Paternal Family Tree: Phelips
In or before 1557 [his father] Thomas Phelips [aged 56] and [his mother] Elizabeth Smyth were married.
Around 1557 Edward Phelips was born to Thomas Phelips [aged 57] and Elizabeth Smyth.
In 1584 Edward Phelips [aged 27] was elected MP Bere Alston.
Around 1586 [his son] Robert Phelips was born to Edward Phelips [aged 29]. He married after 27th June 1602 Brigetta Gorges, daughter of Thomas Gorges of Longford Castle and Helena Snakenbourg Marchioness Northampton, and had issue.
In 1586 Edward Phelips [aged 29] was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
In 1588 [his father] Thomas Phelips [aged 88] died.
In 1593 Edward Phelips [aged 36] was elected MP Penryn.
In 1597 Edward Phelips [aged 40] was elected MP Andover.
In 1598 [his mother] Elizabeth Smyth died.
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Around 1598 Edward Phelips [aged 41] commissioned the building of Montacute House.
After 27th June 1602 [his son] Robert Phelips [aged 16] and [his daughter-in-law] Brigetta Gorges [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Gorges of Longford Castle [aged 66] and Helena Snakenbourg Marchioness Northampton [aged 53].
On 11th February 1604 Edward Phelips [aged 47] was elected MP Somerset.
On 19th March 1604 Edward Phelips [aged 47] was elected Speaker of the House of Commons which office he held until 1611.
In 1611 Edward Phelips [aged 54] was appointed Master of the Rolls which office he held until his death in 1614.
On 15th February 1613 The Memorable Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn was a masque performed at the Great Hall of Whitehall Palace as part of the wedding festivities.
Edward Phelips [aged 56] helped organise the Masque paying Inigo Jones [aged 39] £110 for the scenery and stage-works.
In 1614 Edward Phelips [aged 57] died.
father: Thomas Phelips
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Smyth
Grandfather: Matthew Smyth
mother: Elizabeth Smyth