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Paternal Family Tree: Seymour
Maternal Family Tree: Joan Arches 1410-1497
In 1527 [her father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 27) and Catherine Filliol (age 20) were married.
In April 1536 [her father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 36) and [her mother] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 39) were married.
In 1538 Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick was born to Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 38) and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 41).
Diary of Edward VI. 3rd June 1550. The King came to Schein, wher was a mariag mad(e) betwen the [her husband] lord Lisle (age 23), th'[her father-in-law] erle of Warwic's (age 46) sone, and the ladi Anne (age 12), daughter to the [her father] duke of Somerset (age 50)3, wich don and a faire diner made, and daunsing finished, the King and the ladies went into tow chamhers mad of bowis, wher first he saw six gentlemen of on(e) side and six of another rune the course of the field, twis over, Ther names hiere do folow:
The lord [her half-brother] Edward (age 21).1a
Sir Jhon Aplebey.
(The rest omitted.)
And afterward cam three mascers of one side and tow of another, wich rane fowre courses apece. Ther names be (left blank).
Last of al came the count of Ragonne,2a with 3 Italians, who ran with al the gentlemen fowre courses, and afterward fought at tornay. And so, after souper, he (the King) retorned to Whestmuster.
Note 3. On this occasion Dudley must have held out a brother's hand to Seymour, and hopes must have been entertained that the alliance would cement their future friendship, and secure the position of both parties. The result, as is well known, was otherwise. Little is on record of the history, and less of the character, of the bridegroom. When earl of Warwick, he was condemned with his father the duke of Northumberland in 1553, and he died without children in 1554, within ten days after his release from the Tower. The bride — one of the "trois belles chanteresses "(as they were styled by the poet Ronsard) who under the guidance of their tutor Denisot celebrated in French verse the death and virtues of Marguerite de Valois, queen of Navarre — suffered severely from the miseries to which her high birth subjected her. After losing her father by decapitation in 1552, and having her husband condemned to the like fate in the following year, — after attending him in the Tower, and losing him (probably from the effects of his confinement), — the countess was remarried on the 29th April, 1555, to [her future husband] Edward Unton (age 16), a Berkshire squire, afterwards a knight of the Bath. By an inquisition taken many years after, it was found that she had been a lunatic from the year 1566. She was however the mother of seven children by sir Edward Unton, and the younger surviving son was the celebrated sir [her son] Henry Unton, ambassador in France, whose dispatches have been edited for the Roxburghe Club by Mr. Stevenson. For more minute particulars relative to the countess see the memoir of the Unton Family, by the present Editor, prefixed to the Unton Inventories, printed for the Berkshire Ashmolean Society in 1841.
Note 1a. Lord Edward Seymour, the duke of Somerset's eldest son. [Note. In 1550 the Duke's eldest son [her half-brother] John Seymour (age 23) was alive; he would die in 1552.]
Note 2a. On the 20th April, in the year before us, the council had issued a "warrant to (blank) to pay cxxvli. to the young conte Rangone for the half-yeres pension of one thousand crownes by the yere assigned to him during his abode in the King's majesties service, as well in respect of the young gentleman's good will and towardnesse, as for the love of his father, being a nobleman of Italie, and one that hath alwaies borne unto the King's majestic and his most noble father a singuler afiection: for a token whereof he sent this his eldest sonne hither to serve his highnesse." (Council Book.) This annuity of 250l. to Pallavicino Eangoni, during pleasure, was confirmed by letters patent dated the 20th Jan. 4 Edw. VI. 1550-1, printed in Rymer, xv. 252.
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On 3rd June 1550 John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick (age 23) and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 12) were married at Sheen Palace [Map]. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of 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). They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 4th June 1550 [her brother-in-law] Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester (age 17) and Amy Robsart (age 17) were married at Sheen Palace [Map]. King Edward VI of England and Ireland (age 12) and William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 29) attended. He the son of [her father-in-law] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 46) and [her mother-in-law] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 41).
The Gentleman's Magazine Volume 179 Pages 595-600. [4th June 1550]. Lord [her brother-in-law] Robert Dudley (age 17), at the period of his marriage, was eighteen years of age, and it is probable that the lady [Amy Robsart (age 17)] was not older. The wedding took place on the 4th of June, 1550, the day after the memorable alliance had been accomplished between the [her husband] Lord Lisle (age 23), Lord Robert's elder brother, and the Lady Anne Seymour (age 12), which it was vainly hoped would have cemented the reconciliation of the rival statesmen their fathers,—[her father] Edward Seymour (age 50) Duke of Somerset, and [her father-in-law] John Dudley (age 46) Earl of Warwick, afterwards Duke of Northumberland. The second marriage, which was celebrated, like the former, at the royal palace of Sheen [Map], is thus noticed by King Edward VI. in his diary:
"June 4. Sir Robert Dudely, third sonne to th'erle of Warwic, maried sir John Robsartes daughter; after wich mariage ther were certain gentlemen that did strive who shuld first take away a gose's heade wich was hanged alive on tow crose postes."
On 22nd January 1552 [her father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 52) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. Duke Somerset, Earl Hertford, Viscount Beauchamp forfeit. His great-grandson William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset was restored to the titles in 1660.
In 1553 [her brother-in-law] Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick (age 23) and Elizabeth Tailboys Countess Warwick (age 30) were married. She the daughter of Gilbert Tailboys 1st Baron Tailboys and Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount Baroness Clinton and Tailboys. He the son of [her father-in-law] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 49) and [her mother-in-law] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 44). They were half fourth cousin once removed.
In January 1553 [her husband] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick (age 26) by writ of acceleration 2nd Earl Warwick through a summons to Parliament. Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 15) by marriage Countess Warwick.
On 25th May 1553 a triple wedding was celebrated at Durham Place, the London townhouse of [her father-in-law] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 49), father of [her brother-in-law] Guildford Dudley (age 18) and [her sister-in-law] Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon (age 15) ...
Guildford Dudley and Lady Jane Grey (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 36) and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk (age 35). He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and [her mother-in-law] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 44). They were third cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Henry Hastings 3rd Earl Huntingdon (age 18) and Katherine Dudley Countess Huntingdon were married. She the daughter of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland. He the son of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon (age 39) and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon (age 42). They were fourth cousin once removed.
Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 15) and Catherine Grey Countess Hertford (age 12) were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk. He the son of William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke (age 52) and Anne Parr Countess Pembroke. They were fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 14th September 1553. Note, about this daye, or the day before, my lady of Warwike (age 15) had licence to come to hir [her husband] husbande (age 26); at the same tyme my lady Taylebushe (age 31), nowe my lorde Ambrose wif, had lycence to come to my [her brother-in-law] lorde Ambrose (age 23); and he and my lorde Harry had the liberty of the leades over Cole Harbert. Likewise had the lorde Herry and the lord Guilforde the liberty of the leades on Beacham's tower; likewise had mr. Yorke the liberty of the leades on the Bell tower; the said tyme had my lorde marques and the erle of Huntingdon libertye to come to the chappell to masse a' dayes; like liberty had doctour Rydley (age 53), lat bushop of London.
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On 21st October 1554 [her husband] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick (age 27) died at Penshurst Place, Kent [Map].
In or after 1555 [her daughter] Anne Unton was born to [her future husband] Edward Unton (age 21) and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 17).
On 29th April 1555 Edward Unton (age 21) and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 17) were married. They had seven children. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 58).
Around 1556 [her son] Edward Unton was born to [her husband] Edward Unton (age 22) and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 18).
Around 1558 [her son] Henry Unton was born to [her husband] Edward Unton (age 24) and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 20).
Around 1561 [her daughter] Cicely Unton was born to [her husband] Edward Unton (age 27) and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 23).
Henry Machyn's Diary. 19th November 1562. The xix day of November at after-non was [a] fray with-owtt Tempull-bare agaynst [her husband] master Huntun (age 28) ['s house?] that mared my 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 or before 1579 [her son] Edward Unton (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Dorothea Knightley (age 18) were married. There were no children from the marriage. He the son of [her husband] Edward Unton (age 44) and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 40).
In 1579 [her son] Edward Unton (age 23) and [her 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. He the son of [her husband] Edward Unton (age 45) and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 41). They were half fifth cousin once removed.
In 1580 [her son] Henry Unton (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley (age 10) were married. He the son of [her husband] Edward Unton (age 46) and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 42).
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On 16th September 1582 [her husband] 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 [her father] 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 [her son] Edwarde (age 26) and [her son] Henry (age 24) onely, survyved and succeeded him, the one after the other in their father's inheritance; and two daughters, [her daughter] Anne (age 27) married to Sir [her future son-in-law] Valentine Knightley (age 27), Knight, and [her daughter] Scissil (age 21) married to [her future son-in-law] John Wentworth (age 18), Esquire.
On 16th April 1587 [her mother] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 90) died.
In 1588 Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 50) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Seymour 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Seymour 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Esturney
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Seymour 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Williams
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Seymour 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coker
GrandFather: John Seymour 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Darrell
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Darrell
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Darrell of Littlecote
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darrell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stourton 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stourton 1st Baron Stourton 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Stourtron 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Father: Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wentworth
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Dronsfield
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Despencer 2nd Baron Despencer 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tiptoft Baroness Despencer 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 4th Baron Despencer 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clifford 6th Baron Clifford 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ros Baroness Clifford 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Clifford Baroness Despencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Margery Wentworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Saye 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Saye 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boteler Baroness Ferrers Wem 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Saye 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Saye Baroness Despencer 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cheney
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cockayne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Grey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Stanhope
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Stanhope
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stanhope
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Stanhope
GrandFather: Edward Stanhope
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Jerningham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret or Mary Jerningham
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Francis
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Clifton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Vincent Finch aka Herbert of Netherfield Sussex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Finch
Mother: Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bourchier
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Louvaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bourchier Baron Fitzwarin Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Fulk Bourchier 10th Baron Fitzwarin 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Thomasine Hankford 9th Baroness Fitzwarin 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk Fitzwarin 6th Baron Fitzwarin 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzwarin 8th Baroness Fitzwarin 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Bourchier 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dynham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lovell 6th Baron Lovel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Lovell 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dynham Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Arches of Eythrop
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Arches