Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell 1641-1689

Paternal Family Tree: Stawell

Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell and Abigail Pitt Baroness Stawell were married.

Before May 1612 Joseph Killigrew [aged 19] and [his mother] Elizabeth Hext [aged 20] were married.

In December 1617 [his father] John Stawell [aged 17] and [his mother] Elizabeth Hext [aged 25] were married.

In 1640 William Dunch sold the manor of Avebury, Wiltshire [Map] to [his father] John Stawell [aged 39]. Ralph's estates were sequestered after the Civil War and sold to George Long. Ralph recovered the estates at the Restoration. Ralph's son George inherited the manor in 1662. When George died in 1669 his brother Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell inherited the manor. Ralph died in 1689 and his son John Stawell 2nd Baron Stawell inherited the manor. He died three years later at which time the manor was sold to Richard Holford.

Around 1641 Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell was born to John Stawell [aged 40] and Elizabeth Hext [aged 49].

In 1657 [his mother] Elizabeth Hext [aged 65] died.

On 21st February 1662 [his father] John Stawell [aged 61] died.

Before 1669 Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell [aged 27] and Anne Ryves were married.

Around 1669 [his son] John Stawell 2nd Baron Stawell was born to Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell [aged 28] and [his wife] Anne Ryves. He married 1683 Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh, daughter of James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury and Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury.

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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After 1671 [his son-in-law] James Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Navan [aged 21] and Anne Stawell were married. They had three daughters.

In 1673 Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell [aged 32] was elected MP Bridgwater.

In 1682 [his son] William Stawell 3rd Baron Stawell was born to Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell [aged 41] and Abigail Pitt Baroness Stawell. He married 16th March 1707 Elizabeth Pert Baroness Stawell and had issue.

In 1683 [his son] John Stawell 2nd Baron Stawell [aged 14] and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh [aged 11] were married. She the daughter of James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury [aged 35] and Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury.

On 15th January 1684 Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell [aged 43] was created 1st Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset. Abigail Pitt Baroness Stawell by marriage Baroness Stawell of Somerton in Somerset.

On 8th August 1689 Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell [aged 48] died at Low Ham, Somerset. His son John [aged 20] succeeded 2nd Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset. Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh [aged 17] by marriage Baroness Stawell of Somerton in Somerset.

Avebury by William Stukeley. When the Lord Stowell [Note. Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell], who owned the manor of Abury, levelled the vallum on that side of the town next the church, where the barn now stands, the workmen came to the original surface of the ground, which was easily discernible by a black stratum of mold upon the chalk. Here they found large quantities of bucks' horns, bones, oyster-shells, and wood coals. The old man who was employed in the work says, there was the quantity of a cart-load of the horns, that they were very rotten, that there were very many burnt bones among them.

[his daughter] Catherine Stawell was born to Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell and Abigail Pitt Baroness Stawell.

[his daughter] Lucy Stawell was born to Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell and Abigail Pitt Baroness Stawell.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Stawell was born to Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell and Abigail Pitt Baroness Stawell. She married (1) William Bromley (2) on or after 12th January 1698 William Bromley and had issue.

[his son] Edward Stawell 4th Baron Stawell was born to Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell and Abigail Pitt Baroness Stawell.

[his daughter] Anne Stawell was born to Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell and Anne Ryves. She married after 1671 James Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Navan and had issue.

Deeds of King Henry V

Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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[his daughter] Diana Stawell was born to Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell and Abigail Pitt Baroness Stawell.

Royal Ancestors of Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell 1641-1689

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 16 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell 1641-1689

father: John Stawell 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tuchet 8th Baron Audley, 5th Baron Tuchet 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Tuchet 9th Baron Audley, 6th Baron Tuchet 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Griffin Baroness Audley Heighley 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Tuchet 10th Baron Audley, 7th Baron Tuchet 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Brian Tuke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tuke Baroness Audley Heighley

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Grandmother: Elizabeth Tuchet 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Mervyn

Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet

Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Hext

Grandfather: Edward Hext

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Parker

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Parker

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Parker

mother: Elizabeth Hext