Paternal Family Tree: Tufton
Cecily Tufton Countess Rutland was born to John Tufton 1st Baronet.
After 1574 [her future husband] Edward Hungerford and Jane Hungerford were married. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Before 10th December 1575 [her father] John Tufton 1st Baronet [aged 31] and Olympia Blore were married.
On 10th December 1575 [her father] John Tufton 1st Baronet [aged 31] and Christian Browne [aged 21] were married.
On 6th May 1602 [her future husband] Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland [aged 24] and Frances Knyvet Lady Bevill [aged 36] were married. He the son of John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland.
Before 3rd September 1602 [her half-brother] Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet [aged 24] and [her sister-in-law] Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 60] and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 54]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In or before 1607 Edward Hungerford and Cecily Tufton Countess Rutland were married.
On 5th December 1607 [her husband] Edward Hungerford died.
After 26th October 1608 Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland [aged 30] and Cecily Tufton Countess Rutland were married. He the son of John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland.
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Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 26th June 1612 [her brother-in-law] Roger Manners 5th Earl of Rutland [aged 35] died. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His brother [her husband] Francis [aged 34] succeeded 6th Earl of Rutland. Cecily Tufton Countess Rutland by marriage Countess of Rutland.
Before 10th August 1612 Elizabeth Sidney Countess Rutland [aged 27] died around six weeks after her husband [her brother-in-law] Roger Manners 5th Earl of Rutland. She was buried at St Paul's Cathedral [Map] next to her father Philip Sidney. In a letter from Mr. Chamberlain to Sir Ralph Winwood of 10th August he suggests she may have been poisoned: "The Widow Countefs of Rutland dyed lately, and is privately buryed in Paul's, by [i.e. next to] her Father Sir Phillip Sidney and Secretary Walflngham Sir Walter Raleigh is slandered to have given her certaine Pills that difpatchd her. The [her uncle] Vifcount Lisle [aged 48] is gone for Flufhing a thoufand Pound the Year richer by her Death."
In 1613 [her son] Henry Manners died.
On 27th June 1618 William Cecil 16th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 28] died. His first cousin once removed [her husband] Francis [aged 40] succeeded 17th Baron Ros Helmsley. Cecily Tufton Countess Rutland by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley.
On 5th March 1620 [her son] Francis Manners died.
On 16th May 1620 George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 27] and [her step-daughter] Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Buckingham. She the daughter of [her husband] Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland [aged 42] and Frances Knyvet Lady Bevill. He the son of George Villiers of Brokesby and Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham [aged 50].
On 18th May 1623 George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 30] was created 1st Duke of Buckingham by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 56] for being his favourite; what favourite means is open to debate. [her step-daughter] Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham [aged 21] by marriage Duchess of Buckingham.
On 2nd April 1624 [her father] John Tufton 1st Baronet [aged 80] died. His son [her half-brother] Nicholas [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Baronet Tufton of Hothfield. [her sister-in-law] Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet [aged 43] by marriage Lady Tufton of Hothfield.
On 1st November 1626 [her half-brother] Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet [aged 48] was created 1st Baron Tufton. [her sister-in-law] Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet [aged 45] by marriage Baroness Tufton.
On 5th August 1628 [her half-brother] Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet [aged 50] was created 1st Earl of Thanet. [her sister-in-law] Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet [aged 47] by marriage Countess of Thanet.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 1st July 1631 [her half-brother] Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet [aged 53] died at Sapcote, Leicestershire [Map]. His son [her nephew] John [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Earl of Thanet, 2nd Baron Tufton, 3rd Baronet Tufton of Hothfield. Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 16] by marriage Countess of Thanet.
On 17th December 1632 [her husband] Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland [aged 54] died at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire [Map]. On 20th February 1633 he was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His daughter [her step-daughter] Katherine [aged 30] succeeded 18th Baroness Ros Helmsley. His brother [her brother-in-law] George [aged 52] succeeded 7th Earl of Rutland. Frances Carey Countess Rutland [aged 61] by marriage Countess of Rutland.
After 17th December 1642 Monument to [her former husband] Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland, Frances Knyvet Lady Bevill and Cecily Tufton Countess Rutland at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map].
Detail of his Leg Garter.
Detail of the Manner's family Peacock in Pride.
In 1653 Cecily Tufton Countess Rutland died.
[her son] Henry Manners was born to Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland and Cecily Tufton Countess Rutland.
[her son] Francis Manners was born to Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland and Cecily Tufton Countess Rutland.