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.
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.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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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