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Biography of William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis 1626-1696

Paternal Family Tree: Herbert

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Bond 1615

Before 1626 [his father] Percy Herbert 2nd Baron Powis (age 27) and [his mother] Elizabeth Craven Baroness Herbert (age 25) were married. She by marriage Lady Powis of Red Castle in Montgomeryshire.

In 1626 William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis was born to Percy Herbert 2nd Baron Powis (age 28) and Elizabeth Craven Baroness Herbert (age 26).

In July 1654 William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 28) and Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester (age 52) and Elizabeth Dormer. They were fourth cousins.

In 1659 [his daughter] Frances Herbert was born to William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 33) and [his wife] Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 24).

In 1660 [his son] William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis was born to William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 34) and [his wife] Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 25).

Before 25th December 1660 [his brother-in-law] Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort (age 31) and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort (age 30) were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester (age 58) and Elizabeth Dormer. They were fourth cousins.

In 1661 [his daughter] Mary Herbert Viscountess Montague was born to William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 35) and [his wife] Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 26).

In 1662 [his daughter] Anne Herbert was born to William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 36) and [his wife] Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 27).

In 1662 [his mother] Elizabeth Craven Baroness Herbert (age 62) died.

On 19th January 1667 [his father] Percy Herbert 2nd Baron Powis (age 69) died. His son William (age 41) succeeded 3rd Baron Powis of Powis Castle in Powys, 2nd Baronet Powis of Red Castle in Montgomeryshire. [his wife] Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 32) by marriage Baroness Powis of Powis Castle in Powys.

On 3rd April 1667 [his father-in-law] Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester (age 65) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry (age 38) succeeded 3rd Marquess Worcester, 7th Earl Worcester, 9th Baron Herbert of Raglan. Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort (age 36) by marriage Marchioness Worcester.

In 1668 [his daughter] Lucy Herbert was born to William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 42) and [his wife] Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 33).

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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 1672 [his brother-in-law] Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort (age 43) was appointed 473rd Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 41).

On 17th April 1672 [his brother-in-law] Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort (age 43) was appointed Privy Council.

In 1674 William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 48) was created 1st Earl Powis. [his wife] Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 39) by marriage Countess Powis.

In 1680 [his daughter] Winifred Herbert Countess Nithsdale was born to William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 54) and [his wife] Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 45).

On 2nd December 1682 [his brother-in-law] Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort (age 53) was created 1st Duke Beaufort by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 52). Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort (age 52) by marriage Duchess Beaufort.

In 1687 William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 61) was created 1st Marquess Powis. [his wife] Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 52) by marriage Marchioness Powis.

On 16th March 1691 [his wife] Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 56) died.

Around 1695 [his son] William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis (age 35) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Preston Marchioness Powis were married. He the son of William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 69) and [his former wife] Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis. They were third cousins.

Before 1696. Francois de Troy (age 50). Portrait of William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 69).

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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.

On 2nd June 1696 William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 70) died. His son [his son] William (age 36) succeeded 2nd Marquess Powis, 2nd Earl Powis, 4th Baron Powis of Powis Castle in Powys, 3rd Baronet Powis of Red Castle in Montgomeryshire. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Preston Marchioness Powis by marriage Marchioness Powis. Mary Preston Marchioness Powis by marriage Marchioness Powis.

Royal Ancestors of William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis 1626-1696

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis 1626-1696

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Herbert

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Cradock

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Herbert 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Parr 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Parr 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Parr Countess Pembroke 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Green 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Green 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan aka Jane Fogge

GrandFather: William Herbert 1st Baron Powis 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley of Dalgarth in Cumberland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Stanley

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Barrett of Aveley in Essex

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joyce Barrett

Father: Percy Herbert 2nd Baron Powis 7 x Great Grand Son 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 Grandfather: Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Percy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Spencer Countess Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Harbottle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Guiscard Harbottle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Harbottle 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Willoughby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Markham

GrandMother: Eleanor Percy Baroness Herbert 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George de Vere 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Craven

GrandFather: William Craven

Mother: Elizabeth Craven Baroness Herbert

GrandMother: Elizabeth Whitmore

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Bond