Before 28 Jan 1611 Cornelius Johnson (age 17). Portrait of John Talbot (age 66).

John Talbot: John Talbot and Katherine Petre were married. In 1545 he was born to John Talbot and Frances Giffard. On 28 Jan 1611 John Talbot died.

In 1619 Cornelius Johnson (age 25). Portrait of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 26).

Around 1620 Cornelius Johnson (age 26). Portrait of Martha Temple Lady Penyston (age 25).

Martha Temple Lady Penyston: In 1595 she was born to Thomas Temple 1st Baronet. In 1611 Thomas Penyston 1st Baronet and she were married. In 1620 Martha Temple Lady Penyston died.

In 1620 Cornelius Johnson (age 26). Portrait of Alexander Temple (age 48).

Alexander Temple: Around 1572 he was born to John Temple. In Dec 1629 Alexander Temple died.

In 1620 Cornelius Johnson (age 26). Portrait of Susanna Temple (age 20).

Susanna Temple: Around 1600 she was born to Alexander Temple. In 1627 Gifford Thornhurst 1st Baronet and she were married. In 1633 Martin Lister and she were married.

In 1620 Cornelius Johnson (age 26). Portrait of Jemima Waldegrave Baroness Crew (age 18).

In 1623 Adriaen Hanneman (age 20) travelled to England where he lived for sixteen years where he met and was influenced by Anthony Van Dyck (age 23), Daniel Mijtens (age 33) and Cornelius Johnson (age 29).

Around 1625. Cornelius Johnson (age 31). Portrait of Thomas Lucy of Charlecote Park (age 30), his wife Alice Spencer (age 25) and his family.

Thomas Lucy of Charlecote Park: In 1595 he was born to Thomas Lucy of Charlecote. In or before 1622 Thomas Lucy of Charlecote Park and Alice Spencer were married. In Dec 1640 Thomas Lucy of Charlecote Park died.

Alice Spencer: In 1600 she was born to Thomas Spencer of Everdon and Mary Cheke. Around 1600 Thomas Spencer of Everdon died. A number of sources report the date of his death as 08 Nov 1580 however his daughter she was born in 1600 so we have adopted this later date?

Around 1625 Cornelius Johnson (age 31) had a studio in Blackfriars. As did Anthony Van Dyck (age 25). Blackfriars was within the boundaries of the City of London, but was a liberty and so avoided the monopoly in the City of members of the London painters' Guild.

Around 1625 Cornelius Johnson (age 31). Portrait of Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 44).

Around 1626 Cornelius Johnson (age 32). Portrait of Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry (age 48) as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. Charlecote Park.

In 1628 Cornelius Johnson (age 34). Portrait of Sarah Harrington (age 63). Hatchlands East Clandon, Surrey.

Sarah Harrington: In 1565 she was born to James Harrington and Lucy Sidney. Before 24 Apr 1586 Francis Hastings and she were married. He the son of George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon and Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon. Before 1628 Thomas Edmondes Lord Treasurer and she were married. In 1629 Sarah Harrington died.

In 1629 Cornelius Johnson (age 35). Portrait of Robert de Vere 19th Earl of Oxford (age 53).

Robert de Vere 19th Earl of Oxford: After 23 Aug 1575 he was born to Hugh Vere and Eleanor Walsh. In Jun 1625 Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford died. His second cousin Robert de Vere 19th Earl of Oxford succeeded 19th Earl of Oxford. In 1626 Robert de Vere 19th Earl of Oxford and Beatrice Van Hemmema Countess of Oxford were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. On 07 Aug 1632 Robert de Vere 19th Earl of Oxford was killed at the Siege of Maastricht. His son Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford succeeded 20th Earl of Oxford.

In 1629 Cornelius Johnson (age 35). Portrait of Robert Bruce Cotton 1st Baronet (age 57).

In 1630 Cornelius Johnson (age 36). Portrait of Abigail Sacheverell.

Abigail Sacheverell: Humphrey Pakington and she were married. she was born to Henry Sacheverell.

Around 1630 Cornelius Johnson (age 36). Portrait of Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton (age 28).

Before 1631 Cornelius Johnson (age 37). Portrait of William Fanshawe (age 47). Valence House Museum.

William Fanshawe: In 1583 he was born to Thomas Fanshawe and Joan Smythe. On 04 Mar 1635 William Fanshawe died.

Before 1631 Cornelius Johnson (age 37). Portrait of Jane Carey (age 36).

Jane Carey: In 1594 she was born to Edward Carey and Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert. In 1631 Jane Carey died. Before 02 Jan 1645 Edward Barrett 1st Baron Barrett and she were married. They were half first cousin once removed.

In 1631 Cornelius Johnson (age 37). Portrait of John St John 1st Baronet (age 45). Lydiard House.

