p. 260. Cites: printed from MS. Cotton Titus B. i. 397, in Wood's Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies, ii. 271 sq.
^ Harrison, volume 28, p. 260. Cites: cf. Froude, History of England, iii. 304 n. popular ed.
^ Harrison, volume 28, p. 260. Cites: Leland, Itin. ii. 32
References
Attribution
Walter married Susan DANVERS, daughter of Sir John of Dauntsey DANVERS and Unknown,.
Walter next married Alice SANDYS, daughter of William SANDYS, 1st Baron Sandys and Unknown, in 1527.
Walter next married Elizabeth HUSSEY, Baroness Hungerford of Heystesbury, daughter of John HUSSEY, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford and Anne GREY, in 1532. Elizabeth was born circa 1510 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England and died in 1554 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England at age 44.
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2934. Mary BEAUMONT, Countess of Buckingham was born in 1570 and died in 1632 at age 62.
General Notes: Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham
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Mary Villers, Countess of Buckingham ( née Beaumont ) (1570-1632) is perhaps best known as the mother of the royal favourite Sir George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham . She was the daughter of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield , Leicestershire , a direct descendant of Henry de Beaumont . [1]
She became the second wife of Sir George Villiers . They had four children:
Following the death of her husband, she was created Countess of Buckingham in her own right in 1618. She became a Roman Catholic convert in the early 1620s, under the influence of the Jesuit John Percy . [2]
Notes
^ thePeerage.com .
^ Hugh Trevor-Roper , Archbishop Laud (2000 edition), pp. 59-60.
External links
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Mary Beaumont, Countess of Buckingham
Mary Beaumont, Countess of Buckingham was born circa 1570. She was the daughter of Anthony Beaumont and Anne Armstrong .1 She married, firstly, Sir George Villiers , son of William Villiers and Coletta Clarke , before 1600.1 She married, secondly, Sir William Rayner on 19 June 1606 at Goadby, Leicestershire, England .2 She married, thirdly, Sir Thomas Compton , son of Sir Henry Compton, 1st Lord Compton and Lady Frances Hastings , after October 1606.1 She died on 19 April 1632 at Gate House, Whitehall, London, England .2 She was buried on 21 April 1632 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England .2 Her will (dated 12 April 1631 to 4 April 1632) was probated on 7 May 1632.2
From before 1600, her married name became Villiers. Her married name became Rayner. From after October 1606, her married name became Compton.1 She was created 1st Countess of Buckingham [England] on 1 July 1618, for life.1
Children of Mary Beaumont, Countess of Buckingham and Sir George Villiers
Citations
[ S8 ] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 228. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
[ S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 392. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[ S6 ] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 132.
[ S37 ] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1084. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
[ S37 ] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 2095.
thePeerage.com
Mary married Sir George of Brooksby VILLIERS, Sheriff of Leicestershire, son of William VILLIERS, Esquire, of Brokesby and Colletta CLARKE, before 1600. George was born in 1550 and died on 4 Jan 1605 at age 55.
General Notes: George Villiers (of Brokesby)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir George Villiers, of Brokesby (1550 - 4 January 1606) was a minor member of the English gentry , notable as the father of the royal favourite George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham . He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1591.
Villiers's first wife was Audrey Saunders (died 1588), with whom he had five children:
Frances Villiers
Sir Edward (died 1626), father of the 2nd , 3rd and 4th Viscounts Grandison - grandparents of Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland mistress of King Charles II of England - ancestors of Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden
William (died 1629), later created a baronet - title became extinct in 1712
Elizabeth (died 1654), married John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler - peerage became extinct in 1657
Anne Villiers
Villiers married secondly Mary Beaumont (later Countess of Buckingham ) and they had four children:
Hon. John (c. 1590-1657), later created Viscount Purbeck married to Francis daughter of Sir Edward Coke - the peerage expired at his death
Hon. George (1592-1628), later created Duke of Buckingham , married Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham - title became extinct in 1687
Hon. Christopher (died 1630), later created Earl of Anglesey - earldom and barony became extinct on the death of his son, the second Earl, in 1661.
Lady Susan (died 1651), married William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh - parents-in-law to James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
Common ancestor of fifteen British Prime Ministers
According to Gerald Malcolm Thomson [1] Sir George is the common ancestor of fifteen British prime ministers:
The Third Duke of Grafton
The Third Duke of Portland
The Earl of Chatham (Pitt the Elder)
William Pitt the Younger
The Fourth Duke of Devonshire
Lord Melbourne (assuming his father was Lord Egremont )
Lord Grenville
Lord Aberdeen
Lord Derby
Lord John Russell
Lord Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Anthony Eden
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
References
^ The Prime Ministers SBN 436 52045 1
External links
Research Notes: Sir George Villiers, knt. of Brokesby, sheriff of Leicestershire 33 Elizabeth, m. first, Audrey, daughter and heir of William Sanders, esq. of Harrington, in the county of Northampton, and by her, who died 20 Elizabeth, had issue,
William (Sir), his heir.
Edward (Sir), president of Munster, from whom the Earls of Jersey and Clarendon derive.
Elizabeth, m. to John, Lord Butler, of Bramfield.
Anne, m. to Sir William Washington, knt of Pakington, in the county of Lincoln.
Frances.
He m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Anthony Beaumont, esq. of Glenfield, in the county of Leicester, which lady having survived her first husband,* was created Countess of Buckingham for life; by her he had
John, created Baron Villiers of Stoke and Vis- Count Purbeck
George, the celebrated favourite of James I. and Charles I. created Duke Of Buckingham^
Christopher, created Earl Of Anglesey^
Source: A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies ...By John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke, Page 547
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Sir George Villiers1
Sir George Villiers was born circa 1550. He was the son of William Villiers and Coletta Clarke .1 He married, firstly, Audrey Saunders , daughter of William Saunders , before 1588. He married, secondly, Mary Beaumont, Countess of Buckingham , daughter of Anthony Beaumont and Anne Armstrong , before 1600.2 He married, thirdly, Rebecca Roper before 1605. He died on 4 January 1604/5.2
Sir George Villiers held the office of High Sheriff of Leicestershire.2 He lived at Brokesby, Leicestershire, England .3
Child of Sir George Villiers and Rebecca Roper
Children of Sir George Villiers and Audrey Saunders
Children of Sir George Villiers and Mary Beaumont, Countess of Buckingham
Citations
Source: http://thepeerage.com/p10941.htm#i109410
Noted events in his life were:
• Acknowledged: High Sheriff of Leicestershire, 1591.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 3016 M i. George VILLIERS, 1st Duke of Buckingham was born on 28 Aug 1592 in Brooksby, Leicestershire, England, died on 23 Aug 1628 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England at age 35, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.
3017 M ii. John VILLIERS, Viscount Purbeck was born circa 1591 and died in 1658 at age 67.
General Notes: John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck
John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck was born circa 1591.1 He was the son of Sir George Villiers and Mary Beaumont, Countess of Buckingham .1 He married, secondly, Elizabeth Slingsby , daughter of Sir William Slingsby .2 He married, firstly, Frances Coke , daughter of Sir Edward Coke and Lady Elizabeth Cecil , on 29 September 1617.3 He died on 18 February 1657/58, without legitimate issue.1
John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck held the office of Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales in 1616.1 He held the office of Master of the Robes to the Prince of Wales in 1616.1 He was invested as a Knight in 1616.1 He was created 1st Viscount Purbeck [England] on 19 July 1619.1 He was created 1st Baron Stoke, co. Buckingham [England] on 19 July 1619.1 On his death, his titles became extinct.1
Citations
[ S37 ] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2095. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
[ S37 ] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 2288.
[ S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 396. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
Research Notes: the brothers of Sir George, Christopher, afterwards Earl of Anglesey, and John, afterwards Viscount Purbeck
From: 'Parishes: Whaddon with Nash', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 (1925), pp. 435-442. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42595&strquery=Sir George Villiers Date accessed: 10 January 2011.
Noted events in his life were:
• Honors: Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, 1616.
• Honors: Master of the Robes to the Prince of Wales, 1616.
• Knighted: 1616.
• Created: 1st Viscount Purbeck, 1619, England.
• Created: 1st Baron Stoke, 1619, Buckinghamshire, England.
+ 3018 M iii. Christopher VILLIERS, 1st Earl of Anglesey died in 1630 in Windsor, Berkshire, England and was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
3019 F iv. Susan VILLIERS .
General Notes: Susan Villiers
Susan Villiers is the daughter of Sir George Villiers and Mary Beaumont, Countess of Buckingham .2,1 She married William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh , son of Sir Basil Feilding and Elizabeth Aston , circa 1607.2
Her married name became Feilding.
Children of Susan Villiers and William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh
Citations
[ S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 261. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[ S37 ] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1084. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
[ S6 ] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 516.
[ S6 ] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 265.
Susan married William FIELDING, Earl of Denbigh circa 1607.
Mary next married Sir Thomas COMPTON, KB, son of Sir Henry COMPTON, 1st Baron Compton and Lady Frances HASTINGS, after 1605. Thomas died in 1626.
Noted events in his life were:
• Invested: Knight Bachelor, 25 Jun 1603, Hereford, Herefordshire, England.
2940. Lucy HUNGERFORD was born in 1560 and died in 1627 at age 67.
Lucy married Sir John ST. JOHN. John was born in 1560 and died in 1594 at age 34.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 3020 M i. John ST. JOHN .
+ 3021 F ii. Anne ST. JOHN, Countess of Rochester was born on 5 Nov 1614 and died on 15 Mar 1695 at age 80.
2941. Catherine HUSSEY was born in 1567 in London, Middlesex, England and died in 1625 in Sussex, England at age 58.
Catherine married William JORDAN. William was born circa 1570 in Suffolk, England and died in 1625 in Sussex, England at age 55.
Children from this marriage were:
3022 M i. Edmund JORDAN was born circa 1594.
+ 3023 M ii. Arthur I JORDAN was born circa 1595 in Surrey, England and died circa 1635 in Surry County, Virginia at age 40.
2942. Sir John SEYMOUR was born circa 1474 in Wulfhall, Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, England and died on 21 Dec 1536 at age 62.
General Notes: John Seymour (1474-1536)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest , Wiltshire , KB (c. 1474 - 21 December 1536) was a member of the English gentry and a courtier to King Henry VIII , best known for being the father of the king's third wife , Jane Seymour .
Family
Seymour was the eldest son of John Seymour (c. 1450 - 26 October 1491) of Wulfhall , Wiltshire, by his marriage to Elizabeth Darell or Darrell (born c. 1451). His paternal grandparents were Sir John Seymour and Elizabeth Coker. His maternal grandparents were Sir George Darell or Darrell (died c. 1474) and Margaret Stourton (born abt 1433), a daughter of John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton and Margery or Marjory Wadham. He was distantly descended from William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke .
Life
He fought for Henry VII at Blackheath in Kent against a rebel army and was knighted by the king in the field [1] . For Henry VIII he fought at the Siege of Tournai in 1513 and he was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold [2] .
He was invested as a Knight Banneret and was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1507, 1518 and 1524 and High Sheriff of Somerset in 1515-1516. He was also invested as a Knight of the Order of the Bath .
Marriage and issue
Seymour was married before 1500 to Margery Wentworth , who was the daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead , Suffolk , and his wife Anne Say. It was a good marriage since her family was more prominent than his and she was a famous beauty as well, celebrated in the poetry of John Skelton .
By her, he had nine children:
He also had an illegitimate son:
Family activities and reputation
They lived in Wulfhall , outside Savernake Forest , in Wiltshire. Four of the Seymour children achieved prominence at the royal court- Edward, Thomas, Jane and Elizabeth.
Edward Seymour was briefly married to Catherine Fillol . Unsubstantiated claims were made in the 17th century that she was unfaithful to her husband with her father-in-law, John Seymour, but the marriage was probably annulled to enable Edward Seymour to remarry. The Seymour family was of the gentry .
Jane Seymour, the eldest daughter, was a Maid of Honour of Henry's first wife, Catherine of Aragon , and then later of Anne Boleyn .
Henry VIII stayed at Wulfhall with Queen Anne in the summer of 1535 for a few days. In early 1536, Henry declared his love for Jane and began spending increasing amounts of time with her, chaperoned by her brother, Edward. Anne Boleyn was later arrested and executed on charges of treason, adultery and incest. Henry and Jane were officially betrothed the next day.
After Jane became queen on 30 May 1536, her family scaled the social ranks, as was befitting the family of a royal consort. Her eldest brother, Edward , was made an earl and eventually a duke and briefly ruled England on behalf of his nephew, King Edward VI . Her second brother, Thomas , was made a baron and Lord High Admiral , and in 1547 eloped with Henry VIII's widow, Queen Catherine Parr . Both men were beheaded for treason, only a few years apart.
