Paternal Family Tree: Winch
7iUgzxs8Before 3rd January 1622 [his father] Onslow Winch of Everton, Bedfordshire and [his mother] Judith Burgoyne [aged 20] were married.
On 3rd January 1622 Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet was born to Onslow Winch of Everton, Bedfordshire and Judith Burgoyne [aged 20].
Before 1650 Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet [aged 27] and Rebecca Browne [aged 16] were married.
After 1650 [his daughter] Mary Winch Lady Bickley was born to Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet [aged 27] and [his wife] Rebecca Browne [aged 17]. She married 1667 Francis Bickley 3rd Baronet.
In 1660 Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet [aged 37] was elected MP Bedford.
On 9th June 1660 Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet [aged 38] was created 1st Baronet Winch of Hawnes in Bedfordshire.
Before 8th September 1660 [his daughter] Rebecca Winch was born to Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet [aged 38] and [his wife] Rebecca Browne [aged 27]. She married 1670 Thomas Lawley 3rd Baronet, son of Francis Lawley 2nd Baronet and Anne Whitmore, and had issue.
In 1661 Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet [aged 38] was elected MP Bedfordshire which seat he held until 1679.
John Evelyn's Diary. 22nd December 1664. I went to the launching of a new ship of two bottoms, invented by Sir William Petty [aged 41], on which were various opinions; his Majesty [aged 34] being present, gave her the name of the "Experiment": so I returned home, where I found Sir Humphry Winch [aged 42], who spent the day with me.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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In 1667 Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet [aged 44] sold the Hawnes estate to George Carteret 1st Baronet [aged 57] and moved to Herleyford Manor, Great Marlow.
Around 1667 [his son-in-law] Francis Bickley 3rd Baronet [aged 22] and [his daughter] Mary Winch Lady Bickley [aged 16] were married.
Around 1670 [his son-in-law] Thomas Lawley 3rd Baronet [aged 20] and [his daughter] Rebecca Winch [aged 9] were married. They had fourteen children of which only three survived to adulthood.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th May 1671. The Earl of Bristol's [aged 58] house in Queen's Street was taken for the Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, and furnished with rich hangings of the King's [aged 40]. It consisted of seven rooms on a floor, with a long gallery, gardens, etc. This day we met the Duke of Buckingham [aged 43], Earl of Lauderdale [aged 55], Lord Culpeper, Sir George Carteret [aged 61], Vice-Chamberlain, and myself, had the oaths given us by the Earl of Sandwich [aged 45], our President. It was to advise and counsel his Majesty, to the best of our abilities, for the well-governing of his Foreign Plantations, etc., the form very little differing from that given to the Privy Council. We then took our places at the Board in the Council-Chamber, a very large room furnished with atlases, maps, charts, globes, etc. Then came the Lord Keeper, Sir Orlando Bridgeman [aged 65], Earl of Arlington [aged 53], Secretary of State, Lord Ashley, Mr. Treasurer [aged 40], Sir John Trevor [aged 34], the other Secretary, Sir John Duncomb [aged 49], Lord Allington [aged 31], Mr. Grey, son to the Lord Grey, Mr. Henry Broncher, Sir Humphrey Winch [aged 49], Sir John Finch, Mr. Waller [aged 65], and Colonel Titus [aged 48], of the bedchamber, with Mr. Slingsby, Secretary to the Council, and two Clerks of the Council, who had all been sworn some days before. Being all set, our Patent was read, and then the additional Patent, in which was recited this new establishment; then, was delivered to each a copy of the Patent, and of instructions: after which, we proceeded to business.
John Evelyn's Diary. 8th November 1672. At Council, we debated the business of the consulate of Leghorn. I was of the committee with Sir Humphry Winch [aged 50], the chairman, to examine the laws of his Majesty's [aged 42] several plantations and colonies in the West Indies, etc.
On 26th November 1672 [his son-in-law] Humphrey Forster 2nd Baronet [aged 23] and [his daughter] Judith Winch Lady Forster were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. She by marriage Lady Forster of Aldermaston in Berkshire.
In 1679 Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet [aged 56] was elected MP Great Marlow which seat he held until 1681.
In 1679 Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet [aged 56] was appointed Lord Commisioner of the Admiralty.
John Evelyn's Diary. 25th June 1679. The new Commissioners of the Admiralty came to visit me, viz, Sir Henry Capell [aged 41], brother to the Earl of Essex [aged 47], Mr. Finch [aged 31], eldest son to the Lord Chancellor [aged 57], Sir Humphry Winch [aged 57], Sir Thomas Meeres [aged 45], Mr. Hales, with some of the Commissioners of the Navy. I went with them to London.
In 1685 Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet [aged 62] was elected MP Great Marlow which seat he held until 1689.
In 1685 [his daughter] Mary Winch Lady Bickley [aged 34] died.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 5th December 1703 Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet [aged 81] died. He was buried at All Saints' Church, Branston [Map]. Baronet Winch of Hawnes in Bedfordshire extinct although his nephew Humphrey Winch of Branston, Lincolnshire, erroneously assumed the title.
On 3rd March 1712 [his former wife] Rebecca Browne [aged 79] died. She was buried at All Saints' Church, Branston [Map].
Rebecca Browne: Around 1633 she was born to Alderman Martin Browne. Before 1650 Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet and she were married.
On 22nd January 1716 Richard Winch died. He was buried at All Saints' Church, Branston [Map]. The description of his being a Baronet on his grave slab appears to be a mistake since his brother Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet was the Baronet.
Richard Winch: he was born to Onslow Winch of Everton, Bedfordshire and Judith Burgoyne.
[his daughter] Judith Winch Lady Forster was born to Humphrey Winch 1st Baronet and Rebecca Browne. She married 26th November 1672 Humphrey Forster 2nd Baronet.
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Winch of Northill
Grandfather: Humphrey Winch
Grandfather: Roger Burgoyne of Sutton in Bedfordshire
mother: Judith Burgoyne
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Wendy of Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire
Grandmother: Margaret Wendy