Paternal Family Tree: Capell
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Pakenham 1485-1544
On 11th August 1600 [his father] Henry Capell [aged 21] and [his mother] Theodosia Montagu were married.
On 20th February 1608 Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham was born to Henry Capell [aged 29] and Theodosia Montagu at Hadham Hall, Hertfordshire.
On 29th April 1622 [his father] Henry Capell [aged 43] died at Rayne, Essex.
Around 1623 Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham [aged 14] educated at Queen's College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1624 [his uncle] Arthur Capell of Little Hadham [aged 38] was elected MP St Albans. He had been nominated by the 2nd earl of Salisbury [aged 32], whose eldest daughter [aged 2], a child of 12, was betrothed to his nephew, Arthur [aged 15].
On 28th November 1627 Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham [aged 19] and Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham [aged 16] were married.
On 20th August 1628 [his father-in-law] Charles Morrison 1st Baronet [aged 41] died. Baronet Morrison of Cashiobury extinct. He was buried at St Marys Church, Watford where he has a monument by Nicholas Stone [aged 41]. Cassiobury House, Watford was inherited by his daughter [his wife] Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham [aged 17] and her husband Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham [aged 20].
On or before 16th September 1630 [his daughter] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort was born to Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham [aged 22] and [his wife] Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham [aged 19] at Little Hadham, Hertfordshire [Map]. She married (1) 28th June 1648 her fourth cousin Henry Seymour, son of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset and Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset, and had issue (2) before 25th December 1660 her fourth cousin Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort, son of Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester and Elizabeth Dormer, and had issue.
On or before 2nd January 1632 [his son] Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex was born to Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham [aged 23] and [his wife] Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham [aged 21]. He was christened 2nd January 1632. He married 19th May 1653 his fourth cousin once removed Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex, daughter of Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland and Anne Cecil, and had issue.
In 1633 [his daughter] Elizabeth Capell Countess Carnarvon was born to Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham [aged 24] and [his wife] Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham [aged 22]. She married before 25th June 1652 her fourth cousin Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon, son of Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon and Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon, and had issue.
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Before 6th March 1638 [his son] Henry Capell 1st Baron Capell Tewkesbury was born to Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham [aged 30] and [his wife] Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham [aged 27] at Little Hadham, Hertfordshire [Map].
On 6th August 1641 Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham [aged 33] was created 1st Baron Capell Hadham. [his wife] Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham [aged 30] by marriage Baroness Capell Hadham.
Around 1647 John Hoskins [aged 57] (copy from original). Portrait of Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham [aged 38].
On 28th June 1648 [his son-in-law] Henry Seymour [aged 22] and [his daughter] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 17] were married at Little Hadham, Hertfordshire [Map]. He the son of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 60] and Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset [aged 48]. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 9th March 1649 at the Old Palace Yard, Westminster Palace three Royalist Lords were beheaded ...
Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham [aged 41] was beheaded. His son Arthur [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Baron Capell Hadham.
Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 58] was beheaded. His son Robert [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Earl Holland. Elizabeth Ingram Countess Holland [aged 26] by marriage Countess Holland.
James Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton [aged 42] was beheaded. His brother William [aged 32] succeeded 2nd Duke Hamilton, 3rd Earl Cambridge, 3rd Baron Innerdale by special remainder.
John Owen [aged 49] had been sentenced to death but was subsequently pardoned.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st February 1649. Now were Duke Hamilton [aged 42], the Earl of Norwich [aged 63], Lord Capell [aged 40], etc., at their trial before the rebels' New Court of Injustice.
