Edward Unton 1534-1582

In 1533 [his father] Alexander Unton [aged 39] and [his mother] Cecily Bulstrode [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.

In or before 1534 [his father] Alexander Unton [aged 39] and Mary Bourchier [aged 33] were married.

In 1534 Edward Unton was born to Alexander Unton [aged 40] and Cecily Bulstrode [aged 19].

On 16th December 1547 [his father] Alexander Unton [aged 53] died.

After 16th December 1547 Robert Keilway [aged 50] and [his mother] Cecily Bulstrode [aged 32] were married.

On 3rd June 1550 John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 23] and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 12] were married at Sheen Palace [Map]. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 50] and [his future mother-in-law] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 53]. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 46] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 41]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In January 1553 John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 26] by writ of acceleration 2nd Earl Warwick through a summons to Parliament. Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 15] by marriage Countess Warwick.

In 1554 Edward Unton [aged 20] was elected MP Malmesbury.

In 1554 Edward Unton [aged 20] was elected MP Oxfordshire.

In or after 1555 [his daughter] Anne Unton was born to Edward Unton [aged 21] and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 17]. She married before 9th December 1618 Valentine Knightley and had issue.

On 29th April 1555 Edward Unton [aged 21] and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 17] were married. They had seven children. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 58].

Around 1556 Edward Unton was born to Edward Unton [aged 22] and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 18]. He married 1. in or before 1579 Dorothea Knightley 2. 1579 his half fifth cousin once removed Katherine Hastings, daughter of George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon and Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon.

Around 1558 [his son] Henry Unton was born to Edward Unton [aged 24] and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 20]. He married 1580 Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley.

In 1559 Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford [aged 19] was created 1st Earl Hertford, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset.

Before 25th December 1560 Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford [aged 21] and Catherine Grey Countess Hertford [aged 20] were married in secret by an anonymous clergyman at Hertford House Canon Row. She by marriage Countess Hertford. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and [his mother-in-law] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 63]. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Around 1561 [his daughter] Cicely Unton was born to Edward Unton [aged 27] and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 23]. She married 1. before 10th August 1593 her fourth cousin once removed John Wentworth and had issue 2. after 1605 Edward Hoby.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 19th November 1562. The xix day of November at after-non was [a] fray with-owtt Tempull-bare agaynst master Huntun [aged 28] ['s house?] that mared my lady of Warwyke [aged 24] and ther was sl[ain] master Banaster, servand unto master Huntun, by (blank)

Note. P. 296. Master Hunton that married my lady of Warwick. Sir Edward Unton, K.B. on the 29th April, 1555, married Anne, one of the daughters of the protector Somerset, and widow of John Dudley, earl of Warwick, the eldest son of John duke of Northumberland. See the memoirs prefixed to Unton Inventories, 1841, 4to. p. xxxvii.

In 1567 Edward Unton [aged 33] was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.

In 1572 Edward Unton [aged 38] was elected MP Berkshire.

In 1573 John Harington 1st Baron Harington [aged 33] and Anne Keilway Baroness Harington [aged 19] were married. His father James Harrington [aged 62] gave him Burley-on-the-Hill House as a wedding present.

In or before 1579 Edward Unton [aged 22] and Dorothea Knightley [aged 18] were married. There were no children from the marriage. He the son of Edward Unton [aged 44] and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 40].

In 1579 Edward Unton [aged 23] and Katherine Hastings [aged 22] were married. There were no children from the marriage. She the daughter of George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon [aged 39] and Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon. He the son of Edward Unton [aged 45] and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 41]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.

In 1580 Henry Unton [aged 22] and Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley [aged 10] were married. He the son of Edward Unton [aged 46] and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 42].

On 21st February 1581 Robert Keilway [aged 84] died. His only child Anne Keilway Baroness Harington [aged 27] and her husband John Harington 1st Baron Harington [aged 41] inherited the Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map] and Coombe Abbey [Map] estates.

In 1582 Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford [aged 42] and Frances Howard Countess Hertford [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Hertford. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and [his mother-in-law] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 85]. They were half sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 16th September 1582 Edward Unton [aged 48] died. He was buried at All Saints' Church, Faringdon. The inscription on his monument ... Here lyeth Sir Edward Unton, Knight of the Noble Order of the Bathe, whoe married Anne Countess of Warwick [aged 44], daughter of Edwarde Seymer Duke of Somersett and Protector of England, by whome he had ffive sonnes, whereof 3 died younge in the life of their father; Two, namelye Edwarde [aged 26] and Henry [aged 24] onely, survyved and succeeded him, the one after the other in their father's inheritance; and two daughters, Anne [aged 27] married to Sir Valentine Knightley [aged 27], Knight, and Scissil [aged 21] married to John Wentworth [aged 18], Esquire.

In 1588 Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 50] died.