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Paternal Family Tree: Egerton
Maternal Family Tree: Joan Brereton 1454-1517
In 1576 [his father] Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 36) and [his mother] Elizabeth Ravenscroft (age 32) were married.
In 1579 John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater was born to Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 39) and Elizabeth Ravenscroft (age 35).
In 1588 [his mother] Elizabeth Ravenscroft (age 44) died in Dodleston, Cheshire [Map].
In 1596 [his father] Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 56) and Elizabeth More were married.
On 20th October 1600 [his father] Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 60) and [his step-mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 51) were married.
On 27th June 1602 John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 23) and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 53).
On 30th December 1604 George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon (age 64) died. His grandson Henry (age 18) succeeded 5th Earl Huntingdon, 10th Baron Botreaux, 9th Baron Hungerford, 7th Baron Moleyns and 7th Baron Hastings. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 16) by marriage Countess Huntingdon.
On 28th February 1607 Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 27) and [his sister-in-law] Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and [his step-mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 57). They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
The Huntingdon Peerage Chapter IX Ferdinando Sixth Earl of Huntingdon. FERDINANDO, sixth Earl of Huntingdon, heir and successor of Henry the fifth Earl (age 21), was born at Ashby [Map], January 11th, 1608. In March, 1627, he was returned to serve in Parliament for the county of Leicester, and two years after was joined with his father in the Lieutenancy of the counties of Leicester and Rutland. By indenture, dated May, 1638, he and his brother Henry, in consideration of the sum of 4,50l. granted, to John Earl of Bridgewater (age 29) and Thomas Davies, a moiety of the rectory of Mould, otherwise Mouldesdale, in Flintshire. On the 13th of November, 1641, his father being then still living, he had summons to Parliament amongst the barons of the realm; and in 1643 he succeeded to the family honours. He married Lucy, daughter and sole heir to Sir John Davys (age 38), of Englefield, Berks, Knt. (Premier Serjeant at Law to James the First, and Charles the First, as also Solicitor, and afterwards Attorney General in Ireland, and finally Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench,) by his wife Lady Eleanor (age 18), youngest daughter of George Lord Audley, Earl of Castlehaven (age 57), and, settling at Donnington Park, had by her four sons; Henry, John, Ferdinando, and Theophilus, born after the decease of his three brothers; and likewise six daughters, Alice, Eleanor, both of whom died young; Elizabeth, married to Sir James Laughan, of Cottesbroke, in Nottinghamshire, Bart, being his second wife, and dying without issue; Lucy, who died unmarried; Mary, espoused to Sir William Joliffe, of Caverswell Castle in Staffordshire, Knt.; and lastly Christiana.
Around 1609 [his daughter] Penelope Egerton Lady Napier was born to John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 30) and [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 26).
In 1616 [his son] James Egerton was born to John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 37) and [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 33).
Around 1617 [his daughter] Anne Egerton was born to John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 38) and [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 34).
After 1617 [his son] Charles Egerton was born to John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 38) and [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 34).
On 15th March 1617 [his father] Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 77) died. His son John (age 38) succeeded 2nd Viscount Brackley, 2nd Baron Ellesmere. [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 34) by marriage Viscountess Brackley.
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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.
On 27th May 1617 John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 38) was created 1st Earl Bridgewater. [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 34) by marriage Countess Bridgewater.
In 1620 [his son] James Egerton (age 4) died.
In February 1621 [his son-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Baronet (age 27) and [his daughter] Frances Egerton Lady Hobart were married. She the daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 42) and [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 38).
In 1623 [his son-in-law] Oliver St John 5th Baron St John (age 20) and [his daughter] Arabella Egerton Baroness St John Bletso were married. She the daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 44) and [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 40). He the son of Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke (age 43) and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Around April 1623 [his son] Charles Egerton (age 6) died.
On 30th May 1623 [his son] John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater was born to John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 44) and [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 40).
On 22nd July 1624 Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven (age 31) and [his sister-in-law] Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 44) were married at Harefield. She by marriage Countess Castlehaven. She the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and [his step-mother] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 75). He the son of George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven and Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 27th December 1625 [his daughter] Anne Egerton (age 8) died. She was buried in the Bridgewater Chapel, St Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden.
Anne Egerton: Around 1617 she was born to John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater.
On 19th November 1627 [his son-in-law] Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert Chirbury (age 23) and [his daughter] Mary Egerton Baroness Herbert Chirbury were married at Bridgwater House Barbican. She the daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 48) and [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 44).
