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Paternal Family Tree: Seymour
Around 1474 John Seymour was born to (age 24) and Elizabeth Darrell (age 20) at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map].
Around 1480 [his mother] Elizabeth Darrell (age 26) died.
In 1497 John Seymour (age 23) was knighted.
On 1498 John Seymour (age 24) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
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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.
In 1500 [his son] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset was born to John Seymour (age 26) and [his wife] .
Around 1508 [his son] Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour was born to John Seymour (age 34) and [his wife] at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map].
Around 1509 [his daughter] Jane Seymour was born to John Seymour (age 35) and [his wife] at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map].
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Around 1518 [his daughter] Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham was born to John Seymour (age 44) and [his wife] at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map].
In 1527 [his son] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Filliol (age 20) were married.
Around 1531 [his son-in-law] (age 53) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham (age 13) were married. The difference in their ages was 40 years.
In 1532 John Seymour (age 58) was appointed Groom of the Bedchamber.
In April 1536 [his son] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 36) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 39) were married.
On 30th May 1536 [his son-in-law] Henry VIII (age 44) and [his daughter] Jane Seymour (age 27) were married at Whitehall Palace [Map] by Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester (age 53). She by marriage Queen Consort England. He the son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland (age 41) and Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin (age 36) were appointed Lady in Waiting to Queen Jane Seymour.
Hall's Chronicle. 30th May 1536. The week before Whitsuntide the [his son-in-law] King (age 44) married [his daughter] lady Jane (age 27) daughter to the right worshipful Sir John Seymor (age 62) knight, which at Whitsuntide was openly showed as Queen.
On 21st December 1536 John Seymour (age 62) died.
After 21st December 1536. All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley [Map]. Monument to John Seymour (deceased). 
Seymour Arms differenced with a Crescent impaled with unknown arms quartered 1 Argent a fess between 3 martlets Gules in chief three fox heads erased 2 per pale Azure three fleur de lys Or 3 Or three talbots courant 4 Or a chevrom Limine between 3 stags heads caboshed. The note below states... The above tablet (a copy of the original in Great Bedwyn [Map]) is placed here by Algernon 15th Duke of Somerset September 1899.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 2 Grandfather: 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Esturney
GrandFather: 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Williams
Father: 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Coker
John Seymour 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Darrell
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Darrell
GrandFather: George Darrell of Littlecote
Mother: Elizabeth Darrell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England