Paternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne
Around 1592 Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne was born to William Bassett [aged 40] at Blore, Staffordshire.
On 9th December 1601 [her father] William Bassett [aged 50] died at Blore Hall, Staffordshire. He was buried in St Bartholomew's Church, Blore [Map]. His two year old daughter Elizabeth Bassett [aged 9] inherited his wealth; she married, firstly, [her future husband] Henry Howard [aged 9] and, secondly, William Cavendish [aged 9], subsequently Earl of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and after her death, Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The Bassett Tomb at St Bartholomew's Church, Blore [Map]. William Bassett (centre), his wife Judith Corbet (his left), Henry Howard (his right) and kneeling Catharine aka Elizabeth Howard and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne. Sculpted by Jasper Hollemans. Elizabethan Period.
Henry Howard: In 1592 he was born to Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk in Henley In Arden, Warwickshire. Before 1616 Henry Howard and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne were married. He the son of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk. Around 1616 Henry Howard died 'at his country house' [Blore Hall, Staffordshire?] at breakfast 'suddenly at the table without speaking one word'. He was buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Blore [Map].
Before 1616 Henry Howard [aged 23] and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 23] were married. He the son of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 54] and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk [aged 51].
In or before 1616 [her daughter] Catharine aka Elizabeth Howard was born to [her husband] Henry Howard [aged 23] and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 23].
Around 1616 William Larkin [aged 34]. Portrait of Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 24].
In 1616 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 72] was created 1st Viscount Wallingford. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 33] by marriage Viscountess Wallingford.
Around 1616 [her husband] Henry Howard [aged 24] died 'at his country house' [Blore Hall, Staffordshire?] at breakfast 'suddenly at the table without speaking one word'. He was buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Blore [Map].
In 1618 William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 25] and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 26] were married.
In 1622 [her daughter] Jane Cavendish was born to [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 29] and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 30]. She married before 14th July 1657 Charles Cheyne 1st Viscount Newhaven and had issue.
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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1625. George Geldorp [aged 45]. Portrait of Elizabeth Bassett [aged 33], later Countess of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Around 1626 [her son] Charles Cavendish was born to [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 33] and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 34].
In 1627 [her daughter] Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater was born to [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 34] and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 35]. She married 1641 her fourth cousin John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater, son of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater, and had issue.
On 7th March 1628 [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 35] was created 1st Earl Newcastle upon Tyne. Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 36] by marriage Countess Newcastle upon Tyne.
On 18th April 1629 [her mother-in-law] Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle [aged 59] died at Bothal, Northumberland [Map]. Her succeeded son [her husband] William [aged 36] succeeded 9th Baron Ogle.
On 24th June 1630 [her son] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne was born to [her husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 37] and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 38] at Handsworth Manor. He married 1652 his second cousin once removed Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne and had issue.
In 1641 [her son-in-law] John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater [aged 17] and Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 48] and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 49]. He the son of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater [aged 62] and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward IV of England.
On 17th April 1643 Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 51] died at Bolsover, Derbyshire [Map].
In 1645 [her former husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 52] and Margaret Lucas Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 22] were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward IV of England.
On 25th December 1676 [her former husband] William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 84] died at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire [Map]. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His succeeded son Henry [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, 2nd Earl Newcastle upon Tyne, 10th Baron Ogle.Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 46] by marriage Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne.
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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[her daughter] Frances Cavendish Countess Bolingbroke was born to William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne. She married 24th November 1654 Oliver St John 2nd Earl Bolingbroke.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bassett 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bassett 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bassett 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bassett 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Meverell
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Meverell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montgomery 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Meverell 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Eyre of Padley 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Eyre
GrandFather: William Bassett 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: William Bassett 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Fitzherbert 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Fitzherbert 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Downes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Fitzherbert 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Booth of Harleston in Derbyshire 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Booth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Fynderne
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Fitzherbert of Hamstall Ridware 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Marshall
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Marshall
GrandMother: Elizabeth Fitzherbert 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cotton of Ridware
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cotton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Pole 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Pole
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Grosvenor 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud aka Matilda Cotton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brereton 10th Lord Brereton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Brereton
Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England