Paternal Family Tree: Langham
The Huntingdon Peerage Chapter IX Ferdinando Sixth Earl of Huntingdon. FERDINANDO, sixth Earl of Huntingdon, heir and successor of Henry the fifth Earl [aged 21], was born at Ashby [Map], January 11th, 1608. In March, 1627, he was returned to serve in Parliament for the county of Leicester, and two years after was joined with his father in the Lieutenancy of the counties of Leicester and Rutland. By indenture, dated May, 1638, he and his brother Henry, in consideration of the sum of 4,50l. granted, to John Earl of Bridgewater [aged 29] and Thomas Davies, a moiety of the rectory of Mould, otherwise Mouldesdale, in Flintshire. On the 13th of November, 1641, his father being then still living, he had summons to Parliament amongst the barons of the realm; and in 1643 he succeeded to the family honours. He married [his future mother-in-law] Lucy, daughter and sole heir to Sir John Davys [aged 38], of Englefield, Berks, Knt. (Premier Serjeant at Law to James the First, and Charles the First, as also Solicitor, and afterwards Attorney General in Ireland, and finally Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench,) by his wife Lady Eleanor [aged 18], youngest daughter of George Lord Audley, Earl of Castlehaven [aged 57], and, settling at Donnington Park, had by her four sons; Henry, John, Ferdinando, and [his future brother-in-law] Theophilus, born after the decease of his three brothers; and likewise six daughters, Alice, Eleanor, both of whom died young; Elizabeth, married to Sir James Laughan, of Cottesbroke, in Nottinghamshire, Bart, being his second wife, and dying without issue; Lucy, who died unmarried; Mary, espoused to Sir William Joliffe, of Caverswell Castle in Staffordshire, Knt.; and lastly Christiana.
In 1620 James Langham 2nd Baronet was born to John Langham 1st Baronet [aged 36].
Around 8th December 1647 James Langham 2nd Baronet [aged 27] and Mary Alston [aged 20] were married.
On 10th March 1652 [his daughter] Mary Langham Countess Warrington was born to James Langham 2nd Baronet [aged 32] and [his wife] Mary Alston [aged 25]. She married 7th July 1670 Henry Booth 1st Earl Warrington, son of George Booth 1st Baron Delamer and Elizabeth Grey Baroness Delamer, and had issue.
In 1656 John Seymour 4th Duke of Somerset [aged 11] and [his sister-in-law] Sarah Alston Duchess Somerset [aged 14] were married. He the son of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 68] and Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset [aged 56].
In 1660 [his wife] Mary Alston [aged 33] died.
Around 18th November 1662 James Langham 2nd Baronet [aged 42] and Elizabeth Hastings were married. She the daughter of Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon and Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon [aged 49].
On 28th March 1664 [his wife] Elizabeth Hastings died.
Around 13th April 1667 James Langham 2nd Baronet [aged 47] and Penelope Holles Lady Cottesbrooke were married. She the daughter of John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare and Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare.
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On 7th July 1670 [his son-in-law] Henry Booth 1st Earl Warrington [aged 18] and [his daughter] Mary Langham Countess Warrington [aged 18] were married at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate.
On 13th May 1671 [his father] John Langham 1st Baronet [aged 87] died. His son James [aged 51] succeeded 2nd Baronet Langham of Cottesbrooke in Northamptonshire.
In 1684 [his wife] Penelope Holles Lady Cottesbrooke died.
On 23rd March 1691 Mary Langham Countess Warrington [aged 39] died. She was buried at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon [Map].
The inscription of his monument:
"Beneath lieth the body of the right hon'ble Henry Booth, earl of Warrington, and baron Delamer of Dunham Massey, a person of unblemished honour, impartial justice, strict integrity, an illustrious example of steady and unalterable adherence to the liberties and properties of his country in the worst of times, rejecting all offers to allure, and despising all dangers to deter him therefrom, for which he was thrice committed close prisoner to the Tower of London, and at length tried for his life upon a false accusation of high treason, from which he was unanimously acquitted by his peers, on 14 January, MDCLXXX V/VI which day he afterwards annually commemorated by acts of devotion and charity: in the year MDCLXXXVIII he greatly signalised himself at the Revolution, on behalf of the protestant religion and the rights of the nation, without mixture of self-interest, preferring the good of his country to the favour of the prince who then ascended the throne; and having served his generation according to the will of God was gathered to his fathers in peace, on the 2d of January, 169¾, in the XLIId year of his age, whose mortal part was here entombed on the same memorable day on which eight years before his trial had been."
"Also rest by him the earthly remains of the r. hon'ble Mary countess of Warrington, his wife, sole daughter and heir of sir James Langham [aged 71], of Cottesbrooke, in the county of Northamptom, [sic] knt. and bart. a lady of ingenious parts, singular discretion, consummate judgement, great humility, meek and compassionate temper, extensive charity, exemplary and unaffected piety, perfect resignation to God's will, lowly in prosperity and patient in adversity, prudent in her affairs, and endowed with all other virtuous qualities, a conscientious discharger of her duty in all relations, being a faithful, affectionate, and observant, wife, alleviating the cares and afflictions of her husband by willingly sharing with him therein; a tender, indulgent, and careful mother, a dutiful and respectful daughter, gentle and kind to her servants, courteous and beneficent to her neighbours, a sincere friend, a lover and valuer of all good people, justly beloved and admired by all who knew her, who having perfected holiness in the fear of God, was by him received to an early and eternal rest from her labours, on 23 March 1690/1, in the XXXVIIth year of her age, calmly and composedly meeting and desiring death with joyful hope and steadfastness of faith, a lively draught of real worth and goodness, and a pattern deserving imitation, of whom the world was not worthy. Heb. XI. 38."
In August 1699 James Langham 2nd Baronet [aged 79] died. His brother William [aged 68] succeeded 3rd Baronet Langham of Cottesbrooke in Northamptonshire.