Paternal Family Tree: Lawley
Before 1630 [his father] Thomas Lawley 1st Baronet [aged 48] and [his mother] Anne Manning Lady Lawley were married.
Around 1630 Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Lawley 1st Baronet [aged 49] and Anne Manning Lady Lawley.
On 19th October 1646 [his father] Thomas Lawley 1st Baronet [aged 65] died. His son Francis [aged 16] succeeded 2nd Baronet Lawley of Spoonhill in Shropshire.
After 19th October 1646 [his step-father] John Glynne [aged 44] and [his mother] Anne Manning Lady Lawley were married.
Before 1650 Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet [aged 19] and Anne Whitmore were married. They had three sons and six daughters.
Around 1650 [his son] Thomas Lawley 3rd Baronet was born to Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet [aged 20] and [his wife] Anne Whitmore. He married 1670 Rebecca Winch, daughter of Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet and Rebecca Browne, and had issue.
In 1659 Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet [aged 29] was elected MP Much Wenlock.
In 1660 Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet [aged 30] was elected MP Much Wenlock.
In March 1660 Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet [aged 30] was appointed Commissioner for the Shropshire Militia.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1661 Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet [aged 31] was elected MP Shropshire.
Around 1670 [his son] Thomas Lawley 3rd Baronet [aged 20] and [his daughter-in-law] Rebecca Winch [aged 9] were married. They had fourteen children of which only three survived to adulthood.
In 1677 Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet [aged 47] was appointed Commissioner for Custom which attracted a salary of £1000 each year.
On or after 10th November 1683, the date of the license, [his son-in-law] Sharington Talbot [aged 27] and [his daughter] Anne Lawley were married. She brought £4000 to the marriage.
In 1690 Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet [aged 60] was appointed Master of the Jewel House.
On 25th October 1696 Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet [aged 66] died. His son Thomas [aged 46] succeeded 3rd Baronet Lawley of Spoonhill in Shropshire.
[his daughter] Anne Lawley was born to Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet and Anne Whitmore. She married on or after 10th November 1683 Sharington Talbot.
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Lawley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Lawley
Grandfather: Francis Lawley
father: Thomas Lawley 1st Baronet
mother: Anne Manning Lady Lawley