Paternal Family Tree: Manners
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Merbury
On 2nd July 1536 three weddings between the Neville, and Manners and Vere families, were celebrated at one mass at Holywell Priory [Map]:
[his uncle] Henry Neville 5th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 11] and [his aunt] Anne Manners Countess of Westmoreland [aged 9] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland [aged 44] and Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland [aged 41]. He the son of Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 38] and Katherine Stafford Countess of Westmoreland [aged 37]. They were half fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
[his father] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland [aged 9] and [his mother] Margaret Neville Countess Rutland were married. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland and Katherine Stafford Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland and Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford [aged 20] and Dorothy Neville Countess of Oxford were married. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland and Katherine Stafford Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford [aged 65] and Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford.
Those present included Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden [aged 48], Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 63], Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 52], Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 19], Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter [aged 40], John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford and Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland.
Around 1551 John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland was born to Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland [aged 24] and Margaret Neville Countess Rutland.
On 10th August 1557 [his father] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland [aged 30] fought being Captain-General of the cavalry at the Battle of St Quentin.
Jean Bourbon Count Soissons and Enghien [aged 29] was killed at the Battle of St Quentin. His brother Louis [aged 27] succeeded Count Soissons.
Henry Dudley [aged 26] was killed.
After 1559 [his father] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland [aged 32] and [his step-mother] Bridget Hussey Countess Bedford [aged 33] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland and [his grandmother] Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 17th September 1563 [his father] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland [aged 36] died. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His son [his brother] Edward [aged 14] succeeded 3rd Earl of Rutland, 14th Baron Ros Helmsley. Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland became a ward of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 30] and was specially under the charge of William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 43].
Before 1572 John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland [aged 20] and Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 18] were married. He the son of Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland and Margaret Neville Countess Rutland.
On 21st February 1572 [his daughter] Bridget Manners was born to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland [aged 21] and [his wife] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 19]. She married August 1594 Robert Tyrwhitt and had issue.
On 6th June 1573 [his brother] Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Isabel Holcroft Countess Rutland [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess of Rutland, Baroness Ros Helmsley. He the son of [his father] Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland and [his mother] Margaret Neville Countess Rutland.
On 6th October 1576 [his son] Roger Manners 5th Earl of Rutland was born to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland [aged 25] and [his wife] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 23] probably at Kirk Deighton Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He married 5th March 1599 Elizabeth Sidney Countess Rutland, daughter of Philip Sidney and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex.
In 1578 [his son] Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland was born to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland [aged 27] and [his wife] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 25]. He married (1) 6th May 1602 Frances Knyvet Lady Bevill and had issue (2) after 26th October 1608 Cecily Tufton Countess Rutland, daughter of John Tufton 1st Baronet, and had issue.
In 1580 [his son] George Manners 7th Earl of Rutland was born to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland [aged 29] and [his wife] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 27]. He married 3rd March 1605 his half fourth cousin twice removed Frances Carey Countess Rutland, daughter of Edward Carey and Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert.
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Around 1582 [his son] Oliver Manners was born to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland [aged 31] and [his wife] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 29].
On 14th April 1587 Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland [aged 37] died at his home Ivy Bridge on the Strand [Map] or at Puddle Wharf aka Dock [Map]. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His daughter Elizabeth [aged 12] succeeded 15th Baroness Ros Helmsley. His brother John [aged 36] succeeded 4th Earl of Rutland. Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 34] by marriage Countess of Rutland. He would be Earl for ten months only dying on 24 Feb 1588.
Robert Constable [aged 65] was one of the principal mourners at his funeral.
Archaeologia Volume 1 Section 55. On Tuesday, being the first of August [1587], in the morning, about eight of the clock, the chief mourner, being the [his step-mother] Countess of Bedford [aged 61], was attended upon by all the lords and ladies, and brought into the prefence chambre within the bifhop's palace, which all over was hanged with black cloath; me was by the queens majefties gentlemen uihers placed fomewhat under a cloth of eftate of purple velvet, where, having given to the great officers their ftaves of office, viz. to the lord lleward, lord chamberlayne, the treafurer, and comptroller, me took her way into the great hall, where the corps flood; and the heralds having marmalled the feveral companies, they made their proceedings as followeth.
Two conductors in black, with black staves.
Poor women mourners to the number of 100. 2 and 2.
Two yeomen harvengers.
The standard of Scotland borne by Sir George Savill, knight.
Gentlemen in clokes to the number of 50, being attendants on the lords and ladies.
Six grooms of the chamber, viz. Mr ... Eaton, Mr .... Bykye, Mr .... Ceavaval, Mr Flynr, Mr .... Charlton, Mr .... Lylle.
Three gentlemen sfewers to the queen's majesty, Mr. Horseman, Mr. Fynes, and Mr. Martin.
Gentlemen in gownes, Mr. Worme, Mr. Holland, Mr. Crewste, Mr. Watson, Mr. Allington, Mr. Barrel, and Mr. Fescue.
Scots in clokes, 17 in number.
A Scottish prieft.
Mr. Fortescue, master of the wardrobe to the queens majestie.
The bishop of Peterborough.
The bishop of Lincoln.
The great banner, borne by Sir Andrew Nowell, knight.
The comptroller, Mr. Melvin.
The treasurer, Sir Edward Montague. The lord Chamberlayne, was Lord Dudley.
The lord steward, was Lord St. John of Basing.
Two ushers.
Atchievements of honor born by heralds. The healme and crest borne by Portcullis, target, borne by York, sword, borne by Rouge Dragon. coat, borne by Somerset.
Clarencieux king of arms, with a gentleman usher, Mr. Conyngsbye.
The corps born by esquires in clokes. Mr. Francis Fortescue. Mr. William Fortescue. Mr. Thomas Stafford. Mr. Nicholas Smith. Mr. Nicholas Hyde. Mr .... Howlands, the bishop's brother. Eight bannerolles, borne by esquires:
King Robert impaling Drummond, By Mr. WilliamFittz Williams.
King James the 1st impaling Beaufort, Mr. Griffin of Dingley.
Guelders, Mr. Robert Wingfield.
King James 3d impaling Denmark, Mr. Bevill.
King James 4th impaling the arms of Henry 7th of England, Mr Lynne.
King James £th impaling Guys, Mr John Wingfield
King of France impaling the arms of Mary queen of Scotland, Mr SPencer
Lord Darnley impaling the arms! of Mary queen of Scotland, Mr. John Fortefcue Aywood.
The canopy, being of black velvet fringed with gold, borne by four knights, viz. Sir Thomas Manners, Sir George Hastings, Sir James Harrington, Sir Richard Knightly.
Assistants to the body, Four barons which bore up the corners of the pall of velvet. The Lord Mordant. The Lord Willoughby of Parham. The Lord Compton. Sir Thomas Cecill.
Mr. Garter, with the gentleman umer, Mr. Brakenbnry.
The Countesse of Bedford, supported by the Earls of Rutland [aged 36], and Lincolne [aged 46], her train borne up by the Lady St. John of Basting, and assisted by Mr. John Manners, vice chamberlain.
The [his wife] Countesse of Rutland [aged 34], Countesse of Lincolne. The Lady Talbot, Lady Mary Savell. The Lady Mordant, the Lady St. John of Bletshoe. The Lady Manners, the Lady Cecill. The Lady Montague, the Lady Nowell. Mrs. AHngton, Mrs. Curle.
Two ushers.
Eight Scottish gentlewomen.
The gentlewomen of Countess's and Baroness's, according to their degrees, all in Black.
Servants in black coates. The Countess of Bedford, 10. Countesse of Rutland, 8. Countesse of Lincoln, 8. Lady St. John of Basing, 5. All lords and ladyes, 5. All knights and their wives 4, All equires, 1.
Before 24th February 1588 [his son] Edward Manners was born to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland [aged 37] and [his wife] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 35].
Before 24th February 1588 [his daughter] Elizabeth Manners was born to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland [aged 37] and [his wife] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 35].
Before 24th February 1588 [his daughter] Mary Manners was born to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland [aged 37] and [his wife] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 35].
Before 24th February 1588 [his daughter] Anne Manners was born to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland [aged 37] and [his wife] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 35]. She married in or before 1609 her fourth cousin George Wharton, son of Philip Wharton 3rd Baron Wharton and Frances Clifford Baroness Wharton.
On 24th February 1588 John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland [aged 37] died. His son Roger [aged 11] succeeded 5th Earl of Rutland.
On 22nd October 1588 [his daughter] Frances Manners Baroness Willoughby of Parham was born to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland and [his former wife] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 35]. She was born postumously; her father had died nine months previously on 24th February 1588. She married on or after 4th February 1603 her fifth cousin once removed William Willoughby 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham and had issue.
After 1595. Elizabethan Period monument to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland and [his former wife] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 42] in the Chancel of St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map] sculpted by Gerard Johnson The Elder [aged 45].
Armorial above the monument showing top row: 
Manners Augmented Arms, 
Ros Arms, 
Roet Arms, Trusbutt [or Belvoir],
2nd Row: 
Beauchamp Arms, 
Beaumont Arms, 
Berkeley Arms, 
Lisle Arms
3rd Row: Unknown, 
Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent 1350 1397 Arms, 
Tiptoft Arms, 
Powys Arms aka Charlton
4th Row: 
Badlesmere Arms, 
Vaux Arms, Todeni [Albini ancient] Arms, 
Daubeney Arms.
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Around 21st March 1595 [his former wife] Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 42] died. She was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Manners
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes aka Anne Middleton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Manners 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ogle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ogle 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Grey 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft 6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Tiptoft Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold St Leger 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St Leger 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas St Leger 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Donet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Donet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge 
Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne York Duchess Exeter 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
father: Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paston
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Barry
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paston
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mautby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Mautby
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Brewes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Brewes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Debenham
Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Heydon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bracton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Holland 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Holland Countess Douglas and Avondale 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Duchess Exeter 
Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Booth of Barton in Lancashire 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Booth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Booth
Grandfather: Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Sandes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Sandes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Warrener
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Sandes
Great x 1 Grandmother: Edith Sandys Baroness
mother: Margaret Neville Countess Rutland 6 x Great Granddaughter 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 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Grandmother: Katherine Stafford Countess of Westmoreland 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 
7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury