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Paternal Family Tree: Manners
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Merbury
On 2nd July 1536 three weddings between the Neville, and Manners and Vere families, were celebrated at one mass at Holywell Priory [Map]:
[his uncle] Henry Neville 5th Earl of Westmoreland (age 11) and [his aunt] Anne Manners Countess of Westmoreland (age 9) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland (age 44) and [his grandmother] Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland (age 41). He the son of [his grandfather] Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland (age 38) and [his grandmother] Katherine Stafford Countess of Westmoreland (age 37). They were half fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
[his father] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland (age 9) and [his mother] Margaret Neville Countess Rutland were married. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland and Katherine Stafford Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland and Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford (age 20) and [his aunt] Dorothy Neville Countess of Oxford were married. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland and Katherine Stafford Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 65) and Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford.
Those present included Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden (age 48), Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 63), Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 52), Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 19), Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter (age 40), John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford and Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland.
On 2nd July 1549 Edward Manners 3rd was born to [his father] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland (age 22) and [his mother] Margaret Neville Countess Rutland.
In 1552 [his father] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland (age 25) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
On 10th August 1557 [his father] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland (age 30) fought being Captain-General of the cavalry at the Battle of St Quentin.
Jean Bourbon Count Soissons and Enghien (age 29) was killed at the Battle of St Quentin. His brother Louis (age 27) succeeded Count Soissons.
Henry Dudley (age 26) was killed.
After 1559 [his father] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland (age 32) and [his step-mother] Bridget Hussey Countess Bedford (age 33) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland and [his grandmother] Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 17th September 1563 [his father] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland (age 36) died. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His son Edward (age 14) succeeded 3rd Earl of Rutland, 14th Baron Ros Helmsley. Edward Manners 3rd became a ward of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 30) and was specially under the charge of William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 43).
In August 1564 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 30) visited Cambridge University accompanied by William Howard 1st Baron Howard (age 54) and William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 43). William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley was created Master of Arts: Cambridge University.
John Astley (age 57) was created Master of Arts: Cambridge University.
On 10th August 1564 Edward Manners 3rd (age 15) was created Master of Arts: Cambridge University.
On 5th August 1570 Edward Manners 3rd (age 21) was appointed Constable of Nottingham Castle [Map] and steward, keeper, warden, and chief justice of Sherwood Forest.
In 1571 Edward Manners 3rd (age 21) was feodary of the duchy of Lancaster for the counties of Nottingham and Derby.
Before 1572 [his brother] John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland (age 20) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland (age 18) were married. He the son of [his father] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland and [his mother] Margaret Neville Countess Rutland.
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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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On 6th June 1573 Edward Manners 3rd (age 23) and Isabel Holcroft Countess Rutland (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess of Rutland, Baroness Ros Helmsley. He the son of Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland and Margaret Neville Countess Rutland.
In 1574 Edward Manners 3rd (age 24) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
Around January 1575 [his daughter] Elizabeth Manners 15th Baroness Ros of Helmsley was born to Edward Manners 3rd (age 25) and [his wife] Isabel Holcroft Countess Rutland (age 25). She married January 1589 her fifth cousin William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter, son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter, and had issue.
On 17th June 1577 Edward Manners 3rd (age 27) was placed on the ecclesiastical commission for the province of York.
In 1579 Edward Manners 3rd (age 29) was on the Council of the North.
In 1584 Edward Manners 3rd (age 34) was appointed 366th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 50).
On 14th June 1585 Edward Manners 3rd (age 35) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.
On 14th October 1586 Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 42), Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt (age 48), Henry Wentworth 3rd Baron Wentworth (age 28), Christopher Wray (age 62), John Stourton 9th Baron Stourton (age 33) and Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 30) sat in judgement on Mary Queen of Scots (age 43) in the Presence Chamber of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 57), George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland (age 28), Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln (age 45), Henry Grey 6th Earl Kent (age 45), Edward Manners 3rd (age 37), Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby (age 55), Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick (age 56), George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 58), Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford (age 36), William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester (age 60), William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 66), Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 48) and Thomas Bromley (age 56) were present on the side of the Presence Chamber of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
John St John 2nd Baron St John (age 51) was present on the left side of the Presence Chamber of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
John Stourton 9th Baron Stourton was a juror.
Edward Manners 3rd was a commissioner.
On 14th April 1587 Edward Manners 3rd (age 37) died at his home Ivy Bridge on the Strand [Map] or at Puddle Wharf aka Dock [Map]. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His daughter [his daughter] Elizabeth (age 12) succeeded 15th Baroness Ros Helmsley. His brother [his brother] John (age 36) succeeded 4th Earl of Rutland. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland (age 34) by marriage Countess of Rutland. He would be Earl for ten months only dying on 24 Feb 1588.
Robert Constable (age 65) was one of the principal mourners at his funeral.
After 14th April 1587. Elizabethan Period monument to Edward Manners 3rd (deceased) and [his former wife] Isabel Holcroft Countess Rutland (age 37) sculpted by Gerard Johnson The Elder (age 37) in the Chancel of St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map].
Isabel Holcroft Countess Rutland: In 1550 she was born to Thomas Holcroft. On 6th June 1573 Edward Manners 3rd and she were married. She by marriage Countess of Rutland, Baroness Ros Helmsley. He the son of Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland and Margaret Neville Countess Rutland. Around 16th January 1606 she died.
Detail of the sculpture of their only child Elizabeth Manners 15th Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 12).
His feet resting on a Bulls Head with a chained coronet around its neck - a change from the Unicorn seen on earlier Manners effigies.
Detail of her Ermine lined mantle and hands clasped in prayer.
Her arms quarterd 1&4 Holcroft 2 Unknown? A squirrel, possibly fox, eating what may be a nut. 3 A black bird and an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes.
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Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Around 16th January 1606 [his former wife] Isabel Holcroft Countess Rutland (age 56) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Manners
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes aka Anne Middleton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Manners 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ogle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ogle 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Grey 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Tiptoft Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold St Leger 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St Leger 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas St Leger 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Donet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Donet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge 
Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne York Duchess Exeter 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Grand Daughter of
Father: Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paston
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Barry
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paston
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mautby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Mautby
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Brewes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Brewes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Debenham
GrandMother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Heydon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bracton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Holland 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Holland Countess Douglas and Avondale 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Duchess Exeter 
Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Booth of Barton in Lancashire 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Booth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Booth
GrandFather: Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Sandys
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Sandys
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Sandys
Great x 1 Grandmother: Edith Sandys Baroness
Mother: Margaret Neville Countess Rutland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset 
Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandMother: Katherine Stafford Countess of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury
