Paternal Family Tree: Rodney
Before 29th June 1590 [his father] John Rodney [aged 39] and [his mother] Jane Seymour were married.
On 29th June 1590 Edward Rodney was born to John Rodney [aged 39] and Jane Seymour.
Around 1602 Edward Rodney [aged 11] educated at Trowbridge Grammar School.
Around 1606 Edward Rodney [aged 15] educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University.
On 6th August 1612 [his father] John Rodney [aged 61] died.
In May 1614 Edward Rodney [aged 23] was knighted on the occasion of his marriage to one of the Queen's Ladies in Waiting.
In May 1614 Edward Rodney [aged 23] and Frances Southwell were married at Somerset House [Map]. She the daughter of Robert Southwell and Elizabeth Howard Countess Carrick [aged 50]. They were half fourth cousin twice removed.
In 1621 Edward Rodney [aged 30] was elected MP Wells.
In 1624 Edward Rodney [aged 33] was elected MP Wells.
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In 1625 Edward Rodney [aged 34] was elected MP Wells.
In 1626 Edward Rodney [aged 35] was elected MP Wells.
In 1628 Edward Rodney [aged 37] was elected MP Somerset.
On 21st July 1629 [his son] George Rodney was born to Edward Rodney [aged 39] and [his wife] Frances Southwell.
In February 1634 [his mother] Jane Seymour died.
In April 1640 Edward Rodney [aged 49] was elected MP Wells during the Short Parliament.
In November 1640 Edward Rodney [aged 50] was elected MP Wells during the Long Parliament.
On 30th November 1651 [his son] George Rodney [aged 22] died. Monument in the Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke [Map].
George Rodney: On 21st July 1629 he was born to Edward Rodney and Frances Southwell.
In 1657 [his daughter] Ann Rodney died.
On 25th May 1657 Edward Rodney [aged 66] died. On 3rd August 1659 [his wife] Frances Southwell died. Monument in Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke [Map].
Frances Southwell: she was born to Robert Southwell and Elizabeth Howard Countess Carrick. In May 1614 Edward Rodney and she were married at Somerset House [Map]. She the daughter of Robert Southwell and Elizabeth Howard Countess Carrick. They were half fourth cousin twice removed.
[his daughter] Ann Rodney was born to Edward Rodney and Frances Southwell. She married her sixth cousin Thomas Brydges and had issue.
[his daughter] Penelope Rodney was born to Edward Rodney and Frances Southwell.
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 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 8 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 10 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Rodney
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Rodney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes St John 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Rodney 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Hungerford 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor or Catherine Peverell 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Rodney 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Grandfather: George Rodney 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
father: John Rodney 13 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Edward Rodney 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Seymour 
10 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Seymour 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Williams
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Seymour 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coker
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Seymour 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Darrell
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Darrell of Littlecote
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darrell 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stourton 1st Baron Stourton 
6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Stourtron 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Grandfather: Henry Seymour 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Wentworth 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 4th Baron Despencer 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Clifford Baroness Despencer 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Saye 
7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Saye 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Saye Baroness Despencer 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
mother: Jane Seymour 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England