Seymour's second daughter, Elizabeth , was married firstly to Gregory Cromwell , son of Henry's new chief minister, Thomas Cromwell , and secondly to John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester .
Seymour died on 21 December 1536. By royal custom, his daughter Queen Jane did not attend the funeral.
References
^ Norton, Elizabeth (2009). p. 8.
^ Norton, Elizabeth (2009). p. 8.
^ p.326, The Diary of Henry Machyn
^ Peter Townend , editor, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 18th edition, 3 volumes (London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965-1972), volume 1, p. 581.
^
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John married Margery WENTWORTH, daughter of Henry WENTWORTH, Sheriff of Yorkshire and Anne SAY, before 1500. Margery was born circa 1478 and died circa Oct 1550 at age 72. Another name for Margery was Margaret WENTWORTH.
General Notes: Margery Wentworth
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Margery Wentworth, also known as Margaret Wentworth (c. 1478 - c. October 1550) was the wife of Sir John Seymour and the mother of Queen Jane Seymour , the third wife of Henry VIII of England . She was the grandmother of King Edward VI of England .
Family
Margery was born in about 1478, the daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth and Anne Say, who was the daughter of Sir John Say and Elizabeth Cheney . Margery's first cousins, Elizabeth and Edmund Howard, were parents to one other wife of Henry VIII, Catherine Howard , respectively. [1]
Early Life
She got a place in the household of her aunt, Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey . Here she met the poet John Skelton , whose muse she became [2] . She was considered a great beauty by him and others. In poetry dedicated to her he praised her demeanor.
Marriage and children
She married before 1500 Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall in Savernake Forest , Wiltshire , by whom she had a total of nine children. Apart from Queen Jane, her daughters included Elizabeth Seymour, Marchioness of Winchester , who married Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell , son of Henry VIII's minister, Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex and later William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester . Her sons included Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset , who was Lord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549, and Lord Thomas Seymour .
Death
She died in about October 1550.
References
^ Hart, Kelly (June 1, 2009). The Mistresses of Henry VIII (First ed.). The History Press. p. 142. ISBN 0752448358 . .
^ Norton, Elizabeth (2009). p. 9.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 2742)
2944. Maud HERBERT, Countess of Northumberland .
Maud married Henry PERCY, 4th Earl of Northumberland, son of Henry PERCY, 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor FITZ JOHN, Lady Poynings,. Henry was born circa 1449 and died on 28 Apr 1489 at age 40.
General Notes: Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
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Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, KG (c. 1449 - 28 April 1489) son of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland and his wife Eleanor Poynings, daughter of Richard Poynings, Lord Poynings.
His father was first cousin to (among others) Edward IV of England , Margaret of York , George, Duke of Clarence and Richard III of England . Percy himself was second cousin to (among others) Elizabeth of York , Edward V of England , Richard, Duke of York , Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle , Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury , Edward, Earl of Warwick and Edward of Middleham . Both Perkin Warbeck and Lambert Simnel were his alleged second cousins. Percy was however the only one of the Percy family to appear to take the side of the House of York during the Wars of the Roses .
His father was loyal to the House of Lancaster . He was killed in the Battle of Towton on 29 March 1461. The earldom of Northumberland was forfeited by the victorious Yorkists. The adolescent Percy was imprisoned in the Fleet Prison . He was transported to the Tower of London in 1464.
In 1465, John Neville was named Earl of Northumberland in his place. Percy eventually swore fealty to Edward IV and was released in 1469. He petitioned for the return of his paternal titles and estates to him. He gained support by Edward IV himself. John Neville had to quit his title and was instead named Marquess of Montagu in 1470. However the restoration of the title to Percy was delayed by the Parliament of England until 1473.
For the following twelve years, Percy held many of the important government posts in Northern England which were traditional in his family. He commanded the Yorkist reserve at the Battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485. Percy never committed his forces to the battle. His inactivity played an important part in the defeat and death of Richard III. Historians suspect him of treason in favour of victor Henry VII of England , although there is an alternative theory that his forces, placed behind those of King Richard, were in no position to take part in the battle before Richard was killed.
If the first theory is true, then Henry himself was either unaware or not appreciative of his treasonous intentions. Percy was arrested along with Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland and Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk . He was imprisoned for several months but swore allegiance to the new King. Henry VII released him on terms of good behaviour. Percy was allowed to retain his titles and lands as well as returning to his old posts.
In April 1489, Percy held temporary residence in his estates of Yorkshire . Henry VII had recently allied himself to Anne of Brittany against Charles VIII of France . Taxes rose to finance the military action. Sir John Egremont of Yorkshire led a riot in protest at the high taxation, known as the Yorkshire rebellion . Percy was targeted by the rioters and killed on 28 April. He was buried at Beverley Minster .
Yorkshire was formerly a stronghold of support of Richard III. Percy may have been killed in vengeance for Richard.
Marriage and children
Percy was married to Maud Herbert, Countess of Northumberland (1448 - 27 July 1485/1495) after 1473 but before 1476. She was daughter to William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1423-1469) and his wife Anne Devereaux. They had eight children:
Further reading
Notes
^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , accessed 3 Dec 2010.
^ Several occurrences of the alternate spelling of "Alianore" for "Eleanor" have been used for Eleanor Percy in history. See for Alianore: Burke, John. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831. (p. 490) googlebooks.com
(Duplicate Line. See Person 2475)
2945. Catherine HERBERT, Countess of Kent .
Catherine married George GREY, 2nd Earl of Kent, son of Edmund GREY, 1st Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Grey de Ruthyn and Lady Katherine PERCY, after 1489. George was born in 1454 and died on 25 Dec 1505 at age 51.
General Notes: George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent (1454 - 25 December 1505) was the son of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent and Lady Katherine Percy . He was the Second Earl of Kent from 1490 to 1505.
He married first Anne Woodville . She was a daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg . They had a single son:
Anne died in 1489. George secondly married Catherine Herbert, daughter of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Devereux . They had four children:
References
External links
(Duplicate Line. See Person 2373)
2946. William HERBERT, 2nd Earl of Pembroke was born on 5 Mar 1451 and died on 16 Jul 1491 at age 40.
General Notes: William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (5 March 1451 - 16 July 1491) was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Devereux. His maternal grandparents were Walter Devereux , Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Elizabeth Merbury.
He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1469. In 1479, he surrendered the earldom, and was created Earl of Huntingdon . A Yorkist , he married Mary Woodville , sister of the queen, Elizabeth Woodville , and they had one daughter, Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert .
He was the least wealthy of the earls of his time, and after his marriage to his second wife, Katherine, an illegitimate daughter of King Richard III of England , he received an annuity of some 600 pounds a year, nearly doubling his income. [1] Katherine is presumed to have died by 1487, because when William participated in the coronation of his first wife's cousin, Elizabeth of York , he was noted to have been a widower.
Herbert remained loyal to Richard III. After the rebellion of 1483 he received the post of Chief Justice of South Wales, which had been the Duke of Buckingham 's.
When Henry of Richmond landed in south Wales in 1485 Herbert's position forced Henry to take a roundabout route into England. [1] It is likely that a Herbert agent first notified Richard III of Henry's landing. [2] Herbert did not, however, fight at Bosworth .
When he died, his only child, Elizabeth Herbert, received the Herbert lands, including Raglan Castle , but not his title. However, oddly, his earldom did not pass to his younger brother, Walter Herbert.
Notes
^ a b Ross 158
^ Ross 211
References
William married Mary WOODVILLE, daughter of Richard WOODVILLE, 1st Lord Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg , Duchess of Bedford; Countess Rivers,. Mary was born circa 1456 and died in 1481 at age 25.
General Notes: Mary Woodville
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary Woodville (c. 1456-1481) was sister to Edward the Fourth 's Queen , Elizabeth Woodville , and to Anthony Woodville , the "Lord Rivers" of Shakespeare 's Richard III .
Biography
She was one of the many daughters of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and his wife, Jacquetta of Luxembourg . After Edward 's public recognition of Elizabeth as his wife, the new queen's five brothers and seven unmarried sisters began to improve their family's rather lowly condition through a series of advantageous marriages, as befitted the kinsfolk of a queen. In September 1466, Mary was betrothed to William Herbert , the eldest son and heir of the first Earl of Pembroke . Lord Herbert had been Henry VII 's guardian. The young William was recognized as Lord Dunster in view of his approaching marriage (a grant of the lordship of Dunster and all the possessions of its attainted lord, James Luttrell, in Somerset , Devon and Suffolk , had been secured by his father in June 1463).
In January 1467, Mary Woodville was married to Lord Dunster at St George's Chapel , Windsor Castle "amid profuse magnificence." The bride was ten or eleven years old; her groom, aged fifteen.
Two years later, Lord Dunster's father, the first Earl of Pembroke, was executed on the orders of Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick . Nothing seems to have aggravated Warwick more than the marriage of the Lady Mary, the Queen's sister, to Herbert's eldest son. Dunster became the second Earl of Pembroke following the death of his father.
Pembroke proved rather ineffectual in governing South Wales . Mary's death in 1479 considerably weakened her husband's links with the prince's associates, and he was forced to give up the earldom of Pembroke for that of Huntingdon, and a less valuable endowment in Somerset and Dorset. He remarried.
Their only child was a daughter, Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert , who married Charles Somerset, later Earl of Worcester . Elizabeth was of great importance to the Somerset family, as she brought to them wealth and a legitimate relationship to royalty. The barony of Herbert was created by patent in favor of her husband, although during her lifetime she held the barony of Herbert in her own right.
References
The child from this marriage was:
+ 3024 F i. Elizabeth HERBERT, 3rd Baroness Herbert was born circa 1476, died on 27 Aug 1507 at age 31, and was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
Anne married John GREY, 1st Baron Grey of Powys, 9th Lord of Powys, son of Richard GREY, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, 8th Lord of Powys and Margaret TOUCHET,. John was born in 1460 and died in 1497 at age 37.
General Notes: John Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Powis
John Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Powis (1460-1497), son of Richard, 8th Lord of Powis, was summoned to Parliament as "Johanni Grey de Powes" from 15 November 1482, shortly after attaining his majority until 16 January 1497. Had Commission of the Array in Shropshire in 1484. He owned lands in Shropshire, Worcester and in Wales. John was a patron of ministrels 1482-4 and entertainters 1492-4 in Shrewsbury. In 1492 was with the Earl of Oxford at the sacking of the town of Arches in Picardy , France. He married Lady Anne Herbert, daughter of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1423-1469) . William Herbert's will dated 16 July 1468 names husbands to his daughters, including, "Ann to Lord Powys". He died in 1497.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 2619)
2949. John DEVEREUX, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley .
John married Cecily BOURCHIER, daughter of William BOURCHIER, Viscount Bourchier and Anne WOODVILLE,. Cecily died in 1493.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 2545)
2953. Sir Lawrence II WASHINGTON, of Sulgrave was born in 1565 in Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, England, died on 12 Dec 1616 in Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, England at age 51, and was buried on 15 Dec 1616 in Brington, Northamptonshire, England.
General Notes: Lawrence Washington (1602\endash 1655)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(The following is an excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Lawrence Washington 1602-1655)
George Washington's great-great-great-grandfather, also named Lawrence, married Margaret Butler, and was a successful wooltrader (see also: Merchants of the Staple , Enclosure , [2] ) and Mayor of Northampton (several times: 1532, 1545), had bought Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire , not far from Banbury in Oxfordshire , from King Henry VIII in 1539. His son Robert inherited Sulgrave Manor in 1584.(see also: [3] ).
During a Royal Progress in the Midlands on 3 August 1614, James I of England first set eyes on George Villiers at Sir Walter Mildmay's mansion, Apethorpe Hall, near Fotheringhay . The future Duke of Buckingham was then a poor second son from a second marriage, the bulk of his father's heritage having been divided among the children of the first, including Anne Villiers, the wife of Lawrence's elder brother Sir William Washington. The Washingtons and Mildmays [4] were to be neighbours at Purleigh. The marriage of George Villiers' mother, Mary Beaumont, to Sir Thomas Compton further allied the Washington family in kinsbond (ref: H.R. Williamson, 1940).
In 1914 Sulgrave Manor became the property of "the Peoples of Great Britain and the United States of America in celebration of the Hundred Years Peace between the two nations". In 1924 the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America endowed the Manor House and continues to help support it. [5]
The founder of the Sulgrave Manor Washingtons was Sir Robert de Washington (d. 1324) from whom the Virginia Washingtons descend. A brother of Sir Robert was Sir John de Washington (d. 1331) who founded the Hallhead Hall/Adwick-le-street branch.
From this branch a Dutch and ultimately a Bavarian and Austrian branch of Washingtons descended. One descendent was Jacob, Baron von Washington who was with Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington at Waterloo during the Napoleonic War ; a descendant of his was Maximillian, Baron von Washington who in 1854 married the sister of the Rulers of Oldenburg . [1]
Research Notes: LAWRENCE WASHINGTON, of "Sulgrave," and "Brighton," Northampton Co., England; d. Dec. 13, 1616; m. Aug. 3, 1588, at Ashton, Margaret Butler, d. after 1636; dau. of William Butler, of "Tighes," Sussex Co., England. Issue:
7-1. William, Sir, of "Packington;" was Knighted in 1622.
7-2. John, Sir, of "Thropston;" was Knighted in 1623.
7-3. Thomas, d. 1623, in Madrid, Spain.
7-4. LAWRENCE, of whom later.
Source: Colonial families of the Southern states of America By Stella Pickett Hardy - Page 517
Lawrence Washington1
Lawrence Washington was born circa 1568 at Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, England . He was the son of Robert Washington and Elizabeth Light .1 He married Margaret Butler , daughter of William Butler and Margaret Greeke , on 3 August 1588 at Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire, England .2 He died on 13 December 1616 at Brington, Northamptonshire, England .2
Children of Lawrence Washington and Margaret Butler
Citations
[S60 ] Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley, editor, American Presidential Families (London, U.K.: Alan Sutton and Morris Genealogical Books, 1994), page 49. Hereinafter cited as American Presidential Families.
[S60 ] Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley, American Presidential Families, page 48.
[S60 ] Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley, American Presidential Families, page 23.
Source: http://thepeerage.com/p17990.htm#i179900
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Wooltrader.
• Occupation: Mayor of Northampton, 1532-1545.
• Aquired: Sulgrave Manor from King Henry VIII, 1539.
Lawrence married Margaret BUTLER, daughter of Sir William BUTLER, of Tighes, Sussex, England and Margaret GREEKE, in Aug 1588 in St. Leonard's Church, Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire, England. Margaret was born in 1570 in Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire, England and died in 1622 in Northampton, England at age 52.
Marriage Notes: Some sources cite 1583 as the date of marriage.
Research Notes: Margaret Butler was the daughter of a Sussex family who could trace it's descent from the Royal Plantagenets, and their children collected a number of honours. William, their eldest child married a half sister of the Duke of Buckingham and was knighted. The second son was knighted as Sir John Washington of Thrapston by King Charles I and Thomas, the sixth son was a page to Prince Charles, later King Charles I.
http://www.ancestryuk.com/WashingtonAncestry.htm
Margaret Butler
Margaret Butler was born after 1568 at Tyes Hall, Cuckfields, Sussex, England . She was the daughter of William Butler and Margaret Greeke . She married Lawrence Washington , son of Robert Washington and Elizabeth Light , on 3 August 1588 at Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire, England .1 She died in 1652.
From 3 August 1588, her married name became Washington.
Children of Margaret Butler and Lawrence Washington
Citations
[S60 ] Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley, editor, American Presidential Families (London, U.K.: Alan Sutton and Morris Genealogical Books, 1994), page 48. Hereinafter cited as American Presidential Families.
[S60 ] Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley, American Presidential Families, page 23.
Source: http://thepeerage.com/p17991.htm#i179902
(Duplicate Line. See Person 2900)
2961. Sir Lawrence WASHINGTON, of Garsden was baptized on 5 Apr 1579 and died in 1643 in Oxford, England at age 64.
Death Notes: Sir Laurence Washington of Garsden, in the Co. of Wilts, knight, 11 May 1643, proved 23 May 1643. To be buried in the church of Garsden. My daughter the Lady Tirrell. My nephew Simon Horsepoole. My servants Francis ClifFe, Allen Moore, Thomas Benson and William Freame. My son Lawrence Washington to be executor. To the poor of Garsden twelve pence a week for ever, to be bestowed in bread every Sunday morning, chargeable on my manor of Garsden.
(From the original will.)
Source: An examination of the English ancestry of George Washington ..., Volume 165
By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, Page 40-41
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The following inscription was copied at Garsden by J. Henry Lea, Esq.:
"To the Memory of Sr Laurence Washington K' lately chiefe Register of the Chauncery of known Pyety of Charity exemplarye A louinge Husband A tender Father A bountifull Master A Constant Relieuer of the Poore and to those of this Parish A perpetuall Benefactour Whom it pleased God to take unto his Peace from the fury of the insuing Warrs Oxon Maii 14t0 Here interred 24'° Ano Dfii 1643° Aetat Suae 64° Where also lyeth Dame Anne his wife who deceased Junij 13t0 and was buried 16to Ano DSi 1645."
"Hie Patrios cineres curauit filius Urna
Condere qui tumulo nunc jacet Ille pius.
The pious Son his Parents here interred
Who hath his share in Urne for them prepar'd."
Source: An examination of the English ancestry of George Washington ..., Volume 165
By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, Page 42
Research Notes: Sir Lawrence Washington1
Sir Lawrence Washington was baptised on 5 April 1579.1 He was the son of Lawrence Washington and Martha Newce .1 He married Anne Lewyn , daughter of William Lewyn , in 1609.1 He died on 14 March 1643 at age 63 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England .1
Sir Lawrence Washington was educated at Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England .1 He was invested as a Knight on 24 July 1627.1 He lived at Garesden, Wiltshire, England .2
Children of Sir Lawrence Washington and Anne Lewyn
Citations
[S60 ] Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley, editor, American Presidential Families (London, U.K.: Alan Sutton and Morris Genealogical Books, 1994), page 48. Hereinafter cited as American Presidential Families.
[S15 ] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume IV, page 37. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
Source: http://thepeerage.com/p12803.htm#i128023
Noted events in his life were:
• Knighted: by King John I, 1607.
• Occupation: Registrar of the Chancery Court, 1619.
Lawrence married Anne LEWYN, daughter of William LEWYN and Unknown, in 1609 in England. Anne died on 13 Jun 1645 and was buried on 16 Jun 1645.
Death Notes: The following inscription was copied at Garsden by J. Henry Lea, Esq.:
"To the Memory of Sr Laurence Washington K' lately chiefe Register of the Chauncery of known Pyety of Charity exemplarye A louinge Husband A tender Father A bountifull Master A Constant Relieuer of the Poore and to those of this Parish A perpetuall Benefactour Whom it pleased God to take unto his Peace from the fury of the insuing Warrs Oxon Maii 14t0 Here interred 24'° Ano Dfii 1643° Aetat Suae 64° Where also lyeth Dame Anne his wife who deceased Junij 13t0 and was buried 16to Ano DSi 1645."
"Hie Patrios cineres curauit filius Urna
Condere qui tumulo nunc jacet Ille pius.
The pious Son his Parents here interred
Who hath his share in Urne for them prepar'd."
Source: An examination of the English ancestry of George Washington ..., Volume 165
By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, Page 42
Children from this marriage were:
+ 3025 M i. Lawrence WASHINGTON died on 17 Jan 1661 and was buried on 11 Feb 1661 in Garsden, Wiltshire, England.
3026 F ii. Elizabeth WASHINGTON died in 1654.
Research Notes: Elizabeth Washington1
Elizabeth Washington was the daughter of Sir Lawrence Washington and Anne Lewyn .1 She married Sir Christopher Guise, 1st Bt. , son of William Guise and Cecilia Dennis.1 She died before 1654, without issue.1
Her married name became Guise.1
Citations
[S60 ] Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley, editor, American Presidential Families (London, U.K.: Alan Sutton and Morris Genealogical Books, 1994), page 48. Hereinafter cited as American Presidential Families.
Source: http://thepeerage.com/p32301.htm#i323008
Elizabeth married Sir Christopher GUISE, 1st Baronet, son of Sir William of Elmore GUISE, Sheriff of Gloucestershire and Cecilia DENNIS,. They had no children.
General Notes: Sir Christopher Guise, 1st Bt.1
Sir Christopher Guise, 1st Bt. is the son of William Guise and Cecilia Dennis .1 He married, firstly, Elizabeth Washington , daughter of Sir Lawrence Washington and Anne Lewyn .1
Sir Christopher Guise, 1st Bt. was created 1st Baronet Guise in 1661.
Citations
[S60 ] Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley, editor, American Presidential Families (London, U.K.: Alan Sutton and Morris Genealogical Books, 1994), page 48. Hereinafter cited as American Presidential Families.
Source: http://thepeerage.com/p32366.htm#i323654
There have been two Baronetcies created for members of the Guise family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. One creation is extant as of 2008.
The Guise Baronetcy, of Elmore in the County of Gloucester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 10 July 1661 for Christopher Guise, Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire . The second Baronet also sat as Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire. The third represented Gloucestershire and Great Marlow in the House of Commons. The fourth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Aylesbury . The fifth Baronet represented Gloucestershire in Parliament. The title became extinct on his death in 1783.
The Guise Baronetcy, of Highnam Court in the County of Gloucester, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 9 December 1783 for John Guise. The cousin and heir male of the last Baronet of the 1661 creation, he was the great-grandson of Henry Guise, younger brother of the first Baronet of Elmore. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire East . The fourth and fifth Baronets both served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.
The family surname is pronounced "Gyze". The family seat is Elmore Court, near Gloucester.
Guise Baronets, of Elmore (1661)
*Sir Christopher Guise, 1st Baronet (c. 1617-1670)
*Sir John Guise, 2nd Baronet (c. 1654-1695)
*Sir John Guise, 3rd Baronet (c. 1678-1732)
*Sir John Guise, 4th Baronet (1701-1769)
*Sir William Guise, 5th Baronet (1737-1783)
Guise Baronets, of Highnam (1783)
*Sir John Guise, 1st Baronet (1733-1794)
*Sir Berkeley William Guise, 2nd Baronet (1775-1834)
*Sir John Wright Guise, 3rd Baronet (1777-1865)
*Sir William Vernon Guise, 4th Baronet (1816-1887)
*Sir William Francis George Guise, 5th Baronet (1851-1920)
*Sir Anselm William Edward Guise, 6th Baronet (1888-1970)
*Sir John Grant Guise, 7th Baronet (1927-2007)
*Sir Christopher James Guise, 8th Baronet (b. 1930)
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Source: http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/6403217
Noted events in his life were:
• Aquired: Baronetcy, 1661, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
2974. Sir William WASHINGTON, of Packington and Thistleworth was born about 1589 in Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, England, died in 1643 about age 54, and was buried on 22 Jun 1643 in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, England.
Death Notes: PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY FAIRFAX 29
SIR WM WASHINGTON OF THISTLEWORTH, M,SEX 1648
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[NB Sir William Washington was the eldest son of Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave and Brington. His wife was Lady Anne, daughter of Sir George Villiers of Brooksby and half sister of , George, Duke of Buckingham. She was buried in Chelsea 25th May 1643]
Sir William Washington of Thistleworth in the county of Middlesex, knight, will made June 1643, proved March 1648.
Whereas I am justly indebted unto Elizabeth Washington my daughter in the sum of twelve hundred pounds which she lent me in ready money and for payment whereof at a time shortly to come I have given her my bond of the penalty of two thousand pounds, my said daughter shall have and retain to her own use, towards satisfaction of the said sum, all that debts of eight hundred pounds, or thereabouts, due unto me upon two obligations from the Right Honourable William Earl of Denbigh, deceased with the use that shall grow due etc.,
refers to Manor of Wicke and a capital messuage called Wicke farm and other lands thereunto belonging which are now in mortgage to Henry Winn Esq., and John Chappell, gent, redeemable upon payment of the sum of eleven hundred forty four pounds at a time now past etc.,
refers to the rest of his children but doesn't name them
executrix, daughter Elizabeth
witnesses Robert Woodford, John Pardo, Thomas Woodford, John Washington,
will was proved on the oath of Elizabeth Washington alias Legg daughter of the deceased.
Sir William Washington was buried in St. Martin's in the Fields.
Burial entry; 1643 June 22 Gulielmus Washington eques auratus.
William Washington was knighted at Theobalds on 17th January 1621-2. Two of his children were baptised at Leckhampstead, county Buck. and two at St.Martin's in the Fields.
The following are the two entries in the latter.
1618 Nov. Susanna Washington
1619-20 January 13, (translated from the Latin) George, son of William Washington, gentleman & Anne his wife sister of Lord George, Marquis and Count Buckingham.
A witness to Sir Wiliam's will was John Pardo. in the same parish, St. Martin's, the marriage occurred of Guy Washington, probably Sir William's young uncle, and Katherine Pardieu. 17 Nov 1629.
Also in the same parish, Richard Washington, gent. and Frances Browne were mar. 21 Oct. 1628, and had children Amata, bap 1628 and John bap 1631-2. Richard Washington was buried 8 Jan 1641-2. Frances Washington then married Ralph Hall Jan 1642-3.
A Philip Washington was bur. 26 Sep 1643.-- all St Martin's.
Source: Northamptonshire Wills
Volume 1 - Sulgrave & Surrounding Parishes
and Watts Families
Research Notes: William, their eldest child married a half sister of the Duke of Buckingham and was knighted.
http://www.ancestryuk.com/WashingtonAncestry.htm
Sir William Washington1
Sir William Washington is the son of Lawrence Washington and Margaret Butler .1 He married Anne Villiers , daughter of Sir George Villiers and Audrey Saunders .1
Citations
[S60 ] Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley, editor, American Presidential Families (London, U.K.: Alan Sutton and Morris Genealogical Books, 1994), page 23. Hereinafter cited as American Presidential Families.
Source: http://thepeerage.com/p32216.htm#i322160
Noted events in his life were:
• Knighted: at Theobalds on the 17th of January, 1621–2., 17January 1621–2.
• Land: Thistleworth, manor of Wicke, 1638, Parish of Isleworth, England.
• Will: Jun 1643.
• Will Proved: Mar 1648.
William married Lady Anne VILLIERS, of Buckingham, daughter of Sir George of Brooksby VILLIERS, Sheriff of Leicestershire and Audrey SAUNDERS,. Anne was buried on 25 May 1643 in Chelsea.
Research Notes: Sir George Villiers, knt. of Brokesby, sheriff of Leicestershire 33 Elizabeth, m. first, Audrey, daughter and heir of William Sanders, esq. of Harrington, in the county of Northampton, and by her, who died 20 Elizabeth, had issue,
William (Sir), his heir.
Edward (Sir), president of Munster, from whom the Earls of Jersey and Clarendon derive.
Elizabeth, m. to John, Lord Butler, of Bramfield.
Anne, m. to Sir William Washington, knt of Pakington, in the county of Lincoln.
Frances.
Source: A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies ...By John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke, Page 547
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Anne Villiers was the half-sister of the 1st Duke of Buckingham, George Villiers.
Anne Villiers
Anne Villiers was the daughter of Sir George Villiers and Audrey Saunders.1 She married Sir William Washington , son of Lawrence Washington and Margaret Butler .1
Her married name became Washington.1
Citations
[S60 ] Charles and Hugh Brogan Mosley, editor, American Presidential Families (London, U.K.: Alan Sutton and Morris Genealogical Books, 1994), page 23. Hereinafter cited as American Presidential Families.
Source: http://thepeerage.com/p10563.htm#i105624
Children from this marriage were:
+ 3027 M i. Sir Henry WASHINGTON was born in 1615 and was buried on 9 Mar 1664 in Richmond, Surrey, England.
3028 M ii. George WASHINGTON was baptized on 13 Jan 1620 in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, England.
3029 M iii. Christopher WASHINGTON .
3030 F iv. Catherine WASHINGTON .
3031 F v. Susanna WASHINGTON was baptized in 1618 in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, England and died on 28 Feb 1698 at age 80.
Death Notes: Susanna Grahme of Blackheath in the parish of Lewisham in the Co. of Kent 6 October, 1697, proved 30 March 1699.
I desire my body may be interred in the parish church of Lewisham. To the Lady Dartmouth twenty broad pieces of gold which are sealed up in a paper with her name upon it. To my niece Mrs. Bilson ten broad pieces (as before) and the sum of one hundred pounds payable out of the arrears of rent which shall be due to me at the day of my death. Besides I give my said niece all the pictures in my little parlour at Blackheath, except my Lady Mordants. To my nephew William Leg Esq. one hundred pounds. To my niece Mrs. Dorothy Heron one hundred pounds. To Mrs. Penelope Washington five broad pieces of gold. To Mrs. Katheriue Tonstall five guineas and to Mrs. Gelet, sister to Mrs. Katherine Tonstall five guineas. To my niece Mrs. Musgrave all my plate and china which I have in my house at Blackheath. To my Lord Preston all my furniture and household stuff at Nunnington, except my plate and china, which I give and bequeath to my niece Mrs. Susanna Grahme, his Lordship's sister. To the said Lord Preston his father's picture and my husband's set in gold. To Deborah Sanders all my furniture and household stuff in my house at Blackheath not otherwise disposed of. To my Lord Dartmouth two hundred pounds, out of the arrears of rent, and four hundred pounds which he oweth me, provided always that his Lordship in consideration of the said six hundred pounds settle upon the minister of the parish of Lewisham for the time being and to all future generations such a salary for the reading of prayers once a day at Blackheath as is agreed between us, and I beg and desire of him that the said salary may be so settled according to law that it may be firm to all future ages. To the said Lord Dartmouth all my pictures at Blackheath not otherwise disposed of, with my coach and horses, and five guineas to defray the charges of my funeral. And I constitute and appoint the said Lord Dartmouth sole executor of this my last will and testament.
Proved by the oath of William, Lord Dartmouth.
Pett, 40 (P. C. C)
In the chancel of the old church at Lewisham, on a grave-stone of black marble, was this inscription: "Here lyeth Mrs Susanna Grahme J wife of Reginal Grahme Esq" Lord of this manor and second daughter of J Sir William Washington who departed this life the 26th day of February, Anno Domini 1698 aged 81 years."
Source: An examination of the English ancestry of George Washington ..., Volume 165
By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, Page 36-37
Susanna married Reginald GRAHAM.
+ 3032 F vi. Elizabeth WASHINGTON was born in 1619 and died in 1688 at age 69.
2975. Sir John WASHINGTON, of Thrapston was born about 1590 in Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, England and died before 6 Oct 1678.
Research Notes: The second son was knighted as Sir John Washington of Thrapston by King Charles I.
http://www.ancestryuk.com/WashingtonAncestry.htm
Noted events in his life were:
• Knighted: by King Charles I, 21 February 1622–3, at Newmarket.
John married Mary CURTIS, daughter of Philip CURTIS and Catherine, on 14 Jun 1621 in St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch, England. Mary died on 1 Jan 1624.
Research Notes: She was buried in the church of Islip aforesaid, where her monument still exists, with the following inscription: "Here lieth the body of Dame Mary, wife unto Sr John Washingtõ knight, daughter of Phillipe Curtis, gent. who had issue by hur sayd husbande 3 sonns, Mordaunt, John, and Phillipe; deceased the 1 of Janu. 1624."
Source: http://www.leearchive.info/shelf/chester/index.html
Children from this marriage were:
3033 M i. Mordaunt WASHINGTON .
3034 M ii. John WASHINGTON .
3035 M iii. Philip WASHINGTON died in 1643 and was buried on 26 Sep 1643 in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, England.
John next married Dorothy PARGITER, daughter of William PARGITER and Abigail WILLOUGHBY,. Dorothy died on 6 Oct 1678 and was buried in Fordham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Research Notes: "The registers of Thrapston, although embracing the period during which Sir John Washington is described as of that place, and the time of his death, do not once mention the name. He died, however, before the 6th of October, 1678, on which day Dorothy Washington made her will, and described herself as "relict of Sir John Washington, knight, deceased." She directed to be buried in the chancel of the church of Fordham, near her grandchild, Mrs. Penelope Audley. She bequeathed of her "small estate," 5l. to her son, Mr. Thomas Kirkbey, and 20s. to each of his sons and daughters, leaving the residue of her goods to her daughter, Mrs. Penelope Thornton, whom she appointed her executrix. No children by Sir John Washington are mentioned. In the Probate Act she is described as of Fordham, in the county of Cambridge, and the record of her burial, in the parish register of that place, under the year 1678, is as follows:-"Dame Dorothy, relict of Sr John Wassington of Thrapston, in the county of Northampton, knight, was buryed the 15th day of October."
Source: http://www.leearchive.info/shelf/chester/index.html
DOROTHY WASHINGTON 1678
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will made 6 October, proved 24 December 1678
relict of Sir John Washington, knight, deceased
body to be buried in the chancel of the church of Fordham near the place where the body of my dear grandchild Mrs Penelope Audley lies buried.
to my son Mr Thomas Kirkeby five pounds and to each of his son and daughters twenty shillings apiece.
to daughter Penelope Thornton, executrix.
Witnesses Ezeckial Pargiter, Hugh Floyde, Sarah Fletcher.
Source: Northamptonshire Wills
Volume 1 - Sulgrave & Surrounding Parishes
and Watts Families
2980. Richard WASHINGTON was born about 1598 in Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, England and died in 1641 about age 43.
General Notes: Richard was a freeman of the Clothworkers' Company of London. Their records show that on the "7th July 1614 Richard Washington, son of Lawrence Washington of Wickammond Co., Northamptonshire Gent (apprenticed) to Richard Brent".
Richard married Frances BROWNE on 27 Apr 1627 in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, England.
Children from this marriage were:
3036 F i. Amy (Amata) WASHINGTON was baptized on 21 Oct 1628 in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, England.
+ 3037 M ii. John WASHINGTON, of Surry County was born in Northampton, England, was baptized on 14 Mar 1632 in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, England, and died about 1661 in Surry County, Virginia about age 29.
2982. Amy WASHINGTON was born about 1600 in Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, England and died in Nov 1636 about age 36.
Death Notes: Amye Curtis of Islipp, in the Co. of Northampton widow, 27 June 1636, proved 19 November 1636.
My body to be buried in the chancel of Islipp, near unto the grave of my deceased husband. I give towards the repair of the church of Islipp twenty shillings; to the poor there forty shillings: to the poor of Denford twenty shillings.
Item whereas there was given unto my nephew Mordaunt Washington, the eldest son of Sir John Washington, knight, by the last will and testament of his grandmother Curtis deceased the sum of fifty pounds to be employed as [in] the said will is further expressed my will is and I do give unto the said Mordaunt two hundred and fifty pounds more to be employed for his best benefit so soon as my debts be paid and the said money can conveniently be raised, and to be paid unto him at his age of twenty and one years or at the day of his marriage, which shall first happen. Item, whereas my husband, late deceased, gave unto John Washington, the second son of Sir John Washington, the sum of fifty pounds my will is, and I do give unto the said John my nephew the sum of fifty pounds more, to be employed for his best use and benefit, my debts first paid and the money conveniently raised, and to be paid to him at his age of twenty and one years, or at the day of his marriage.
A similar bequest to Phillip Washington, the third son of Sir John Washington.
To my god daughter Amy Hynde twenty pounds. To Michael Westfield, clerk, five pounds and to Mr. Richard Allen of Lowick five pounds. To my neighbor Mrs. Margaret Westfield five pounds. The freehold land given to me by my husband Phillip Curtis, I give unto my daughter Katherine Curtis. My mother Margaret Washington and my brother Sir John Washington to be guardians for my daughter.
Wit: Michael Westfield, William Washington and Phillip Freeman.
Pile, 108 (P. C. C).
Source: An examination of the English ancestry of George Washington ..., Volume 165
By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, Page 30
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"...Amy Curtis, and on the ensuing 27th of June she made her own will. After directing to be buried in the chancel of Islip near her husband, she proceeds substantially as follows:-
Whereas there was given to my nephew Mordaunt Washington, the eldest son of Sir John Washington, knt. by the last will and testament of his grandmother Curtis, deceased, the sum of 50l., I now give to said Mordaunt 250l. more, to be employed for his benefit till he become of age or married. Whereas my husband, lately deceased, gave to John Washington, second son of Sir John Washington, 50l., I now give to said John, my nephew, 50l. more, to be employed to his use till he be of age, &c. Whereas my husband, lately deceased, gave by his last will to my nephew Philip Washington, third son of Sir John Washington, knt., 50l., I now give him 50l. more, &c. Whereas my husband Philip Curtis, by his last will, gave me and my heirs for ever all his lands, houses, &c., I now give the same to my only daughter Katherine Curtis and her heirs for ever, as well as the residue of all my estate, and appoint "my dear and loving mother, Margarett Washington, and my loving brother, Sir John Washington, knight," to be her guardians.
One of the witnesses to this will is William Washington, doubtless Sir William her brother. Administration thereon was granted, on the 19th of November following, to Sir John Washington, knight, who is described as the "lawful brother" of the testatrix, and who was to act during the minority of Katherine Curtis, daughter of the testatrix and the executrix named in the will."
Source: http://www.leearchive.info/shelf/chester/index.html
Research Notes:
Noted events in her life were:
• Will: 27 Jun 1636.
Amy married Philip CURTIS, son of Philip CURTIS and Catherine, on 8 Aug 1620 in Brington, Northamptonshire, England. Philip died in May 1636.
Death Notes: Phillip Curtis of Islip in the Co. of Northampton, gentleman, delivered his will nuncupative in the presence of Sir John Washington, knight, and Michael Westfield, clerk, 19 May 1636, proved 30 May 1636.
