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Paternal Family Tree: Waller
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Merbury
On 5th September 1593 [his father] Thomas Waller (age 24) and [his mother] Margaret Lennard (age 14) were married.
Around 1597 William Waller was born to Thomas Waller (age 28) and Margaret Lennard (age 18) at Knole, Sevenoaks.
Around 1609 William Waller (age 12) educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University.
On 4th July 1613 [his father] Thomas Waller (age 44) died.
In 1620 Ralph Hopton 1st Baron Hopton (age 23) and William Waller (age 23) were members of the personal bodyguard for Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 23).
In 1622 William Waller (age 25) and Jane Reynell were married.
In 1622 William Waller (age 25) was knighted during the Vere's Expedition to the Electorate of the Palatinate.
In 1632 [his son] Richard Waller was born to William Waller (age 35) and [his wife] Jane Reynell.
In 1633 [his wife] Jane Reynell died.
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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.
After 1633 William Waller (age 36) and Anne Finch were married. She the daughter of Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea (age 54) and Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea (age 39). They were sixth cousins.
In 1639 [his son] William Waller was born to William Waller (age 42) and [his wife] Anne Finch.
In April 1640 William Waller (age 43) was elected MP Andover during the Short Parliament.
On 3rd May 1642 William Waller (age 45) was elected MP Andover during the Long Parliament.
In September 1642 William Waller (age 45) concluded the Siege of Portsmouth.
John Evelyn's Diary. 3rd October 1642. To Chichester [Map], and hence the next day to see the Siege of Portsmouth; for now was that bloody difference between the King and Parliament broken out, which ended in the fatal tragedy so many years after. It was on the day of its being rendered to Sir William Waller (age 45); which gave me an opportunity of taking my leave of Colonel Goring (age 34), the governor, now embarking for France. This day was fought that signal battle at Edgehill. Thence I went to Southampton, Hampshire [Map] and Winchester, Hampshire [Map], where I visited the castle, school, church, and King Arthur's Round Table; but especially the church [Map], and its Saxon kings' monuments, which I esteemed a worthy antiquity.
On 5th July 1643 the Battle of Lansdowne was an inconclusive battle between a Royalist army commanded by Ralph Hopton 1st Baron Hopton (age 47) and a Parliamentary Army commanded by William Waller (age 46) at Lansdown Hill, Bath. The two commanders being old friends.
Edward Leke was killed.
Bevil Grenville (age 48) was killed at the at the head of the Cornish infantry as it reached the top of Lansdown Hill. He received a blow to the head with a pole-axe and was taken to the rectory at nearby Cold Ashton, Gloucestershire where he died.
On 13th July 1643 a Royalist cavalry force under Lord Wilmot (age 30) won a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Army of the West under Sir William Waller (age 46) at Roundway Down Devizes, Wiltshire.
Maurice Palatinate Simmern (age 22) fought.
Before 1651 [his son-in-law] William Courtenay 5th Earl Devon (age 22) and [his daughter] Margaret Waller Countess Devon were married. He the son of Francis Courtenay 4th Earl Devon and Mary Pole. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Before 1652 Simon Harcourt and [his future wife] Anne Paget (age 46) were married.
In 1652 William Waller (age 55) and Anne Paget (age 47) were married. They were half fifth cousins.
In 1654 William Waller (age 57) bought at Osterley Park Hounslow.
Around 1661 [his wife] Anne Paget (age 56) died.
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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 1667 [his son] William Waller (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Mansel were married.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 14th June 1668. Thence home, and took my wife out and the girls, and come to this church again, to see it, and look over the monuments, where, among others, Dr. Venner and Pelting, and a [his former wife] lady of Sir W. Waller's (age 71); he lying with his face broken.
On 19th September 1668 William Waller (age 71) died.
[his son] Thomas Waller was born to William Waller and Anne Paget.
[his daughter] Margaret Waller Countess Devon was born to William Waller and Jane Reynell.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 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 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Waller
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Waller
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Waller of Groombridge
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Waller of Groombridge
GrandFather: Walter Waller of Groombridge
Father: Thomas Waller
William Waller 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Lennard
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Lennard
GrandFather: Samson Lennard Baron Dacre Gilsland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamon
Mother: Margaret Lennard 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fiennes 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzhugh 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bourchier 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Bourchier Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Sutton 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Sutton 2nd Baron Dudley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Tiptoft 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Dudley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Willoughby Baroness Dudley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandMother: Margaret Fiennes 11th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Fenn
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fenne Baroness Bergavenny
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Stafford Baroness Bergavenny 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England