Paternal Family Tree: Lennard
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Dinley 1495-1550
After 16th April 1641 [his father] Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 21] and [his mother] Elizabeth Bayning Baroness Dacre Gilsland were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 13th May 1654 Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex was born to Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 35] and Elizabeth Bayning Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 12th May 1662 [his father] Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland [aged 43] died. He was buried at Chevening, Sevenoaks. His son Thomas [aged 7] succeeded 15th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 15th Baron Multon of Gilsland. [his future wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex [aged 1] by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
Before 28th November 1665 [his brother-in-law] William Brabazon 3rd Earl Meath [aged 30] and [his sister] Elizabeth Lennard 3rd Countess Meath [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess Meath. He the son of Edward Brabazon 2nd Earl Meath [aged 55] and Mary Chambré Countess Meath [aged 54].
On 16th May 1674 Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 20] and Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex [aged 13] were married at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map]. She the illegitmate daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 43] and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 33]. They were first cousin once removed.
On 1st October 1674 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 8] was created 1st Earl of Northumberland, 1st Viscount Falmouth, 1st Baron Pontefract by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 44].
On 5th October 1674 Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 20] was created 1st Earl of Sussex. [his wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex [aged 13] by marriage Countess of Sussex.
On 28th July 1675 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles "Don Carlo" Fitzcharles 1st Earl Plymouth [aged 18] was created 1st Earl Plymouth, 1st Viscount Totnes, 1st Baron Dartmouth.
On 9th August 1675 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 3] was created 1st Duke Richmond, 1st Earl March, 1st Baron Settrington by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 45].
On 11th September 1675 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton [aged 11] was created 1st Duke Grafton by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 45]. Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton [aged 7] by marriage Duchess Grafton.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
On 12th July 1676 [his daughter] Barbara Lennard was born to Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 22] and [his wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex [aged 15]. She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.14%.
On 21st December 1676 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans [aged 6] was created 1st Earl Burford, 1st Baron Heddington by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 46].
On 6th February 1677 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield [aged 14] and [his illegitimate sister-in-law] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. She the illegitmate daughter of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 46] and [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 36]. He the son of Francis Lee 4th Baronet and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey. They were third cousins.
On 19th September 1678 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles "Don Carlo" Fitzcharles 1st Earl Plymouth [aged 21] and Bridget Osborne Countess Plymouth were married in Wimbledon, Surrey. She by marriage Countess Plymouth. She the daughter of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds [aged 46] and Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds [aged 49]. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 48] and Catherine Pegge [aged 43].
In 1679 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Fitzroy 1st Duke Southampton 2nd Duke Cleveland [aged 16] and Mary Wood Duchess Southampton [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Duchess Southampton. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 48] and [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 38].
On 17th October 1680 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles "Don Carlo" Fitzcharles 1st Earl Plymouth [aged 23] died of dysentery at Tangier [Map] during the Siege of Tangier. Earl Plymouth, Viscount Totnes and Baron Dartmouth extinct.
On 25th May 1682 [his son] Charles Lennard was born to Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 28] and [his wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex [aged 21] at Windsor Castle [Map]. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.14%. He died aged one in 1684.
In 1683 [his son] Henry Lennard was born to Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 28] and [his wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex [aged 21] at Herstmonceux. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.14%.
On 6th April 1683 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 17] was created 1st Duke Northumberland by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 52].
In 1684 [his illegitimate sister-in-law] Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Fitzroy Countess Yarmouth [aged 34] died.
On 5th January 1684 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans [aged 13] was created 1st Duke St Albans by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 53].
On 13th March 1684 [his son] Charles Lennard [aged 1] died.
On 17th August 1684 [his daughter] Anne Lennard 16th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland Baroness Teynham was born to Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 30] and [his wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex [aged 23]. She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.14%. She married 1. 1716 Richard Barrett Lennard and had issue 2. March 1718 her third cousin once removed Henry Roper 8th Baron Teynham, son of Christopher Roper 5th Baron Teynham and Elizabeth Browne Baroness Teynham, and had issue 3. 16th October 1725 Robert Moore, son of Henry Hamilton Moore 3rd Earl of Drogheda.
On 14th June 1685 the [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Duke of Monmouth's [aged 36] forces commanded by Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 29] were defeated by the Dorset Militia and withdrew to Axminster.
Wadham Strangeways [aged 39] was killed.