To my daughter Katherine Curtis one thousand pounds, at day of marriage or age of twenty one, which shall first happen. Item I give unto my nephew John Washington the sum of fifty pounds to be paid unto him at his age of twenty and one years. Item I give unto my nephew Phillip Washington the like sum of fifty pounds to be paid at his age of twenty and one years. And for my nephew Mordant Washington I leave in trust to my wife. Item I give unto my wife Amy Curtis and to her heirs forever all my freehold land to be sold towards the raising of my daughters portion &c. And I make her the full and sole executrix &c. Item I make choice of Sir John Washington of Thropston, knight, and Michael Westfield of Islipp, clerk, to be guardians for my daughter. Pile, 55 (P. C. C).
Source: An examination of the English ancestry of George Washington ..., Volume 165
By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, Page 29
Research Notes: "That of Philip Curtis was nuncupative, and made on the 19th of May, 1636, in presence of Sir John Washington, knight, and another. He bequeathed 1,000l. to his daughter Catharine, when of age or married, and to his nephews John Washington and Philip Washington each 50l. when of age. His nephew Mordaunt Washington he commended to the kindness of his wife, to whom he bequeathed the residue of his estate, and appointed as guardians of his daughter the clergyman of the parish and "Sir John Washington of Thrapston, in the county of Northampton, knight." The will was proved on the 30th of May...."
Source: http://www.leearchive.info/shelf/chester/index.html
Noted events in his life were:
• Will: 19 May 1636.
The child from this marriage was:
2983. Reverend Lawrence WASHINGTON was born in 1602 in Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, England, died about 1652 in Warton, Lancaster, England about age 50, and was buried in Maldon, Essex, England.
General Notes: Lawrence Washington (1602-1655)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lawrence Washington (1602-1655) was an English rector , and the great-great-grandfather of George Washington .
Biography
Washington was a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford . His degree there was awarded in 1623. He resigned from his Fellowship in 1633. According to the college records he left in debt, "owing 17s 10d personally and £9 5s 9d on behalf of a pupil". College Fellows at Oxford at the time were held liable for their students' debts. The college accounting books read: "Mr Washington to be sued", but no lawsuit ever was filed.
The college recounts the following story of the debt: "In 1924 a party of Canadian and American lawyers were shown the account of these debts during a visit to the College, and they suggested that they should pay the personal debt of 17s 10d, subject to no interest being charged. A pound note was produced amidst much laughter. Unfortunately this light-hearted gesture was not appreciated by some of George Washington's more seriously minded supporters. A letter to the Daily Express and an article in the New York Herald both denied that any debt had ever existed." [1]
Lawrence's stay at Oxford coincided with the rectorate (1619-1645) of Giles Widdowes at St Martin's . Widdowes was chaplain to Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham of whom Lawrence became the in-law. (ref. below)
George Washington's great-great-great-grandfather, also named Lawrence, married Margaret Butler, and was a successful wooltrader (see also: Merchants of the Staple , Enclosure , [2] ) and Mayor of Northampton (several times: 1532, 1545), had bought Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire , not far from Banbury in Oxfordshire , from King Henry VIII in 1539. His son Robert inherited Sulgrave Manor in 1584.(see also: [3] ).
During a Royal Progress in the Midlands on 3 August 1614, James I of England first set eyes on George Villiers at Sir Walter Mildmay's mansion, Apethorpe Hall, near Fotheringhay . The future Duke of Buckingham was then a poor second son from a second marriage, the bulk of his father's heritage having been divided among the children of the first, including Anne Villiers, the wife of Lawrence's elder brother Sir William Washington. The Washingtons and Mildmays [4] were to be neighbours at Purleigh. The marriage of George Villiers' mother, Mary Beaumont, to Sir Thomas Compton further allied the Washington family in kinsbond (ref: H.R. Williamson, 1940).
In 1914 Sulgrave Manor became the property of "the Peoples of Great Britain and the United States of America in celebration of the Hundred Years Peace between the two nations". In 1924 the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America endowed the Manor House and continues to help support it. [5]
The founder of the Sulgrave Manor Washingtons was Sir Robert de Washington (d. 1324) from whom the Virginia Washingtons descend. A brother of Sir Robert was Sir John de Washington (d. 1331) who founded the Hallhead Hall/Adwick-le-street branch.
From this branch a Dutch and ultimately a Bavarian and Austrian branch of Washingtons descended. One descendent was Jacob, Baron von Washington who was with Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington at Waterloo during the Napoleonic War ; a descendant of his was Maximillian, Baron von Washington who in 1854 married the sister of the Rulers of Oldenburg . [1]
[ edit ] Purleigh
Washington became rector of the village of Purleigh , in Essex , from 1632 until 1643. He lost his position during the Civil War when Essex where his living was situated came under the government of the Long Parliament . He died in poverty after he had been ejected from Purleigh and relocated to the rectorate of Little Braxted, at present an eastern outskirt of Witham (1643). He is buried in the nearby town of Maldon [6] .
By then Sir Samuel Argall had become Deputy Governor of Virginia (between 1617-1619). When his widowed mother, Mary Scot, had remarried Laurence Washington of Maidstone (great uncle of Lawrence Washington (1602-1655)), Sir Samuel became the first Washington relative with firm footing in America.
Washington family lore has it that Sir Samuel, then Captain Samuel Argall, was one of the colonials who captured Pocahontas in 1613.
George Washington: a Biographical Compendium ( Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. , 2002) details the portrait of Lawrence Washington with the contemporary phrasing of the charge laid against him and that led to his removal from Purleigh:
common frequenter of ale-houses, not only himself sitting daily tippling there, but also encouraging others in that beastly vice
in op. cit. p. 5, s.v. Ancestry
This of course is the Puritan point of view. For others it may come as a relief to find that Lawrence was socially well integrated, to the point even of engaging in debate in public places.
See also
References
^ The Magazine of History, 1915
External links
Research Notes: The Reverend Lawrence Washington, M.A., B.D., was a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford and Rector of Purleigh Essex from 1633-43. In 1643, during the English Civil war he was accused as a "Maglignant Royalist" and "oft drunk", and was ejected from his living as Rector of Purleigh and died in poverty.
http://www.ancestryuk.com/WashingtonAncestry.htm
Reverend Lawrence Washington
Reverend Lawrence Washington was born in 1601/2 at Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, England . He was the son of Lawrence Washington and Margaret Butler . He married Amphilis Twigden , daughter of John Twigden and Anne Dickens , in December 1633 at Purleigh, Essex, England . He died in January 1652/53. He was buried on 21 January 1652/53 at Malden, Essex, England .
Rector of Purleigh and Little Braxted, Essex, Fellow
and Lecturer of Brasenose College.
Child of Reverend Lawrence Washington and Amphilis Twigden
Source: http://thepeerage.com/p17990.htm#i179899
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Rector of Purleigh, Purleigh, Essex, England.
Lawrence married Amphyllis TWIGDEN about 1630 in Purleigh, Essex, England. Amphyllis was born in England, died in 1654, and was buried on 19 Jan 1654 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England..
Burial Notes: A visit to Tring came next in order. There I was most cordially received by the Vicar of that parish, the Rev. W. Quennell, who, having a taste for such investigations and being evidently pleased that I had traced the Washington family to his parish, was kind enough to assist me. The Registers previous to 1634, I found, were not in very good order, and I made a rather hasty examination of them. That beginning 1634 was entitled "A Regester Booke conteaning all the names hereafter Named either Baptized, Married or Buried. Bought by Maister Andreu Knolinge, Richard Hunton" (and others, whose names are given and who are called churchwardens). In it I found the following :\emdash ...
Burials.
Andrew Knolling was burd this xxi"1 of January 1649.
Edward Fitzherbert bur. the iii of May 1654.
Mrs Washington bur: ye xix of Jan: 1654.
Mr John Dagnall of the Grove burd 17 Aug. 1691.
Source: An examination of the English ancestry of George Washington ..., Volume 165
By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters
Page 10
Research Notes: ... Item I will give and bequeath unto Lawrance Washington the younger (my godsonne) All my freehould Landes and Tenem"" whatsoen* lying and being within the pish of Tring aforesaid or else where within the Realme of England. To have and to hould the same to him and his heires for euer. Item I give and bequeath unto Amphilis Washington my daughter in lawe (& mother of the said Lawrance) the some of Threescore poundes of Current mony of England to be paid her within six months after my decease. ... And my will is that if either of the said Two children dye before her Legacie shalbecome due and payable Then I will that the Legacie of her dying shalbe paid to the other surviving. Item I give and bequeath unto John Washington, William Washington, Elizabeth Washington, Margarett Washington & Martha Washington (children of the said Amphilis Washington my daughter in Lawe) The some of Eight and Twenty poundes a peece of Curr' mony to be paid to them att theire seu'all & respective Ages of One and Twenty years, To be putt out in the meane tyme for theire best benefitt & advantage And my will and meaning is that if any of the said ffiue children viz' John, William, Elizabeth, Margarett and Martha Washington shall happen to die before his her or theire Legacie or Legacies shall become due & payable, That then the Legacie or Legacies of him, her or them soe dying shalbe equally divided amongst the rest of them the said five children surviving. ... - from the will of Andrew Knowling of Tring, 1649
Source: An examination of the English ancestry of George Washington ..., Volume 165
By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters
Pages 9-10
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Amphilis Twigden
Amphilis Twigden was baptised on 2 February 1601/2 at Spratton, Northamptonshire, England . She was the daughter of John Twigden and Anne Dickens . She married Reverend Lawrence Washington , son of Lawrence Washington and Margaret Butler, in December 1633 at Purleigh, Essex, England . She died in 1654. She was buried on 19 January 1654/55 at Tring, Hertfordshire, England .
From December 1633, her married name became Washington.
Child of Amphilis Twigden and Reverend Lawrence Washington
Source: http://thepeerage.com/p17991.htm#i179901
Children from this marriage were:
+ 3039 M i. Colonel John WASHINGTON was born in 1632 in Warton, Lancaster, England, died in 1677 at age 45, and was buried in Bridges Creek Washington Family Cemetery.
+ 3040 M ii. Captain Lawrence WASHINGTON was born in 1635 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England., was baptized on 23 Jun 1635 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England., died in 1676 in Virginia at age 41, and was buried in Bridges Creek Washington Family Cemetery.
3041 M iii. William WASHINGTON was baptized in 1641 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England..
Baptism Notes: A visit to Tring came next in order. There I was most cordially received by the Vicar of that parish, the Rev. W. Quennell, who, having a taste for such investigations and being evidently pleased that I had traced the Washington family to his parish, was kind enough to assist me. The Registers previous to 1634, I found, were not in very good order, and I made a rather hasty examination of them. That beginning 1634 was entitled "A Regester Booke conteaning all the names hereafter Named either Baptized, Married or Buried. Bought by Maister Andreu Knolinge, Richard Hunton" (and others, whose names are given and who are called churchwardens). In it I found the following :-
Baptisms.
Crisames senc our Ladie daye Anno Dom 1635 Layaranc sonn of Layarance Washington June the xxiii
Baptized senc our Ladye daye Anno dom 1636 Elizabeth da of Mr Larranc Washington Aug xvii
Baptized senc Mickellmas daye Anno Dom 1641 William sonn of Mr Larrance Washenton baptized the xiiijth daij
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Research Notes: ... Item I give and bequeath unto John Washington, William Washington, Elizabeth Washington, Margarett Washington & Martha Washington (children of the said Amphilis Washington my daughter in Lawe) The some of Eight and Twenty poundes a peece of Curr' mony to be paid to them att theire seu'all & respective Ages of One and Twenty years, To be putt out in the meane tyme for theire best benefitt & advantage And my will and meaning is that if any of the said ffiue children viz' John, William, Elizabeth, Margarett and Martha Washington shall happen to die before his her or theire Legacie or Legacies shall become due & payable, That then the Legacie or Legacies of him, her or them soe dying shalbe equally divided amongst the rest of them the said five children surviving. ...
- from the will of Andrew Knowling of Tring, 1649
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3042 F iv. Elizabeth WASHINGTON was baptized on 17 Aug 1636 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England..
Baptism Notes: A visit to Tring came next in order. There I was most cordially received by the Vicar of that parish, the Rev. W. Quennell, who, having a taste for such investigations and being evidently pleased that I had traced the Washington family to his parish, was kind enough to assist me. The Registers previous to 1634, I found, were not in very good order, and I made a rather hasty examination of them. That beginning 1634 was entitled "A Regester Booke conteaning all the names hereafter Named either Baptized, Married or Buried. Bought by Maister Andreu Knolinge, Richard Hunton" (and others, whose names are given and who are called churchwardens). In it I found the following :-
Baptisms.
