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Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Dewe 1668
On 28th July 1658 [her father] Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe (age 41) and [her mother] Margaret Dewe were married at St Margaret Pattens.
In 1659 Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow was born to Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe (age 42) and Margaret Dewe.
After 1668 [her mother] Margaret Dewe died.
On 12th September 1668 [her father] Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe (age 51) died at Lobthorpe. He was buried at St Mary's Church, North Witham. His memorial reads: "Near this Place lies the Body of Richard Sherard Of the Hamlet of Lopthorp in the County of Lincoln, Esq;, the only Son of [her grandfather] John Sherard, Esq;, who was the eldest Son of Sir William Sherard; the which Richard married [her mother] Margaret, Daughter of [her grandfather] Lumley Dewe of Bishop-Upton (age 68) in the County of Hereford, Esq;, and had by her six Children, namely, three Sons, (viz.) [her brother] John (age 6), [her brother] Richard (age 2), and [her brother] Brownlow; and Three Daughters, (viz.) Alice (age 9), Mary, and Elizabeth. He died the twelfth Day of September in the Year of our Lord 1668."
On 27th March 1676 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 16) and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 17) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. They were half second cousins.
On 24th November 1679 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet (age 89) died without issue. Baronet Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire extinct. He left Belton House [Map] to his great-nephew [her husband] John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 20) (grand-son of his brother William Brownlow 1st Baronet) and niece Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 20) (grand-daughter of his sister [her grandmother] Elizabeth Brownlow ) who had married three years before in 1676. He also left them an income of £9,000 per annum and £20,000 in cash. They immediately bought a townhouse in Southampton Square.
In 1681 [her daughter] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter was born to [her husband] John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 21) and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 22).
In 1684 [her daughter] Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford was born to [her husband] John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 24) and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 25).
Around 1685. John Riley (age 39). Portrait of Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 26).
In 1687 [her daughter] Margaret Brownlow was born to [her husband] John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 27) and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 28).
Before 10th September 1687 Willem Wissing (age 31). Portrait of Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 28).
Before 1691. John Riley (age 44). Portrait of Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 31).
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1691 [her daughter] Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel was born to [her husband] John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 31) and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 32).
On 16th July 1697 [her husband] John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 38) committed suicide after suffering from severe gout. His brother [her brother-in-law] William (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map]. Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 30) by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by William Stanton (age 58).
In 1699 [her son-in-law] John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter (age 24) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter (age 18) were married. He the son of John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter (age 51) and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 50).
In 1703 [her son-in-law] Francis North 2nd Baron Guildford (age 29) and [her daughter] Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford (age 19) were married. She by marriage Baroness Guildford.
In 1710 [her daughter] Margaret Brownlow (age 23) died of smallpox. Her estate of £40,000 was divided between her four sisters: [her daughter] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, [her daughter] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter (age 29), [her daughter] Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford (age 26) and [her daughter] Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel (age 19).
In June 1711 [her son-in-law] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 25) and [her daughter] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 50) and Mary Wynn.
In 1712 [her son-in-law] John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel (age 21) and [her daughter] Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel (age 21) were married. She by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. They were first cousins.
On 27th July 1721 Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (age 62) died.
[her daughter] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven was born to John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow.
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Sherard
GrandFather: John Sherard of Lobthorpe
Father: Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow
GrandMother: Elizabeth Brownlow
Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow
GrandFather: Lumley Dewe of Bishop Upton in Hereforeshire
Mother: Margaret Dewe