Paternal Family Tree: Danvers
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
In or before 1568 [his father] John Danvers [aged 27] and [his mother] Elizabeth Neville [aged 17] were married. They were half fourth cousin once removed.
Before 3rd March 1582 Richard Herbert [aged 25] and [his future wife] Magdalen Newport were married.
On 28th June 1588 John Danvers was born to John Danvers [aged 48] and Elizabeth Neville [aged 38].
On 19th December 1594 [his father] John Danvers [aged 54] died said to have been of a broken heart following the disgrace of his sons [his brother] Charles Danvers [aged 26] and Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby [aged 21].
In 1598 [his step-father] Edmund Carey [aged 40] and [his mother] Elizabeth Neville [aged 48] were married. The marriage was, perhaps, a means of procuring a pardon for her two sons who had previously shot and killed a neighbour, and fled abroad. A payment was made to the bereaved family and the sons were allowed to return. They were fourth cousins.
In March 1609 John Danvers [aged 20] and Magdalen Newport were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 5th January 1626 [his brother] Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby [aged 52] was created 1st Earl Danby.
On 10th July 1628 John Danvers [aged 40] and Elizabeth Dauntsey were married.
On 1st May 1629 [his daughter] Elizabeth Danvers was born to John Danvers [aged 40] and [his wife] Elizabeth Dauntsey. She married 23rd November 1648 her second cousin once removed Robert Wright aka Villiers aka Danvers, son of Robert Howard and Frances Coke Viscountess Purbeck, and had issue.
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On 7th May 1629 [his step-son] Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury [aged 47] was created 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury. Mary Herbert Baroness Herbert Chirbury by marriage Baroness Herbert of Cherbury.
In 1630 [his mother] Elizabeth Neville [aged 80] died.
On 1st March 1633 [his step-son] George Herbert [aged 39] died.
On 5th December 1633 [his son] Henry Danvers was born to John Danvers [aged 45] and [his wife] Elizabeth Dauntsey.
On 9th July 1636 [his wife] Elizabeth Dauntsey died.
On 20th January 1644 [his brother] Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby [aged 70] died at Earl of Danby's House Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire. He was reburied at St James' the Great Church, Dauntsey. Earl Danby extinct.
On 5th August 1648 [his step-son] Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury [aged 66] died. His son Richard [aged 44] succeeded 2nd Baron Herbert of Cherbury.
On 23rd November 1648 [his son-in-law] Robert Wright aka Villiers aka Danvers [aged 24] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Danvers [aged 19] were married. They were second cousin once removed.
On 6th January 1649 John Danvers [aged 60] and Grace Hewett were married.
On 29th January 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 48] fifty-seven commissioners signed King Charles' Death Warrant at Westminster Hall [Map]. Two further names were added subsequently.
7 John Danvers
10 Thomas Maulever 1st Baronet
14 Major-General William Goffe
21 Admiral Richard Deane
42 John Jones
45 Major General Charles Fleetwood
55 John Downes
57 Thomas Scot
58 John Carew
The commissioners who sat at the trial but did not sign the Death Warrant included:
William Monson 1st Viscount Monson [aged 50]
James Harington 3rd Baronet [aged 41]
The Captain of the Guard was Daniel Axtell [aged 27]. The guards included Francis Hacker, Matthew Tomlinson [aged 31].
The Solicitor-General was John Cook [aged 41].
On 10th August 1650 [his son] John Danvers of Predsot was born to John Danvers [aged 62] and [his wife] Grace Hewett. He married after 1693 Elizabeth Morewood.
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In November 1654 [his son] Henry Danvers [aged 20] died.
On 16th April 1655 John Danvers [aged 66] died.
[his daughter] Mary Danvers was born to John Danvers and Elizabeth Dauntsey.
[his son] Charles Danvers was born to John Danvers and Elizabeth Dauntsey.
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 19 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 12 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 20 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: John Danvers 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Danvers
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Danvers
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Danvers
Grandfather: Sylvester Danvers
father: John Danvers 19 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Mordaunt 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Mordaunt
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Peake
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Peake
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt 17 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Latimer 14 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Latimer 15 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Edith Latimer 16 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hody
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Hody
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jewel
Grandmother: Elizabeth Mordaunt 18 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Vere 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Baroness Mordaunt
John Danvers 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Neville 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourchier 1st Baron Berners 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bourchier 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Berners Baroness Berners
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 
9 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 10 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Aylesbury 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Latimer 11 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fray
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Fray
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Danvers Baroness Wenlock
Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 12th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sergeaux Countess Oxford
Great x 2 Grandfather: George de Vere 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard 
4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Oxford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Walton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 8 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Stafford 9 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chideock 6th Baron Fitzpayn 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Lumley 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
mother: Elizabeth Neville 6 x Great Granddaughter 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 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
Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Granddaughter 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