{34} RD600 Additions: Agnes Maria (née von Rechberg) Risom & Jeff Risom

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578-1637)

While entering into my database the German descendants of Katherine Mary Howard, wife of Count Ernst von Rechberg of Elkofen Castle, and daughter of the diplomat Sir Henry Francis Howard, scion of the Corby Castle branch of the family, I came across her granddaughter, another fascinating immigrant to the United States, who would make a nice addition to Gary Boyd Roberts's Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants series, especially as she descends from the 17th-century Hapsburg Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, in addition to the medieval Plantagenet kings of England.

Countess Agnes Frida Katharina Maria Gabriele Josepha von Rechberg was born 10 October 1921 at  Schräbsdorf Castle in Bobolice, Poland, the seat of her mother's family, the Counts Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche ind Camminetz. But she grew up in Bavaria, at Elkofen Castle, which her father Count Wolfgang von Rechberg had inherited from his childless elder brother in 1925. The von Rechberg family were devout Catholics and dismayed by the rise of Nazi Germany. At the end of World War II, Agnes went to work in Munich as a translator for the Arts and Monuments division of the U.S. Army, whose responsibility was to mitigate combat damage, primarily to structures—churches, museums, and other important monuments—as well as to locate movable works of art and other cultural items stolen or otherwise missing. Last year's movie  The Monuments Men by George Clooney, was based on the activities of this division.

Schräbsdorf Castle in Poland, birthplace of Agnes Risom

While serving as a translator for this division, Agnes met and fell in love with Ole Christian Risom, who had served in the Army's ski patrol during the War, and was now a driver for the Monuments Men. Born in Copenhagen, the younger son of architect Sven Risom, Ole moved to Stockholm in the 1930s to learn the publishing business at Bonniers, the Swedish publisher. In 1940, he decided to immigrate to New York, where his elder brother Jens was beginning his career as a furniture designer (Jens Risom would go on to become one of the most influential designers of the mid-20th-century). He was granted permission to travel through occupied Denmark, where he saw his parents, and then went on to Lisbon to board a freighter. After being detained by the British in Trinidad for several weeks he finally reached New York. Ole joined the United States Army after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In love with Agnes von Rechberg, Ole remained in Bavaria after his discharge from the U.S. Army, and the couple wed at Elkofen Castle in 1947. They returned to New York together soon after, first living in Manhattan, then eventually moving out to Long Island. Their three children were all born in the U.S. - Christopher Henry 'Chris' Risom in 1948, Camilla Elisabeth Risom in 1952, and Charles Nicholas 'Nick' Risom in 1962.

Elkofen Castle in Bavaria, the seat of the Counts von Rechberg

Any American who grew up in the 1950s, 60s and 70s is very familiar with the Little Golden Books series of children's books. Ole Risom was the creative force behind that series, serving as vice president and art director of that series from 1952 to 1972. Over the years, Ole was closely associated with Richard Scarry, the author and illustrator whose books have sold more than 100 million copies around the world. They worked together on dozens of books, including 'I Am a Bunny' in 1963,

Little Golden Books

which Ole wrote and Scarry illustrated. Ole also worked with other leading artists in the children's book field, including Dr. Seuss, Jim Henson and Sesame Street books, Stan and Jan Berenstain, Leo Lionni, Laurent de Brunhoff, Charles M. Schulz and Marc Brown. Agnes Risom became a U.S. citizen in 1950, and started up an independent bookstore in Locust Valley, Long Island, called Book Ends Cottage. The couple eventually settled in Roslyn Harbor, which is where they were living when Ole Risom died at age 80 in August 2000. Agnes survived as his widow for nine years, and died 19 May 2009 at Stamford, Connecticut, near the home of her youngest child Nick Risom.

All three of Ole and Agnes Risom's children have children of their own today, and the eldest grandchild, Jeffrey Lee 'Jeff' Risom is an architect with the acclaimed Danish firm Gehl Architects. He focuses on projects in San Francisco and New York, lectures worldwide, and lives with his wife and two young children in

Jeff Risom, architect, grandson of
Ole and Agnes (von Rechberg)  Risom

Copenhagen, bringing the Risom family line full circle, back to its roots, and carrying Agnes von Rechberg Risom's descendants into the next generation.

The most recent monarch in Agnes Risom's ancestry is John III Sobieski, King of Poland (1629-1696), but as that monarch is not descended from Edward III, we'll start with the most recent one who is - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. In the style of RD600, the line would appear as so:

1. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor = Maria Anna of Bavaria
2. Maria Anna of Austria = Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
3. Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria = Henriette Adelaide of Savoy
4. Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria = Teresa Sobieska of Poland
5. Duke Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria = Maria Adelheid Fortunata Spaur-Flavon
6. Count Joseph Ferdinand von Salern (illegit.) = Maria Josepha Basselet de La Rosée
7. Countess Adelheid Maria Josepha von Salern = Karl Eligius von Strommer
8. Baroness Anna Maria von Strommer = Johann Adam von Aretin
9. Baron Peter Karl von Aretin = Franziska Antonia Maria Eva von Gumppenberg
10. Baroness Franziska Maria von Aretin = Maximilian Maria von Soden-Fraunhofen
11. Countess Frida Maria von Soden-Fraunhofen = Friedrich Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz
12. Countess Maria Franziska Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz = Wolfgang Franz von Rechberg
13. Countess Agnes Maria von Rechberg (1921-2009), immigrated to New York 1947 = Ole Christian Risom (1919-2000), children's book publisher[*]
14. Christopher Henry Risom (b. 1948) = Celeste S. Farhar
15. Jeffrey Lee Risom (b. 1978), architect, global lecturer

[*] Most online royal genealogy databases do not indicate any issue for Agnes von Rechberg and Ole Risom. Noble Circles by MacGregor Sadolin is the only one I've found that does. Noble Circles does not, however, include Martha Bush-Brown, the wife of Agnes and Ole's younger son Nicholas Risom. She is descended from the renowned Harvard University English literature professor George Lyman Kittredge (1860-1941).

My next post will look in more detail at the von Aretin family, and at Count Joseph Ferdinand von Salern, the illegitimate grandson of the Elector of Bavaria.

Cheers,                              -----Brad

{33} Edward III Descents for Michael Henry Blount of Mapledurham House (1789-1874)

Michael Henry Blount (1789-1874)
heraldic achievement

Continuing with the ancestry of Agnes Mary Eyston, second wife of Maj. Charles M.T. Western, it is time to examine some Edward III lines behind her maternal grandfather Michael Henry Blount of Mapledurham House, Oxfordshire, who, in turn, was the son of Michael Blount and his second wife, Catherine, the only surviving child of John Petre of Bellhouse, in the parish of Stanford Rivers, Essex. For over a hundred and fifty years, since 1628, Bellhouse had been the seat of a younger branch of the Catholic baronial family, descended from the 2nd Baron Petre. "In the 17th century and the first half of the 18th Roman Catholic worship was carried on by the Petres at Bellhouse. This was one of the places served by the secret Jesuit mission in eastern England which was founded about 1633 and largely financed by the Petres. The first William Petre of Bellhouse was a servant of Charles I and in 1639 the king personally intervented to prevent him from being prosecuted for recusancy. There was probably a private chapel at Bellhouse, and Roman Catholic worship continued there until after the death of William Petre in 1745. The date when it finally ceased is not certain, but it is unlikely to have continued for long after the death of John Petre in 1762" [VCH Essex 4 (1956)].

John Petre left a will providing "that if he had no sons his estates should pass to Robert, Baron Petre (d. 1801), in trust for Lord Petre's second son, if one should be born to him. Provision was made for any daughters left." At his 1762 death, John's only child, the two-year-old Catherine, became entitled  to a jointure of £4,000 from his estate, while the manor and chief seat of Bellhouse passed to Lord Petre, as per John's will. John's widow oversaw her daughter Catherine's first marriage, at the age of seventeen, to the 26-year-old scion of an established Catholic family of London goldsmiths and bankers, Francis Wright of Bedford Square. Wright died eight years after the marriage, leaving Catherine a wealthy, childless (their only son died twelve days after his birth) widow in her mid-20s. A year later, she married another Catholic gentleman, Michael Blount, twenty-three years her senior, whose first wife had died a mere five months after the birth of their only child, a daughter who was now five years old. Blount and Catherine would have four children together: two daughters, a younger son, and a son and heir.

Mapledurham House, Oxfordshire

MICHAEL HENRY (MARY) BLOUNT of Mapledurham House, b. 8 Aug. 1789 Portman Square, London; d. 3 Sept. 1874 Mapledurham House, bur. 10 Sept. 1874 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House, elder son of Michael Blount of Mapledurham House (1743-1821, descended from Edward III - see Generation B16 below) and his 2nd wife Catherine Petre (1760-1845, descended from Edward III - see Generation A17 below); m. 1st 15 May 1817 Grosvenor Square, London, Hon. ELIZABETH ANNE MARY PETRE, b. 12 Dec. 1798 Grosvenor Square; d. 4 Mar. 1848 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, bur. 11 Mar. 1848 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House, 4th dau. of Robert Edward, 10th Baron Petre (1763-1809, descended from Charles II) and Mary Bridget Howard (1767-1843, descended from James II of Scotland), and had issue, two sons and seven daughters; m. 2nd 30 Oct. 1850 St James Church, Reading, Berkshire, LUCY CATHERINE WHEBLE, b. 20 Sept. 1809 Woodley Lodge, Reading, bap. there 21 Sept. 1809; d. 10 June 1886 Portman Square, London, dau. of James Wheble of Bulmershe Court (c.1780-1840) and his 1st wife Maria Talbot (1779-1814, descended from Edward III), and had further issue, two daughters.

Ruvigny's account of Michael Henry Blount on p. 428 of his 1905 Clarence volume

Michael Henry Blount, along with his second wife and their children, appears on p. 428 of Ruvigny's Clarence volume, while his children from his first marriage can be found on pp. 374-76. Michael Henry has many lines of descent from Edward III. The Clarence one and six others are given below.

George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence
- see Generation A6

Edward III had two sons A1 & G1 (see below)
A1) Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth de Burgh (1332-1363, descended from Edward I), and had
A2) Lady Philippa Plantagenet of Clarence (1355-1377) m. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1352-1381), and had a son A3 &  a dau B3 (see below)
A3) Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374-1398) m. Lady Alianore Holland (1370-1405, descended from Edward I), and had
A4) Lady Anne Mortimer (1388-1411) m. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1385-1415, descended from Edward III), and had
A5) Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (1411-1460) m. Lady Cecily Neville (1415-1495, descended from Edward III), and had
A6) George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449-1478) m. Lady Isabel Neville (1451-1476, descended from Edward III), and had
A7) Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury (1473-1541) m. Sir Richard Pole of Medmenham (1459-1504), and had
A8) Henry Pole, Lord Montagu (1492-1539) m. Jane Neville (1494-by 1538, descended from Edward III), and had

Elizabeth (née Hastings), Countess
of Worcester - see Generation A10

A9) Katherine Pole (c.1516-1576) m. Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon (1514-1560, descended from Edward III), and had
A10) Lady Elizabeth Hastings (c.1555-1621) m. Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (c.1550-1628, descended from Edward III), and had
A11) Lady KATHERINE SOMERSET, b. 1575; d. 30 Oct. 1624 Horndon Hall, West Horndon, Essex, bur. St Edmund & St Mary Church, Ingatestone, Essex; m. 8 Nov. 1586 Essex House, The Strand, London, WILLIAM PETRE, 2nd Baron Petre of Writtle, b. 24 June 1575 Horndon Hall; d. there 5 May 1637, bur. 12 May 1637 St Edmund & St Mary Church, Ingatestone, son of John, 1st Baron Petre (1549-1613) and Mary Waldegrave (c.1552-1604, descended from Edward III), and had
A12) Hon. WILLIAM PETRE of Bellhouse, Stanford Rivers, Essex, b. 28 July 1602 Ingatestone Hall; d. 15 Jan. 1677 Bellhouse, bur. 19 Jan. 1677 St Margaret Church, Stanford Rivers; m. 1628, LUCY FERMOR (see G10 below), and had
A13) WILLIAM PETRE of Bellhouse, b. 1630; d. 12 Nov. 1686 Bellhouse, bur. same day St Margaret Church, Stanford Rivers; m. 9 July 1656 St Giles in the Fields, London, ANNE CALDWELL, b. 1630; d. 4 May 1688, bur. St Margaret Church, Stanford Rivers, dau. of Daniel Caldwell of Horndon on the Hill (d. 1634) and Alice Mayne, and had

Petre coat of arms

A14) WILLIAM PETRE of Bellhouse, b. 2 July 1666; d. 21 July 1728, bur. 31 July 1728 St Margaret Church, Stanford Rivers; m. 2nd 23 Feb. 1693, PENELOPE WOOLFE, b. c.1670; bur. 31 Aug. 1715 St Margaret Church, Stanford Rivers, dau. of John Woolfe of Great Haseley Court (d. 1699) and Anne Pincheon (descended from Edward I), and had
A15) EDWARD PETRE of Chipping Ongar, Essex, b. 16 July 1705 Bellhouse; bur. 12 May 1742 St Margaret Church, Stanford Rivers; m. 26 Nov. 1735 St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, SARAH KEEP, bap. 19 Nov. 1717 St Margaret Church, Stanford Rivers; bur. there 5 Jan. 1745, dau. of William Keep of Stanford Hall (1683-1760) and Mary Playl (1689-1759), and had
A16) JOHN PETRE of Bellhouse, b. 23 July 1737; d. 2 Feb. 1762 Bellhouse, bur. 4 Feb. 1762 St Margaret Church, Stanford Rivers; m. 7 Feb. 1760 St Peter Church, South Weald, Essex, FRANCES MANBY (see D14 below), and had[*1]
A17) CATHERINE PETRE, b. 20 Dec. 1760 Bellhouse; d. 18 Jan. 1845 Hampstead, Middlesex, bur. 27 Jan. 1845 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House; m. 2nd 27 Aug. 1787 St Marylebone Parish Church, London, as his 2nd wife, MICHAEL BLOUNT of Mapledurham House (see B16 below), and had
A18) Michael Henry Blount of Mapledurham House (1789-1874-see details above)

[*1] The entire Petre of Bellhouse line (Generations A12 thru A17 above) can be found in Table L of Ruvigny's Clarence volume.