Crisames senc our Ladie daye Anno Dom 1635 Layaranc sonn of Layarance Washington June the xxiii
Baptized senc our Ladye daye Anno dom 1636 Elizabeth da of Mr Larranc Washington Aug xvii
Baptized senc Mickellmas daye Anno Dom 1641 William sonn of Mr Larrance Washenton baptized the xiiijth daij
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Research Notes: ... Item I give and bequeath unto John Washington, William Washington, Elizabeth Washington, Margarett Washington & Martha Washington (children of the said Amphilis Washington my daughter in Lawe) The some of Eight and Twenty poundes a peece of Curr' mony to be paid to them att theire seu'all & respective Ages of One and Twenty years, To be putt out in the meane tyme for theire best benefitt & advantage And my will and meaning is that if any of the said ffiue children viz' John, William, Elizabeth, Margarett and Martha Washington shall happen to die before his her or theire Legacie or Legacies shall become due & payable, That then the Legacie or Legacies of him, her or them soe dying shalbe equally divided amongst the rest of them the said five children surviving. ...
- from the will of Andrew Knowling of Tring, 1649
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3043 F v. Margaret WASHINGTON was born before 1649.
Research Notes: ... Item I give and bequeath unto John Washington, William Washington, Elizabeth Washington, Margarett Washington & Martha Washington (children of the said Amphilis Washington my daughter in Lawe) The some of Eight and Twenty poundes a peece of Curr' mony to be paid to them att theire seu'all & respective Ages of One and Twenty years, To be putt out in the meane tyme for theire best benefitt & advantage And my will and meaning is that if any of the said ffiue children viz' John, William, Elizabeth, Margarett and Martha Washington shall happen to die before his her or theire Legacie or Legacies shall become due & payable, That then the Legacie or Legacies of him, her or them soe dying shalbe equally divided amongst the rest of them the said five children surviving. ...
- from the will of Andrew Knowling of Tring, 1649
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3044 F vi. Martha WASHINGTON was born before 1649.
Research Notes: ... Item I give and bequeath unto John Washington, William Washington, Elizabeth Washington, Margarett Washington & Martha Washington (children of the said Amphilis Washington my daughter in Lawe) The some of Eight and Twenty poundes a peece of Curr' mony to be paid to them att theire seu'all & respective Ages of One and Twenty years, To be putt out in the meane tyme for theire best benefitt & advantage And my will and meaning is that if any of the said ffiue children viz' John, William, Elizabeth, Margarett and Martha Washington shall happen to die before his her or theire Legacie or Legacies shall become due & payable, That then the Legacie or Legacies of him, her or them soe dying shalbe equally divided amongst the rest of them the said five children surviving. ...
- from the will of Andrew Knowling of Tring, 1649
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2992. Richard LA ZOUCHE, 9th Baron Zouche, 10th Baron St Maur was born circa 1510 and died in 1552 at age 42.
Research Notes: Bratton and Bratton Lynde manors then descended to William's son John, a minor in 1468 and attainted in 1485. (fn. 55) The grant of both to Sir William Willoughby in 1486 (fn. 56) was ineffective and in 1491 Bratton manor, then named BRATTON SEYMOUR manor, was granted to John Moton with all issues from the attainder of Zouche in 1485. (fn. 57) Zouche (d. 1526) had evidently recovered part of his estate by 1523 (fn. 58) and it descended to his son, also John (d. 1550) and to his grandson Richard, Baron Zouche (d. 1552). In 1551 Richard settled his Bratton estates jointly on his two younger sons, Richard and Charles. (fn. 59)
From: 'Bratton Seymour', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds (1999), pp. 164-170. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18749&strquery=Baron Zouche Date accessed: 12 October 2011.
The rent of the remaining two thirds of the borough, occasionally called a fee farm, (fn. 10) belonged to the Zouche share of Haygrove manor until 1485. (fn. 11) Giles Daubeney, Baron Daubeney (d. 1508), was succeeded by his son Henry (cr. earl of Bridgwater 1538, d. 1548). Henry retained the rent from the borough until 1544 or later, but by 1547 it was being paid to Richard Zouche (succ. as Baron Zouche in 1550, d. 1552). (fn. 12) Richard settled the rent, then amounting to £10 16s. 8d., on his two younger sons, Richard and Charles. Richard conveyed his share in 1558 to his eldest brother George, Lord Zouche (d. 1569). (fn. 13) George's share was paid to his widow Margaret 1572-7 and in 1578 to his son Edward, Lord Zouche (d. 1625). (fn. 14) Charles Zouche in 1566-7 received his share, which by 1572 had passed to John Byflete. (fn. 15) Byflete was succeeded in 1621 by his son Robert, and Robert in 1641 by his son Thomas. Thomas's heirs were paid in arrears in 1652 (fn. 16) but no further payments have been traced.
From: 'Bridgwater: Borough', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes) (1992), pp. 207-208. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18642&strquery=Baron Zouche Date accessed: 12 October 2011.
John, Baron Zouche (d. 1526), was attainted in 1485 (fn. 36) and the manor was granted to Giles Daubeney, Baron Daubeney (d. 1508), in tail male. In 1538 Giles's son Henry (cr. earl of Bridgwater 1538, d. 1548) made over the manor to Edward Seymour, earl of Hertford, (fn. 37) who held it in 1540, but probably before 1548 it had been acquired by Richard, son of John, Baron Zouche. (fn. 38) In 1551 Richard, then Baron Zouche (d. 1552), settled the manor on his wife and two younger sons, Richard and Charles Zouche, in tail male. (fn. 39)
From: 'Wincanton', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds (1999), pp. 208-232. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18755&strquery=Baron Zouche Date accessed: 12 October 2011.
Richard married Unknown.
Research Notes: After the death of Richard Zouche, Baron Zouche, in 1552 the advowson was divided with the manor; in 1559 the presentation was made by John Ewens by grant of Zouche's widow and her two younger sons.
From: 'Bratton Seymour', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds (1999), pp. 164-170. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18749&strquery=Baron Zouche Date accessed: 12 October 2011.
Children from this marriage were:
3045 M i. Richard LA ZOUCHE .
Research Notes: Bratton and Bratton Lynde manors then descended to William's son John, a minor in 1468 and attainted in 1485. (fn. 55) The grant of both to Sir William Willoughby in 1486 (fn. 56) was ineffective and in 1491 Bratton manor, then named BRATTON SEYMOUR manor, was granted to John Moton with all issues from the attainder of Zouche in 1485. (fn. 57) Zouche (d. 1526) had evidently recovered part of his estate by 1523 (fn. 58) and it descended to his son, also John (d. 1550) and to his grandson Richard, Baron Zouche (d. 1552). In 1551 Richard settled his Bratton estates jointly on his two younger sons, Richard and Charles. (fn. 59)
In 1555 Richard Zouche was licensed to grant his half of Bratton manor, actually Bratton Seymour manor, to George Broughton (fn. 60) and in the following year to convey the same to John Dyer.
From: 'Bratton Seymour', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds (1999), pp. 164-170. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18749&strquery=Baron Zouche Date accessed: 12 October 2011.
In 1560 Richard Zouche sold his half of Bratton Lynde or Lynes manor to John Wilkinson. (fn. 78) Wilkinson, a London tailor, died in 1571 and was followed successively by his sons Nicho las (d. 1604) and Paul. (fn. 79) In 1605 Paul conveyed his share to trustees one of whom, William Wollascott, in 1617 became sole trustee. In 1621-2 William was succeeded as sole trustee by his son Edward. In 1629 the share was settled on Mary, Anne, and Frances, daughters of Henry Winchcombe by his wife Mary, daughter of William Wollascott. (fn. 80) In 1650 the surviving trustee released his rights to the three daughters and their husbands. (fn. 81) No further claim to lordship was made until 1733 when William Chilwell the elder, who had acquired land in the parish from 1720 onwards, described himself as lord of Bratton Lynes. (fn. 82) In 1889 and 1935 his successors in possession of the land, John and Richard Hodges, similarly described themselves. (fn. 83)
From: 'Bratton Seymour', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds (1999), pp. 164-170. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18749&strquery=Baron Zouche Date accessed: 12 October 2011.
The rent of the remaining two thirds of the borough, occasionally called a fee farm, (fn. 10) belonged to the Zouche share of Haygrove manor until 1485. (fn. 11) Giles Daubeney, Baron Daubeney (d. 1508), was succeeded by his son Henry (cr. earl of Bridgwater 1538, d. 1548). Henry retained the rent from the borough until 1544 or later, but by 1547 it was being paid to Richard Zouche (succ. as Baron Zouche in 1550, d. 1552). (fn. 12) Richard settled the rent, then amounting to £10 16s. 8d., on his two younger sons, Richard and Charles. Richard conveyed his share in 1558 to his eldest brother George, Lord Zouche (d. 1569). (fn. 13) George's share was paid to his widow Margaret 1572-7 and in 1578 to his son Edward, Lord Zouche (d. 1625). (fn. 14) Charles Zouche in 1566-7 received his share, which by 1572 had passed to John Byflete. (fn. 15) Byflete was succeeded in 1621 by his son Robert, and Robert in 1641 by his son Thomas. Thomas's heirs were paid in arrears in 1652 (fn. 16) but no further payments have been traced.
From: 'Bridgwater: Borough', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes) (1992), pp. 207-208. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18642&strquery=Baron Zouche Date accessed: 12 October 2011.
3046 M ii. Charles LA ZOUCHE .
Research Notes: Bratton and Bratton Lynde manors then descended to William's son John, a minor in 1468 and attainted in 1485. (fn. 55) The grant of both to Sir William Willoughby in 1486 (fn. 56) was ineffective and in 1491 Bratton manor, then named BRATTON SEYMOUR manor, was granted to John Moton with all issues from the attainder of Zouche in 1485. (fn. 57) Zouche (d. 1526) had evidently recovered part of his estate by 1523 (fn. 58) and it descended to his son, also John (d. 1550) and to his grandson Richard, Baron Zouche (d. 1552). In 1551 Richard settled his Bratton estates jointly on his two younger sons, Richard and Charles. (fn. 59)
From: 'Bratton Seymour', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds (1999), pp. 164-170. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18749&strquery=Baron Zouche Date accessed: 12 October 2011.
In 1570 Charles Zouche sold his half of both manors to Jerome Dibben or Debien of Moorhayes in Charlton Musgrove. (fn. 84) In 1586 Jerome seems to have mortgaged part of the estate to his nephew, also Jerome Dibben, and subsequently conveyed to him the fee simple of the whole. (fn. 85) Jerome the younger died intestate c. 1590 and Jerome the elder was exercising lordship in 1593. (fn. 86) In 1601 Peter Blackaller was granting leases in right of his wife, widow of the elder Jerome, (fn. 87) but by 1618 possession had reverted to another Jerome Dibben, also a nephew of Jerome the elder. (fn. 88) Jerome Dibben died in 1623 leaving a daughter Edith, a minor. (fn. 89) By 1633 she had married James Rosse the younger. (fn. 90)
From: 'Bratton Seymour', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds (1999), pp. 164-170. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18749&strquery=Baron Zouche Date accessed: 12 October 2011.
The rent of the remaining two thirds of the borough, occasionally called a fee farm, (fn. 10) belonged to the Zouche share of Haygrove manor until 1485. (fn. 11) Giles Daubeney, Baron Daubeney (d. 1508), was succeeded by his son Henry (cr. earl of Bridgwater 1538, d. 1548). Henry retained the rent from the borough until 1544 or later, but by 1547 it was being paid to Richard Zouche (succ. as Baron Zouche in 1550, d. 1552). (fn. 12) Richard settled the rent, then amounting to £10 16s. 8d., on his two younger sons, Richard and Charles. Richard conveyed his share in 1558 to his eldest brother George, Lord Zouche (d. 1569). (fn. 13) George's share was paid to his widow Margaret 1572-7 and in 1578 to his son Edward, Lord Zouche (d. 1625). (fn. 14) Charles Zouche in 1566-7 received his share, which by 1572 had passed to John Byflete. (fn. 15) Byflete was succeeded in 1621 by his son Robert, and Robert in 1641 by his son Thomas. Thomas's heirs were paid in arrears in 1652 (fn. 16) but no further payments have been traced.
From: 'Bridgwater: Borough', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes) (1992), pp. 207-208. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18642&strquery=Baron Zouche Date accessed: 12 October 2011.
+ 3047 M iii. George LA ZOUCHE, 10th Baron Zouche, 11th Baron St Maur was born circa 1526 and died in 1569 at age 43.
2999. Thomas WEST, 3rd Baron De La Warr (Delaware) was born on 9 Jul 1577 in Wherwell, Hampshire, England and died on 7 Jun 1618 in England at age 40.
General Notes: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
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Thomas West, 3rd and 12th Baron De La Warr (9 July 1577 - 7 June 1618) was the Englishman after whom the bay , the river , and, consequently, an American Indian people and U.S. state , all later called " Delaware ", were named.
There have been two creations of Baron De La Warr , and West came from the second. He was the son of Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr , of Wherwell Abbey in Hampshire , and his wife, Anne daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey .
Life
West received his education at Queen's College, Oxford . He served in the army under Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex , and, in 1601, was charged with supporting Essex's ill-fated insurrection against Queen Elizabeth , but he was acquitted of those charges. [1] He succeeded his father as Baron De La Warr , in 1602, and became a member of the Privy Council . [2]
After the Powhatans killed the colony's Council President, Lord Ratcliffe , and attacked the colony in the first First Anglo-Powhatan War , Lord De La Warr headed the contingent of 150 men who landed in Jamestown , Virginia on June 10, 1610, just in time to persuade the original settlers not to give up and go home to England. As a veteran of English campaigns against the Irish, De La Warr employed "Irish tactics" against the Indians: troops raided villages, burned houses, torched cornfields, and stole provisions; these tactics, identical to those practiced by the Powhatan themselves, proved effective. He had been appointed governor-for-life (and captain-general) of Virginia , and he outfitted their three ships and recruited and equipped those men at his own expense. Leaving his deputy Sir Samuel Argall (circa 1580 - circa 1626) in charge, Lord De La Warr returned to England and published a book about Virginia, The Relation of the Right Honourable the Lord De-La-Warre, of the Colonie, Planted in Virginia, in 1611. He remained the nominal governor, and he had received complaints from the Virginia settlers about Argall's tyranny in governing them for him, so Lord De La Warr set sail for Virginia again in 1618, to investigate those charges. He died at sea, en route to Virginia, and it was thought for many years that he had been buried in the Azores or at sea. [1]
In 2006, recent research had concluded that his body was brought to Jamestown for burial. A grave site thought by researchers to contain the remains of Captain Bartholomew Gosnold may instead contain those of Baron De La Warr. [3]
He married at St Dunstan-in-the-West on 25 November 1596 Cecily Shirley, who died in 1662, daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley of Wiston , Sussex , and had Henry West, 4th Baron De La Warr .
Footnotes
^ a b Stephen, Leslie (1899). Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. LX, pp. 344-45. New York: The Macmillan Company.
^ Fiske, John (1897). Old Virginia and Her Neighbours, Vol. I, pp. 146-47. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
^
Thomas married Cecily SHIRLEY, daughter of Sir Thomas SHIRLEY, of Wiston, Sussex and Unknown, on 25 Nov 1596 in St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street, London, England. Cecily died in 1662.
Children from this marriage were:
3048 M i. Henry WEST, 4th Baron De La Warr (Delaware) .
+ 3049 F ii. Martha WEST .
3001. John WEST, Deputy Governor of the Colony of Virginia was born on 14 Dec 1590 in Wherwell, Hampshire, England and died circa 1659 in Virginia at age 69.
General Notes: John West (governor)
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John West (December 14, 1590 - ca. 1659) was the colonial Governor of Virginia from 1635 to 1637, the third West brother to serve in that position.
Biography
He was the fourth son and twelfth child of Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr , of Wherwell Abbey in Hampshire , and his wife, Lady Anne Knollys .
His maternal grandparents were Sir Francis Knollys , Treasurer of the Royal Household and Lady Catherine Carey .
Marriage and children
Some sources claim that John West married Anne Clairborne Percy in Hampshire , England , daughter of George Percy and Anne Floyd, although no marriage date for this couple has found (see George Percy ). They had three sons:
West's plantation on the York River was the site of the present town of West Point, Virginia . The Port Richmond West Plantation in King William County, Virginia was settled about 1655 by his son Col. John West as a young man.
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John married Anne PERCY, daughter of George PERCY and Anne FLOYD, in Hampshire, England.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 3050 M i. Colonel John Jr. WEST was born in 1632 in York River, Virginia and died in 1691 at age 59.
3005. Lady Charlotte FITZROY was born on 5 Sep 1664 and died on 17 Feb 1718 at age 53.
General Notes: Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield
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Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield (5 September 1664 - 17 February 1718), formerly Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, was the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England by one of his most notorious mistresses , Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
Family
She was the fourth child and second daughter of Barbara Palmer née Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine who was by then separated but still married to Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine . Castlemaine did not father any of his wife's children; rather, Charlotte and her siblings were the illegitimate offspring of their mother's royal lover, Charles II . The king acknowledged her as his daughter and so she bore the surname of Fitzroy - "son of the King".
She was the favourite niece of James, Duke of York , younger brother of Charles II , who would later reign as James II. "We know but little of her except that she was beautiful;" [1] she "rivaled her mother in beauty, but was far unlike her in every other respect." [2] As the Duchess of Cleveland was known for her diabolical nature, the implication here is that Charlotte was a sweet-tempered and pleasing person; one memoirist attests to that assumption, describing Lady Lichfield as "a very good and virtuous lady." It is said that the king had a greater value and love for this lady than he had for his other children.
Marriage and issue
On 16 May 1674, before her tenth birthday, Lady Charlotte was contracted to Sir Edward Lee , and married on 6 February 1677 at twelve years of age. When Charles Stewart, 6th Duke of Lennox died in 1673, Sir Edward was created Earl of Lichfield .
Together they had eighteen children:
References
^ From John Heneage Jesse's Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts, 1855, page 171.
^ Jameson's The Beauties of the Court of Charles the Second: A Series of Memoirs Biographical and Critical, 2005, page 82.
Noted events in her life were:
• Dynasty / House: House of Stuart.
Charlotte married Sir Edward Henry LEE, 1st Earl of Lichfield, son of Sir Francis LEE, 4th Baronet of Quarendon and Elizabeth POPE, on 6 Feb 1677. Edward was born on 4 Feb 1663 and died on 14 Jul 1716 at age 53.
General Notes: Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield
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Sir Edward Henry Lee, 5th Baronet, of Ditchley and of Quarendon, created 1st Earl of Lichfield (4 February 1663 - 14 July 1716) was an English peer . He was a staunch tory and followed James II to Rochester, Kent after the king's escape from Whitehall in December 1688. [1] His subsidiary titles were Viscount Quarendon and Baron Spelsbury.
Biography
Lee was the son of Sir Francis Henry Lee, 4th Baronet of Quarendon and his wife Lady Elizabeth Pope, daughter of Thomas Pope, 2nd Earl of Downe , who was later third wife of Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey . His great grandfather, Henry Lee, was the cousin and heir of Henry Lee of Ditchley . His father's half-brother was the libertine -poet the Earl of Rochester .
Lee was created Earl of Lichfield in 1674 at the age of ten, a result of his betrothal to the daughter of King Charles II . The Lady Charlotte Fitzroy was the fourth of six children born to the king's infamous mistress , the Duchess of Cleveland . Sweet-natured and strikingly beautiful, Charlotte was adored by her father the king despite the fact that she was a bastard . She was contracted at the age of ten to Lee, who was one year older than his bride-to-be. Three years later, having reached puberty , twelve- and thirteen-year-olds were married on 6 February 1677. He died two years before his wife, aged 53.
From 1687 to 1689, Lichfield served as Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire .
Issue
Lady Lichfield bore him at least eleven children, probably more.
References
^ K. Laughton, 'Lee, Fitzroy Henry (1699-1750)', rev. Philip Carter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
The child from this marriage was:
+ 3051 F i. Lady Charlotte LEE was born on 23 Mar 1678 in St. James's Park, St. James, London, England and died on 1 Feb 1721 in Woodford Hall, Woodford, Essex, England at age 42.
3006. Henrietta FITZJAMES was born in 1667 and died on 3 Apr 1730 at age 63.
General Notes: Henrietta FitzJames
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Henrietta FitzJames (1667 - April 3, 1730), the Dowager Lady Waldegrave and titular Countess of Newcastle , was an illegitimate daughter of James Stuart, Duke of York , afterward James II, King of Great Britain, by his mistress , Arabella Churchill , herself sister of the Duke of Marlborough .
Henrietta was sister to the celebrated James FitzJames, Duke of Berwick . She was brought up a Roman Catholic , and married into a family of the same religion. On November 29, 1683 she married Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave and by him had two children:
She accompanied her father and his queen in their exile, and lived some years at St. Germains . After Waldegrave's death in 1689, Lady Waldegrave married Piers Butler, 3rd Viscount of Galmoye on 3 April 1695. He was created the Earl of Newcastle . The marriage was childless. She died in 1730 and was buried in at Navestock .
She is an ancestor of the Earls Spencer and Diana, Princess of Wales .
References
Henrietta had a relationship with Charles CALVERT, 3rd Baron Baltimore, son of Cecilius CALVERT, 2nd Baron Baltimore and Anne ARUNDELL,. This couple did not marry. Charles was born on 27 Aug 1637 in England and died on 21 Feb 1714 in England at age 76.
General Notes: Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
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Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, 2nd Proprietor and 6th and 9th Proprietary Governor of Maryland (August 27, 1637 - February 21, 1714/1715), inherited the colony in 1675 upon the death of his father, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore . He had been his father's Deputy Governor since 1661 when he arrived in the colony at the age of 24. However, Charles left Maryland for England in 1684 and would never return. The events following the Glorious Revolution in England in 1688 would cost Calvert his title to Maryland; in 1689 the royal charter to the colony was withdrawn, leading to direct rule by the British Crown. Calvert's political problems were largely caused by his unwavering commitment to the Roman Catholic faith at a time when Protestantism was the dominant religion in England. Calvert married four times, outliving three wives, and had at least two children. He died in England in 1715 at the age of 78, his family fortunes much diminished. With his death he passed his title, and his claim to Maryland, to his second son Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore (1679-1715), his eldest son Cecil having died young. However, Benedict Calvert would outlive his father by just two months, and It would fall to Charles' grandson, Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore (who wisely converted to the Anglican faith) to see the family proprietorship in Maryland restored by the king.
Early life
Charles was born in England on August 27, 1637, and witnessed the religious conflicts of the English Civil War . His father Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605-1675) was the first Proprietor Governor of Maryland, and 9th Proprietor Governor of Newfoundland. His mother was Anne Arundell , daughter of the 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour . Anne and Cecil were married in 1627 or 1628, and had nine children. However, only two of Charles' siblings survived to adulthood, and Anne herself died in 1649 when the young Charles was just 12 years old..
Maryland
Political background
The Calvert family were Roman Catholics and had founded Maryland as a Catholic colony of Great Britain . Cecil Calvert had received the proprietorship that was intended for his father, George Calvert, the 1st Lord Baltimore , who died in 1632, shortly before it was granted. Cecil established his colony in Maryland from his home in England, and as a Roman Catholic continued the legacy of his father by promoting religious tolerance in the colony. He governed Maryland for forty-two years, though he never visited his colony in person. [1]
In 1649 Maryland passed the Maryland Toleration Act , also known as the Act Concerning Religion, a law mandating religious tolerance for trinitarian Christians. Passed on September 21, 1649 by the assembly of the Maryland colony, it was the first law requiring religious tolerance in the British North American colonies. The Calvert family sought enactment of the law to protect Catholic settlers and those of other religions that did not conform to the dominant Anglicanism of Britain and her colonies.