Before 1633 [his son-in-law] David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter (age 32) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter were married. She the daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 53) and [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 49).
In 1633 [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon (age 44) died.
Before 31st January 1633 [his son-in-law] Robert Napier 2nd Baronet (age 30) and [his daughter] Penelope Egerton Lady Napier (age 24) were married. She the daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 54) and [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 50).
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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.
On 11th March 1636 [his wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 53) died. She has an inscription of the Great Monument at St Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden which reads: "ln hope of a happy resurrection, here lieth the Right Honourable and Most Noble Lady Frances Countess of Bridgewater. She was second daughter and one of the coheires of the Right Honourable Ferdinando Earl of Derby, &c. wife to the Right Honourable Sir John Egerton, Knt. of the honourable Order of the Bath, Earl of Bridgewater, Viscount Brackley, Baron of Elesmere, and Lord President of Wales, and the Marches thereof, by whom she was a happy mother of fifteene children, foure sons and, eleven daughters, five of which she buryed young, viz. the Lord James Viscount Brackley, her eldest, the Lord Charles, who succeeded him in birth and honour, seco,nd sonne; the Lady Cecila Egerton, her fourth, Mrs. Alice Egerton her eighth, and the Lady Anne Egerton her tenth daughter, who lyes here jnterred, dying in the eighth yeare of her age. Seven of her daughters she married richly and honourably, viz. the Lady Frances her eldest, the Lady Arabella her second, the Lady Elizabeth her third, the Lady Mary her fifth, the Lady Penelope her sixth, the Lady Katherine her seventh, and the Lady Magdelene her ninth; one of her daughters, viz. the Lady Alice her eleventh, she left unmarried; as she likewise did two of her sonnes, the Lord John Viscount Brackley, her third, and Mr. Thomas Egerton her fourth sonne. She was unparalleled in the gifts of nature and grace, being strong of constitution, admirable for beauty, generous in carriage, of a sweet and noble disposition, wise in her affaires, cheerefull in her discourse, liberall to the poore, pious towards God, and good to all. She lived vertuously 52 yeares; she died religiously the 11th day ,of March, in the yeare of our Lord 1635; and she reigns triumphantly for ever. Psal. cxvi. 15. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints."
In 1641 [his son] John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater (age 17) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater (age 14) were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 48) and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 49). He the son of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 62) and [his former wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward IV of England.
On 4th December 1649 John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 70) died. Monument at HR9JMi1fSt Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden. His son [his son] John (age 26) succeeded 2nd Earl Bridgewater, 3rd Viscount Brackley, 3rd Baron Ellesmere. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater (age 22) by marriage Countess Bridgewater.
The monument has three panels. Panel 1 a dedication to Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater, Panel 2 a dedication to [his former wife] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater.
The third panel has an inscription to the Earl: "Here rests (till the last trump awakens his dust), the Right Honourable and truly noble Sir John Egerton, knt. one of the honourable Order of the Bath, Earle of Bridgewater, Viscount Brackley; and Baron of Elesmere, &c. He was son to that renowned patriot Sir Thomas Egerton, Baron of Elesmere, Viscount Brackley, and Lord Chancellor of England, and was sole heire both of his estate and virtues. He married the Right Honourable the Lady Frances Stanley, second daughter and one of the co-heires of Ferdinando, Earle of Derby, &c. a wife worthy such a husband, by whom he was blessed with a numerous and virtuous offspring, foure sonnes and eleven daughters. Three of his sonnes died before him, viz. James Viscount Brackley, his eldest, and Charles Viscount Brackley, his second sonne, who both died in their infancy; and Mr. Thomas Egerton, his fourth son, who lies here interred, dying unmarried in the 23d yeare of his age; and three of his daughters, viz. the Lady Cecila Egerton, Mrs. Alice Egerton, and the Lady Ann Egerton. His third and only surviving sonne and heire, John Viscount Brackley, he saw happily married to the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Cavendyshe second daughter to the Right Honourable William Marquesse of Newcastle, &c. Seven of his daughters he likewise saw well and honourably married, viz. the Lady Frances, the Lady Arabella, the Lady Elizabeth, the Lady Mary, the Lady Penelope, the Lady Katharine, the Lady Magdalene; and left only his eleventh daughter, the Lady Alice Egerton, unmarried. He was endued with incomparable parts, both natural and acquired, so that both Art and Nature did seem to strive which should contribute most towards the making him a most accomplished gentleman; he had an active body, and a vigorous soule; his deportment was gracefull, his discourse excellent whether extemporary or premeditate, serious or jocular; so that he seldome spake, but he did either instruct or delight those that heard him; he was a profound scholar, an able statesman, and a good Christian; he was a dutiful! son to his mother the Church of England in her persecution, as well as in her greatest splendor; a loyall subject to his Sovereigne in those worst of times, when it was accounted treason not to be a traitor. As he lived 70 years a patterne of virtue; so he died an example of patience and piety, the fourth of December, in the year of our Lord 1649. Proverb x. 7. The memory of the Just is blessed."
Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater: In 1627 she was born to William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1641 John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater and she were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne. He the son of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward IV of England. On 14th June 1663 Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater died. She is commemorated on the Great Monument at St Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden on which is the inscription: "To the sacred memory of the late transcendently vertuous Lady, now glorious Saint, the Right Honourable Elizabeth Countesse of Bridgewater. She was second daughter to the Right Honourable William Marquesse of Newcastte, &c. and wife to the Right Honourable John Earle of Bridgewater, &c. and whose family she hath enriched with a hopeful issue, six sonnes, viz. John Viscount Brackley her eldest, Sir William Egerton second sonne, both Knights of the honourable Order of the Bath, Mr. Thomas Egerton her third, Mr. Charles Egerton her fourth, Mr. Henry Egerton her fifth, Mr. Steward Egerton her sixth sonne, and three daughters, viz. Mrs. Frances Egerton her eldest, the Lady Elizabeth Egerton her second, and the Lady Katherine Egerton her third daughter; of all which children, three, viz. Mr. Henry Egerton her fifth sonne, Mrs. Frances Egerton, her eldest, and the Lady Katherine Egerton her third daughter, lye here interred, dying in their infancy; the rest are still the living pictures of their deceased mother, and the only remaining comforts of their disconsolate father. She was a Lady in whom all the accomplishments both of body and mind did concurre to make her the glory of the present, and example of future ages. Her beauty was so unparallelled, that it is as much beyond the art of the most elegant pen, as it surpassed the skill of several of the most exquisite pencills (that attempted it) to describe, and not to disparage it. She had a winning and attractive behaviour, a charming discourse, a most obliging conversation: she was so courteous and affable to all persons, that she gained their love; yet, not so familiar to expose herselfe to contempt: she was of a noble and generous soule), yet, of so meeke and humble a disposition, that never any woman, of her quality, was greater in the world's opinion, and lesse in her owne: the rich at her table daily tasted her hospitality; the poore at her gate her charity: her devotion was most exemplary, if not inimitable; witnesse (besides several other occasional! meditations and prayers, full of all the holy transports and raptures of a sanctifyed soule), her divine meditations upon every partictular chapter in the Bible, written with her owne hand, and never (till since her death), seene by any eye but her owne, and her then dear but now sorrowful husband, to the admiration both, of her eminent piety in composing and of her modesty in concealing them. She was a most affectionate and observant wife to her husband, a most tender and indulgent mother to her children, a most kind and bountifull mistresse to her family. In a word, she was so superlatively good, that language is too narrow to expresse her deserved character: 11er death was as religious as her life was vertuous. On the 14th day of June, in the yeare of our Lord 1663; of her own age the 37th, she exchanged her earthly coronet for an heavenly crowne. Prov. xxxi; 28, 29. Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all."
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[his daughter] Alice Egerton Countess Carbery was born to John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater.
[his daughter] Frances Egerton Lady Hobart was born to John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater.
[his daughter] Mary Egerton Baroness Herbert Chirbury was born to John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter was born to John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater.
[his daughter] Arabella Egerton Baroness St John Bletso was born to John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Egerton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Egerton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Egerton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Egerton
GrandFather: Richard Egerton
Father: Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley
GrandMother: Alice Sparkes of Bickerton
John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Ravenscroft
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Ravenscroft
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Ravenscroft
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Ravenscroft of Bretton
GrandFather: Thomas Ravenscroft of Bretton
Mother: Elizabeth Ravenscroft
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Grosvenor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Grosvenor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Grosvenor
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Grosvenor
GrandMother: Katherine Grosvenor
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cotton of Ridware
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cotton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Pole
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Pole
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Grosvenor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Cotton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brereton 10th Lord Brereton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Brereton