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Paternal Family Tree: Bennett
Maternal Family Tree: Martha Jeanes
After 24th August 1658 [his father] John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 42) and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave (age 50) were married. She the daughter of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Elizabeth Sheppard.
In 1674 Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville was born to John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 57) and Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston.
On 11th February 1695 [his father] John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 78) died. He was buried at Harlington. His son Charles (age 21) succeeded 2nd Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex.
On 3rd July 1695 Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 21) and Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston (age 17) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. She the daughter of Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 39) and Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On or after 3rd September 1696, the date she was baptised, [his daughter] Bridget Bennet Viscountess Lymington was born to Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 22) and [his wife] Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston (age 18).
On 21st December 1697 [his son] Charles Bennet 2nd Earl Tankerville was born to Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 23) and [his wife] Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston (age 19).
On 31st May 1710 [his wife] Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston (age 32) died.
In 1714 Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 40) was created 1st Earl Tankerville. His late wife [his former wife] Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston having been the daughter of the first and only Earl Tankerville of the second creation [his former father-in-law] Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville.
Before November 1715 [his son] Charles Bennet 2nd Earl Tankerville (age 17) and [his daughter-in-law] Camilla Colville Countess Tankerville (age 18) were married. He the son of Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 41) and [his former wife] Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston.
In 1716 Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 42) was appointed Privy Council.
On 20th May 1716 [his son-in-law] John Wallop 1st Earl Portsmouth (age 26) and [his daughter] Bridget Bennet Viscountess Lymington (age 19) were married. They had six sons and four daughters. She the daughter of Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 42) and [his former wife] Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston.
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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 1721 Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 47) was appointed 24th Knight of the Thistle.
On 10th February 1721 [his son-in-law] William Paulett (age 28) and [his daughter] Annabella Bennet were married. She the daughter of Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 47) and [his former wife] Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston. They were second cousin once removed.
On 21st May 1722 Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 48) died. His son [his son] Charles (age 24) succeeded 2nd Earl Tankerville, 3rd Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. [his daughter-in-law] Camilla Colville Countess Tankerville (age 25) by marriage Countess Tankerville.
[his daughter] Annabella Bennet was born to Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville and Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston.
[his father] John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston and [his mother] Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston were married.
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GrandFather: John Bennet
Father: John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Crofts
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Croftes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Crofts
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Kitson
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath
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Great x 3 Grandfather: John Poley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susannah Crofts 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
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Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fortescue Baroness Wentworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Dorothy Crofts 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Shirley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Shirley 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Shirley 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Shirley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Kempe
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Kempe 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
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Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Kempe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cheney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Cheney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frideswide Frowyk
Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: John Grobham Howe
Mother: Bridget Howe Baroness Ossulston 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Scrope 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Scrope 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Clifford Baroness Scrope Bolton 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Howard Baroness Scrope Bolton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Emanuel Scrope 1st Earl of Sunderland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philadelphia Carey Baroness Scrope Bolton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Morgan
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon
GrandMother: Annabella Scrope 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Martha Jeanes