On 15th July 1685 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 36] was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke Monmouth and Duke Buccleuch forfeit. Bishop Francis Turner [aged 47] acted a Chaplain.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
In 1686 [his brother-in-law] William Moore and [his sister] Elizabeth Lennard 3rd Countess Meath [aged 41] were married. He the son of Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda and Alice Spencer Countess Drogheda [aged 60].
In 1686 John Talbot [aged 21] was killed in a duel by [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton [aged 22].
In March 1686 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 20] and Catherine Wheatley were married. Soon after the marriage Northumberland and his brother, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton [aged 22], allegedly attempted to privately convey her abroad to an English convent in Ghent [Map], Belgium. He the illegitmate son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 45].
On 9th October 1690 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton [aged 27] was killed at Cork [Map] during the Storming of Cork. His son Charles [aged 6] succeeded 2nd Duke Grafton, 2nd Earl Euston, 2nd Viscount Ipswich, 2nd Baron Sudbury.
On 8th January 1692 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 19] and Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Duchess Richmond. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and Louise Kéroualle 1st Duchess Portsmouth [aged 42].
In 1694 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Fitzroy 1st Duke Southampton 2nd Duke Cleveland [aged 31] and Anne Pulteney Duchess Southampton Duchess of Cleveland [aged 30] were married. She by marriage Duchess Southampton. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 53].
On 17th April 1694 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans [aged 23] and Diana Vere Duchess St Albans [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess St Albans. She the daughter of Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford [aged 67] and Diana Kirke Countess of Oxford. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and Nell Gwyn.
Around 28th December 1701 [his sister] Elizabeth Lennard 3rd Countess Meath [aged 57] died.
On 9th October 1709 [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland [aged 68] died at Chiswick Mall. Her son [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles [aged 47] succeeded 2nd Duke Cleveland, 2nd Earl of Southampton and 2nd Baron Nonsuch. Anne Pulteney Duchess Southampton Duchess of Cleveland [aged 45] by marriage Duchess Cleveland.
On 30th October 1715 Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 61] died. Earl of Sussex extinct. Baron Dacre Gilsland abeyant.
On 16th May 1722 [his former wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex [aged 61] died.
Westminster Chronicle of King Richard II, 1381-1394
The Westminster Chronicle is one of the most vivid and important narrative sources for the reign of Richard II. Written by an anonymous chronicler closely connected with Westminster Abbey, it covers the years 1381 to 1394, from the Peasants’ Revolt to the political tensions, court ceremonies, diplomatic negotiations, royal progresses, and public crises of Richard’s later reign. Rich in detail the chronicle records major events such as the conflicts between the King and Lords Appellant, King and the City of London, negotiations with France and Scotland, the death and funeral of Queen Anne of Bohemia, the illness of Charles VI of France, and the changing fortunes of leading nobles including John of Gaunt, Thomas of Gloucester, Robert de Vere, and the Earl of Arundel. The Chronicle offers readers a remarkable window into late fourteenth-century England, combining political observation, courtly spectacle, urban drama, ecclesiastical affairs, and moral judgement. It is an essential source for anyone interested in medieval monarchy, London, Westminster, and the troubled reign of Richard II.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
Letters of Horace Walpole. 5th August 1752. Here our woes increase. The roads row bad beyond all badness, the night dark beyond all darkness, our guide frightened beyond all frightfulness. However, without being at all killed, we got UP, or down,-I forget which, it was so dark,-a famous precipice called Silver Hill, and about ten at night arrived at a wretched village called Rotherbridge. We had still six miles hither, but determined to stop, as it would be a pity to break our necks before we had seen all we intended. But alas! there was only one bed to be had: all the rest were inhabited by smugglers, whom the people of the house called mountebanks; and with one of whom the lady of the den told Mr. Chute he might lie. We did not at all take to this society, but, armed with links and lanthems, set out again upon this impracticable journey. At two o'clock in the morning we got hither to a still worse inn, and that crammed with excise officers, one of whom had just shot a smuggler. However, as we were neutral powers, we have passed safely through both armies hitherto, and can give you a little farther history of our wandering through these mountains, where the young gentlemen are forced to drive their curricles with a pair of oxen. the only morsel of good road we have found, was what even the natives had assured us was totally impracticable: these were eight miles to Hurst Monceaux.338 It is seated at the end of a large vale, five miles in a direct line to the sea, with wings of blue hills covered with wood, one of which falls down to the in a sweep of a hundred acres. The building, for the convenience of water to the moat, sees nothing at all; indeed it is entirely imagined on a plan of defence, with drawbridges actually in being, round towers, watch-towers mounted on them, and battlements pierced for the passage of arrows from long bows. It was built in the time of Henry VI, and is as perfect as the first day. It does not seem to have been ever quite finished, or at least that age was not arrived at the luxury of white-wash; for almost all the walls, except in the principal chambers, are in their native brickhood. It is a square building, each side about two hundred feet in length; a porch and cloister, very like Eton College; and the whole is much in the same taste, the kitchen extremely so, with three vast funnels to the chimneys going up on the inside. There are two or three little courts for offices, but no magnificence of apartments. It is scarcely furnished with a few necessary beds and chairs: one side has been sashed, and a drawing-room and dining-room and two or three rooms wainscoted by the Earl of Sussex, who married a [his former wife] natural daughter of Charles II. Their arms with delightful carvings by Gibbons-, particularly two pheasants, hang over the chimneys. Over the great drawing-room chimney is the first coat armour of the first Leonard, Lord Dacre, with all his alliances. Mr. Chute was transported, and called cousin with ten thousand quarterings.339 The chapel is small, and mean: the Virgin and seven long lean saints, ill done, remain in the windows. There have been four more, but seem to have been removed for light; and we actually found St. Catherine, and another gentlewoman with a church in her hand, exiled into the buttery. There remain two odd cavities, with very small wooden screens on each side the altar, which seem to have been confessionals. The outside is a mixture of gray brick and stone, that has a very venerable appearance. The drawbridges are romantic to a degree; and there is a dungeon, that gives one a delightful idea of living in the days of soccage and under such goodly tenures. They showed us a dismal chamber which they called Drummer's-hall, and suppose that Mr. Addison's comedy is descended from it. In the windows of the gallery over the cloisters, which leads all round to the apartments, is the device of the Fienneses, a wolf holding a baton with a scroll, Le roy le veut - an unlucky motto, as I shall tell you presently, to the last peer of that line. The estate is two thousand a year, and so compact as to have but seventeen houses upon it. We walked up a brave old avenue to the church, with ships sailing on our left hand the whole way. Before the altar lies a lank brass knight, knight William Fienis, chevalier, who obiit c.c.c.c.v. that is in 1405. By the altar is a beautiful tomb, all in our trefoil taste, varied into a thousand little canopies and patterns, and two knights reposing on their backs. These were Thomas, Lord Dacre, and his only son Gregory, who died sans issue. An old grayheaded beadsman of the family talked to us of a blot in the scutcheon; and we had observed that the field of the arms was green instead of blue, and the lions ramping to the right, contrary to order. This and the man's imperfect narrative let us into the circumstances of the personage before us; for there is no inscription. He went in a Chevy-chase style to hunt in a Mr. Pelham's [aged 57]340 park at Lawton: the keepers opposed, a fray ensued, a man was killed. The haughty baron took the death upon himself, as most secure of pardon; but however, though there was no chancellor of the exchequer in the question, he was condemned to be hanged: Le roy le Vouloist.
Note 338. the ancient inheritance of Lord Dacre of the South.-E.
Note 339. Chaloner Chute, Esq, of the Vine, married [his aunt] Catherine, daughter of [his grandfather] Richard, Lord Dacre.-E.
Note 340. At the date of this letter Mr. Pelham was prime minister.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 15 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lennard
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lennard
Great x 2 Grandfather: Samson Lennard Baron Dacre Gilsland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Lennard 12th Baron Dacre Gilsland 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fiennes 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Dudley 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 11th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 
3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Stafford Baroness Bergavenny 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Richard Lennard 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Chrysogona Baker Baroness Dacre Gilsland
Father: Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Throckmorton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Throckmorton of Coughton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Throckmorton 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Vaux 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Throckmorton 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Carew 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew of Beddington in Surrey 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Malyn Oxenbridge
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Carew 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bryan
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bryan 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Elizabeth Throckmorton Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lucas 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lucas
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Lucas
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Lucas
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fermor 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Fermor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Vaux
Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Paul Bayning 1st Viscount Bayning 
Mother: Elizabeth Bayning Baroness Dacre Gilsland 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Glemham
Grandmother: Anne Glemham Viscountess Bayning 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sackville 
8 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Boleyn 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brydges
Great x 3 Grandmother: Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Ayloffe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Sackville 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Baker
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cicely Baker Countess Dorset
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dinley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dinley