In 1631 Cornelius Johnson (age 37). Portrait of Margaret Halliday Lady Hungerford.

In 1631 Cornelius Johnson (age 37). Portrait of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 13).

In 1633 Cornelius Johnson (age 39). Portrait of Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (age 23).

In 1633 Cornelius Johnson (age 39). Portrait of Francis Godolphin (age 27).

In 1635 Cornelius Johnson (age 41). Portrait of Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 31). Powis Castle.

In 1635 Cornelius Johnson (age 41). Portrait of Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (age 25).

Around 1638 Cornelius Johnson (age 44). Portrait of Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin (age 39). Kenwood House.

In 1638 Cornelius Johnson (age 44). Portrait of Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford (age 39). Dunham Massey.

Around 1638 Cornelius Johnson (age 44). Portrait of Diana Cecil Countess Oxford.

Around 1640 Cornelius Johnson (age 46). Portrait of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby (age 32). Tabley House.

Before 1643 Cornelius Johnson (age 49). Portrait of Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland (age 32). Montacute House.

Before 1647 Cornelius Johnson (age 53). Portrait of Lettice Moryson Viscountess Falkland. Montacute House.

Lettice Moryson Viscountess Falkland: she was born to Richard Moryson. In or before 1632 Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland and she were married. She by marriage Viscountess Falkland.

Around 1650 Cornelius Johnson (age 56). Portrait of Hester Wase. Montacute House.

Hester Wase: she was born to Christopher Wase. William Mainwaring and she were married. After 1645 Henry Blount Traveller and she were married.

Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry.

Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Thomas Hales 3rd Baronet and John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale (age 45). Ham House, Richmond, Surrey.

Thomas Hales 3rd Baronet: Around 1695 he was born to Thomas Hales 2nd Baronet. On 07 Jan 1748 Thomas Hales 2nd Baronet died. His son Thomas Hales 3rd Baronet succeeded 3rd Baronet Hales of Beakesbourne in Kent. On 06 Oct 1762 he died. His son Thomas Hales 4th Baronet succeeded 4th Baronet Hales of Beakesbourne in Kent.

Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Oliver St John 1st Viscount Grandison. Lydiard House.

Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Bridget Cromwell (age 37).

Bridget Cromwell: In 1624 she was born to Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier. On 15 Jun 1646 Henry Ireton and she were married. She the daughter of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier. In 1652 Major General Charles Fleetwood and she were married. She the daughter of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier. In 1662 Bridget Cromwell died.

Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Thomas Cotton 2nd Baronet (age 67).

Before 05 Aug 1661 Cornelius Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Anne Harrison Lady Fanshawe (age 36). Valence House Museum.

Pepy's Diary. 27 Jun 1666. Up, and to my office awhile, and then down the river a little way to see vessels ready for the carrying down of 400 land soldiers to the fleete. Then back to the office for my papers, and so to St. James's, where we did our usual attendance on the Duke (age 32). Having done with him, we all of us down to Sir W. Coventry's (age 38) chamber (where I saw his father my Lord Coventry's picture hung up, done by Stone, who then brought it home. It is a good picture, drawn in his judge's robes, and the great seale by him. And while it was hanging up, "This", says Sir W. Coventry (age 38), merrily, "is the use we make of our fathers",) to discourse about the proposition of serving us with hempe, delivered in by my Lord Brouncker (age 46) as from an unknown person, though I know it to be Captain Cocke's (age 49). My Lord and Sir William Coventry had some earnest words about it, the one promoting it for his private ends, being, as Cocke (age 49) tells me himself, to have £500 if the bargain goes on, and I am to have as much, and the other opposing it for the unseasonableness of it, not knowing at all whose the proposition is, which seems the more ingenious of the two. I sat by and said nothing, being no great friend to the proposition, though Cocke (age 49) intends me a convenience by it. But what I observed most from the discourse was this of Sir W. Coventry (age 38), that he do look upon ourselves in a desperate condition. The issue of all standing upon this one point, that by the next fight, if we beat, the Dutch will certainly be content to take eggs for their money (that was his expression); or if we be beaten, we must be contented to make peace, and glad if we can have it without paying too dear for it. And withall we do rely wholly upon the Parliament's giving us more money the next sitting, or else we are undone.

Vesta Monumenta. 1744. Plates 1.66 to 1.68. Robert Cotton with Genesis Fragments. Reproduction of a portrait from around 1626 of Robert Cotton and fragments of the Cotton Genesis manuscript by Cornelius Johnson. Plates 1.67-1.68 depict twenty-one fragments from eighteen folio pages of the Cotton Genesis collated with transcriptions from the Codex Vaticanus. Engravings by George Vertue (age 60) after the original portrait and his own watercolors of the Cotton Genesis fragments.