Paternal Family Tree: Fiennes
Maternal Family Tree: Maud Saye 1155-1222
In 1415 Richard Fiennes Baron Dacre Gilsland was born to Roger Fiennes [aged 30] and Elizabeth Holland [aged 26]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
25th October 1415. At the Battle of Agincourt the English included: Louis Robbessart [aged 25], Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 33], William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux [aged 26], William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 41], Thomas Rokeby [aged 35], John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke [aged 51], Edward Courtenay [aged 30], Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell [aged 12], Thomas Dutton [aged 19], Edmund Ferrers 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 29], [his father] Roger Fiennes [aged 31], Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh [aged 57], John Grey [aged 28], John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 31], William Harrington [aged 42] as the King's Standard Bearer, Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford [aged 37], Piers Legh [aged 26] (wounded), Alfred Longford, Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury [aged 27], Thomas Morley 6th Baron Marshal 5th Baron Morley [aged 22], John Rodney, Richard Scrope 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 22], Robert Strelley [aged 18], James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet [aged 17], Robert Umfraville [aged 52], Thomas West 2nd Baron West [aged 35], Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 30]. Thomas Erpingham [aged 60] commanded the archers. Thomas Rempston [aged 26] was present. Thomas Strickland [aged 48] carried the Banner of St George.
Thomas Tunstall [aged 57] was killed.
The Welsh included: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert [aged 35], Walter Sais [aged 95], Roger Vaughan [aged 70] and his son Roger Vaughan [aged 5]. Owen Tudor [aged 15] is believed to have been present as a squire.
In June 1446 Richard Fiennes Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 31] and Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 13] were married. He by marriage Baron Dacre Gilsland. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Around 1447 [his son] John Fiennes was born to Richard Fiennes Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 32] and [his wife] Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 14] at Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex [Map]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married his half second cousin once removed Alice Fitzhugh, daughter of Henry Fitzhugh 5th Baron Fitzhugh and Alice Neville Baroness Fitzhugh, and had issue.
In 1449 [his father] Roger Fiennes [aged 64] died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux. His estates including Hever Castle, Kent [Map] were inherited by his brother [his uncle] James Fiennes 1st Baron Saye and Sele [aged 54].
In 1449 [his mother] Elizabeth Holland [aged 60] died.
Around 1455 [his daughter] Elizabeth Fiennes Baroness Clinton was born to Richard Fiennes Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 40] and [his wife] Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 22]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 1463 her fourth cousin John Clinton 6th Baron Clinton, son of John Clinton 5th Baron Clinton and Joan Ferrers Baroness Clinton.
On 5th January 1458 Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 70] died. His granddaughter [his wife] Joan [aged 25] succeeded 7th Baroness Dacre Gilsland, 7th Baroness Multon of Gilsland.
Around 1463 [his son-in-law] John Clinton 6th Baron Clinton [aged 34] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Fiennes Baroness Clinton [aged 8] were married at Herstmonceux. The difference in their ages was 26 years. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
The Gentleman's Magazine Volume 101. This last entry is by a second hand; but at folio 73 of the same MS. we meet with a more correct notice of this Princess's [Bridget York] birth, to which is added the ceremonial of her Christening, and as it is short, and has never been noticed, I shall transcribe it here.
Md that in the yere of our lorde Ml iiije iiijxx And the xxth yere of the Reigne of Kinge Edwarde the iiijth on Sainte Martyns even, was Borne the lady Brigette, And Cristened on the morne on Sainte Martyns daye [11th November 1480] In the Chappell' of Eltham, by the Busshoppe of Chichester in order As ensuethe.
Furste C Torches borne by Knightes, Esquiers, and other honneste Parsonnes.
The Lorde Matreuers [aged 30], Beringe the Basen, Havinge A Towell' aboute his necke.
Therle of Northumberlande [aged 31] beringe A Taper not light'.
Therle of Lincolne [aged 18] the Salte.
The Canapee borne by iij Knightes and A Baron.
My lady Matrauers [aged 26] dyd bere A Ryche Crysom Pynned Ouer her lefte breste.
The Countesse of Rychemond [aged 37] did Bere The Princesse.
My lorde Marques Dorsette [aged 25] Assisted her.
My lady the Kinges Mother [aged 65], and my lady Elizabethe [aged 14], were godmothers at the Fonte.
The Busshoppe of Winchester [aged 82] Godfather.
And in the Tyme of the christeninge, The officers of Armes caste on theire cotes.
And then were light' all' the foresayde Torches.
Presente, theise noble men enseuenge.
The Duke of Yorke [aged 7].
The lorde Hastinges [aged 49], the Kinges chamberlayn.
The lorde Stanley [aged 45], Stewarde of the Kinges house.
The lorde Dacres [aged 65] the quenes chamberlein, and many other astates.
And when the sayde Princesse was christened, A Squier helde the Basens to the gossyppes, and even by the Fonte my lady Matravers was godmother to the conformacion.
And from thens she was borne before the high' aulter, And that Solempnitee doon she was Borne eftesonys into her Parclosse,1 Accompenyed wt the Astates Aforesayde.
And the lorde of Sainte Joanes brought' thither A Spice plate.
And At the sayde Parclose the godfather and the godmother gaue greate gyftes to the sayde princesse.
Whiche gyftes were borne by Knightes and esquiers before the sayde Princesse, turneng to the quenes chamber Againe, well' Accompanyed As yt Apperteynethe, and after the custume of this Realme. Deo gr'as.
It must be remarked, that the above memoranda confirm the order of the births of King Edward's children, as stated by Mr. Nicolas, and prove Sandford to have been mistaken. The name of George of Shrewsbury, the third son of Edward, is omitted, and the date of his birth is unknown; but on making an excavation in St. George's Chapel, at Windsor, in 1810, his body was found in a leaden coffin, and an inscription, partly obliterated, which fixes his death to March, 1473. Lysons's Berksh. p. 471.
Yours, & c.
F. M.
Note 1. "Parclos to parte two roumes, separation." — Palsgrave.
On 10th April 1483, in the morning, the coffin of King Edward IV of England [deceased] was moved to St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster Palace [Map]. Bishop Edward Story sang the masses. Richard Fiennes Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 68], Chamberlain to Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 46], offered on the Queen's behalf.
Gilbert Debenham [aged 51] played a prominent part in organizing the funeral
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On 17th April 1483 the coffin of Edward IV [deceased] was carried to Westminster Abbey [Map] by Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle [aged 21], John Savage [aged 39], Thomas Wortley [aged 50], Thomas Molyneux [aged 38], probably John Welles 1st Viscount Welles [aged 33] who had married Edward's daughter Cecily), John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne [aged 41], Walter Hungerford [aged 19], Guy Wolston [aged 50], John Sapcote [aged 35], Thomas Tyrrell [aged 30], John Risley, Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 15], John Norreys, Louis de Bretelles and John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch.
Those in the procession included:
Thomas St Leger [aged 43], widow of Edward's sister Anne.
William Parr [aged 49].
William Stonor [aged 33].
Henry Ferrers [aged 40].
James Radclyffe [aged 43].
George Browne [aged 43].
Gilbert Debenham [aged 51].
John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk [aged 58] walked in front of the coffin with Edward's personal arms.
Abbot John Marlow followed by:
Bishop Thomas Kempe [aged 93].
Bishop John Hales [aged 83] (Bishop of Chester?).
Bishop Robert Stillington [aged 63].
Bishop William Dudley [aged 58].
Cardinal John Morton [aged 63] (as Bishop of Ely).
Bishop Edmund Tuchet [aged 40] (as Bishop of Rochester).
Bishop Peter Courtenay, and.
Bishop Lionel Woodville [aged 36].
Archbishop Thomas Rotherham [aged 59] brought up the rear.
Cardinal Thomas Bourchier [aged 65], then Archbishop of Canterbury, took no part due to infirmity.
John de la Pole Earl Lincoln 1st [aged 21]; the King's nephew,.
William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings [aged 52].
Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset [aged 28].
William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 32] (some sources say Earl of Huntingindon?).
[his grandson-in-law] William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley [aged 57].
Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby [aged 48].
Richard Fiennes Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 68].
John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley [aged 82].
George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny [aged 43].
John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet [aged 57].
Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 51].
Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle [aged 51].
Henry Lovell 9th Baron Marshal 8th Baron Morley [aged 7].
Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers [aged 30].
John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham [aged 35].
Richard Hastings Baron Willoughby [aged 50].
John Bourchier 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 45].
On 25th November 1483 Richard Fiennes Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 68] died.
On 8th March 1486 [his former wife] Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland [aged 53] died. Her grandson Thomas [aged 14] succeeded 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 8th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 8th September 1559. The viij day of September at after-none [was] the obseque of Henry the Frenche kyng, the herse garnyshed with grett skochyons of armes bosted [Note. Possibly embossed] with grett crownes, and all under ther fett [feet] with blake, and a grett palle of cloth of gold, and ys helmett and mantyll of cloth of gold and cott armur, targett and sworde, and crest, and angyd [hanged] all the quer [choir] with blake and armes, and my lord tresorer [aged 76] the cheyff [mourner], and next my lord chamburlen, my lord of Burgany, my lord of Hunsdon [aged 33], and my lord Cobam [aged 31], my lord Dacurs of the Sowth, and my lord Pallett, ser Recherd Sakefeld [aged 52], and ser Edward Warner [aged 48], and mony mo morners all in blake; and contenent songe durge, and a xiiij [14] haroldes of armes in ther cott armur afor the lordes, and after to the bysshope('s) palles to drynke.
[his son] Richard Fiennes was born to Richard Fiennes Baron Dacre Gilsland and Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
[his son] Thomas Fiennes was born to Richard Fiennes Baron Dacre Gilsland and Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
[his father] Roger Fiennes and [his mother] Elizabeth Holland were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Holland 1st Duke Exeter and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
[his son] Roger Fiennes was born to Richard Fiennes Baron Dacre Gilsland and Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 8 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 14 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
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Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 15 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 7 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Fiennes 
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fiennes 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fiennes 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Jordon
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Fiennes 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Monceux
Grandfather: William Fiennes 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Saye 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Saye 1st Baron Say
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Saye 2nd Baron Say
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Idonea Leybourne Baroness Say
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Saye 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 
7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick 8 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Beauchamp Baroness Say 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Tosny Countess Warwick 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: Roger Fiennes 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Grandmother: Elizabeth Battisford
Richard Fiennes Baron Dacre Gilsland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thurstan de Holland 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert de Holand of Upholland 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Zouche 
4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
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Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela Longespée 
Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Zouche Baroness Holand 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Segrave
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Lucy 
Grandfather: John Holland 1st Duke Exeter Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England 
Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France 
son of King Louis IX of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of France Queen Consort England daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Wake 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell 2 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Quincy Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wake Countess Kent 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fiennes 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Elizabeth Holland Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
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Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip IV of France son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England daughter of King Philip IV of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 
Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Avesnes II Count Hainaut II Count Holland 3 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Luxemburg Countess Hainaut and Holland 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois I Count Valois son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
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Grandmother: Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter 
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Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster 
Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth 9 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Duchess of Lancaster 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Brienne Viscount Beaumont 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Beaumont Sarthe 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Comyn 4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Comyn 4th Countess Buchan 5 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna Latimer 11 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd