Paternal Family Tree: Reynolds
On 31st August 1776 Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie was born to Francis Reynolds-Moreton 3rd Baron Ducie [aged 37].
On 11th September 1785 [his uncle] Thomas Reynolds 2nd Baron Ducie [aged 51] died. His brother [his father] Francis [aged 46] succeeded 3rd Baron Ducie.
Around 1788 Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 11] educated at Eton College [Map].
Around 1792 Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 15] educated at Exeter College, Oxford University.
On 6th December 1797 Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 21] and Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 56] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 45].
On 14th December 1798 [his daughter] Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh was born to Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 22] and [his wife] Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 16]. She married 8th May 1822 William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh and had issue.
On 8th May 1802 [his son] Henry Reynolds-Moreton 2nd Earl Ducie was born to Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 25] and [his wife] Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 20]. He married 29th June 1826 Elizabeth Dutton Countess Ducie, daughter of John Dutton 2nd Baron Sherborne, and had issue.
On 24th June 1804 [his son] Augustus Moreton Macdonald of Largie was born to Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 27] and [his wife] Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 22]. He married 15th September 1837 Mary Jane-Macdonald Lockhart, daughter of Charles Macdonald Lockhart 2nd Baronet and Emilia Olivia Ross, and had issue.
On 1st November 1806 [his daughter] Charlotte Moreton Baroness FitzHardinge was born to Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 30] and [his wife] Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 24]. She married 1834 Admiral Maurice Berkeley 1st Baron FitzHardinge, son of Frederick Augustus Berkeley 5th Earl Berkeley and Mary Cole.
On 19th August 1808 [his father] Francis Reynolds-Moreton 3rd Baron Ducie [aged 69] died. His son Thomas [aged 31] succeeded 4th Baron Ducie. [his wife] Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 26] by marriage Baroness Ducie.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Around 1809 [his daughter] Julia Reynolds-Moreton was born to Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 32] and [his wife] Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 27]. She married 6th July 1824 James Haughton Langston and had issue.
On 3rd June 1811 [his father-in-law] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 69] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Earl Carnarvon, 2nd Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire. Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon [aged 38] by marriage Countess Carnarvon.
In 1814 Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 37] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 8th May 1822 [his son-in-law] William Feilding 6th Earl Desmond 7th Earl Denbigh [aged 26] and Mary Elizabeth Kitty Moreton Countess Desmond and Denbigh [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Desmond Countess Denbigh. She the daughter of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 45] and Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 40].
On 6th July 1824 [his son-in-law] James Haughton Langston [aged 28] and Julia Reynolds-Moreton [aged 15] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 47] and Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 42].
On 29th June 1826 Henry Reynolds-Moreton 2nd Earl Ducie [aged 24] and Elizabeth Dutton Countess Ducie [aged 19] were married. He the son of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 49] and Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 44].
In 1830 [his wife] Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 48] died.
In 1834 [his son-in-law] Admiral Maurice Berkeley 1st Baron FitzHardinge [aged 45] and Charlotte Moreton Baroness FitzHardinge [aged 27] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 57] and Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth. He the illegitmate son of Frederick Augustus Berkeley 5th Earl Berkeley and Mary Cole.
On 28th January 1837 Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 60] was created 1st Earl Ducie.
On 15th September 1837 Augustus Moreton Macdonald of Largie [aged 33] and Mary Jane-Macdonald Lockhart were married. He the son of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 61] and Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 22nd June 1840 Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 63] died. His son Henry [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Earl Ducie, 5th Baron Ducie. Elizabeth Dutton Countess Ducie [aged 33] by marriage Countess Ducie.
Grandfather: Francis Reynolds
Father: Francis Reynolds-Moreton 3rd Baron Ducie
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Moreton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Matthew Morton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Moreton of Moreton and Ingleton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Matthew Moreton 1st Baron Ducie
Grandmother: Elizabeth Moreton