Lady Elizabeth (née Mortimer)
Percy - see Generation B3

B3) Lady Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417) m. 1) Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy (1364-1403), and had a son B4 & a dau F4 (see below)
B4) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394-1455) m. Lady Eleanor Neville (1403-1472, descended from Edward III), and had two sons B5 & D5 (see below)
B5) Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461) m. Eleanor Poynings (1428-1484, descended from Edward I), and had two daus B6 & C6 (see below)
B6) Lady Margaret Percy (b. c.1447) m. Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe Hall (c.1450-1487, descended from Edward III), and had
B7) Anne Gascoigne (b. c.1482) m. Sir Thomas Fairfax of Gilling Castle (c.1476-1520), and had
B8) Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle (1498-1571) m. 1) Jane Palmes, and had
B9) Mary Fairfax m. Sir Henry Curwen of Workington (1528-1596), and had
B10) Sir Nicholas Curwen of Workington (1550-1604) m. 1) Anne Musgrave (descended from Edward III), and had

Strickland of Sizergh coat of arms

B11) Margaret Curwen m. Sir Thomas Strickland of Sizergh Castle (1564-1612, descended from Edward III), and had
B12) Walter Strickland of Nateby (d. aft.1670) m. Anne Crofts (d. bef.1680), and had
B13) Robert Strickland of Catterick (1639-1709) m. Bridget Mannock (d. 1736, descended from Edward III), and had
B14) Mannock John Strickland of Bloomsbury (1683-1744) m. Mary Wright (see C13 below), and had
B15) MARY EUGENIA STRICKLAND, b. 10 July 1723; d. 12 Dec. 1765 Mapledurham House; m. 16 Aug. 1742, MICHAEL BLOUNT of Mapledurham House (see E15 below), and had
B16) MICHAEL BLOUNT of Mapledurham House, b. 4 July 1743 Bloomsbury, London; d. 29 Oct. 1821 Portman Square, London, bur. 6 Nov. 1821 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House; m. 2nd 27 Aug. 1787 St Marylebone Parish Church, London, as her 2nd husband, CATHERINE PETRE (see A17 above)

Mary (née Scrope) More -
see Generation C8

C6) Lady Elizabeth Percy (b. c.1460) m. Henry, 6th Lord Scrope of Bolton (c.1460-1506, descended from Edward I), and had
C7) John Scrope of Spennithorne (c.1496-1547) m. Phyllis Rokeby (d. 1576), and had
C8) Mary Scrope (1534-1607) m. Thomas More of Barnburgh Hall (1531-1606, grandson of St Thomas More & descended from Edward I), and had
C9) Grace More (b. 1568) m. Thomas Greenwood of Brize Norton (d. by 1646), and had
C10) Thomas Greenwood of Brize Norton (1604-1679) m. Mary Wybarne (descended from Edward I), and had
C11) Anne Greenwood (d. 1706) m. Charles Trinder of Bourton-on-the-Water (d. 1719), and had
C12) Eugenia Trinder (d. 1734) m. John Wright of Kelvedon Hall (d. 1731, descended from Edward III), and had
C13) Mary Wright (d. 1750) m. Mannock John Strickland of Bloomsbury (see B14 above)

D5) Sir Ralph Percy (1425-1464) m. Eleanor Acton (d. aft. 1498), and had a son D6 and a dau E6 (see below)

Widdrington coat of arms

D6) Sir Henry Percy of Dunstanburgh Castle (d. 1486) m. Constance ---, and had
D7) Margery Percy m. Sir Henry Widdrington of Widdrington Castle (d. 1517, descended from Edward I), and had
D8) Sir John Widdrington of Widdrington Castle (1503-1571) m. 2) Agnes Gower (d. 1583), and had
D9) William Widdrington of Berwick m. ---, and had
D10) Elizabeth Widdrington m. Sir William Selby of Winlaton (d. 1649), and had
D11) Sir George Selby, 1st Baronet of Whitehouse (1627-1668) m. Hon. Mary Molyneux (1632-1698, descended from Edward I), and had
D12) Julian Selby (d. 1688) m. Sir Thomas Manby of Downsell Hall (1654-1729, descended from Edward I), and had
D13) Francis Manby of Downsell Hall (1684-1755) m. Anne Hickin (1694-1757), and had
D14) FRANCES MANBY, b. 1729; d. 16 Aug. 1787, bur. St Pancras Old Church, London; m. 7 Feb. 1760 St Peter Church, South Weald, JOHN PETRE of Bellhouse (see A16 above)

E6) Margaret Percy m. Ralph Harbottle of Beamish (1453-1504, descended from Edward I), and had
E7) Sir Guiscard Harbottle of Beamish (1485-1513) m. Jane Willoughby, and had
E8) Mary Harbottle (1507-1556) m. Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth (d. 1548), and had

Englefield coat of arms

E9) Margaret Fitton (c.1542-1612) m. John Englefield of Wootton Bassett (d. 1567), and had
E10) Sir Francis Englefield, 1st Baronet of Wootton Bassett (1562-1651) m. Jane Browne (1575-1650, descended from Edward III), and had
E11) Anthony Englefield of Whiteknights House (1606-1667) m. Susan Ryley (c.1599-1664), and had
E12) Anthony Englefield of Whiteknights House (1637-1712) m. Alice Stokes, and had
E13) MARTHA ENGLEFIELD, b. 1663; d. 31 Mar. 1743, bur. 6 Apr. 1743 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House; m. by 1687, LYSTER BLOUNT of Mapledurham House, b. 1654; d. 25 June 1710 Mapledurham House, bur. 29 June 1710 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House, son of William Blount of Kidmore End (c.1622-1676) and Elizabeth Delaval (1623-aft.1685, probably descended from Edward IV), and had
E14) MICHAEL BLOUNT of Mapledurham House, b. there 26 Mar. 1693, bap. same day St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House; d. Tichborne House, Hampshire, bur. there 2 Nov. 1739; m. 1715, MARY AGNES TICHBORNE (see F15 below), and had
E15) MICHAEL BLOUNT of Mapledurham House, b. 24 Apr. 1719 Mapledurham House; d. there 5 Feb. 1792, bur. 13 Feb. 1792 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House; m. 16 Aug. 1742, MARY EUGENIA STRICKLAND (see B15 above)

F4) Lady Elizabeth Percy (c.1395-1437) m. 1) John, 7th Lord Clifford (1388-1422, descended from Edward I), and had
F5) Mary Clifford (c.1420-by1458) m. Sir Philip Wentworth of Nettlestead (1424-1464), and had
F6) Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead (1448-1499) m. 1) Anne Say (c.1448-aft.1489), and had
F7) Elizabeth Wentworth (c.1482-aft.1545) m. 1) Roger Darcy of Maldon (1478-1508, descended from Edward I), and had

