Biography of Edward Unton 1534-1582

Maternal Family Tree: Cecily Bulstrode 1515

In 1533 [his father] Alexander Unton (age 39) and [his mother] Cecily Bulstrode (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.

In or before 1534 [his father] Alexander Unton (age 40) and Mary Bourchier (age 33) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1534 Edward Unton was born to Alexander Unton (age 40) and Cecily Bulstrode (age 19).

On 16 Dec 1547 [his father] Alexander Unton (age 53) died.

After 16 Dec 1547 [his step-father] Robert Keilway (age 50) and [his mother] Cecily Bulstrode (age 32) were married.

On 03 Jun 1550 John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick (age 23) and [his future wife] Anne Seymour (age 12) were married. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset (age 50) and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 53). He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 46) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 41). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1554 Edward Unton (age 20) was elected MP Malmesbury.

In 1554 Edward Unton (age 20) was elected MP Oxfordshire.

In or after 1555 [his daughter] Anne Unton was born to Edward Unton (age 21) and [his future wife] Anne Seymour (age 17).

On 29 Apr 1555 Edward Unton (age 21) and Anne Seymour (age 17) were married. They had seven children. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 58). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Around 1556 [his son] Edward Unton was born to Edward Unton (age 22) and [his wife] Anne Seymour (age 18).

Around 1558 [his son] Henry Unton was born to Edward Unton (age 24) and [his wife] Anne Seymour (age 20).

Coronation of Elizabeth I

Henry Machyn's Diary. 13 Jan 1559. The xiij day of January with-in the Towre the Quen mad Knyghtes of the Baythe x.

Note. P. 186. The Knights of the Bath made at the Coronation of queen Elizabeth were in number eleven, viz.:—

John lord Darcy of the North (age 19),

John lord Sheffield (age 21),

John lord Darcy of Chiche (age 27),

Sir Robert Rich (age 22),

Sir Roger North (age 29),

Sir John Zouch,

Sir Nicholas Pointz (age 31),

Sir John Berkeley,

Sir Edward Unton (age 25),

Sir Henry Weston (age 24),

Sir George Speke (age 29),

See Anstis's History of the Order of the Bath, App. lxx.; and Nicolas, Appx. p. xiv.

In 1561 [his sister-in-law] Jane Seymour (age 20) died.

Around 1561 [his daughter] Cicely Unton was born to Edward Unton (age 27) and [his wife] Anne Seymour (age 23).

Henry Machyn's Diary. 19 Nov 1562. The xix day of November at after-non was [a] fray with-owtt Tempull-bare agaynst master Huntun (age 28) ['s house?] that mared my [his wife] lady of Warwyke (age 24) and ther was sl[ain] master Banaster, servand unto master Huntun, by (blank)

Note. P. 296. Master Hunton that married my lady of Warwick. Sir Edward Unton, K.B. on the 29th April, 1555, married Anne, one of the daughters of the protector Somerset, and widow of John Dudley, earl of Warwick, the eldest son of John duke of Northumberland. See the memoirs prefixed to Unton Inventories, 1841, 4to. p. xxxvii.

In 1567 Edward Unton (age 33) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.

In 1572 Edward Unton (age 38) was elected MP Berkshire.

In 1574 [his brother-in-law] Edward Seymour (age 26) died.

Around 1578 Richard Knightley (age 45) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Seymour (age 26) were married. They had seven sons and seven daughters. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 81). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In or before 1579 [his son] Edward Unton (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothea Knightley (age 18) were married. There were no children from the marriage.

In 1579 [his son] Edward Unton (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Katherine Hastings (age 22) were married. There were no children from the marriage. She the daughter of George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon (age 39) and Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon.

In 1580 [his son] Henry Unton (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley (age 10) were married.

On 16 Sep 1582 Edward Unton (age 48) died. He was buried at All Saints' Church, Faringdon. The inscription on his monument ... Here lyeth Sir Edward Unton, Knight of the Noble Order of the Bathe, whoe married Anne Countess of Warwick (age 44), daughter of Edwarde Seymer Duke of Somersett and Protector of England, by whome he had ffive sonnes, whereof 3 died younge in the life of their father; Two, namelye Edwarde (age 26) and Henry (age 24) onely, survyved and succeeded him, the one after the other in their father's inheritance; and two daughters, Anne (age 27) married to Sir Valentine Knightley (age 27), Knight, and Scissil (age 21) married to John Wentworth (age 18), Esquire.

In 1588 [his former wife] Anne Seymour (age 50) died.

Edward Seymour and Margaret Walshe were married. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset and Catherine Filliol.

Henry Seymour and Joan Percy were married. She the daughter of Thomas Percy 7th Earl of Northumberland and Anne Somerset Countess Northumberland. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Royal Descendants of Edward Unton 1534-1582

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 1

Ancestors of Edward Unton 1534-1582

GrandFather: Thomas Unton

Father: Alexander Unton

Edward Unton

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Thomas Bulstrode

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Bulstrode

GrandFather: Edward Bulstrode

Mother: Cecily Bulstrode