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Biography of John Seymour 1527-1552

Paternal Family Tree: Seymour

1551 Arrest of the Duke of Somerset and his Supporters

1552 Trial and Execution of Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset and his Supporters

John Seymour was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].

In 1527 [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 27) and [his mother] Catherine Filliol (age 20) were married.

In 1527 John Seymour was born to Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 27) and Catherine Filliol (age 20) 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 (age 28) died.

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

In 1540 John Seymour (age 13) was disinherited.

Arrest of the Duke of Somerset and his Supporters

Henry Machyn's Diary. 16th October 1551. The xvj day of October was had to the Towre the [his step-mother] duches of Somersett (age 54) and Sir Raff a Vane and Sir John Thyn (age 36), [as also] Sir Thomas Holcroft (age 46), Sir Michael Stanhope (age 44), Mr. Hammond, Mr. John Seimour (age 24), Mr. Walley, Mr. Nudigate, Mr. Banister, Mr. Brayne, Mr. Crane and his wife, Sir Myles Parterege, and Sir Thomas Arundell (age 49) and Lady (age 36).

Trial and Execution of Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset and his Supporters

On 22nd January 1552 [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 52) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. Duke Somerset, Earl Hertford, Viscount Beauchamp forfeit. His great-grandson William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset was restored to the titles in 1660.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 19th December 1552. The xix day of Desember was bered master John Semer (age 25), the eldest sune unto the [his father] duke of Somersett latt dyssesyd, and bered at the hospetall of Savoy, and ther was a dolle.

Note. Funeral of master John Seymour. His will, dated Dec. 7, 1552, and proved April 26, 1553, is recorded in the prerogative court of Canterbury, and briefly quoted in Collins's Peerage. He died unmarried, making his whole brother sir Edward Seymour, the ancestor of the present duke of Somerset, his heir.

On 19th December 1552 John Seymour (age 25) died at Tower of London [Map].

Royal Ancestors of John Seymour 1527-1552

Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of John Seymour 1527-1552

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Seymour 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Seymour 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Esturney

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Seymour 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Williams

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Seymour 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coker

GrandFather: John Seymour 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Darrell

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Darrell

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Darrell of Littlecote

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darrell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stourton 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stourton 1st Baron Stourton 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Stourtron 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Father: Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wentworth

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Dronsfield

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Despencer 2nd Baron Despencer 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tiptoft Baroness Despencer 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 4th Baron Despencer 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clifford 6th Baron Clifford 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ros Baroness Clifford 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Clifford Baroness Despencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Margery Wentworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Saye 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Saye 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boteler Baroness Ferrers Wem 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Saye 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Saye Baroness Despencer 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cheney

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cockayne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Grey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

John Seymour 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Filiol

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Filiol

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Filiol

GrandFather: William Filiol of Woodlands and Filiols Hall

Mother: Catherine Filliol