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.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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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.
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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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.