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Maternal Family Tree: Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey 1700-1768
Around 1700 Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey was born to Nicholas Wedig Lepell.
On 25th October 1720 John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 24) and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 20) were married. He the son of John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol (age 55) and Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol (age 43).
In 1721 [her son] George William Hervey 2nd Earl Bristol was born to [her husband] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 24) and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 21).
On 15th April 1723 [her daughter] Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave was born to [her husband] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 26) and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 23).
On 19th May 1724 [her son] Augustus John Hervey 3rd Earl Bristol was born to [her husband] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 27) and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 24).
In 1726 [her daughter] Mary Hervey was born to [her husband] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 29) and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 26).
Around 1728. John Fayram. Portrait of Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 28).
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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 1st August 1730 [her son] Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl Bristol was born to [her husband] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 33) and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 30).
On 13th May 1732 [her son] General William Hervey was born to [her husband] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 35) and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 32).
In 1733 [her husband] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 36) by writ of acceleration 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk. Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 33) by marriage Baroness Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk.
In 1734 [her son] Amelia Caroline Nassau Hervey was born to [her husband] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 37) and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 34).
In 1736 [her son] Caroline Hervey was born to [her husband] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 39) and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 36).
On 26th February 1743 [her son-in-law] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave (age 20) and [her daughter] Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave (age 19) were married.
On 5th August 1743 [her husband] John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey (age 46) died. His son [her son] George (age 22) succeeded 3rd Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk.
On 4th August 1744 [her son] Augustus John Hervey 3rd Earl Bristol (age 20) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Chudleigh Duchess Kingston upon Hull (age 23) were married privately at Lainston House Winchester. There marriage remained a secret until she wanted to marry Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 33) in 1769 at which time she initiated a suit of jactitation against him requiring him to prove they were married. The court found in her favour.
On 31st October 1745 [her son-in-law] George Fitzgerald and [her daughter] Mary Hervey (age 19) were married. They were separated in 1754.
Before 1753 [her son] Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl Bristol (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Davers Countess Bristol (age 19) were married. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
Around 1762. Allan Ramsay (age 48). Portrait of Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 62).
All About History Books
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.
Around 1765 Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 31). Portrait of Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 65).
On 2nd September 1768 Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 68) died.