{36} Some Edward III Descents for Hon. George William Petre (1766-1797)

Adela Maria (née Howard) Petre
[Portrait courtesy of Christopher Constable-Maxwell]

It's great to be blogging again after a pause of two months, longer than I had originally anticipated. Continuing with the intermarriages of the Corby Castle branch of the Howard family with the family of the Barons Petre of Writtle, both staunchly Catholic, we have the youngest daughter of Henry Howard of Corby Castle (1757-1842) & his 2nd wife Catherine Mary Neave (1770-1849):

ADELA MARIA HOWARD, b. Corby Castle, Wetheral, Cumberland, bap. 31 Mar. 1805 Holy Trinity Church, Wetheral; d. as a result of childbirth 9 Sept. 1833 Grosvenor Square, London, bur. St Mary Catholic Chapel, Enfield, Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire; m. 20 Apr. 1830, as his second wife, her first cousin, HENRY WILLIAM PETRE of Dunkenhalgh Hall, b. 23 Apr. 1791 Marylebone, London; d. 26 Nov. 1852 Portman Square, Westminster, bur. St Mary Catholic Chapel, Enfield, son of Hon. George William Petre of Bellhouse (1766-1797, descended from Charles II - see A17 below) and Maria Howard (1762-1837, descended from Edward III), and had issue, three sons.

Issue of Henry William and Adela Maria (Howard) Petre:

Henry William Petre of Dunkenhalgh Hall
[Portrait courtesy of Christopher Constable-Maxwell]

1) EDWARD HENRY PETRE, of Whitley Abbey, Warwickshire, b. 21 Feb. 1831 Hanover Square, London; d. 21 Nov. 1902 Chelsea, London, bur. London Road Cemetery, Coventry, Warwickshire; m. 29 Oct. 1857 Rugby, Warwickshire, Lady GWENDOLINE ELIZABETH TALBOT (1836-1910), and had issue (covered by Ruvigny on p. 376 of his 1905 Clarence volume).

2) Lt. OSWALD PETRE, 6th Dragoon Guards, b. 15 Aug. 1832 London; d. unmarried 25 Nov. 1855 Dunkenhalgh Hall, bur. St Mary Catholic Chapel, Enfield.

3) HUBERT REGINALD PETRE, b. 3 Sept. 1833 Grosvenor Square; d. there nineteen days later 22 Sept. 1833, bur. St Mary Catholic Chapel, Enfield.

Dunkenhalgh Hall, in the parish of Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, was the seat of the Walmesley family for over a hundred years, since the 1580s, when it was acquired by the attorney and judge Sir Thomas Walmesley (c.1537-1612). The last male of the family, Francis Walmesley (1696-1711) died unmarried, a minor aged 14, and the manor was inherited by his only sister, the 13-year-old Catherine Walmesley, who was married the following year to the 22-year-old 7th Baron Petre. Widowed just a year later, Catherine married again, in 1733, to the 15th Baron Stourton, whom she also survived. After her death in 1785, per her own request, Dunkenhalgh Hall was inherited by Hon. George William Petre, the 9-year-old second son of her grandson the 9th Baron Petre.

Dunkenhalgh Hall is a 5-star hotel today

The young Hon. George Petre had also been designated to inherit the manor of Bellhouse, in the parish of Stanford Rivers, Essex, which had come back to the Baron Petre in 1762, at the failure of the male line of a younger branch of the family, which had been seated there since 1628. He held both manors at his early death in 1797 at age 31, leaving a widow, the former Maria Howard of Corby Castle (1762-1837), with their four surviving children, three sons and a daughter. The eldest son was Henry William Petre who made Dunkenhalgh Hall his chief seat, and who married as his second wife, his first cousin Adela Maria Howard, above.

9th Baron Petre - see Generation A16

Hon. George is a 5-generation descendant of King Charles II (see Line C below at Generation C13). Following are five additional lines of descent for him from Edward III, all thru his father the 9th Baron Petre, which are not yet in the Genealogics or Roglo databases.

Edward III had a third surviving son
A1) John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) m. 3) Katherine Roet (c.1350-1403), and had
A2) Lady Joan Beaufort (1377-1440) m. 2) Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1364-1425), and had two sons A3 & D3 (see below)
A3) Richard Neville, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c.1398-1460) m. Alice Montagu 
(1406-1462, descended from Edward I), and had a dau A4 & a son B4 (see below)
A4) Lady Alice Neville (c.1434-aft.1503) m. Henry, 5th Lord Fitzhugh (1429-1472), and had
A5) Elizabeth Fitzhugh (1462-bef.1507) m. 1) Sir William Parr of Kendal (1434-1483), and had
A6) William, 1st Baron Parr of Horton (c.1480-1546) m. Mary Salisbury (1484-1555), and had
A7) Anne Parr (c.1507-by 1540) m. Sir Thomas Tresham of Rushton Hall (by 1500-1559), and had
A8) John Tresham, Heir of Rushton Hall (c.1525-1546) m. Eleanor Catesby (d. 1546), and had
A9) Sir Thomas Tresham of Rushton Hall (1543-1605) m. Muriel Throckmorton (d. 1615, descended from Edward III), and had
A10) Francis Tresham of Rushton Hall (c.1567-1605) m. Anne Tufton, and had
A11) Elizabeth Tresham (c.1594-1647) m. Sir George Heneage of Hainton Hall (d. 1660, descended from Edward I), and had
A12) Bridget Heneage (1630-1662) m. Sir Thomas Clifton, 1st Baronet of Clifton (1628-1694, descended from Edward III), and had
A13) Mary Clifton (c.1660-1730) m. Thomas, 6th Baron Petre (1633-1707, descended from Edward III), and had
A14) Robert, 7th Baron Petre (1690-1713) m. Catherine Walmesley (see B13 below), and had
A15) Robert James, 8th Baron Petre (1713-1742) m. Lady Anna Maria Barbara Radcliffe (see C14 below), and had
A16) Robert Edward, 9th Baron Petre (1742-1801) m. Anne Howard (1742-1787, descended from James II), and had
A17) Hon. George William Petre of Bellhouse (1766-1797) m. Maria Howard of Corby Castle

B4) John Neville, Marquess Montagu (c.1431-1471) m. Isabel Ingaldesthorpe (1441-1476, descended from Edward I), and had

Elizabeth (née Browne), Countess of
Worcester - see Generation B6

B5) Lady Lucy Neville (1468-1534) m. 2) Sir Anthony Browne of Calais (1443-1506, descended from Edward I), and had a dau B6 & a son C6 (see below)
B6) Elizabeth Browne (c.1502-1565) m. Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (c.1496-1549, descended from Edward III), and had
B7) Lady Lucy Somerset (1523-1583) m. John Neville, 4th Lord Latimer (1520-1577, descended from Edward III), and had
B8) Elizabeth Neville (1550-1630) m. 1) Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey (1540-1594, descended from Edward I), and had
B9) Eleanor Danvers (c.1583-1601) m. Thomas Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh Hall (1584-1642), and had
B10) Sir Thomas Walmesley, Heir of Dunkenhalgh Hall (1600-1637) m. Juliana Molyneux (c.1598-1668, descended from Edward I), and had
B11) Richard Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh Hall (1627-1679) m. Mary Fromond (d. 1687), and had
B12) Bartholomew Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh Hall (d. 1701) m. Dorothy Smyth (see D11 below), and had
B13) Catherine Walmesley (1698-1785) m. 1) Robert, 7th Baron Petre (see A14 above)

C6) Sir Anthony Browne of Cowdray Park (c.1500-1548) m. Alice Gage (d. 1540), and had
C7) Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu (1528-1592) m. 1) Lady Jane Radcliffe (1532-1552, descended from Edward III), and had
C8) Hon. Anthony Browne (1552-1592) m. Mary Dormer (c.1553-1637), and had
C9) Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu (1574-1629) m. Lady Jane Sackville (d. 1651, descended from Edward I), and had
C10) Hon. Frances Browne (c.1612-1657) m. John Blomer of Hatherop Castle (d. 1638), and had
C11) Mary Blomer (1634-1709) m. 2) Sir John Webb, 2nd Baronet of Odstock (c.1630-1700, descended from Edward III), and had

Anna Maria (née Webb), Countess of
Derwentwater - see Generation C13

C12) Sir John Webb, 3rd Baronet of Odstock (c.1670-1745) m. 1) Hon. Barbara Bellasis (c.1673-1740, descended from Edward III), and had
C13) Anna Maria Webb (1693-1723) m. James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater (1689-1716, grandson of Charles II), and had
C14) Lady Anna Maria Barbara Radcliffe (1716-1760) m. Robert James, 8th Baron Petre (see A15 above)

D3) Edward Neville, 3rd Lord Abergavenny (c.1417-1476) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth Beauchamp (1415-1448, descended from Edward III), and had
D4) George Neville, 4th Lord Abergavenny (1440-1492) m. 1) Margaret Fenne (c.1444-1485), and had
D5) Sir Edward Neville of Addington Park (by1482-1538) m. Eleanor Windsor (d. 1531, descended from Edward I), and had
D6) Frances Neville (c.1525-1599) m. 1) Sir Edward Waldegrave of Sudbury (c.1517-1561), and had a dau D7 & a son E7 (see below)

Frances (née Neville) Waldegrave
- see Generation D6

D7) Magdalen Waldegrave (c.1560-1598) m. John Southcote of Albery Place (1553-1637), and had
D8) Edward Southcote of Albery Place (1587-1652) m. Elizabeth Seborne (descended from Edward I), and had
D9) Katherine Southcote (d. 1672) m. Sir John Smyth of Crabbett (1591-1662, descended from Edward I), and had
D10) John Smyth of Crabbett (b. c.1652) m. 1) Dorothy Weston (see E10 below), and had
D11) Dorothy Smyth m. Bartholomew Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh Hall (see B12 above)

E7) Nicholas Waldegrave of Borley Hall (c.1555-1621) m. Katherine Browne (b. 1565, descended from Edward I), and had
E8) Frances Waldegrave (c.1590-1645) m. Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (1577-1635), and had
E9) Hon. Nicholas Weston of Covent Garden (1611-1656) m. Margaret ---[*], and had
E10) Dorothy Weston (1653-1679) m. John Smyth of Crabbett (see D10 above)

[*] Aside from the first name of 'Margaret', I've been unable to further identify the wife of Hon. Nicholas Weston. If anyone knows more details, I'd be eager to learn them.

The above lines should complete all of the known Edward III descents for the 9th Baron Petre.

My next post will cover the Edward III descents of Elizabeth Anne Glynn, the first of the three wives of Henry William Petre of Dunkenhalgh Hall.

Cheers,                                     ------Brad