In 1550 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet was born to John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire and Eleanor Prowde.
In 1565 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 15] educated at Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury.
After 1565 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 15] educated at Clement's Inn.
In 1575 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 25] educated at Lincoln's Inn.
In 1586 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 36] was elected MP Shrewsbury.
Before 1597 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 46] and Eleanor Gifford [aged 21] were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
Around 1597 [his daughter] Elizabeth Harries aka Harris was born to Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 47] and [his wife] Eleanor Gifford [aged 22]. She married 8th June 1628 William Pierrepont of Thoresby, son of Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint, and had issue.
In February 1604 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 54] was appointed Serjeant at Law.
In 1613 Edward Stanley [aged 50] sold Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map] to Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 63].
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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In 1613 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 63] purchased Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map] from Edward Stanley [aged 50].
On 12th April 1623 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 73] was created 1st Baronet Harris of Tong Castle in Shropshire.
Before 18th February 1628 [his son] Francis Harries aka Harris died.
On 18th February 1628 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 78] died. Baronet Harris of Tong Castle in Shropshire extinct.
[his son] Francis Harries aka Harris was born to Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet and Eleanor Gifford.
[his daughter] Anne Harries was born to Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet and Eleanor Gifford.
[his daughter] Eleanor Harries aka Harris was born to Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet and Eleanor Gifford. She married in or before 1637 William Myddelton 2nd Baronet, son of Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Olmstead, and had issue.
father: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire
Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Grandfather: Thomas Prowde of Sutton
mother: Eleanor Prowde