Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 1590-1664

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 [his brother] William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 22] and [his sister-in-law] 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].

On 3rd March 1617 [his brother] William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset [aged 17] were married at Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire [Map]. She the daughter of Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex [aged 50]. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

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 [his son] 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 [his brother] 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.

Before 24th October 1660 [his brother] William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 72] was restored 2nd Duke Somerset, 2nd Earl Hertford, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset. [his sister-in-law] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset [aged 61] by marriage Duchess Somerset.

On 24th October 1660 [his brother] William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 72] died. His grandson William [aged 6] succeeded 3rd Duke Somerset, 2nd Marquess Hertford, 3rd Earl Hertford, 3rd Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset.

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.