Thomas Coningsby 1550-1625

Paternal Family Tree: Coningsby

Before 1546 [his father] Humphrey Coningsby [aged 29] and [his mother] Anne Englefield [aged 30] were married.

On 9th September 1550 Thomas Coningsby was born to Humphrey Coningsby [aged 34] and Anne Englefield [aged 35].

On 3rd April 1558 [his father] Humphrey Coningsby [aged 42] died.

Around 1564 [his mother] Anne Englefield [aged 49] died.

In 1571 Unknown Painter. Portrait of Thomas Coningsby [aged 20].

In 1573 Thomas Coningsby [aged 22] and Philip Sidney [aged 18] visited Aquila.

After 1573 Thomas Coningsby [aged 22] and Philippa Fitzwilliam [aged 29] were married.

In 1591 Thomas Coningsby [aged 40] travelled to Rouen, France [Map] to be in attendance on Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex [aged 25].

On 8th October 1591 Thomas Coningsby [aged 41] was knighted by Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex [aged 25].

In 1596 [his wife] Philippa Fitzwilliam [aged 52] died.

Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough

A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'

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On 30th May 1625 Thomas Coningsby [aged 74] died.

[his son] Fitzwilliam Coningsbury was born to Thomas Coningsby and Philippa Fitzwilliam. He married Cecily Neville, daughter of Henry Neville 2nd Baron Abergavenny and Mary Sackville, and had issue.