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Paternal Family Tree: Compton
Maternal Family Tree: Jane Sneyd 1546-1616
On 16th August 1738 Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton was born to Charles Compton (age 46) and Mary Lucy (age 28).
On 20th November 1755 [his father] Charles Compton (age 63) died.
In 1758 Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton (age 19) and Jane Lawton Countess Northampton were married.
On 24th March 1760 [his son] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton was born to Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton (age 21) and [his wife] Jane Lawton Countess Northampton.
In 1761 Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton (age 22) was elected MP Northampton.
On 18th October 1763 [his brother] Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton (age 26) died. His brother Spencer (age 25) succeeded 8th Earl of Northampton. [his wife] Jane Lawton Countess Northampton by marriage Countess of Northampton.
On 26th November 1767 [his wife] Jane Lawton Countess Northampton died.
On 18th August 1787 [his son] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Maria Smith Marchioness Northampton (age 21) were married. He the son of Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton (age 49) and [his former wife] Jane Lawton Countess Northampton.
On 7th April 1796 Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton (age 57) died. His son [his son] Charles (age 36) succeeded 9th Earl of Northampton. [his daughter-in-law] Maria Smith Marchioness Northampton (age 30) by marriage Countess of Northampton.
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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.
Floor tiles at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Castle Ashby [Map]: Here lies the bodies of Jane the first wife of Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton, [his son] Charles Compton 1st Marquess Northampton, Mary his wife also of [his grandson] Spencer Second Marquis of Northampton and [his granddaughter-in-law] Margaret his wife and also his grandchildren.
Jane Lawton Countess Northampton: In 1758 Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton and she were married. On 18th October 1763 Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton died. His brother Spencer succeeded 8th Earl of Northampton. She by marriage Countess of Northampton. On 26th November 1767 she died.
[his father] Charles Compton and [his mother] Mary Lucy were married. He the son of [his grandfather] George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton and [his grandmother] Jane Fox Countess Northampton.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Hastings Baroness Compton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Beaumont 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Beaumont 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Armstrong
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Noel
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Harrington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Noel Countess Northampton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Wotton 1st Baron Wotton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden
Father: Charles Compton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fox of Farley Wiltshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Stephen Fox
Great x 2 Grandmother: Christian Palfreyman
GrandMother: Jane Fox Countess Northampton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Whittle of the City of London
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Whittle
Spencer Compton 8th Earl of Northampton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lucy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Lucy of Charlecote
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Acton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Lucy 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Kingsmill Lucy 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Chapman
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Chapman Lady Lucy
GrandFather: Berkeley Lucy 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Berkeley 8th Baron Berkeley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Baroness Berkeley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Read
Great x 1 Grandmother: Theophila Berkeley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Massingberd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Massingberd Couness Berkeley
Mother: Mary Lucy 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Cotton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Cotton
GrandMother: Catherine Cotton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hutchinson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Hutchinson 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Sacheverell 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Sacheverell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Ireton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Hutchinson 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stanhope 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Port
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Stanhope 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Trentham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Trentham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Sneyd