Paternal Family Tree: Dering
In or before 1598 [his father] Anthony Dering of Surrenden Dering in Pluckley in Kent and [his mother] Frances Bell were married.
In 1598 Edward Dering 1st Baronet was born to Anthony Dering of Surrenden Dering in Pluckley in Kent and Frances Bell at the Tower of London [Map] where his father was Deputy-Lieutenant.
On 22nd January 1619 Edward Dering 1st Baronet [aged 21] was knighted at Newmarket, Suffolk.
On 26th November 1619 Edward Dering 1st Baronet [aged 21] and Elizabeth Tufton were married at St Dionis Backchurch. She the daughter of Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet [aged 41] and Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet [aged 38].
On 24th January 1622 [his wife] Elizabeth Tufton died.
After 24th January 1622 Edward Dering 1st Baronet [aged 24] and Anne Ashburnham Lady Dering [aged 17] were married. She a second-cousin once-removed of the King's favourite George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 29].
On 5th December 1623 Edward Dering 1st Baronet [aged 25] purchased two copies of William Shakespeare's First Folio; the earliest recorded retail purchase of this book.
On 8th November 1625 [his son] Edward Dering 2nd Baronet was born to Edward Dering 1st Baronet [aged 27] and [his wife] Anne Ashburnham Lady Dering [aged 20] at Surrenden Dering, Pluckley. He married 5th April 1648 Mary Harvey Lady Dering and had issue.
On 1st February 1626 Edward Dering 1st Baronet [aged 28] was created 1st Baronet Dering of Surrenden Dering in Kent. [his wife] Anne Ashburnham Lady Dering [aged 21] by marriage Lady Dering of Surrenden Dering in Kent.
On or before 17th April 1628 [his wife] Anne Ashburnham Lady Dering [aged 23] died. She was buried on 17th April 1628.
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After 16th April 1629 Edward Dering 1st Baronet [aged 31] and Unton Gibbs Lady Dering were married. She by marriage Lady Dering of Surrenden Dering in Kent.
In 1636 [his father] Anthony Dering of Surrenden Dering in Pluckley in Kent died.
Around 1642. William Dobson [aged 30]. Portrait of Edward Dering 1st Baronet [aged 44].
In 1644 Edward Dering 1st Baronet [aged 46] died. His son Edward [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Baronet Dering of Surrenden Dering in Kent.
In 1676 [his former wife] Unton Gibbs Lady Dering died.
Grandfather: Robert Bell
mother: Frances Bell
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Beaupre of Beaupre Hall in Outwell
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmonde Beaupré of Beaupré Hall Norfolk
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Fotheringay
Grandmother: Dorothie Beaupré