Paternal Family Tree: Bedell
Maternal Family Tree: Philippe Thornbury 1431-1485
In or before 1602 [his father] Thomas Bedell of Hamerton in Huntingdonshire [aged 21] and [his mother] Winifred Capell [aged 17] were married.
On 27th September 1602 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Bedell of Hamerton in Huntingdonshire [aged 22] and Winifred Capell [aged 18].
On or before 11th July 1613 [his father] Thomas Bedell of Hamerton in Huntingdonshire [aged 33] died. He was buried on 11th July 1613.
In 1618 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 15] matriculated at Queen's College, Cambridge University [Map].
In June 1619 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 16] and Alice Fanshawe [aged 22] were married. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On or before 10th September 1620 [his daughter] Elizabeth Bedell was born to Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 17] and [his wife] Alice Fanshawe [aged 23] at Ware, Hertfordshire [Map]. She was baptised on 10th September 1620. She married in or before 1662 her half sixth cousin Francis Compton, son of Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton and Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton.
On 3rd June 1622 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 19] was created 1st Baronet Capell of Hamerton in Huntingdonshire.
In 1626 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 23] was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
In 1626 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 23] was elected MP Hertford.
In 1628 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 25] was elected MP Huntingdonshire which seat he held until 1629.
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In 1628 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 25] was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
In 1632 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 29] was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and High Sheriff of Huntingdonshire.
Around 1635 [his daughter] Mary Bedell was born to Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 32] and [his wife] Alice Fanshawe [aged 38] at Ware, Hertfordshire [Map]. She married 2nd January 1655 her fifth cousin Thomas Leventhorpe 4th Baronet, son of Thomas Leventhorpe 2nd Baronet and Dorothy Alington Lady Leventhorpe, and had issue.
In 1640 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 37] was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
In April 1640 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 37] was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
On or before 14th December 1643 Capell Bedell 1st Baronet [aged 41] died. Baronet Capell of Hamerton in Huntingdonshire extinct. He was buried on 14th December 1643.
In 1667 [his former wife] Alice Fanshawe [aged 70] died.
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Grandfather: John Bedell
Capell Bedell 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Capell
Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Capell of Rayne Hall 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Arundell 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Capell 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Capell 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandfather: Arthur Capell 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Manners 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas St Leger 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne York Duchess Exeter 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Manners 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paston 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Brewes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Heydon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
mother: Winifred Capell 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Grey 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wotton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Belknap
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Belknap
Grandmother: Margaret Grey 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Browne 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Ingaldsthorpe 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Browne 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gage
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Gage
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Gage
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Guildford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Guildford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Pympe