Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet
Maternal Family Tree: Jeanne Sabran
Thomas Somerset 1st Viscount Somerset was created 1st Viscount Somerset of Cashel.
On 16th December 1571 a triple wedding was celebrated at Whitehall Palace [Map].. with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 38] present...
Edward Sutton 4th Baron Dudley [aged 46] and Mary Howard Baroness Dudley [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Baroness Dudley. The difference in their ages was 23 years. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [aged 21] and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford and Margery Golding Countess of Oxford.
[his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester [aged 21] and [his mother] Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Countess Worcester. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon and [his grandmother] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 60]. He the son of William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester [aged 45] and Christina North Countess of Worcester. They were third cousin once removed.
In 1579 Thomas Somerset 1st Viscount Somerset was born to Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester [aged 29] and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester [aged 33].
On 21st February 1589 [his grandfather] William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester [aged 63] died at Hackney. He was buried at Church of St Cadoc, Raglan. His son [his father] Edward [aged 39] succeeded 4th Earl Worcester, 6th Baron Herbert of Raglan.
On 8th November 1596 a double marriage ceremony, both daughters of [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester [aged 46] was held at Essex House. William Petre 2nd Baron Petre [aged 21] and [his sister] Katherine Somerset Baroness Petre [aged 21] were married. Henry Guildford [aged 30] and Elizabeth Somerset [aged 6] were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester [aged 50]. She the daughter of Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester. They were fourth cousins. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
On 16th June 1600 [his brother] Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Russell Countess Worcester [aged 22] were married. He the son of [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester [aged 50] and [his mother] Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester [aged 54]. They were fifth cousins.
Mary Fitton [aged 21] led a Masque in celebration at the Blackfriars residence of Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham [aged 35] with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 66] and William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke [aged 20] attending. She, Mary soon afterwards became the mistress of William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke and soon became pregnant.
In 1601 Thomas "Black Tom" Butler 10th Earl Ormonde 3rd Earl Ossory [aged 69] and [his future wife] Eleanor Barry Countess Ormonde and Ossory were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde, Countess Ossory. He the son of James Butler 9th Earl Ormonde 2nd Earl Ossory and Joan Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory. They were second cousin twice removed.
On 5th January 1605 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 4] was created 1st Duke York and Knight of the Bath by his father King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 38]
Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland [aged 27] and Thomas Somerset 1st Viscount Somerset [aged 26] was @@appointed Knight of the Bath.
Memorials of affairs of state in the reigns of Q Elizabeth and K James I Volume 2. On Twelfth-Day we had the Creation of Duke Charles [aged 4] now Duke of York; the Interim was entertained with making Knights of the Bath, which was three Days Work. They were eleven in Number, besides the little Duke, all of the King's Choice; namely, the Lords Willoby, Compton, Chandois, and Norres; William Cecyll, Allen Percy, Thomas Somerset [aged 26], Francis Manners [aged 27], Clifford, young Howard, second Son of my Lord Chamberlaine, and Harrington. The Solemnity of the Creation was kept in the Hall, where first the Duke was brought in accompanyed with his Knights, then carried out againe, and brought back by Earles in their Robes of the Garter. My Lord Admiral bare him, two others went as Supporters, and six marched before with the Ornaments. The Patent was read by my Lord of Cranborne [aged 13], and drawn in most eloquent Law Latin by Mr. Attorney; but so, that we have a Duke of York in Title, but not in Substance. There was a publick Dinner in the great Chamber, where there was one Table for the Duke and his Earls Assistants, another for his Fellow Knights of the Bath.
On 11th May 1607 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Arundell 2nd Baron Arundel [aged 21] and [his sister] Blanche Somerset Baroness Arundel [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Baroness Arundel of Wardour in Wiltshire. She the daughter of [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester [aged 57] and [his mother] Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester [aged 61]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 16th September 1607 Princess Mary Stewart [aged 2] died of pneumonia at the Stanwell Park Stanwell, Surrey home of Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 62] in whose care she had been placed. As soon as Mary died, the [his father] Earl of Worcester [aged 57], the Earl of Leicester [aged 43] and the Earl of Totnes [aged 52] went to Hampton Court Palace [Map], to inform the Queen [aged 32] of her daughter's death. Seeing the three men before her, Queen Anne realized what had happened and spared the men the task of telling her.
Before 14th January 1608 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Windsor 6th Baron Windsor [aged 16] and [his sister] Catherine Somerset Baroness Windsor [aged 33] were married. She by marriage Baroness Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire. She the daughter of [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester [aged 58] and [his mother] Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester [aged 62]. They were third cousin twice removed.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Letters of the Court of James I 1613. 8th July 1613. London. Reverend Thomas Lorkin to Thomas Puckering 1st Baronet [aged 21].
Painters and poets may lie by privilege; but such as undertake to make relation of things that pass, should tell naught but truth. Pardon me, therefore, if I must now revoke what in my last letters I writ for certain, touching the swearing of Sir David Murray and Sir Robert Carr [aged 35] in his highness's bedchamber. I received it very confidently from Sir John Harrington's [aged 73] mouth. But I have found since, by my inquiry, that they only procured the king's warrant, which met with afterwards that opposition from the lords, as it rests yet doubtful whether and when it shall take effect. The prince's household is not yet settled; yesterday the council sat about it, and the opinion was that the king would then sign the book.