Lady Penelope (née Darcy) Gage
- see Generation F11

F8) Thomas, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche (1506-1558) m. 2) Lady Elizabeth Vere (descended from Edward I), and had
F9) John, 2nd Baron Darcy of Chiche (1539-1580) m. Frances Rich, and had
F10) Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers (1565-1640) m. Mary Kitson (1566-1644), and had
F11) Lady Penelope Darcy (c.1593-1661) m. 1) Sir John Gage, 1st Baronet of Firle (1589-1633, descended from Edward I), and had
F12) Sir Thomas Gage, 2nd Baronet of Firle (c.1612-1654) m. Mary Chamberlain (c.1624-1694, descended from Edward I), and had
F13) Mary Gage (1641-1715) m. Anthony Kempe of Slindon House (1637-1715, descended from Edward I), and had
F14) Mary Kempe (1674-1755) m. Sir Henry Joseph Tichborne, 4th Baronet of Tichborne (d. 1743, descended from Edward III), and had
F15) MARY AGNES TICHBORNE, b. c.1691 (in her 86th year at death); d. 19 May 1777 Mapledurham House, bur. 24 May 1777 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House; m. 1715, MICHAEL BLOUNT of Mapledurham House (see E14 above)

G1) John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) m. 3) Katherine Roet (c.1350-1403), and had
G2) Lady Joan Beaufort (c.1377-1440) m. 2) Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1364-1425), and had
G3) George Neville, 1st Lord Latimer (c.1411-1469) m. Lady Elizabeth Beauchamp (c.1411-1480, descended from Edward I), and had
G4) Sir Henry Neville, Heir of Latimer (c.1435-1469) m. Joan Bourchier (c.1448-1470, descended from Edward III), and had
G5) Richard Neville, 2nd Lord Latimer (1468-1530) m. 1) Anne Stafford (d. by 1521), and had

4th Lord Latimer - see
Generation G7

G6) John Neville, 3rd Lord Latimer (1493-1543) m. 1) Dorothy Vere (d. 1526, descended from Edward I), and had
G7) John Neville, 4th Lord Latimer (1520-1577) m. Lady Lucy Somerset (1523-1583, descended from Edward III), and had
G8) Lucy Neville (1549-1608) m. Sir William Cornwallis of Brome Hall (c.1549-1611, descended from Edward I), and had
G9) Cornelia Cornwallis (c.1583-1654) m. Sir Richard Fermor of Somerton (d. 1643), and had
G10) LUCY FERMOR, b. c.1610; d. 3 Mar. 1679 Bellhouse, bur. 6 Mar. 1679 St Margaret Church, Stanford Rivers; m. 1628, Hon. WILLIAM PETRE of Bellhouse (see A12 above)

This concludes my series of posts exploring the ancestry of Col. Charles Maximilian Thomas Western (1855-1913) and his two wives.

Over the next couple weeks, I'll be focusing on entering into my database the German noble families who married the Howard of Corby Castle ladies, and their descendants. I have one family (von Recum) completed, with two more remaining. There are, to my surprise, some Edward III lines among them, so look for posts on those soon.

Cheers,                         -------Brad

{32} Edward III Descents for Charles Eyston of Hendred House (1790-1857)

Eyston of Hendred coat of arms
[Sable, three lions rampant, or]

Having in the previous blogpost examined the ancestry of Maria Teresa (née Metcalfe) Eyston, the focus now is on the ancestry of her husband. The Eystons inherited, in the mid-15th century, Hendred House, which historically lay within the county of Berkshire, but a boundary change in the 20th century has it today within Oxfordshire. John Eyston of Hendred House (c.1504-1545) was the first to marry into the Edward I bloodline when he took to wife, about 1530, Maud, the youngest daughter of Humphrey Tyrell of Little Warley Hall in Essex. Their grandson William Eyston (d. 1649), and great-grandson William Eyston (1611-1670) also married ladies descended from Edward I. The most recent pedigree of the family is the Eyston of East Hendred article in Burke's Landed Gentry 18th edition Volume 1 (1965), pp. 250-251, but by far the most thorough is Pedigree of the Family of Eyston of East Hendred privately printed in 1875.

CHARLES EYSTON of Hendred House, b. 17 May 1790 Milton House, Berkshire, bap. 18 May 1790 St Mary Catholic Chapel, Milton House; d. 24 Feb. 1857 London, bur. St Benet Catholic Churchyard, Kemerton, Gloucestershire, est son of Basil Eyston of Hendred House (1749-1817, descended from Edward III - see Generation A13 below) and Mary Jane Huddleston (1765-1847, descended from Edward III - see Generation B15 below); m. 13 Oct. 1814 St Mary Catholic Chapel, Queen's Square, Bath, Somersetshire, MARIA TERESA METCALFE, b. 6 Feb. 1791 Bath, bap. same day St Mary Catholic Chapel, Queen's Square; d. 19 Mar. 1848 Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, bur. St Benet Catholic Churchyard, Kemerton, only dau. of Thomas Peter Metcalfe of Bath (1756-1793, descended from Edward III) and Teresa Throckmorton (1759-1824, descended from Edward III), and had issue, three sons and five daughters.

Ruvigny's account of Charles Eyston, his wife and their children
on pp. 383-84 of his 1905 Clarence volume

Issue of Charles and Maria Teresa (Metcalfe) Eyston:

1) MARY TERESA EYSTON, b. 15 Aug. 1815 Bath, bap. 16 Aug. 1815 St Mary Catholic Chapel, Queen's Square; d. there in infancy 24 Dec. 1817.

2) CHARLES JOHN EYSTON of Hendred House, bap. 5 Nov. 1817 St Mary Catholic Chapel, Queen's Square; d. 19 Feb. 1883 Hendred House, bur. 23 Feb. 1883 St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred; m. 10 Sept. 1863 St Michael Chapel, Mapledurham House, Oxfordshire, AGNES MARY BLOUNT, b. 28 Mar. 1834 Mapledurham House, bap. there 30 Mar. 1834; d. 29 Jan. 1918 The Coppice, Finchampstead, Berkshire, bur. 2 Feb. 1918 St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred, 5th dau. of Michael Henry Blount of Mapledurham House (1789-1874, descended from Edward IV) and his 1st wife Hon. Elizabeth Anne Mary Petre (1798-1848, descended from Charles II), and had issue, three sons and two daughters.

St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred

3) MARY ANNE EYSTON, b. 9 Jan. 1819 Bath; d. 25 Apr. 1890 Leighton Hall, Yealand Conyers, Lancashire, bur. 29 Apr. 1890 St Mary Catholic Churchyard, Yealand Conyers; m. 20 May 1845 St Mary Catholic Church, East Hendred, RICHARD THOMAS GILLOW of Leighton Hall, J.P. Lancashire 1853-1905, b. 21 Dec. 1806 Marylebone, London; d. 14 Oct. 1905 Leighton Hall, bur. 18 Oct. 1905 St Mary Catholic Churchyard, Yealand Conyers, est son of Richard Gillow of Leighton Hall (1772-1849) and Elizabeth Stapleton (1780-1848, descended from Edward III), and had issue, four sons and three daughters.

4) GEORGE BASIL EYSTON of Stanford Place, Farringdon, Berkshire, solicitor, b. 26 Jan. 1820 Bath, bap. there same day; d. 30 July 1904 Stanford Place, bur. 4 Aug. 1904 St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred; m. 27 Feb. 1851 St Mary Catholic Chapel, Chelsea, London, MARIA THERESA WHITGREAVE, b. 14 Nov. 1826 Moseley Court, Bushbury, Staffordshire; d. 11 Mar. 1911 Stanford Place, bur. 15 Mar. 1911 St Mary Catholic Churchyard, East Hendred, 3rd dau. of George Thomas Whitgreave of Moseley Court (1787-1863) and Amelia Ann Hodges (1790-1848), and had issue, one son and two daughters.

