Biography of John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth 1459-1526

Paternal Family Tree: Zouche

1485 Battle of Bosworth

1559 Coronation of Elizabeth I

In or before 1450 [his father] William Zouche 6th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 18) and [his mother] Katherine Plumpton were married.

In 1459 John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth was born to William Zouche 6th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 27) and Katherine Plumpton.

In or before 1460 Nicholas Carew (age 15) and [his future sister-in-law] Margery Dynham (age 23) were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

On 25 Dec 1462 [his grandfather] William Zouche 5th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 60) died. His son [his father] William Zouche 6th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 30) succeeded 6th Baron Zouche Harringworth.

In 1467 [his future brother-in-law] John Dynham 1st Baron Dynham (age 34) was created 1st Baron Dinham. Elizabeth Fitzwalter Baroness Dinham 8th Baroness Fitzwalter (age 36) by marriage Baroness Dinham.

Around 15 Mar 1467 [his future brother-in-law] John Dynham 1st Baron Dynham (age 34) and Elizabeth Fitzwalter Baroness Dinham 8th Baroness Fitzwalter (age 36) were married.

After 1469 [his step-father] Gilbert Debenham (age 37) and [his mother] Katherine Plumpton were married.

On 15 Jan 1469 [his father] William Zouche 6th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 37) died. He was buried at Biddlesden Abbey, Buckinghamshire [Map]. His son John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 10) succeeded 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth.

Before 20 Jul 1470 Fulk Bourchier 10th Baron Fitzwarin (age 24) and [his future sister-in-law] Elizabeth Dynham Baroness Fitzwarin were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzwarin. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In Oct 1470 [his mother] Katherine Plumpton died.

Around 1480 [his daughter] Jane Zouche was born to John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 21) and [his future wife] Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth.

Around 1485 [his future brother-in-law] John Dynham 1st Baron Dynham (age 52) and Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Dynham were married. She by marriage Baroness Dinham.

Battle of Bosworth

On 22 Aug 1485 King Richard III of England (age 32) was killed during the Battle of Bosworth. His second cousin once removed Henry Tudor  (age 28) succeeded VII King England. Earl Richmond forfeit.

Those supporting Henry Tudor included:

John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 35).

John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 43).

Richard Guildford (age 35).

Walter Hungerford (age 21).

Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 50).

John Wingfield.

Edward Woodville Lord Scales (age 29).

Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon (age 26).

Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 36).

Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 53).

William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 47).

Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney (age 34).

William Stanley (age 50).

Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley (age 52).

Henry Marney 1st Baron Marney (age 38).

William Brandon (age 29) was killed.

James Harrington (age 55) was killed.

John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 60) was killed and attainted. He was buried firstly at Thetford Priory, Norfolk [Map] and therafter at Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. Duke Norfolk, Baron Mowbray, Baron Segrave forfeit.

John Sacheverell (age 85) was killed.

Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath

William Norreys (age 44), Gilbert Talbot (age 33), John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 42) and John Savage (age 41) commanded,.

Robert Poyntz (age 35) was knighted.

Those who fought for Richard III included:

John Bourchier 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 47).

John Conyers (age 74).

Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 17).

William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 59).

Richard Fitzhugh 6th Baron Fitzhugh (age 28).

John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 48).

Thomas Scrope 6th Baron Scrope Masham (age 26).

Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 50).

Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 68).

Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland (age 29).

John de la Pole 1st Earl Lincoln (age 23).

Humphrey Stafford (age 59).

George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 17).

Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 42) was wounded, captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map] for three years. He was attainted; Earl Surrey forfeit.

Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 29) fought and escaped.

John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 26) was captured.

John Babington (age 62), William Alington (age 65), Robert Mortimer (age 43), Robert Brackenbury, Richard Ratclyffe (age 55) and Richard Bagot (age 73) were killed

Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 53) was killed.

William Catesby (age 35) was executed at Leicester, Leicestershire [Map] after the battle.

George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster (age 25) held as a hostage by Richard III before the Battle of Bosworth.

Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland (age 36) betrayed King Richard III of England (age 32) by not committing his forces at the Battle of Bosworth.

John Iwardby (age 35) was killed.

In or before 1486 John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 27) and Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth were married. She by marriage Baroness Zouche Harringworth.

Around 1486 [his son] John Zouche 8th Baron Zouche Harringworth was born to John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 27) and [his wife] Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth at Harringworth, Northamptonshire [Map].

After 10 Sep 1497 Thomas Brandon and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Dynham Baroness Fitzwarin were married.

On 28 Jan 1501 [his brother-in-law] John Dynham 1st Baron Dynham (age 68) died at Lambeth, Surrey [Map]. He was buried at Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map].

Around 1507 [his sister-in-law] Margery Dynham (age 71) died.

In 1516 [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Dynham Baroness Fitzwarin died.

Before 1521 [his son-in-law] Edward Hungerford and [his daughter] Jane Zouche (age 40) were married.

On 24 Jan 1522 [his daughter] Jane Zouche (age 42) died.

In 1526 John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 67) died. His son [his son] John Zouche 8th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 40) succeeded 8th Baron Zouche Harringworth.

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.

[his daughter] Margery Zouche was born to John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth and Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth.

[his daughter] Cecily Zouche was born to John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth and Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth.

[his son] William Zouche was born to John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth and Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth.

[his daughter] Katherine Zouche was born to John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth and Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth.

Royal Ancestors of John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth 1459-1526

Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth 1459-1526

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 1

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 3

Ancestors of John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth 1459-1526

Great x 4 Grandfather: Eudo Zouche 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Zouche 2nd Baron Zouche Harringworth 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Zouche 3rd Baron Zouche Harringworth 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ros Baroness Zouche Harringworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Zouche 4th Baron Zouche Harringworth 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Green

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Green

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Zouche

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Greene Baroness Zouche Harringworth

Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon or John Drayton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Drayton

GrandFather: William Zouche 5th Baron Zouche Harringworth 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: William Zouche 6th Baron Zouche Harringworth 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard St Maur

GrandMother: Alice St Maur Baroness Zouche Harringworth

John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: William Plumpton

Mother: Katherine Plumpton