Paternal Family Tree: Seymour
1551 Arrest of the Duke of Somerset and his Supporters
1552 Trial and Execution of Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset and his Supporters
John Seymour was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].
In or before 1527 [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 26] and [his mother] Catherine Filliol [aged 19] were married.
In 1527 John Seymour was born to Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 27] and Catherine Filliol [aged 20] at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. Paternity was questioned by Edward after it was alleged that Catherine had had an affair with her father-in-law John Seymour 1474-1536. He and his brother were excluded in 1540 from their paternal and maternal inheritances and all their claims to their father's dignities being postponed to his children by his second wife.
Around 1535 [his mother] Catherine Filliol [aged 28] died.
In April 1536 [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 36] and [his step-mother] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 39] were married.
In 1540 John Seymour [aged 13] was disinherited.
After 16th February 1547. The date uncertain but likely to be after the funeral of Henry VIII [deceased] King Edward VI of England and Ireland [aged 9] made a number of new appointments although given King Edward VI of England and Ireland was only nine years old at the time, the titles were, in effect, bestowed by [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 47].
William Parr 1st Marquess Northampton [aged 35] was created 1st Marquess Northampton.
[his uncle] Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour [aged 39] was created 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley and appointed Lord High Admiral.
New Garter Knights:
318th Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 30].
319th Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 37].
320th Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour.
321st William Paget 1st Baron Paget Beaudasert [aged 41].
John Carey [aged 56] and Henry Huberthorne were knighted by King Edward VI of England and Ireland.
On 10th September 1547 an English army commanded by [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 47] defeated a Scottish army commanded by James Hamilton 2nd Earl Arran [aged 31] and Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus [aged 58] at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh at Musselburgh.
The English army included John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 43], Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 47], Miles Partridge and Thomas Wentworth 2nd Baron Wentworth [aged 22]. John Thynne [aged 32] and Edmund Brydges 2nd Baron Chandos [aged 25] were knighted.
William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 26] accompanied Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset.
Edward Shelley of Worminghurst Park [aged 44] was killed.
John Forbes 6th Lord Forbes [aged 82], Christopher Coningsby [aged 31] and Edward Clere were killed.
John Thynne was knighted after the battle.
George Sandes [aged 29] was killed.
The Scottish army included John Gordon 11th Earl Sutherland [aged 22] who commanded the Rearguard and Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl Cassilis [aged 32]. John Stewart, Robert Douglas [aged 41], John Livingston, Thomas Hamilton of Priestfield and Hugh Montgomerie were killed. John Hay 4th Lord Hay was captured but soon released.
Malcolm Fleming 3rd Lord Fleming [aged 53] was killed. His son James [aged 13] succeeded 4th Lord Fleming. Barbara Hamilton Lady Fleming by marriage Lord Fleming.
Robert Graham Master of Montrose and James Gordon of Lochinvar were killed.
On 3rd June 1550 [his brother-in-law] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 23] and [his half-sister] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick [aged 12] were married at Sheen Palace [Map]. She the daughter of [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 50] and [his step-mother] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 53]. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 46] and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 41]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 16th October 1551. The xvj day of October was had to the Towre the [his step-mother] duches of Somersett [aged 54] and Sir Raff a Vane and Sir John Thyn [aged 36], [as also] Sir Thomas Holcroft [aged 46], Sir Michael Stanhope [aged 44], Mr. Hammond, Mr. John Seimour [aged 24], Mr. Walley, Mr. Nudigate, Mr. Banister, Mr. Brayne, Mr. Crane and his wife, Sir Myles Parterege, and Sir Thomas Arundell [aged 49] and Lady [aged 36].
On 22nd January 1552 [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 52] was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. Duke Somerset, Earl Hertford, Viscount Beauchamp forfeit. His great-grandson William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset was restored to the titles in 1660.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 19th December 1552. The xix day of Desember was bered master John Semer [aged 25], the eldest sune unto the [his father] duke of Somersett latt dyssesyd, and bered at the hospetall of Savoy, and ther was a dolle.
Note. Funeral of master John Seymour. His will, dated Dec. 7, 1552, and proved April 26, 1553, is recorded in the prerogative court of Canterbury, and briefly quoted in Collins's Peerage. He died unmarried, making his whole brother sir Edward Seymour, the ancestor of the present duke of Somerset, his heir.
On 19th December 1552 John Seymour [aged 25] died at Tower of London [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 9 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 II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Seymour 
9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Seymour 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Sturmey
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Seymour 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Williams
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Seymour 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coker
Grandfather: John Seymour 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Darrell
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Darrell
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Darrell of Littlecote
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darrell 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stourton 
5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stourton 1st Baron Stourton 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Stourtron 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
father: Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wentworth 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Dronsfield
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Wentworth 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Despencer 2nd Baron Despencer 
8 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tiptoft Baroness Despencer 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 4th Baron Despencer 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clifford 6th Baron Clifford 
5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ros Baroness Clifford 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Clifford Baroness Despencer 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys 
Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
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 Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Saye 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boteler Baroness Ferrers Wem 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Saye 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Saye Baroness Despencer 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cheney
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cockayne 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Grey 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
John Seymour 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Filiol
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Filiol
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Filiol
Grandfather: William Filiol of Woodlands and Filiols Hall
mother: Catherine Filliol