Paternal Family Tree: Prideaux
Before 22nd February 1693 [his father] Humphrey Prideaux (age 44) and [his mother] Bridget Bokenham were married.
On or before 22nd February 1693 Edmund Prideaux was born to [his father] Humphrey Prideaux (age 44) and [his mother] Bridget Bokenham. He was christened at Soham Tony, Norfolk on 22nd February 1693
In 1700 [his mother] Bridget Bokenham died.
On 22nd May 1711 Edmund Prideaux (age 18) was admitted to Clare College, Cambridge University as a Fellow Commoner.
On 10th February 1712 Edmund Prideaux (age 18) entered Middle Temple.
On 17th April 1717 Edmund Prideaux (age 24) and Hannah Wrench (age 20) were married.
In 1719 [his son] Humphrey Prideaux was born to Edmund Prideaux (age 25) and [his wife] Hannah Wrench (age 22).
Vesta Monumenta. 1724.Plates 1.13 and 1.14: Engravings of St. Benet's Abbey Gatehouse [Map] (1 of 2) by George Vertue (age 40) after John Kirkpatrick and Edmund Prideaux (age 30). 205 x 389 mm and 206 x 318 mm. Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1724.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Vesta Monumenta. 1724. Plate 1.15: Engraving of the Tomb of Robart Colles. Late fifteenth or early sixteenth-century chest tomb of Robart Colles in the Holy Innocents Church, Foulsham [Map]. Paneled sides around which runs the inscription "Robart Colles Cecili his vif." Engraving by George Vertue (age 40) after Edmund Prideaux (age 30). 204 x 328 mm.
On 1st November 1724 [his father] Humphrey Prideaux (age 76) died.
In 1st November 1724 [his father] Humphrey Prideaux (age 76) was appointed Dean of Norwich.
On 2nd February 1726 [his wife] Hannah Wrench (age 29) died.
In 1728 Edmund Prideaux (age 56) died. His cousin Edmund Prideaux (age 34) inherited Prideaux Place.
Around 1730 William Aikman (age 47). Portrait of Edmund Prideaux (age 36).
Vesta Monumenta. 1738. Plates 50 to 52. Three mid fourth-century CE Roman mosaic pavements at Wellow, Somerset [Map] the first of which was found by John Aubrey c. 1685. Further investigations of the site were carried out in 1737 by Edmund Prideaux (age 44) and James West, who found the second and third pavements, respectively. Engravings by George Vertue (age 54) after James Vertue (age 78) and James West.
James Vertue: In 1660 he was born.
In 1745 Edmund Prideaux (age 51) died.
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Prideaux
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Prideaux
Great x 1 Grandfather: Humphrey Pruideaux
GrandFather: Edmund Prideaux
Father: Humphrey Prideaux
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Moyle
GrandMother: Bridget Moyle
GrandFather: Anthony Bokenham of Helmingham in Suffolk
Mother: Bridget Bokenham