Biography of Edward Seymour 1529-1593

Edward Seymour and Margaret Walshe were married. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Catherine Filliol.

In or before 1527 [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 26] and [his mother] Catherine Filliol [aged 19] were married.

In 1529 Edward Seymour was born to Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 29] and Catherine Filliol [aged 22] at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. Paternity was questioned by Edward after it was alleged that Catherine had had an affair with her father-in-law John Seymour 1474-1536. He and his brother were excluded in 1540 from their paternal and maternal inheritances and all their claims to their father's dignities being postponed to his children by his second wife.

Around 1535 [his mother] Catherine Filliol [aged 28] died.

In April 1536 [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 36] and [his step-mother] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 39] were married.

In 1540 Edward Seymour [aged 11] disinherited.

On 1st December 1547 Thomas Pomeroy 18th Baron Pomeroy [aged 44] sold the castle, park and manor of Berry Pomeroy to [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 47] who gave it to his son Edward Seymour [aged 18]. It isn't clear whether the Barony of Berry Pomeroy was part of the transaction.

On 3rd June 1550 [his brother-in-law] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 23] and [his half-sister] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 12] were married at Sheen Palace [Map]. She the daughter of [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 50] and [his step-mother] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 53]. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 46] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 41]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1551 Edward Seymour [aged 22] was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].

In January 1553 [his brother-in-law] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 26] by writ of acceleration 2nd Earl Warwick through a summons to Parliament. [his half-sister] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 15] by marriage Countess Warwick.

On 29th April 1555 [his brother-in-law] Edward Unton [aged 21] and [his half-sister] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 17] were married. They had seven children. She the daughter of [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and [his step-mother] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 58].

In 1559 [his half-brother] Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford [aged 19] was created 1st Earl Hertford, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset.

Before 25th December 1560 [his half-brother] Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford [aged 21] and [his sister-in-law] Catherine Grey Countess Hertford [aged 20] were married in secret by an anonymous clergyman at Hertford House Canon Row. She by marriage Countess Hertford. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk. He the son of [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and [his step-mother] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 63]. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Around 1563 [his son] Edward Seymour 1st Baronet was born to Edward Seymour [aged 34] and Margaret Walshe at Berry Pomeroy Castle [Map]. He married 19th September 1576 Elizabeth Champernowne Baroness Seymour and had issue.

On 1st December 1566 Thomas Pomeroy 18th Baron Pomeroy [aged 63] died. Baron Pomeroy Feudal extinct. It may possibly have been sold with the manor of Berry Pomeroy in 1547 in which case it descends through Edward Seymour [aged 37].

On 19th September 1576 [his son] Edward Seymour 1st Baronet [aged 13] and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Champernowne Baroness Seymour were married.

In 1582 [his half-brother] Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford [aged 42] and [his sister-in-law] Frances Howard Countess Hertford [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Hertford. He the son of [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and [his step-mother] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 85]. They were half sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1588 [his half-sister] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 50] died.

In 1593 Edward Seymour [aged 64] died at Tower of London [Map].

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