Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet

Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.

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Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 1590-1664

Paternal Family Tree: Seymour

Around 1590 Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was born to Edward Seymour [aged 28] and Honora Rogers. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 22nd June 1610 William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 22] and Arabella Stewart [aged 35] were married in secret at Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map]. For having married without permission King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 44] had Arabella Stewart imprisoned in Sir Thomas Perry's House, Lambeth and he in the Tower of London [Map]. She the daughter of Charles Stewart 5th Earl Lennox and Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Lennox. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 21st July 1612 [his father] Edward Seymour [aged 50] died.

In 1613 Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge [aged 23] and Frances Prynne were married.

On 23rd October 1613 Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge [aged 23] was knighted at Royston, Hertfordshire [Map].

Around 1621 [his daughter] Frances Seymour was born to Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge [aged 31] and [his wife] Frances Prynne. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Around 1621 Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was born to Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge [aged 31] and [his wife] Frances Prynne. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. He married 1. 4th August 1632 Mary Smith and had issue 2. 1654 his fourth cousin Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge, daughter of William Alington 1st Baron Alington and Elizabeth Tollemache Baroness Alington, and had issue.

On 4th August 1632 Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge [aged 11] and Mary Smith [aged 11] were married. They had one son and two daughters

In 1635 Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge [aged 45] and Catherine Lee Baroness Seymour Trowbridge were married.

In 1641 William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 53] was created 1st Marquess Hertford.

In 1641 Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge [aged 51] was created 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge. [his wife] Catherine Lee Baroness Seymour Trowbridge by marriage Baroness Seymour of Trowbridge.

In 1654 Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge [aged 33] and Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Baroness Seymour of Trowbridge. They had five sons and two daughters. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

John Evelyn's Diary. 9th June 1654. Dined at Marlborough [Map], which having been lately fired, was now new built. At one end of this town, we saw my Lord Seymour's [aged 64] house, but nothing observable save the Mount, to which we ascended by windings for near half a mile. It seems to have been cast up by hand. We passed by Colonel Popham's [aged 49], a noble seat, park, and river. Thence, to Newbury [Map], a considerable town, and Donnington, famous for its battle, siege, and castle, this last had been in the possession of old Geoffrey Chaucer. Then to Aldermaston, a house of Sir Humphrey Forster's, built à la moderne. Also, that exceedingly beautiful seat of my Lord Pembroke [aged 33], on the ascent of hill, flanked with wood, and regarding the river, and so, at night, to Cadenham, the mansion of Edward Hungerford [aged 21], Esq, uncle to my wife [aged 19], where we made some stay. The rest of the week we did nothing but feast and make good cheer, to welcome my wife.

On 12th July 1664 Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge [aged 74] died. He was buried in the Chanel of St Mary's Church, Great Bedwyn [Map]. His son Charles [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge.

In 1701 [his former wife] Catherine Lee Baroness Seymour Trowbridge died.

[his father] Edward Seymour and [his mother] Honora Rogers were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford and [his grandmother] Catherine Grey Countess Hertford.

Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 1590-1664

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Royal Descendants of Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 1590-1664
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [1]

Ancestors of Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 1590-1664

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Seymour 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Seymour 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coker

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Seymour 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Darrell of Littlecote

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darrell 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stourtron 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Wentworth 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 4th Baron Despencer 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Clifford Baroness Despencer 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Saye 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Saye Baroness Despencer 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanhope

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanhope

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Stanhope

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Jerningham

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret or Mary Jerningham

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clifton

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bourchier Baron Fitzwarin Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk Bourchier 10th Baron Fitzwarin 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Thomasine Hankford 9th Baroness Fitzwarin 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bourchier 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dynham Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Arches

Father: Edward Seymour 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wotton

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Belknap

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Belknap

Grandmother: Catherine Grey Countess Hertford Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brandon

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brandon 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wingfield 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bruyn aka Darcy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruyn 14 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 13 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond Grandson of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry VII of England and Ireland Great Grandson of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Tudor Queen Consort France daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward IV of England 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth York Queen Consort England daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Mother: Honora Rogers