Paternal Family Tree: Mordaunt
Before 1538 [his father] John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt [aged 29] and [his mother] Ellen Fitzlewis [aged 15] were married.
On 21st September 1538 Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt was born to John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt [aged 30] and Ellen Fitzlewis [aged 16].
After 1543 [his father] John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt [aged 35] and [his step-mother] Joan Fermor [aged 27] were married.
On 18th August 1562 [his grandfather] John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt [aged 82] died at Bedford, Bedfordshire [Map]. His son [his father] John [aged 54] succeeded 2nd Baron Mordaunt.
In 1563 Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt [aged 24] was elected MP Bedfordshire.
In 1567 [his son] Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt was born to Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt [aged 28]. He married before 1608 Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt, daughter of Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset, and had issue.
In 1570 Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt [aged 31] was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.
In 1571 [his father] John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt [aged 63] died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Turvey [Map]. His son Lewis [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Baron Mordaunt.
On 2nd June 1543 [his mother] Ellen Fitzlewis [aged 21] died. In April 1592 [his step-mother] Joan Fermor [aged 27] died.
Elizabethan Period monument with eight Doric Columns with John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt in an elevated position with a wife either side, each lying on a rush mat. All three wearing ruffs. .
Ellen Fitzlewis: In 1522 she was born to John Fitzlewis. Before 1538 John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt and she were married.
Joan Fermor: Around 1516 she was born to Richard Fermor and Anne Browne. After 1543 John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt and she were married.
The Mordaunt crest an Blackamoor's Head.
What appear to be Harpies supporting the monument.
Around 1580 [his son-in-law] Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet [aged 24] and [his daughter] Mary Mordaunt were married.
On 14th October 1586 Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton [aged 42], Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt [aged 48], Henry Wentworth 3rd Baron Wentworth [aged 28], Christopher Wray [aged 62], John Stourton 9th Baron Stourton [aged 33] and Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 30] sat in judgement on Mary Queen of Scots [aged 43] in the Presence Chamber of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu [aged 57], George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland [aged 28], Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln [aged 45], Henry Grey 6th Earl Kent [aged 45], Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland [aged 37], Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby [aged 55], Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 56], George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 58], Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [aged 36], William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester [aged 60], William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 66], Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 48] and Thomas Bromley [aged 56] were present on the side of the Presence Chamber of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
John St John 2nd Baron St John [aged 51] was present on the left side of the Presence Chamber of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
John Stourton 9th Baron Stourton was a juror.
Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland was a commissioner.
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Tudor Tracts Chapter 20. Among these Officers of her House was [Monsieur Du Preau] a French Jesuit, her Confessor, with a golden crucifix about his neck; which he did wear openly: and being told, That the people murmured and disliked at it; he said, He would do it, though he died for it Thus we may see how obdurate their hearts are in malice; and how obstinate they shew themselves in the vain toys and superstitious trifles of their own imaginations.
Then [Richard Fletcher [aged 42]] the Dean [of Peterborough].
Next the two Bishops: [Richard Howland [aged 46]] of Peterborough, and [William Wickham, of] Lincoln.
[Charles Willoughby [aged 50],] the Lord Willoughby of Parham;
[Lewis Mordaunt [aged 48],] the Lord Mordaunt [of Turvey];
[Henry Compton,] the Lord Compton;
Sir Thomas Cecil [aged 45] [afterwards Lord Burlegh, and later Earl of Exeter]:
All four, in gowns, with White Staffs; representing the [Lord] Steward; [the Lord] Chamberlain; [the] Treasurer, and [the] Controller [of the Queen's Household].
After these, 16 Scots and Frenchmen; which had been Officers in her [Queen Mary's] House.
Then Sir Andrew Noel [aged 29] alone, carrying the Banner of Scotland.
Then [William, afterwards Sir William, Segar] Percullis the Herald [Portcullis Pursuivant] bearing the Crown [or Helmet] and Crest: thereon a red lion rampant crowned, holding a sword the point upward; the Helmet overmanteled guiles powdered ermine.
Then the Target [or Shield, borne by John Raven,] Rouge Dragon [Pursuivant];
The Sword by [Humphrey Hales] York [Herald];
The Coat of Arms by [Robert Glover,] Somerset Herald.
Then [Robert Cooke] Clarenceux [King at Arms] with a Gentleman at Arms [or rather a Gentleman Usher].
On 16th June 1601 Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt [aged 62] died at Drayton, Northamptonshire [Map]. His son 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.
[his daughter] Mary Mordaunt was born to Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt. She married 1580 Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet.
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Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Mordaunt 
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Mordaunt
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Peake
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Peake
Grandfather: John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt 17 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Latimer 13 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Latimer 14 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Latimer 15 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 1 Grandmother: Edith Latimer 16 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hody
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hody
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cole
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Hody
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Jewel of Whitfield, Wiveliscombe, Somerset
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jewel
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice de Pillesden
father: John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt 18 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Vere 
Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Baroness Mordaunt
Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt 19 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Fitzlewis
Grandfather: John Fitzlewis
mother: Ellen Fitzlewis