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Biography of Robert Dymoke 1461-1544

Paternal Family Tree: Dymoke

Maternal Family Tree: Cecily Fleming 1424

1470 Welles' Rebellion and Battle of Losecoat Field aka Empingham

1483 Coronation of Richard III

1485 Coronation of Henry VII

1509 Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

Before 1461 [his father] Thomas Dymoke (age 32) and [his mother] Margaret Welles (age 28) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1461 Robert Dymoke was born to Thomas Dymoke (age 33) and Margaret Welles (age 29) at Scrivelsby Manor, Lincolnshire.

Welles' Rebellion and Battle of Losecoat Field aka Empingham

On 12 Mar 1470 [his father] Thomas Dymoke (age 42) was beheaded at Queen's Cross, Stamford.

On 13 Jul 1480 [his mother] Margaret Welles (age 48) died.

Coronation of Richard III

On 06 Jul 1483 King Richard III of England (age 30) was crowned III King of England by Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 65) at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Anne Neville Queen Consort England (age 27) by marriage Queen Consort England. Duke Gloucester merged with the Crown.

John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 58) was appointed Lord High Steward. William Brandon (age 58), Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel (age 33), Thomas St Leger (age 43), Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby (age 50), Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 46), Elizabeth York Duchess Suffolk (age 39), Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney (age 32) and Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 59) attended.

Robert Dymoke (age 22) attended as the Kings' Champion.

Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 66) carried The Pointed Sword of Justice. Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 40) carried the Crown. Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 27) carried the Third Sword of State. John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk (age 40) carried the Sceptre. John de la Pole 1st Earl Lincoln (age 21) carried the Cross and Ball. Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 28) carried the king's train. Edward Stafford 2nd Earl Wiltshire (age 13) bore the Queen's Crown.

Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 48) carried the Lord High Constable's Mace. Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 40) held Queen Anne's train. Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland (age 34) carried The Blunt Sword of Mercy. Christopher Willoughby 10th Baron Willoughby (age 30) was appointed Knight of the Bath.

Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland attended.

Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York (age 68) refused to attend the Coronation of Richard III. History doesn't record her reason.

Coronation of Henry VII

On 30 Oct 1485 King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 28) was crowned VII King of England by Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 67) at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond (age 42), his mother, attended.

Robert Dymoke (age 24) attended as the Kings' Champion.

John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 43) carried the King's train.

Earl Richmondmerged with the Crown.

Around 1500 [his daughter] Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin was born to Robert Dymoke (age 39) at Horncastle [Map].

In or before 1508 [his son-in-law] Richard Vernon (age 30) and [his daughter] Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin (age 7) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years.

In 1508 [his son] Edward Dymoke was born to Robert Dymoke (age 47).

Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

On 24 Jun 1509 Henry VIII (age 17) was crowned VIII King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Catherine of Aragon (age 23) was crowned Queen Consort England.

Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 31), Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 32) and Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 66) attended. Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 16) was knighted. Robert Dymoke (age 48) attended as the Kings's Champion. Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 26) was created Knight of the Bath and served as Lord Sewer.

In or before 1515 [his son-in-law] John Rudston of London and [his daughter] Ursula Dymoke were married.

After Aug 1517 [his son-in-law] William Coffin (age 22) and [his daughter] Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin (age 17) were married.

Testamenta Vetusta. John Lord Marney (age 40).

John Marney, Knt. Lord Marney, of Marney, in the County of Essex, 10th March, 1524. My body to be buried in the new aisle on the North side of the Parish Church of Leyr Marney [Map], in the midst of the said aisle, directly against the midst of the said new Chapel, six feet from the partition betwixt the Chapel and aisle, in a vault of brick, so large that two bodies may be laid therein ; over the which vault I will that a tomb shall be set, and made of such stone as my father’s tomb was made, if it can be gotten, else of grey marble, and to be eight feet in length and five in breadth, and four feet high, to be wrought in like sort as my father’s tomb, except the vault above and the arms about the tomb, which I will be changed according to the direction of the Herald; also I will that about the said tomb there shall be made a grate of wainscot, and at every corner thereof a principal pillar, with a white lybard upon the top thereof, and upon it an image of myself, like unto that upon my father’s tomb, and pourtrayed in coat armour, with my helmet and crest at the head, and a white leopard at the feet, and on either side of my image one image of brass for each of my two wives, Dame Christian and Dame Bridget (age 34), with their coat armours; also I will that at the West end thereof there shall be an altar whereat a priest to sing for me perpetually; whereas I am sole executor to Sir Roger Newburgh, who willed that all his cattle unbequeathed to me and my wife, should be divided betwixt John Pytt, Henry Combe, and John Doble, by the discretion of me and my wife Christian his daughter; Katherine (age 9) and Elizabeth my daughters; I will that Dame Bridget my wife have £100 in plate, with remainder to my brother Sir Edmund Bedingfield (age 45) and my sister Dame Grace (age 37) his wife: my brother Thomas Bonham (age 42), Esquire, and my sister Katherine (age 54) his wife; I bequeath £200 sterling towards the new building of the Church at Leyr Marney, and I will that my executors find an honest priest to pray for me and those after named, within that parish Church for ever; as also to say mass at my chauntry altar at the end of my tomb, and there to pray for my soul and for the souls of Sir Henry Marney late Lord Marney my father, of Dame Thomazine my mother, and also for the souls of my wives Dame Bridget, Dame Christian, and Amy Marney, and for the soul of my brother Thomas Marney. And I constitute Sir Robert Dymock (age 63), Chancellor to the Queen’s Grace, Sir William Walgrave (age 59), Knight, and Sir Roger Wentworth (age 64), Knight, Overseers of this my will. Proved 28th January 1523.

Before 01 Apr 1529 [his son] Edward Dymoke (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Ann Tailboys (age 36) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1539 [his son-in-law] Richard Manners (age 30) and [his daughter] Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin (age 39) were married. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 13 Apr 1544 Robert Dymoke (age 83) died at Halton. He was buried at Halton.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Dymoke was born to Robert Dymoke.

[his son] Arthur Dymoke was born to Robert Dymoke.

[his daughter] Ursula Dymoke was born to Robert Dymoke.

Robert Radcliffe and [his mother] Margaret Welles were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Royal Ancestors of Robert Dymoke 1461-1544

Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 10 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 18 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Robert Dymoke 1461-1544

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Robert Dymoke 1461-1544

GrandFather: Philip Dymoke

Father: Thomas Dymoke

Robert Dymoke 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Welles 3rd Baron Welles

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Welles 4th Baron Welles

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bardolf Baroness Welles

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Welles 5th Baron Welles 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Ros Baroness Welles 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Eudo Welles 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Baroness Mowbray Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Mowbray Countess Rockingham 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Segrave 4th Baron Segrave 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Segrave 5th Baroness Segrave Baroness Mowbray Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Plantagenet 2nd Countess Norfolk Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Fitzhenry of Ravensworth

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzhenry Baroness Greystoke

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Greystoke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Berkeley Baroness Clifford Baroness Musgrave 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Clifford Baroness Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Beauchamp Baroness Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Mother: Margaret Welles 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Waterton of Waterton in Lincolnshire

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Waterton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Newmarch of Womersley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Newmarch

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Waterton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Piers Mauley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Piers Mauley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Mauley

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Bruce

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bruce

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Lancaster

GrandMother: Joan or Cecily Waterton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Fleming of Woodhall

Great x 1 Grandmother: Cecily Fleming