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Paternal Family Tree: Cholmondeley
Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley and Ann Dorman were married.
After 1475 [his father] Richard Cholmondeley and Eleanor Dutton were married.
before 1513 [his father] Richard Cholmondeley (age 37) and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Brereton (age 7) were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.
In 1513 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley was born to Richard Cholmondeley (age 38).
In 1518 [his father] Richard Cholmondeley (age 43) died.
In 1542 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 29) was knighted by Henry VIII (age 50).
In 1552 [his son] Hugh "The Younger" Cholmondeley was born to Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 39) and Ann Dorman.
In 1569 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 56) was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Cheshire.
After 1st July 1573 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 60) and Mary Griffith were married.
In 1575 [his son] Hugh "The Younger" Cholmondeley (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Holford (age 12) were married.
In 1579 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 66) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Cheshire.
In 1582 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 69) was appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire.
On 26th June 1584 [his son] Robert Cholmondeley 1st Earl Leinster was born to Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 71) and [his wife] Mary Griffith at Crouchend Highgate.
In 1585 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 72) was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Cheshire.
In 1587 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 74) was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Cheshire.
On 6th January 1597 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 84) died. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map] on 31st July 1607.
1605. St Oswald's Church, Malpas [Map]. Monument to Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley and his second wife [his wife] Mary Griffith. Stuart Period. She wearing a Bongrace. Chrisom Child.
In Latin, round the edge of the tomb - "Hugh Chalmondeley of Chalmondeley the elder, Knight, Vice-Warden of the Welsh Marches, six times Sheriff died in his 83rd year AD 15961, and in this earth is buried. Also his son and heir [his son] Hugh Chalmondeley, Knight attaining the age of 50 departed this life AD 1601 and lies here. Also his2 wife [his former daughter-in-law] Mary (age 42) who after the death of her husband, on account of her very dear affection for him, for love of him had this monument erected in AD 1605"
The amorials above the children appear to be Venables and Grosvenor. Hugh "The Younger" Cholmondeley daughters [his granddaughter] Frances (age 3) and [his granddaughter] Lettice (age 20) married [his grandson-in-law] Peter Venables Baron Kinderton and [his grandson-in-law] Richard Grosvenor 1st Baronet (age 19) respectively, suggesting the effigies may be Hugh "The Younger" Cholmondeley and Mary Holford.
Note 1. 1596 before the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar; adjused to 1597.
Note 2. Hugh the Younger's wife Mary Holford.
Randall Brereton and Mary Griffith were married.