John Evelyn's Diary. 4th July 1660. I heard Sir Samuel Tuke [aged 45] harangue to the House of Lords, in behalf of the Roman Catholics, and his account of the transaction at Colchester in murdering Lord Capel, and the rest of those brave men, that suffered in cold blood, after articles of rendition.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 20th April 1669. At noon comes my guest, Mr. Hugh May [aged 47], and with him Sir Henry Capell [aged 31], my old Lord Capel's son, and Mr. Parker; and I had a pretty dinner for them; and both before and after dinner had excellent discourse; and shewed them my closet and my Office, and the method of it to their great content; and more extraordinary, manly discourse and opportunity of shewing myself, and learning from others, I have not, in ordinary discourse, had in my life, they being all persons of worth, but especially Sir H. Capell, whose being a Parliament-man, and hearing my discourse in the Parliament-house, hath, as May tells me, given him along desire to know and discourse with me. In the afternoon we walked to the Old Artillery-Ground near the Spitalfields, where I never was before, but now, by Captain Deane's [aged 35] invitation, did go to see his new gun tryed, this being the place where the Officers of the Ordnance do try all their great guns; and when we come, did find that the trial had been made; and they going away with extraordinary report of the proof of his gun, which, from the shortness and bigness, they do call Punchinello. But I desired Colonel Legg to stay and give us a sight of her performance, which he did, and there, in short, against a gun more than as long and as heavy again, and charged with as much powder again, she carried the same bullet as strong to the mark, and nearer and above the mark at a point blank than theirs, and is more easily managed, and recoyles no more than that, which is a thing so extraordinary as to be admired for the happiness of his invention, and to the great regret of the old Gunners and Officers of the Ordnance that were there, only Colonel Legg did do her much right in his report of her. And so, having seen this great and first experiment, we all parted, I seeing my guests into a Hackney coach, and myself, with Captain Deane, taking a Hackney coach, did go out towards Bow, and went as far as Stratford, and all the way talking of this invention, and he offering me a third of the profit of the invention; which, for aught I know, or do at present think, may prove matter considerable to us: for either the King [aged 38] will give him a reward for it, if he keeps it to himself, or he will give us a patent to make our profit of it: and no doubt but it will be of profit to merchantmen and others, to have guns of the same force at half the charge. This was our talk: and then to talk of other things, of the Navy in general: and, among other things, he did tell me that he do hear how the Duke of Buckingham [aged 41] hath a spite at me, which I knew before, but value it not: and he tells me that Sir T. Allen [aged 57] is not my friend; but for all this I am not much troubled, for I know myself so usefull that, as I believe, they will not part with me; so I thank God my condition is such that I can; retire, and be able to live with comfort, though not with abundance. Thus we spent the evening with extraordinary good discourse, to my great content, and so home to the Office, and there did some business, and then home, where my wife do come home, and I vexed at her staying out so late, but she tells me that she hath been at home with M. Batelier a good while, so I made nothing of it, but to supper and to bed.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18th April 1680. My Lord was not long since come from his Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland, where he showed his abilities in administration and government, as well as prudence in considerably augmenting his estate without reproach. He had been Ambassador-extraordinary in Denmark, and, in a word, such a person as became the son of that worthy hero his father to be, the late Lord Capel, who lost his life for King Charles I.
[his daughter] Theodosia Capell was born to Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham and Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham. She married 1660 Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Clarendon, son of Edward Hyde 1st Earl Clarendon and Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon, and had issue.
[his daughter] Anne Capell was born to Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham and Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham. She married 4th July 1672 her fifth cousin John Strangeways.
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[his son] Charles Capell was born to Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham and Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: William Capell
Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Capell of Rayne Hall 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Arundell 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Capell 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Capell 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandfather: Arthur Capell 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Manners 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas St Leger 
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne York Duchess Exeter 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Manners 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paston 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Brewes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Heydon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
father: Henry Capell 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
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: John Grey 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: Margaret Grey 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Browne 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Ingaldsthorpe 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Browne 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gage
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Gage
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Gage
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Guildford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Guildford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Pympe
Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ladde Montagu 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Holcot
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Dudley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dudley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Dudley
Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Roper 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Roper
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Roper of Well Hall
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helen Roper
mother: Theodosia Montagu 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Harrington 
15 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Harrington 16 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Alexander Harrington 17 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Harrington 18 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Moton of Peckleton in Leicestershire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Moton
Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 19 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William IV Sidney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Sidney
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Sidney
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brandon 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Brandon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pakenham
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Pakenham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham