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Biography of Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet 1560-1631

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In 1541 [his father] Richard Myddelton (age 32) and [his mother] Jane Dryhurst (age 16) were married. They had nine sons and seven daughters.

In 1560 Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet was born to Richard Myddelton (age 51) and Jane Dryhurst (age 35).

Diary of Isabella Twysden: Introduction. 3rd August 1563. Sir Nicholas had been a partner with Sir Hugh Myddleton (age 3) when in 1607-13 he carried out the New River Scheme for providing London with water. Straitness of circumstances seems to have made Lady Isabella very careful over household management and keeping accounts.

On 31st December 1565 [his mother] Jane Dryhurst (age 40) died. Brass memorial at St Marcella's Church, Denbigh [Map].

On 8th February 1575 [his father] Richard Myddelton (age 66) died. Brass memorial at St Marcella's Church, Denbigh [Map].

Richard Myddelton: Before 1509 he was born to Fulke Myddelton of Llansannan. In 1541 Richard Myddelton and Jane Dryhurst were married. They had nine sons and seven daughters. In 1542 Richard Myddelton was elected MP Denbigh Boroughs. In 1563 Humphrey Llwyd aka Lluyd lived at Denbigh Castle by permission of Sir John Salusbury [Note. Some sources say Richard Myddelton] who was then the Lord of the Manor of Denbigh.

Before 1585 Richard Edwards of London and [his future wife] Anne Collins were married.

In 1585 Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 25) and Anne Collins were married.

On or before 11th January 1597, the date she was buried, [his wife] Anne Collins died.

In 1598 Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 38) and Elizabeth Olmstead were married. She the step-daughter of his brother Thomas Myddelton of Chirk (age 48) who had married her mother Jane aka Elizabeth Danvers (age 55). They had fifteen children, of whom only three sons and four daughters appear to have survived their father.

On 10th April 1603 [his son] William Myddelton 2nd Baronet was born to Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 43) and [his wife] Elizabeth Olmstead.

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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 1622 Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 62) was created 1st Baronet Myddelton of Ruthin in Denbighshire.

On 10th December 1631 Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 71) died. His son [his son] William (age 28) succeeded 2nd Baronet Myddelton of Ruthin in Denbighshire.

Royal Descendants of Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet 1560-1631

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet 1560-1631

Great x 1 Grandfather: David Myddelton

GrandFather: Fulke Myddelton of Llansannan

Father: Richard Myddelton

Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet

GrandFather: Hugh Dryhurst of Denbigh

Mother: Jane Dryhurst