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Paternal Family Tree: Harcourt
In December 1661 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt was born to Philip Harcourt (age 24) in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire [Map].
On 9th October 1684 [his son] Simon Harcourt was born to Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt (age 22).
On 20th March 1688 [his father] Philip Harcourt (age 51) died at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire [Map].
John Evelyn's Diary. 8th July 1701. My grandson (age 19) went to Sir Simon Harcourt (age 39), the Solicitor General, to Windsor, Berkshire [Map], to wait on my Lord Treasurer. There had been for some time a proposal of marrying my grandson to a daughter (age 26) of Mrs. Boscawen (age 58), sister of my Lord Treasurer (age 56), which was now far advanced.
On 21st July 1709 [his son] Simon Harcourt (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Evelyn were married.
On 1st July 1720 [his son] Simon Harcourt (age 35) died at Paris [Map].
In 1721 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt (age 59) was created 1st Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.
In or before 1722 John Walter 3rd Baronet (age 47) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Vernon Viscountess Harcourt (age 25) were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
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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 30th September 1724 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt (age 62) and Elizabeth Vernon Viscountess Harcourt (age 28) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire. The difference in their ages was 34 years.
Before 1727. Christian Fredericke Zincke (age 43). Miniature portrait of Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt (age 65).
On 23rd July 1727 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt (age 65) died. Some sources say 28 Dec 1727. His grandson [his grandson] Simon (age 13) succeeded 2nd Viscount Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.
In 1748 [his former wife] Elizabeth Vernon Viscountess Harcourt (age 52) died.
The 1717 Indemnity Act freed a large number of prisoners including hundreds of Jacobite supporters of which some two hundred had been captured at the 1715 Battle of Preston. The Act didn't under attainders or restore lands. Those released included:
William Murray 2nd Lord Nairne.
Robert Dalzell 5th Earl of Carnwath 1687-1737.
William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington.
There were exemptions including:
Matthew Prior Poet 1664-1721.
Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt.
Thomas Harley of Kinsham Court 1667-1738.
All members of the Clan McGregor including Rob Roy MacGregor.
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Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 26 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I 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: Simon Harcourt 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon Harcourt 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Harcourt 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Aston
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Harcourt 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Simon Harcourt 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: Philip Harcourt 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England