5) ISABELLA JANE EYSTON, b. 6 Feb. 1821 Bath, bap. there same day; d. unm. 5 Dec. 1888 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.

6) FRANCES TERESA EYSTON, b. 26 Nov. 1822 Bath, bap. there same day; d. unm. 8 Aug. 1892 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.

7) (TERESA) CATHERINE EYSTON, Sister of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, London 1866-95, b. 6 Oct. 1824 Hendred House, bap. there same day; d. unm. 26 Feb. 1895 Carlisle Place, London.

Petre coat of arms

8) ROBERT THOMAS EYSTON of Kensington, clerk in Audit Office, Somerset House, London, b. 18 June 1828 Hendred House, bap. there same day; d. 24 Apr. 1887 Kensington; m. 5 Aug. 1857 St Mary Catholic Chapel, Holland Street, Kensington, LOUISA FRANCES PETRE, b. 10 Aug. 1828 Sheffield House, Essex; d. 4 May 1884 Brighton, Sussex, 2nd dau. of Hon. Charles Berney Petre of Sheffield House (1794-1854, descended from Charles II) and Eliza Howard (1801-1835, descended from James II of Scotland), and had issue, one son and two daughters.

Charles Eyston has eleven separate lines of descent from Edward III.

Edward III had three sons A1, J1 & K1 (see below)
A1) John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) m. three times, and had two daus A2 & I2 (see below)
A2) Lady Joan Beaufort, by 3rd wife (1377-1440) m. twice, and had a son A3 and four daus E3, F3, G3 & H3 (see below)

1st Earl of Salisbury -
see Generation A3

A3) Richard Neville, 1st Earl of Salisbury, by 2nd husband (c.1398-1460) m. Alice Montagu 
(1406-1462, descended from Edward I), and had a son A4 and a dau D4 (see below)
A4) John Neville, Marquess Montagu (c.1431-1471) m. Isabel Ingaldesthorpe (1441-1476, descended from Edward I), and had two daus A5 & C5 (see below)
A5) Lady Lucy Neville (1468-1534) m. 2) Sir Anthony Browne of Calais (1443-1506, descended from Edward I), and had
A6) Sir Anthony Browne of Cowdray Park (c.1500-1548) m. Alice Gage (d. 1540), and had
A7) Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu (1528-1592) m. 2) Magdalen Dacre (see D7 below), and had
A8) Hon. Elizabeth Browne (c.1557-1631) m. Robert, 1st Baron Dormer of Wing (1552-1616), and had a son A9 and a dau B9 (see below)

1st Viscount Montagu -
see Generation A7

A9) Hon. Robert Dormer of Peterley (1590-1656) m. Mary Bannister (1587-1679, descended from Edward I), and had
A10) ANNE DORMER, b. c.1630; d. 5 Oct. 1712 Hendred House, bur. 9 Oct. 1712 St Augustine Church, East Hendred; m. 16 Feb. 1664, GEORGE EYSTON of Hendred House, b. 1636; d. 24 Apr. 1691 Hendred House, bur. 25 Apr. 1691 St Augustine Church, East Hendred, son of William Eyston of Hendred House (1611-1670, descended from Edward I) and his 1st wife Eleanor Smythe (descended from Edward I), and had
A11) CHARLES EYSTON of Hendred House, b. there 22 Sept. 1667, bap. 24 Sept. 1667 St Augustine Church, East Hendred; d. there 5 Nov. 1721, bur. 8 Nov. 1721 St Augustine Church, East Hendred; m. 19 Jan. 1692, WINIFRED DOROTHY FITZHERBERT, b. c.1673; bur. 16 Oct. 1753 St Augustine Church, East Hendred, dau. of Basil Fitzherbert of Norbury Hall and Jane Cotton, and had
A12) THOMAS JOHN EYSTON of Hendred House, b. there 25 June 1713, bap. there same day; d. 13 Dec. 1795, bur. 17 Dec. 1795 St Augustine Church, East Hendred; m. 1743, MARY BRUNING, b. 1718; d. 10 Sept. 1787, bur. 14 Sept. 1787 St Augustine Church, East Hendred, dau. of George Bruning of East Meon (d. 1756) and Mary Bryon, and had
A13) BASIL EYSTON of Hendred House, b. 10 June 1749 Milton House, Berkshire; d. 11 Oct. 1817, bur. 17 Oct. 1817 St Augustine Church, East Hendred; m. 16 June 1788 St George Hanover Square, London, (MARY) JANE HUDDLESTON (see B15 below), and had
A14) CHARLES EYSTON of Hendred House (1790-1857-see details above)

B9) Dorothy Dormer (b. 1577) m. Henry Huddleston of Sawston Hall (see C9 below), and had

Dorothy (née Dormer) Huddleston
- see Generation B9

B10) Col. Henry Huddleston of Sawston Hall (d. 1665) m. Elizabeth Havers, and had
B11) Henry Huddleston of Sawston Hall (c.1658-1713) m. Mary Bostock (1660-1729), and had
B12) Richard Huddleston of Sawston Hall (1682-1717) m. Mary Ayliffe (b. 1682), and had
B13) Richard Huddleston of Sawston Hall (1716-1760) m. Jane Belchier[*1], and had
B14) Richard Huddleston of Gray's Inn (c.1740-1801) m. Sarah Duffkin (1742-1770), and had
B15) (MARY) JANE HUDDLESTON, b. 18 Apr. 1765 Holborn, London, bap. there 20 Apr. 1765; d. 7 June 1847 Overbuy, Worcestershire, bur. St Benet Catholic Churchyard, Kemerton; m. 16 June 1788 St George Hanover Square, BASIL EYSTON of Hendred House (see A13 above)

[*1] Jane Belchier was the daughter of Thomas Belchier of Monmouth and his wife Ursula, daughter of Robert Needham of Hilston Park and his wife Susan, daughter of Turbeville Morgan. It's likely that there are Edward I lines behind Jane, but I'm finding it difficult to trace her ancestry back any further.

C5) Lady Isabel Neville (1470-1516) m. 1) William Huddleston of Sawston Hall (c.1450-by 1508), and had
C6) Sir John Huddleston of Sawston Hall (c.1489-1530) m. Elizabeth Dudley (see F6 below), and had

Henry Huddleston of Sawston Hall
- see Generation C9

C7) Sir John Huddleston of Sawston Hall (1517-1557) m. Bridget Cotton (d. 1578), and had
C8) Sir Edmund Huddleston of Sawston Hall (c.1539-1606) m. Dorothy Beconsall (1538-1615), and had
C9) Henry Huddleston of Sawston Hall (1574-1657) m. Dorothy Dormer (see B9 above)

D4) Lady Katherine Neville (c.1442-1504) m. 2) William, 1st Lord Hastings (1431-1483), and had
D5) Anne Hastings (c.1468-by1512) m. George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (see E5 below), and had
D6) Lady Elizabeth Talbot (c.1507-c.1559) m. William, 3rd Lord Dacre of Gilsland (see G7 below), and had
D7) Magdalen Dacre (1538-1608) m. Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu (see A7 above)

E3) Lady Anne Neville, by 2nd husband (c.1408-1480) m. 1) Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of 
Buckingham (see K3 below), and had
E4) Lady Katherine Stafford (d. 1476) m. John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (1448-1473, descended from Edward I), and had
E5) George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (1468-1538) m. 1) Anne Hastings (see D5 above)

F3) Lady Katherine Neville, by 2nd husband (c.1399-1483) m. 2) Sir Thomas Strangways (d. by 1443), and had
F4) Joan Strangways (c.1440-1485) m. 1) Sir William Willoughby of Parham (d. 1468), and had
F5) Cecily Willoughby (b. c.1465) m. Edward Sutton, 2nd Lord Dudley (c.1459-1532, descended from Edward I), and had

Greystoke coat of arms

F6) Elizabeth Dudley (b. c.1497) m. 1) Sir John Huddleston of Sawston Hall (see C6 above)

G3) Elizabeth Ferrers, by 1st husband (1393-1434) m. John, 4th Lord Greystoke (c. 
1390-1436), and had
G4) Ralph, 5th Lord Greystoke (1414-1487) m. 1) Elizabeth Fitzhugh (c.1420-1469), and had
G5) Sir Robert Greystoke, Heir of Greystoke (c.1440-1483) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth Grey (see H5 below), and had
G6) Elizabeth, 6th Lady Greystoke (1471-1516) m. Thomas, 2nd Lord Dacre of Gilsland (1467-1525, descended from Edward I), and had
G7) William, 3rd Lord Dacre of Gilsland (1500-1563) m. Lady Elizabeth Talbot (see D6 below)

H3) Lady Eleanor Neville, by 2nd husband (1403-1472) m. 2) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (see J4 below), and had
H4) Lady Katherine Percy (1423-1493) m. Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (see I4 below), and had
H5) Lady Elizabeth Grey (c.1451-1471) m. Sir Robert Greystoke, Heir of Greystoke (see G5 above)

I2) Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet of Lancaster, by first wife (1364-1425) m. 2) John Holland, 1st Duke of 
Exeter (c.1358-1400, descended from Edward I), and had a dau

Elizabeth (née Plantagenet), Duchess
of Exeter- see Generation I2

I3) Lady Constance Holland (1386-1437) m. 2) Sir John Grey of Badmondisfield Hall (c.1385-1439, descended from Edward I), and had
I4) Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416-1490) m. Katherine Percy (see 
H4 above)

J1) Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) m. 1) Elizabeth de Burgh (1332-1363, descended from Edward I), and had
J2) Lady Philippa Plantagenet of Clarence (1355-1377) m. Edmund Mortmer, 3rd Earl of March (1352-1381), and had
J3) Lady Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417) m. 1) Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy (1364-1403), and had
J4) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394-1455) m. Lady Eleanor Neville (see H3 above)

K1) Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397) m. Lady Eleanor de Bohun (1366-1399, descended from Edward I), and had
K2) Anne Plantagenet, Countess of Buckingham (1383-1438) m. 2) Edmund, 5th Earl of Stafford (1378-1403, descended from Edward I), and had
K3) Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402-1460) m. Lady Anne Neville (see E3 above)

Cheers,                                   ------Brad

{31} Edward III/Thomas More/Thomas Cromwell Descents for Maria Teresa (née Metcalfe) Eyston (1791-1848)

Sir Thomas More

The recent television mini-series Wolf Hall, based on the best-selling novel by Hilary Mantel, had me deceived by it's title. Not having read the book, I assumed it would be a look at Henry VIII's reign through the view of the Seymours, since Wolf Hall was their family seat. Instead, it was a contemplative (and at times painfully slow-moving) account of the reign through Thomas Cromwell's point of view. Mark Rylance gave a brilliant, multi-dimensional performance as Cromwell, and Sir Thomas More (played by Anton Lesser) was portrayed as a shrill, arrogant fanatic. This is the complete opposite of the Oscar-winning film adaptation of Robert Bolt's 1960s play A Man For All Seasons, where Paul Scofield plays More as a dignified figure, the most principled man in the room, with Leo McKern's Cromwell a materialistic, hypocritical villain. The television series The Tudors, which I'm very fond of, has what I feel is the most accurate portrayal of the two, with neither More nor Cromwell an all-out hero or an all-out villain.

Thomas Cromwell

The two men have come to symbolize the different religious factions, Catholic and Protestant, that arose when Henry VIII split the Anglican Church off from Rome. Whether or not this is how they were perceived in their own time is for historians to research, but it's certainly how they are being portrayed onscreen today. It's therefore interesting from a genealogical perspective to come across an individual who can claim descent from both men. Agnes Mary (née Eyston) Western is one, with her paternal grandmother Maria Teresa (née Metcalfe) Eyston the gateway link to these two divergent lines.

In 1838, Maria Teresa Eyston succeeded her childless brother as the senior representative (the one amongst an individual's living descendants who would theoretically be entitled to an estate, or any other claim, from that individual based on primogeniture - i.e. the eldest son of the eldest son of the eldest son, or, if there are no sons, the eldest daughter, etc), of Sir Thomas More. This came to her through her paternal grandmother Bridget More of Barnburgh Hall, the Yorkshire seat of the More family since the 16th century.

Barnburgh Hall, Yorkshire. It was demolished in 1969.

Through her mother Maria Teresa is a 12-generation descendant of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, and appears on p. 383 of Ruvigny's Clarence volume (1905). As the ancestry of Maria Teresa's maternal grandfather Sir George Throckmorton, Heir of Coughton Court, is well-covered in Ruvigny and other sources, I won't repeat his Edward III lines here, and only the Edward III lines for Maria Teresa's maternal grandmother Dame Anna Maria (née Paston) Throckmorton appear below, one of which (Line D) is through Thomas, Lord Cromwell's granddaughter Frances Strode.

Metcalfe of Brigg coat of arms
[Argent, three calves passant sable]

THOMAS PETER METCALFE of Bath, Somersetshire, b. 4 July 1756 Brigg, Lincolnshire; d. 21 Oct. 1793 Bath, only son of Peter Metcalfe of Brigg (d. 1757) and Bridget More (c.1735-1797, descended from Edward III & Sir Thomas More - see Generation A14 below); m. 28 Aug. 1789 St George Catholic Church, Buckland, Berkshire, TERESA THROCKMORTON, b. Weston House, Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, bap. 28 Feb. 1789 St Laurence Church, Weston Underwood; d. 24 Sept. 1824 Hendred House, East Hendred, Berkshire, bur. 2 Oct. 1824 St George Catholic Church, Buckland, dau. of Sir George Throckmorton of Weston House (1721-1767, descended from Edward III) and Anna Maria Paston (1728-1791, descended from Edward III & Thomas Cromwell - see Generation B15 below), and had issue, one son and one daughter.

Issue of Thomas Peter and Teresa (Throckmorton) Metcalfe:

More of Barnburgh coat of arms
[Argent, a chevron engrailed between
three moorcocks sable, crested gules]

1) MARIA TERESA METCALFE, suc. her brother as senior representative of St/Sir Thomas More 1838, b. 6 Feb. 1791 Bath, bap. same day St Mary Catholic Chapel, Queen's Square, Bath; d. 19 Mar. 1848 Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, bur. St Benet Catholic Churchyard, Kemerton, Gloucestershire; m. 13 Oct. 1814 St Mary Catholic Chapel, Queen's Square, Bath, CHARLES EYSTON of Hendred House, b. 17 May 1790 Milton House, Berkshire, bap. 18 May 1790 St Mary Catholic Chapel, Milton House; d. 24 Feb. 1857 London, bur. St Benet Catholic Churchyard, Kemerton, Gloucestershire, est son of Basil Eyston of Hendred House (1749-1817, descended from Edward III) and Mary Jane Huddleston (1765-1847, descended from Edward III), and had issue, three sons and five daughters.

2) THOMAS PETER METCALFE [later MORE] of Barnburgh Hall, Yorkshire, assumed surname and arms of More after death of paternal grandmother Bridget (More) (Metcalfe) Dalton (royal lic. 24 June) 1797, suc. as senior representative of St/Sir Thomas More on death of paternal great-aunt, Dame Mary Augustina (née More), Prioress of the Augustinian Canonesses at Bruges March 1807, b. Bath, bap. 25 Apr. 1794 St Mary Catholic Chapel, Queen's Street, Bath; d. unm. 20 July 1838 Birmingham, Warwickshire, bur. 4 Aug. 1838 St Peter Church, Coughton, Warwickshire.

Following are ten of the many lines of descent from Edward III for Maria Teresa Metcalfe through her two grandmothers.

Lady Elizabeth (née Mortimer)
Percy - see Generation A3

Edward III had 2 sons A1 & E1 (see below)
A1) Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth de Burgh (1332-1363, descended from Edward I), and had
A2) Lady Philippa Plantagenet of Clarence (1355-1377) m. Edmund Mortmer, 3rd Earl of March (1352-1381), and had
A3) Lady Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417) m. 1) Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy (1364-1403), and had a son A4 & a dau B4 (see below)
A4) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394-1455) m. Lady Eleanor Neville (see E3 below), and had
A5) Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461) m. Eleanor Poynings (1428-1484, descended from Edward I), and had
A6) Lady Elizabeth Percy (b. c.1460) m. Henry, 6th Lord Scrope of Bolton (c.1460-1506, descended from Edward I), and had
A7) John Scrope of Spennithorne (c.1496-1547) m. Phyllis Rokeby (d. 1576), and had

Mary (née Scrope) More -
see Generation A8

A8) Mary Scrope (1534-1607) m. Thomas More of Barnburgh Hall (1531-1606, descended from Edward I & grandson of Sir Thomas More, the saint), and had
A9) Cresacre More of Chilston (1572-1649) m. Elizabeth Gage (1585-1610, descended from Edward I), and had
A10) Thomas More of Gobions (1607-1660) m. Mary Brooke (d. 1683), and had
A11) Basil More of Barnburgh Hall (1639-1702) m. Anne Humble (1641-1694), and had
A12) Christopher Cresacre More of Barnburgh Hall (1666-1729) m. Katherine Wharton (d. 1744), and had
A13) Thomas More of Barnburgh Hall (1691-1739) m. Catherine Giffard (see G13 below), and had
A14) Bridget More (c.1735-1797) m. 1) Peter Metcalfe of Glandford Brigg (d. 1757), and had
A15) Thomas Peter Metcalfe of Bath (1756-1793) m. Teresa Throckmorton (see B16 below), and had
A16) Maria Teresa Metcalfe (1791-1848) m. Charles Eyston of Hendred House (1790-1857, descended from Edward III), grandparents of Agnes Mary Eyston

Wentworth of Nettlestead
coat of arms

B4) Lady Elizabeth Percy (c.1395-1437) m. 1) John, 7th Lord Clifford (1388-1422, descended from Edward I), and had
B5) Mary Clifford (c.1420-by1458) m. Sir Philip Wentworth of Nettlestead (1424-1464), and had
B6) Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead (1448-1499) m. 1) Anne Say (c.1448-aft.1489), and had two daus B7 & D7 (see below)
B7) Elizabeth Wentworth (c.1482-aft.1545) m. 1) Roger Darcy of Maldon (1478-1508, descended from Edward I), and had two daus B8 & C8 (see below)[*1]
B8) Elizabeth Darcy (d. aft.1563) m. (div.) Sir John Leigh of Stockwell (1502-1564, descended from Edward I), and had
B9) Agnes Leigh m. 1) Sir Thomas Paston of Binham Priory (by1517-1550, descended from Edward I), and had
B10) Edward Paston of Appleton Hall (1550-1630) m. 2) Margery Berney (c.1565-1640, descended from Edward I), and had
B11) William Paston of Appleton Hall (d. 1652) m. Agnes Everard (see I9 below), and had
B12) William Paston of Horton Court (d. 1673) m. Mary Lawson (d. 1679, descended from Edward III)[*2], and had

William Paston of Horton Court
- see Generation B14

B13) John Paston of Horton Court (1669-1737) m. 1) Frances Tichborne (see F12 below), and had
B14) William Paston of Horton Court (1700-1769) m. 1) Mary Courtenay (see C14 below), and had
B15) Anna Maria Paston (1728-1799) m. Sir George Throckmorton, Heir of Coughton Court (1721-1767, descended from Edward III), and had
B16) Teresa Throckmorton (1759-1824) m. Thomas Peter Metcalfe of Bath (see A15 above)

[*1] Kathy Lynn Emerson on her website A Who's Who of Tudor Women makes it clear that the Elizabeth Darcy who married and divorced Sir John Leigh of Stockwell was not the same woman as the Elizabeth Darcy who married Humphrey Colles of Barton Grange (see C8 below). However, if Elizabeth Darcy divorced Humphrey Colles by 1544 when he married his second wife, rather than died, the chronology could work for her to have been the same woman. I've made two different Elizabeth Darcys in my database, but further research is needed.

Lawson coat of arms

[*2] Mary Lawson, who died 23 September 1679 at Bath, is a granddaughter of Roger Lawson of Heton Hall (1571-1614) & Dorothy Constable (1580-1632), both descendants of Edward III. Mary Lawson appears on p. 299 of Ruvigny's 1911 Mortimer-Percy volume, married to "(---) Paston of co. Norfolk". Ruvigny was unaware of any issue of the couple, so generations B13 & B14 above are additions to Ruvigny. The best account of this branch of the Paston family is the article 'The Pastons of Horton' by J.N. Langston, in Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Volume 77 (1958). Neither Ruvigny, in his Table XVIII, nor Rev. John William Clay in his Lawson of Brough pedigree in Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions Volume 2 (1907), have any details on Mary's father James Lawson beyond the fact that he "resided at Scremerston, co. Durham" [sic - Scremerston is in Northumberland, not county Durham], and his wife (Mary's mother) is unidentified.  The Northumberland County History Committee's History of Northumberland series has a pedigree on pp. 392-395 of Volume 13 (1930), which is cited as a source in the ODNB bio of James's mother Dorothy Constable Lawson. It may provide more information on James Lawson of Scremerston, but I'm unable to access that volume here in Vancouver.

C8) Elizabeth Darcy (d. by 1544, but see note [*1] above) m. Humphrey Colles of Barton Grange (by 1510-1571), and had

Courtenay of Molland coat of arms

C9) John Colles of Barton Grange (c.1541-1608) m. 1) Anne Thynne (d. by 1595), and had
C10) Anne Colles (d. 1627) m. Charles Courtenay (c.1570-1612, descended from Edward I), and had
C11) John Courtenay of Molland (d. 1661) m. Margaret Wyndham (d. 1684, descended from Edward I), and had
C12) John Courtenay of Molland (1630-1684) m. Mary Stucley (see H10 below), and had
C13) John Courtenay of Molland (1659-1724) m. Hon. Amy Clifford (see D14 below), and had
C14) Mary Courtenay (1687-1747) m. William Paston of Horton Court (see B14 above)

D7) Margery Wentworth (c.1478-1550) m. Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall (c.1474-1536), and had
D8) Elizabeth Seymour (c.1514-by 1563) m. 2) Gregory, 1st Baron Cromwell (c.1514-1551, son of Thomas, Lord Cromwell), and had
D9) Frances Cromwell (c.1544-1562) m. Richard Strode of Newnham (1528-1581, descended from Edward I), and had

D10) Sir William Strode of Newnham (1562-1637) m. 1) Mary Southcote (d. 1618, descended from Edward I), and had
D11) Mary Strode (1586-1645) m. Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet of Ashton (1582-1658), and had
D12) Mary Chudleigh m. Hugh Clifford of Ugbrooke Park (1603-1640, descended from Edward I), and had

1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
- see Generation D13

D13) Thomas, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1630-1673) m. Elizabeth Martin (d. 1709), and had
D14) Hon. Amy Clifford (1661-1693) m. John Courtenay of Molland (see C13 above)

E1) John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) m. three times, and had two daus E2 & J2 (see below)
E2) Lady Joan Beaufort, by 3rd wife (c.1377-1440) m. 2) Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1364-1425), and had a dau E3 & two sons F3 & H3 (see below)
E3) Lady Eleanor Neville, by 2nd husband (1403-1472) m. 2) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (see A4 above)

F3) Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury (c.1398-1460) m. Lady Alice Montagu (1406-1462, descended from Edward I), and had two daus F4 & G4 (see below)
F4) Lady Katherine Neville (c.1442-1504) m. 1) William Bonville, 6th Lord Harington (1442-1460, descended from Edward I), and had
F5) Cecily Bonville (1460-1529) m. 1) Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (c.1456-1501, descended from Edward I), and had
F6) Lady Eleanor Grey (c.1479-by1503) m. Sir John Arundell of Lanherne (c.1474-1545), and had
F7) Sir Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle (by1502-1552) m. Margaret Howard (c.1518-1571, descended from Edward I), and had

1st Baron Arundell of Wardour
- see Generation F9

F8) Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle (by1534-1598) m. Margaret Willoughby (1538-1585, descended from Edward III), and had
F9) Thomas, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c.1560-1639) m. 1) Lady Mary Wriothesley (c.1567-1607, descended from Edward III), and had
F10) Hon. William Arundell of Horningsham (c.1590-1653) m. Hon. Mary Browne (c.1600-1692, descended from Edward III), and had
F11) Mary Arundell (c.1630-1698) m. Sir Henry Tichborne, 3rd Baronet of Tichborne (c.1619-1689, descended from Edward I), and had
F12) Frances Tichborne (c.1675-1712) m. John Paston of Horton Court (see B13 above)

G4) Lady Alice Neville (c.1434-aft.1503) m. Henry, 5th Lord Fitzhugh (1429-1472), and had
G5) Elizabeth Fitzhugh (1462-bef.1507) m. 2) Nicholas, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden (c.1460-1523, descended from Edward I), and had
G6) Katherine Vaux (c.1490-c.1571) m. Sir George Throckmorton of Coughton Court (by 1489-1552), and had
G7) Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton Court (by1513-1581) m. 1) Muriel Berkeley (c.1511-by 1542, descended from Edward I), and had

Sir Robert Throckmorton -
see Generation G7

G8) Anne Throckmorton (c.1540-1603) m. Ralph Sheldon of Beoley (c.1537-1613), and had
G9) Mary Sheldon (b. 1560) m. Walter Fowler of St Thomas Priory (1552-1621), and had
G10) Frances Fowler m. Peter Giffard of Chillington Hall (1581-1663), and had
G11) John Giffard of Black Ladies (b. 1620) m. Katherine Hawkins, and had
G12) John Giffard of Black Ladies (c.1655-1710) m. Katherine Taylor (1667-aft.1715), and had
G13) Catherine Giffard (d. 1767) m. Thomas More of Barnburgh Hall (see A13 above)

H3) Edward Neville, 3rd Lord Abergavenny (c.1417-1476) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth Beauchamp (1415-1448, descended from Edward III), and had
H4) George Neville, 4th Lord Abergavenny (1440-1492) m. 1) Margaret Fenne (c.1444-1485), and had 2 sons H5 & I5 (see below)
H5) George Neville, 5th Lord Abergavenny (1469-1535) m. 3) Lady Mary Stafford (c.1503-by 1529, descended from Edward III), and had
H6) Katherine Neville (b. c.1521) m. Sir John St Leger of Annery (c.1516-1596, descended from Edward I), and had

Stucley of Affeton coat of arms

H7) Frances St Leger m. John Stucley of Affeton Castle (by 1551-1611), and had
H8) Sir Lewis Stucley of Affeton Castle (by 1581-1620) m. Frances Monck (descended from Edward IV), and had
H9) John Stucley of Affeton Castle (d. 1638) m. 2) Elizabeth Coode (see J10 below), and had
H10) Mary Stucley[*3] m. John Courtenay of Molland (see C12 above)

[*3] Generations H5 to H10 above appear in Table XXVI of Ruvigny's Mortimer-Percy volume.

I5) Sir Edward Neville of Addington Park (by1482-1538) m. Eleanor Windsor (d. 1531, descended from Edward I), and had
I6) Frances Neville (c.1525-1599) m. 1) Sir Edward Waldegrave of Sudbury (c.1517-1561), and had
I7) Charles Waldegrave of Stanninghall (1550-1632) m. Jeronyma Jerningham (c.1550-1626, descended from Edward I), and had
I8) Dorothy Waldegrave m. William Everard of Linstead (d. 1632), and had
I9) Agnes Everard (c.1603-1676) m. William Paston of Appleton Hall (see B11 above)

J2) Lady Elizabeth of Lancaster, by 1st wife (1364-1425) m. 2) John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (c.1358-1400, descended from Edward I), and had

2nd Duke of Exeter -
see Generation J3

J3) John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (1395-1447) = unknown mistress, and had
J4) Robert Holland, Bastard of Exeter (d. 1461) m. Margaret ---, and had
J5) Jane Holland m. 1) John Kendall of Treworgey, and had
J6) Walter Kendall of Pelyn House (d. 1547) m. Jane Rous, and had
J7) Nicholas Kendall of Pelyn House (1511-1583) m. Loveday Killiow, and had
J8) Walter Kendall of Pelyn House (by 1543-1598) m. Agnes Bevill, and had
J9) Loveday Kendall (d. 1613) m. William Coode of Morval (1573-1655), and had
J10) Elizabeth Coode m. John Stucley of Affeton Castle (see H9 above)


My next post will examine the Edward III descents of Maria Teresa Metcalfe's husband, Charles Eyston of Hendred House.

Cheers,                                    -------Brad