My Lord Stanhope's [aged 64]1 son [aged 20] is lately fallen lunatic; and the little hope that is conceived of his recovery makes divers of your friends think that it was your hard fortune to be no more forward in embracing those offers which were formerly made you out of that house.
You have heard long since, I suppose, of the great difference between my Lord of Essex [aged 22] and his lady [aged 23], who hath most earnestly sued for a divorce, pretending the only cause to be of her husband's insufficiency; who confesseth it towards her, though he esteems himself well enough provided for any other. It was expected that a nullity of marriage should have been pronounced by my Lord of Canterbury [aged 50] at the end of last term, but the sentence is deferred to the term following; which, if it be given in favour of her, it is generally believed that a match shall be concluded between my Lord of Rochester [aged 26] and her: thereby to reconcile him and the house of Howard together, who are now far enough asunder.
The news of the great entertainment at the Palatine's I court is but newly arrived here. It consists chiefly in matter of good cheer, after the fashion of the country. They talk of I know not how many hundred tables which should be every day prepared; but you will easily proportion them out yourself, when you shall hear of the number of mouths, which were no fewer, every meal, than 6000. The same messenger brings tidings that her grace is with child, and that there wants not the concurrence of all sach tokens and probabilities as are usually observed in women in that state and condition.
The Duke of Lennox [aged 38]2 arrived in Paris on Saturday last, as we are informed here, having made that the way of his return home from Heidelberg. He pretends the occasion of his stay there to be, the seeking to obtain the command of the company of horse which our Prince Charles had, when he was but Duke of York. But, though made an absolute refusal of it before his coming, he having employed himself in that business by commission from our king, the true cause of his stay is thought to be a treaty of marriage between Prince Charles and Madame Christine, which, having been long time negociated by Sir Thomas Edraondes, is thought shall receive its final conclusion from him.
Sir Thomas Waller [deceased], governor of Dover Castle, is lately dead. His place is already disposed of; but I cannot say certainly how. Sir Thomas Somerset [aged 34]3 inquires very kindly after you, and you shall do well to omit no good means of entertaining his good opinion still.
Note 1. John, created an English baron by the title of Lord Stanhope of Harrington, May 4, 1605. He died March 9, 1621, leaving issue one daughter only. [Note. He left issue Charles Stanhope 2nd Baron Stanhope, Elizabeth Stanhope Lady Talmash and Catherine Stanhope Countess Leinster]
Note 2. Lodovick Stuart. He was high chamberlain and admiral of Scotland, and in 1601 was Bent by James ambassador to the court of France. In October, 1613, he was created Baron Setrington and Earl of Richmond. He filled the offices of master of the hoasehold, first gentleman of the bedchamber, was invested with the garter, and appointed commissioner to the parliament; and, in 1623, was further advanced to the dignities of the Earl of Newcastle and Duke of Richmond. Though twice married, the Duke of Lennox died without issue, in February. 1624.
Note 3. Third son of [his father] Edward, Earl of Worcester [aged 63]. He was afterwards created Viscount Somerset of Cassel (Cashel) in Ireland.
On 24th August 1621 [his mother] Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester [aged 75] died.
On 3rd March 1628 [his father] Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester [aged 78] died. He was buried at Church of St Cadoc, Raglan. His son [his brother] Henry [aged 51] succeeded 5th Earl Worcester, 7th Baron Herbert of Raglan. [his sister-in-law] Anne Russell Countess Worcester [aged 50] by marriage Countess Worcester.
In 1631 Thomas Somerset 1st Viscount Somerset [aged 52] and Eleanor Barry Countess Ormonde and Ossory were married. She by marriage Viscountess Somerset of Cashel. He the son of Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 2nd November 1642 [his brother] Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester [aged 65] was created 1st Marquess Worcester.
On 18th December 1646 [his brother] Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester [aged 69] died at Covent Garden [Map]. His son [his nephew] Edward [aged 44] succeeded 2nd Marquess Worcester, 6th Earl Worcester, 8th Baron Herbert of Raglan.
On 8th October 1649 [his sister] Blanche Somerset Baroness Arundel [aged 66] died.
In 1651 Thomas Somerset 1st Viscount Somerset [aged 72] died.
John Power and Eleanor Barry Countess Ormonde and Ossory were married. They were fourth cousins.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 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 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip IV of 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
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hill of Shilston
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Hill 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Champernoun 14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Huntingdon 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Woodville Countess Pembroke and Huntingdon 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Grandfather: William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Browne 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzalan 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Moyns
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu 
2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Ingaldsthorpe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Ingaldsthorpe 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Tiptoft 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
father: Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward North 1st Baron North
Grandmother: Christina North Countess of Worcester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Oliver Squier of Southby in Hampshire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Squier Baroness North
Thomas Somerset 1st Viscount Somerset 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Leonard Hastings 
5 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Camoys 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns 
6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
mother: Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Pole 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Pole
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John 
17 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Edith St John 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George York 1st Duke of Clarence 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Fenn
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fenne Baroness Bergavenny
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Neville Baroness Montagu 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Neville Countess Arundel 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England