Paternal Family Tree: Danvers
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In or before 1568 [his father] John Danvers [aged 27] and [his mother] Elizabeth Neville [aged 17] were married. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
On 28th June 1573 Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby was born to John Danvers [aged 33] and Elizabeth Neville [aged 23] at Dauntsey, Wiltshire.
On 22nd April 1577 [his grandfather] John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 57] died. He was buried at St Michaels Church, Well. Baron Latimer of Snape abeyant between daughters [his aunt] Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland [aged 32], Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 29], Lucy Neville [aged 28] and Elizabeth Neville [aged 27].
On 23rd July 1577 Thomas Wenman [aged 29] died. He left significant debts to the Crown requiring some of his lands to be sold. Eaton, Berkshire was sold to [his father] John Danvers [aged 37] for £7700. Richard Wenman 1st Viscount Wenman [aged 4] was made a ward of his mother Jane West [aged 19] and Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 45]. Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester sold his interest to James Cressy who subsequently married Jane West.
On 19th December 1594 [his father] John Danvers [aged 54] died said to have been of a broken heart following the disgrace of his sons [his brother] Charles Danvers [aged 26] and Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby [aged 21].
In 1598 [his step-father] Edmund Carey [aged 40] and [his mother] Elizabeth Neville [aged 48] were married. The marriage was, perhaps, a means of procuring a pardon for her two sons who had previously shot and killed a neighbour, and fled abroad. A payment was made to the bereaved family and the sons were allowed to return. They were fourth cousins.
On 5th January 1626 Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby [aged 52] was created 1st Earl Danby.
In 1630 [his mother] Elizabeth Neville [aged 80] died.
In 1633 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 32] created four Knights of the Garter..
423nd Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern [aged 15].
433rd James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 20].
434th Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby [aged 59].
435th William Douglas 7th Earl Morton [aged 51].
Around 1639 Anthony Van Dyck [aged 39]. Portrait of Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby [aged 65] in his Garter Robes.
On 20th January 1644 Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby [aged 70] died at Earl of Danby's House Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire. He was reburied at St James' the Great Church, Dauntsey. Earl Danby extinct.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 18th October 1664. At Oxford. Went through Woodstock, Oxfordshire [Map], where we beheld the destruction of that royal seat and park by the late rebels, and arrived that evening at Cornbury, a house lately built by the Earl of Denbigh [Note. Mistake by Evelyn; should be Earl of Danby], in the middle of a sweet park, walled with a dry wall. The house is of excellent freestone, abounding in that part, (a stone that is fine, but never sweats, or casts any damp); it is of ample dimensions, has goodly cellars, the paving of the hall admirable for its close laying. We designed a handsome chapel that was yet wanting: as Mr. May [aged 43] had the stables, which indeed are very fair, having set out the walks in the parks and gardens. The lodge is a pretty solitude, and the ponds very convenient; the park well stored.
On 27th June 1674 Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds [aged 42] was created 1st Earl of Danby when he surrendered his Scottish Viscount Osborne to his third son Peregrine Osborne [aged 15]. He, Thomas, was on his mother's side a great-nephew of the previous Earl of Danby who was brother to Anne's mother [his sister] Eleanor Danvers.
Brief Lives: Elizabeth Danvers. [716]His[CY] mother, an Italian, prodigious parts for a woman. I have heard my father's mother say that she had Chaucer at her fingers' ends.
A great politician; great witt and spirit, but revengefull[717].
Knew how to manage her estate as well as any man; understood jewells as well as any jeweller.
Very beautifull, but only short-sighted. To obtain pardons for her sonnes[718] she maryed Sir Edmund Carey, cosen-german to queen Elizabeth, but kept him to hard meate.
Smyth of Smythcotes-Naboth's vineyard-digitus Dei[CZ].
The arcanum-'traditio lampadis' in the family of Latimer[DA] of poysoning king Henry 8-from my lady Purbec.
Notes.
Note 716. MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 25.
Note 717. Aubrey, in the margin, notes 'Anne Bulleyn.'
Note 718. For the murder of Henry Long.
[CY]. i.e. Henry, earl of Danby's. She was Elizabeth, daughter of John Nevill, the last lord Latimer. 'An Italian' may mean that she knew that language, among her other accomplishments. I can make nothing of a note added by Aubrey here, which seems to read '... Cowley, crop-ear'd.'
[CZ]. I do not know to what circumstance, in the history of the Danvers family, Aubrey here applies 1 Kings xxi. 19.
[DA]. Catherine Parr, last consort of Henry VIII, was widow of John, 3rd lord Latimer; and step-mother of John, 4th lord Latimer, the father of this Elizabeth Danvers, whose grand-daughter ('viscountess Purbeck') was Aubrey's informant.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: John Danvers 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Danvers
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Danvers
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Danvers
Grandfather: Sylvester Danvers
Father: John Danvers 19 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Mordaunt 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Mordaunt
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Peake
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Peake
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt 17 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Latimer 14 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Latimer 15 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Edith Latimer 16 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hody
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Hody
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jewel
Grandmother: Elizabeth Mordaunt 18 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Vere 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Baroness Mordaunt
Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Neville 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourchier 1st Baron Berners 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bourchier 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Berners Baroness Berners
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 
9 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 10 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Aylesbury 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer 11 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fray
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Fray
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Danvers Baroness Wenlock
Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 12th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sergeaux Countess Oxford
Great x 2 Grandfather: George de Vere 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard 
4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Oxford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Walton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 8 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Stafford 9 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chideock 6th Baron Fitzpayn 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Lumley 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Elizabeth Neville 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hill of Shilston
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Hill 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Champernoun 14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Woodville Countess Pembroke and Huntingdon 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Browne 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzalan 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Moyns
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Ingaldsthorpe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Ingaldsthorpe 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Tiptoft 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England