Arrival in Maryland
Charles Calvert sailed to Maryland in 1661 as a young man of 24, becoming the first member of the Calvert family to take personal charge of the colony. He was appointed deputy governor by his father and, when Cecil Calvert died in 1675, Charles inherited Maryland, becoming governor in his own right. Some time before 1666 He was married to Mary Darnall, daughter of Ralph Darnall, and the first of Calvert's four wives. [2] The Darnall family were wealthy Maryland planters, and also Roman Catholics. Tragically, Mary did not live long; she died in childbirth sometime before 1667. [3] Charles was not slow to find a new bride. in 1667 he was married a second time, to Jane Lowe (1664-1693/94), the widow of Colonel Henry Sewall [4] of St. Mary's County, Maryland. [5] In late 1667 or early 1668 they had a son, Cecil Calvert. [2]
Economic problems
Calvert's life as governor was aggravated by growing economic problems. From the 1660s onwards, the price of tobacco, the staple crop of Maryland and its chief source of export income, began a long slide, causing economic hardship especially among the poor. [6] In 1666 neighbouring Virginia proposed a "stint" on tobacco growing, a one year moratorium that would lower supply and so drive up prices. Calvert initially agreed to this plan but came to realize that the burden of the stint would fall chiefly upon his poorest subjects, who comprised "the generality of the province". Eventually he vetoed the bill, much to the disgust of the Virginians, [6] though in the end Nature provided a stint of her own in the form of a hurricane which devastated the 1667 tobacco crop. [6]
Religion and politics
By the time Charles Calvert became governor, the population of the province had gradually shifted due to Puritan immigration, becoming in time overwhelmingly Protestant . Political political power however tended to remain concentrated in the hands of the largely Roman Catholic elite. In spite of this demographic shift away from Catholicism, Calvert attempted to preserve Maryland's Catholic identity. From 1669 to 1689, of 27 men who sat on the Governor's Council, just 8 were Protestant. Most councillors were Catholics, and many were related by blood or marriage to the Calverts, enjoying political patronage and often lucrative offices such as commands in the militia or sinecures in the Land Office. [7]
Much conflict between Calvert and his subjects turned on the question of how far English law should be applied in Maryland, and to what degree the proprietary government might exercise its own prerogative outside of the law. Delegates to the assembly wished to establish the "full force and power" of the law but Calvert, ever protective of his prerogative, insisted that only he and his councillors might decide where and when English law should apply. Such uncertainty could and did permit the charge of arbitrary government. [6]
Calvert acted in various ways to restrain the influence of the Protestant majority. In 1670 he restricted suffrage to men who owned 50 acres (200,000 m2) or more, or held property worth more than 40 pounds. [6] He also restricted election to Maryland's House of Delegates to those who owned at least 1,000 acres (4 km²) of land.[ citation needed ] In 1676 he directed the voters to return half as many delegates to the assembly, two instead of four. Measures like these might make the assembly easier to manage, but they tended to strain relations between Calvert and his subjects. [6]
Slavery
One of Calvert's earliest decisions, regarding the position of Africans imported into Maryland, would have long-term and baleful consequences. Although the first Africans had been brought to Maryland in 1642, when 13 slaves arrived at St. Mary's City , the first English settlement in the Province, [8] their legal status was initially unclear and colonial courts tended to rule that a slave who accepted Christian baptism should be freed. In order to protect the rights of their owners, laws began to be passed to clarify the legal position. [8] In 1663 the Assembly ruled that slaves should be slaves for life, and that the children of slaves should also be enslaved for life, thus perpetuating the institution of slavery for the next 200 years, until its eradication during the Civil War. [8][9] However, the impact of such harsh laws would not be felt for some time, as large scale importation of Africans would not begin until the 1690s. [8]
Religious conflicts
In 1675 the elder Lord Baltimore died, and Charles Calvert, now 38 years old, returned to London in order to be elevated to his barony. His political enemies now took the opportunity of his absence to launch a scathing attack on the proprietarial government, publishing a pamphlet in 1676 titled A Complaint from Heaven with a Hue and Crye...out of Maryland and Virginia, listing numerous grievances, and in particular complaining of the lack of an established church. [6] Neither was the Church of England happy with Maryland's experiment in religious tolerance. The Anglican minister John Yeo wrote scathingly to the Archbishop of Canterbury , complaining that Maryland was "in a deplorable condition" and had become "a sodom of uncleanliness and a pesthouse of iniquity". [6] This was taken sufficiently seriously in London that the Privy Council directed Calvert to respond to the complaints made against him. [6]
Calvert's response to these challenges was defiant. He hanged two of the would-be rebels, and moved to re-assert Maryland's religious diversity. His written response illustrates the difficulties facing his administration; Calvert wrote that Maryland settlers were " Presbyterians , Independents , Anabaptists , and Quakers , those of the Church of England as well as the Romish being the fewest...it would be a most difficult task to draw such persons to consent unto a Law which shall compel them to maintaine ministers of a contrary perswasion to themselves". [6]
Conspiracies
In 1679 Charles and Jane celebrated a second son, Benedict. But two years later, in 1681, Lord Baltimore once again faced rebellion, led by a former governor of the province Josias Fendall (1657-60) and John Coode (Coode would later lead the successful rebellion of 1689). Fendall was tried, convicted, fined forty thousand pounds of tobacco and exiled, but his co-conspirator Coode successfully escaped retribution. [10]
By this time the political fabric of the province was starting to tear. The governor of Virginia reported that "Maryland is now in torment...and in great danger of falling in pieces". [11] Relations between the governing council and the assembly grew increasingly poor. Underlying much of the rancour was the continued slide in the price of tobacco, which by the 1680s had fallen 50% in 30 years. [11] In 1681 Baltimore also faced personal tragedy; his eldest son and heir, Cecil, died, leaving his second son Benedict as the heir presumptive to the Calvert inheritance.
During his term he also engaged in an expansion of public services building court houses, jails, roads and highways as well as modernizing Maryland's military defences.[ citation needed ]
Border conflict with Pennsylvania
Adding to his difficulties, Calvert found himself embroiled in a serious conflict over land boundaries with William Penn , engaging in a dispute over the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania . In 1681 King Charles II had granted Penn a substantial but rather vague proprietorship to the north of Maryland. Penn however began building his capital city south of the 40th Parallel, in Maryland territory. Penn and Calvert met twice to negotiate a settlement, but were unable to reach agreement. [7]
Departure for England
In 1684, Charles Calvert travelled to England , [12] both to defend himself in the dispute with Penn as well as to answer charges that he favoured Catholics in the colony. [5] He would never return to Maryland.
Calvert left the province in the care of his nephew George Talbot , whom he made acting governor, placing him at the head of the Governor's Council. Unfortunately Talbot proved to be a poor choice, stabbing to death a Royal customs official on board his ship in the Patuxent River , and thereby ensuring that his uncle suffered immediate difficulties on his return to London. [7] Calvert's replacement for Talbot was another Roman Catholic, William Joseph , who would also prove controversial. In November 1688 Joseph set about offending local opinion by lecturing his Maryland subjects on morality, adultery and the divine right of kings, lambasting the colony as "a land full of adulterers". [7]
Glorious Revolution in England
In England, events now began to move decisively against the Calverts and their political interest. In 1688 the country underwent what would later become known as the Glorious Revolution , during which the Catholic King James II of England was deposed and the Protestant monarchs King William and Mary II of England were installed on the throne. This triumph of the Protestant faction would cause Calvert considerable political difficulties. Sensibly, Calvert moved quickly to support the new regime, sending a messenger to Maryland to proclaim the new King and Queen. Unfortunately for Lord Baltimore, the messenger died during the journey, and a second envoy (if one was ever sent - Calvert would later claim that it was) never arrived. [13]
Protestant Revolution in Maryland
Meanwhile, Maryland Puritans , by now a substantial majority in the colony, feeding on rumors from England and fearing Popish plots, began to organize rebellion against the proprietary government . Governor Joseph did not improve the situation by refusing to convene the assembly and, ominously, recalling weapons from storage, ostensibly for repair. [13] Protestants, angry at the apparent lack of official support for the new King and Queen, and resentful of the preferment of Catholics like deputy governor Colonel Henry Darnall to official positions of power, began to arm themselves. In the summer of 1689 an army of 700 Puritans led by Colonel John Coode , and calling themselves the Protestant Associators , defeated a proprietarial army led by Colonel Darnall. [14] Darnall, heavily outnumbered, later wrote: "Wee being in this condition and no hope left of quieting the people thus enraged, to prevent effusion of blood, capitulated and surrendered." [14]
After this "Protestant Revolution" in Maryland, The victorious Coode and his Puritan allies set up a new government that outlawed Catholicism ; Catholics would thereafter be forced to maintain secret chapels in their home in order to celebrate the Mass . [14] In 1704 an Act was passed "to prevent the growth of Popery in this Province", preventing Catholics from holding political office. [14] Full religious toleration would not be restored in Maryland until the American Revolution , when Darnall's great-grandson Charles Carroll of Carrollton , arguably the wealthiest Catholic in Maryland, signed the American Declaration of Independence .
John Coode would remain in power until the new royal governor, Nehemiah Blakiston was appointed on July 27, 1691. Charles Calvert himself would never return to Maryland, and, worse, his family's royal charter to the colony was withdrawn in 1689. Henceforth Maryland would be administered directly by the British monarchy .
Later life
Calvert's political difficulties did not end with the loss of Maryland. In 1694 he was named in connection with the Titus Oates plot, though he successfully evaded arrest. In 1696 he was made brigadier general, and then in 1704 rose to the rank of major-general. [15]
Calvert's second wife Jane died in around 1693, and Calvert married a third time, to Mary Bankes, some time between 1701 and 1710. His fourth and final marriage was to Margaret Charleton, daughter of Thomas Charleton, in 1712. [2]
Calvert may also have had an illegitimate son, Charles Calvert Lazenby , born in England in 1688, who would grow up to have a career in the army and later become Governor of Maryland in his own right. [16] Captain Calvert's parents have never been positively identified but it has long been assumed that his father was the 3rd Baron Baltimore. His mother's identity is also unknown but, judging by the Calvert family papers, she appears to have been the Countess Henrietta, also known as "Mother Calvert", who died circa 1728. [17]
Calvert's residence in England was his family's estate at Woodcote Park in Surrey. In around 1712, Woodcote was described by Celia Fiennes :
"Lord Baltimores in Woodcut Green encompassed with a wall at the entrance, a breast wall with pallisadoes, large courts one within the other, and a back way to the stables where there is a pretty horse pond; the house is old but low, though large run over much ground; as I drove by the side saw broad chimneys on the end and at due distance on the side on both ends the sides of a court which terminated in a building on which there is a lead with railes and barristers." [15]
Relations with his son Benedict
Charles never abandoned his commitment to the Catholic faith, despite the adverse political consequences. But his eldest son Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore (1679-1715), was less dogmatic. Benedict correctly calculated that the chief impediment to the restoration of his family's title to Maryland was the question of religion. [18] Accordingly, he converted to Anglicanism , deciding to "embrace the protestant religion", and gambling that this move would win back his family's lost fortune in the New World. [18] Such a bold move would however come at a high price. Lord Baltimore, furious at his son's apostacy, withdrew his annual allowance of £450 and ended his support for his grandchildren's education and maintenance. [18] However, Charles Calvert died in 1715, passing his title, and his claim to Maryland, to his son Benedict. He is buried in St Pancras. [15]
Legacy
Upon his father's death, Charles' son Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore petitioned King George I for the restoration of his family's proprietarial title to Maryland. [19] Unfortunately, before the king could rule on the petition, Benedict died, just two months after his father, passing on his title in turn to his son Charles. [19] On May 15, 1715 Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore soon found himself, aged just sixteen, in the fortunate position of having had his family's proprietarial title to Maryland restored by the king. In 1721 he came of age and assumed personal control of the colony, which would remain under the control of the Calvert family until 1776. The younger Charles Calvert would also have to convert to Anglicanism in order to win back his family's province. The Calvert family's dream of a haven in the Americas for Roman Catholics was at an end, and it would take an American Revolution and the overthrow of the Calvert proprietary government to restore religious tolerance to Maryland.
Charles County , Maryland, was named after him.[ citation needed ]
Charles Calvert's portrait, along with those of the other Barons Baltimore, still hangs today in the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore , the city that bears his family name. [20]
See also
Notes
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^ a b c Charles Calvert at www.thepeerage.com Retrieved Jan 24 2010
^ Mary Darnall at www.thepeerage.com Retrieved August 2, 2010
^ Sewell genealogy site Retrieved August 2, 2010
^ a b Richardson, Douglas (2005). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, p. 169. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8063-1759-0 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j Brugger, Robert J., p.35, Maryland, a Middle Temperament 1634-1980 Retrieved July 29, 2010
^ a b c d Brugger, Robert J., p.38, Maryland, a Middle Temperament 1634-1980 Retrieved July 26, 2010
^ a b c d Chapelle, Suzanne Ellery Greene, p.24, Maryland: A History of Its People Retrieved August 10, 2010
^ Charles Calvert at http://mdroots.thinkport.org Retrieved Jan 24 2010
^ Brugger, Robert J., p.36, Maryland, a Middle Temperament 1634-1980 Retrieved July 29, 2010
^ a b Brugger, Robert J., p.37, Maryland, a Middle Temperament 1634-1980 Retrieved July 29, 2010
^ Hoffman, Ronald, Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500-1782 Retrieved Jan 24 2010
^ a b Brugger, Robert J., p.39, Maryland, a Middle Temperament 1634-1980 Retrieved July 26, 2010
^ a b c d Roark, Elisabeth Louise, p.78, Artists of colonial America Retrieved February 22, 2010
^ a b c Epsom and Ewell History Explorer Retrieved August 31, 2010
^ Yentsch, Anne E, p.53, A Chesapeake Family and their Slaves: a Study in Historical Archaeology, Cambridge University Press (1994) Retrieved August 9 2010
^ Yentsch, Anne E, p.55, A Chesapeake Family and their Slaves: a Study in Historical Archaeology, Cambridge University Press (1994) Retrieved Jan 2010
^ a b c Hoffman, Ronald, p.79, Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500-1782 Retrieved August 9, 2010
^ a b Hoffman, Ronald, p.80, Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500-1782 Retrieved August 9, 2010
^ Calvert family history at www.prattlibrary.org Retrieved October 2010
References
External links
+ 3052 M i. Charles CALVERT, Governor of Maryland was born in 1688 in England and died on 2 Feb 1734 in Maryland at age 46.
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