Biography of Edmund Prideaux 1st Baronet 1554-1628

Paternal Family Tree: Prideaux

After 1552 Robert Dillon of Farthington Northamptonshire (age 4) and [his future sister-in-law] Grace Chichester were married.

In 1554 Edmund Prideaux 1st Baronet was born to Roger Prideaux.

In 1582 [his father] Roger Prideaux died.

In 1583 Edward Denny (age 36) and [his future sister-in-law] Margaret Edgecombe (age 23) were married.

In 1583 Hugh Fortescue (age 39) and [his future sister-in-law] Elizabeth Chichester were married.

Before 1590 Edmund Prideaux 1st Baronet (age 36) and Bridget Chichester were married.

Before 1590 Edmund Prideaux 1st Baronet (age 36) and Catherine Edgecombe (age 27) were married.

In 1596 [his son] Peter Prideaux 2nd Baronet was born to Edmund Prideaux 1st Baronet (age 42) and [his wife] Catherine Edgecombe (age 34).

Battle of Carrickfergus

In Nov 1597 [his brother-in-law] John Chichester was beheaded by Randal "Arranach" Macdonnell 1st Earl Antrim at Carrickfergus, County Antrim.

In 1602 [his brother-in-law] Richard Edgecumbe (age 32) and Anne Carey were married.

In 1604 [his sister-in-law] Grace Chichester (age 52) died.

In 1605 [his brother-in-law] Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester (age 37) and Anne Copleston (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years.

In 1605 [his wife] Catherine Edgecombe (age 43) died.

In 1606 [his brother-in-law] Arthur Chichester 1st Baron Chichester (age 42) and Lettice Perrot Baroness Chichester (age 46) were married.

In 1606 Edmund Prideaux 1st Baronet (age 52) and Mary Reynell Lady Prideaux (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

In 1608 [his former brother-in-law] Richard Edgecumbe (age 38) and Mary Cotelle were married.

In 1613 [his sister-in-law] Mary Chichester died.

On 17 Jul 1622 Edmund Prideaux 1st Baronet (age 68) was created 1st Baronet Prideaux of Netherton in Devon. [his wife] Mary Reynell Lady Prideaux (age 37) by marriage Lady Prideaux of Netherton in Devon.

On 19 Feb 1625 [his brother-in-law] Arthur Chichester 1st Baron Chichester (age 61) died of pleurisy. He was buried in St Nicholas' Church, Carrickfergus, County Antrim.

After 19 Feb 1625 [his brother-in-law] Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester (age 57) was created 1st Viscount Chichester of Carrickfergus, 1st Baron Chichester of Belfast.

In or before 1626 [his son] Peter Prideaux 2nd Baronet (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Susan Poulet Lady Prideaux (age 25) were married.

On 28 Mar 1628 Edmund Prideaux 1st Baronet (age 74) died. His son [his son] Peter Prideaux 2nd Baronet (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baronet Prideaux of Netherton in Devon. [his daughter-in-law] Susan Poulet Lady Prideaux (age 28) by marriage Lady Prideaux of Netherton in Devon.

In 1631 [his former wife] Mary Reynell Lady Prideaux (age 46) died.

[his son] Edmund Prideaux 1st Baronet was born to Edmund Prideaux 1st Baronet and Catherine Edgecombe.