Paternal Family Tree: Mordaunt
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John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough was born to Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt and Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt.
On 16th June 1601 [his grandfather] Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt [aged 62] died at Drayton, Northamptonshire [Map]. His son [his father] Henry [aged 34] succeeded 4th Baron Mordaunt.
He was buried at All Saints Church, Turvey [Map] where he has a black-painted alabaster pall and black marble slab. The Mordaunt crest appears to have changed to an African woman.
Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt: In 1567 he was born to Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt. Before 1608 Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt and Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt were married. She by marriage Baroness Mordaunt. She the daughter of Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset. In 1608 Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt died. His son John succeeded 5th Baron Mordaunt.
Before 1608 [his father] Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt [aged 40] and [his mother] Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt were married. She by marriage Baroness Mordaunt. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and [his grandmother] Anne Spencer Countess Dorset.
In 1608 [his father] Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt [aged 41] died. His son John succeeded 5th Baron Mordaunt.
Before 1621 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough [aged 17] were married.
On 15th November 1621 [his son] Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough was born to John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough [aged 18]. He married 1644 Penelope O'Brien Countess Peterborough, daughter of Barnabas O'Brien 6th Earl Thomond and Anne or Mary Fermor, and had issue.
On 18th June 1626 [his son] John Mordaunt 1st Viscount Mordaunt was born to John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough [aged 23] at Lowick, Northamptonshire. He married 7th May 1657 his second cousin once removed Elizabeth Carey Viscountess Mordaunt and had issue.
On 9th March 1628 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough was created 1st Earl Peterborough. [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough [aged 25] by marriage Countess Peterborough.
From 1639 to 1643 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough lived at 3 Great Piazza Covent Garden.
On 18th June 1642 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough died. His son Henry [aged 20] succeeded 2nd Earl Peterborough, 6th Baron Mordaunt.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1671 [his former wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough [aged 68] died.
[his daughter] Sophia Mordaunt was born to John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough. She married before 1707 James Hamilton of Bangor in County Down and had issue.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Mordaunt Baroness Howard was born to John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough. She married 21st July 1646 her half fourth cousin once removed Thomas Howard 2nd Baron Howard, son of Edward Howard 1st Baron Howard and Mary Boteler Baroness Howard.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: William Mordaunt 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Mordaunt
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Peake
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt 17 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Latimer 15 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandmother: Edith Latimer 16 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Hody
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt 18 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Vere 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Baroness Mordaunt
Grandfather: Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt 19 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzlewis
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzlewis
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ellen Fitzlewis
father: Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt 20 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Compton 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Compton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Aylworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Aylworth
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Compton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton 10th Lord Brereton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Brereton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Werburga Brereton
Grandfather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham 
Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Walden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Walden
mother: Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Spencer 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Empson
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Graunt
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knightley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susan Knightley
Grandmother: Anne Spencer Countess Dorset
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Kitson
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath