Biography of John Danvers 1588-1655
Paternal Family Tree: Danvers
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
In or before 1568 [his father] John Danvers (age 28) and [his mother] Elizabeth Neville (age 17) were married.
Before 03 Mar 1582 Richard Herbert (age 25) and [his future wife] Magdalen Newport were married.
Before 1587 [his future brother-in-law] Francis Newport (age 32) and Beatrice Lacon were married.
On 28 Jun 1588 John Danvers was born to John Danvers (age 48) and Elizabeth Neville (age 38).
On 19 Dec 1594 [his father] John Danvers (age 54) died said to have been of a broken heart following the disgrace of his sons [his brother] Charles Danvers (age 26) and [his brother] Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby (age 21).
In 1598 [his step-father] Edmund Carey (age 40) and [his mother] Elizabeth Neville (age 48) were married. The marriage was, perhaps, a means of procuring a pardon for her two sons who had previously shot and killed a neighbour, and fled abroad. A payment was made to the bereaved family and the sons were allowed to return. They were fourth cousins.
In Mar 1609 John Danvers (age 20) and Magdalen Newport were married.
On 06 Mar 1623 [his brother-in-law] Francis Newport (age 68) died.
On 10 Jul 1628 John Danvers (age 40) and Elizabeth Dauntsey were married.
On 01 May 1629 [his daughter] Elizabeth Danvers was born to John Danvers (age 40) and [his wife] Elizabeth Dauntsey.
On 07 May 1629 [his step-son] Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 47) was created 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury. Mary Herbert Baroness Herbert Chirbury by marriage Baroness Herbert Chirbury.
In 1630 [his mother] Elizabeth Neville (age 80) died.
On 01 Mar 1633 [his step-son] George Herbert (age 39) died.
On 05 Dec 1633 [his son] Henry Danvers was born to John Danvers (age 45) and [his wife] Elizabeth Dauntsey.
On 09 Jul 1636 [his wife] Elizabeth Dauntsey died.
On 05 Aug 1648 [his step-son] Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 66) died. His son Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 44) succeeded 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury.
On 23 Nov 1648 [his son-in-law] Robert Wright aka Villiers aka Danvers (age 24) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Danvers (age 19) were married. They were second cousin once removed.
On 06 Jan 1649 John Danvers (age 60) and Grace Hewett were married.
On 23 Jan 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 48) was tried at Westminster Hall [Map] by Henry Mildmay (age 56). The fifty-nine signatories of his Death Warrant were:
7 John Danvers
14 Major-General William Goffe
21 Admiral Richard Deane
42 John Jones
45 Major General Charles Fleetwood
54 Gregory Clement
55 John Downes
57 Thomas Scot
58 John Carew
The commissioners who sat at the trial but did not sign the Death Warrant included:
William Monson 1st Viscount Monson (age 50)
James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 41)
The Captain of the Guard was Daniel Axtell (age 27). The guards included Francis Hacker, Matthew Tomlinson (age 31).
The Solicitor-General was John Cook (age 41).
On 10 Aug 1650 [his son] John Danvers of Predsot was born to John Danvers (age 62) and [his wife] Grace Hewett.
In Nov 1654 [his son] Henry Danvers (age 20) died.
On 16 Apr 1655 John Danvers (age 66) died.
[his daughter] Mary Danvers was born to John Danvers and Elizabeth Dauntsey.
[his son] Charles Danvers was born to John Danvers and Elizabeth Dauntsey.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Danvers
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Danvers
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Danvers
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Danvers
GrandFather: Sylvester Danvers
Father: John Danvers
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Mordaunt
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Mordaunt
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Peake
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Peake
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Latimer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Latimer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Edith Latimer
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hody
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Hody
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jewel
GrandMother: Elizabeth Mordaunt
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Vere
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Baroness Mordaunt
John Danvers 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Neville 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourchier 1st Baron Berners
Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bourchier 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Berners Baroness Berners
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford
11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Aylesbury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fray
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Fray
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Danvers Baroness Wenlock
GrandFather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 12th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sergeaux Countess Oxford
Great x 2 Grandfather: George de Vere 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard
4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Walton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Stafford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chideock 6th Baron Fitzpayn 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Lumley
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Elizabeth Neville 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke Somerset
Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke Somerset 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hill of Shilston
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Hill
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Champernoun
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Black William" Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Devereux
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Woodville Countess Pembroke and Huntingdon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandMother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Browne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzalan
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Moyns
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Ingaldsthorpe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Ingaldsthorpe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Tiptoft
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
