{51} Edward III Descents for Sir Walter Wrottesley, 3rd Bt (1659-1712)

Wrottesley Coat of Arms

The Wrottesley family, which can trace its line back to the Domesday Book, was seated at Wrottesley Hall, in the parish of Tettenhall, Staffordshire, for over 700 years, from the time of William de Verdon (d. 1242), who was the first to assume the surname Wrottesley, until 1963, when Wrottesley Hall was sold by the the 5th Baron Wrottesley (1918-1977).

The family first married into the Edward I bloodline in the late 15th-century, when Sir Walter Wrottesley (c.1430-1473), a confirmed Yorkist, and one of the leading administrators in the retinue of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick 'the Kingmaker', arranged the marriage of his eldest son and heir Richard Wrottesley to Dorothy, the second daughter of Sir Edmund Sutton of Aston Le Walls, heir to the barony of Dudley, and his first child from his second marriage to the widowed Dame Maud (née Clifford) Harrington of Hornby Castle. The marriage brought the Wrottesleys no lands, but much prestige, for the Suttons of Dudley Castle were one of the most families in Staffordshire, and Richard Wrottesley's father-in-law Sir Edmund was high in favour at the court of King Edward IV, and served as deputy lieutenant of Ireland under his brother-in-law John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester (Sir Edmund's first wife had been Worcester's sister).

Wrottesley Hall, Tettenhall, Staffordshire

Baronets since 1641, and Barons since 1838, the family is widely covered in the peerage works, but the most comprehensive account to-date remains Major-General Hon. George Wrottesley's 1903 book History of the Family of Wrottesley of Wrottesley, co. Stafford. With the marriage of Sir Hugh Wrottesley, great-grandson of Richard and Dorothy (Dudley) Wrottesley, to Margaret Devereux, the family fell under the scope of Ruvigny's Plantagenet Roll series, and he covers them in Table XXX (p. 32) of his 1908 Essex volume (see Line A below for the descent).

Below are the nine lines of descent for Sir Walter Wrottesley, 3rd Baronet, born 1659, died at Somerford Hall, Brewood, Staffordshire, buried 4 April 1712 St Mary & St Chad Church, Brewood.

Richard Wrottesley and Dorothy Dudley
Monument in Tettenhall Church, Staffordshire
- see Generation B7

Edward III had four sons A1, C1, D1 and E1 (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 and 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 of York, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (see C2 below), and had
A5) Lady Isabel Plantagenet (1409-1484) m. 2) Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (see D3 below), and had
A6) William, Lord Bourchier (c.1428-1477) m. 2) Lady Anne Woodville (c.1448-1489), and had
A7) Cecily Bourchier (c.1473-1493) m. John Devereux, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Chartley (1464-1501, descended from Edward I), and had

A8) Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford (c.1491-1558) m. 2) Margaret Garneys (d. 1599), and had
A9) Sir Edward Devereux, 1st Baronet of Castle Bromwich (c.1550-1622) m. Katherine Arden (see G9 below), and had
A10) Margaret Devereux (c.1578-1615) m. Sir Hugh Wrottesley of Wrottesley Hall (see B11 below), and had
A11) Sir Walter Wrottesley, 1st Baronet of Wrottesley (1606-1659) m. Mary Grey (see H10 below), and had
A12) Sir Walter Wrottesley, 2nd Baronet of Wrottesley (c.1631-1686) m. Margaret Wolryche (c.1633-1673, descended from Edward I), and had
A13) Sir Walter Wrottesley, 3rd Baronet of Wrottesley (1659-1712)

B3) Lady Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417) m. 1) Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy (1364-1403), and had
B4) Lady Elizabeth Percy (c.1395-1437) m. 1) John, 7th Lord Clifford (1388-1422, descended from Edward I), and had
B5) Thomas, 8th Lord Clifford (1414-1455) m. Joan Dacre (c.1417-c.1452, descended from Edward I), and had
B6) Maud Clifford (b. c.1436) m. 2) Sir Edmund Sutton, Heir of Dudley Castle (c.1430-1482), and had
B7) Dorothy Dudley (c.1465-1517) m. Richard Wrottesley of Wrottesley Hall (1457-1521), and had
B8) Walter Wrottesley of Wrottesley Hall (c.1485-1563) m. Isabel Harcourt, and had
B9) John Wrottesley of Wrottesley Hall (c.1520-1578) m. Elizabeth Astley (see E7 below), and had
B10) Walter Wrottesley of Wrottesley Hall (c.1546-1630) m. 1) Mary Lee (d. by 1595), and had
B11) Sir Hugh Wrottesley of Wrottesley Hall (c.1570-1633) m. 1) Margaret Devereux (see A10 above)

3rd Earl of Cambridge -
see Generation C2

C1) Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341-1403) m. 1) Isabel of Castile (1355-1392), and had
C2) Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1385-1415) m. 1) Lady Anne Mortimer (see A4 above)

D1) Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397) m. Lady Eleanor de Bohun (1366-1399, descended from Edward I), and had
D2) Anne Plantagenet, Countess of Buckingham (1383-1438) m. 3) William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (c.1374-1420), and had
D3) Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1404-1483) m. Lady Isabel Plantagenet (see A5 above)

E1) John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) m. 3) Katherine Roet (c.1350-1403), and had a son E2 and a dau F2 (see below)
E2) John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1373-1410) m. Lady Margaret Holland (1383-1439, descended from Edward I), and had
E3) Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406-1455) m. Lady Eleanor Beauchamp (1408-1467, descended from Edward I), and had
E4) Lady Anne Beaufort (1443-bef.1492) m. William Paston of London (1434-1496), and had
E5) Agnes Paston (c.1476-bef.1514) m. Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton (see F6 below), and had
E6) Mary Talbot m. Thomas Astley of Patshull Hall (d. 1558), and had
E7) Elizabeth Astley (c.1525-1592) m. John Wrottesley of Wrottesley Hall (see B9 above)

F2) Lady Joan Beaufort (c.1377-1440) m. twice, and had a dau F3 and a son G3 (see below)
F3) Elizabeth Ferrers, by 1st husband (1393-1434) m. John, 4th Lord Greystoke (c.1390-1436), and had
F4) Ralph, 5th Lord Greystoke (1414-1487) m. 1) Elizabeth Fitzhugh (c.1420-1469), and had
F5) Elizabeth Greystoke (c.1438-aft.1483) m. 2) Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton (1452-1516, descended from Edward I), and had
F6) Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton (c.1477-1542) m. 1) Agnes Paston (see E5 above)

G3) Richard Neville, 1st Earl of Salisbury, by 2nd husband (c.1398-1460) m. Lady Alice Montagu (1406-1462, descended from Edward I), and had 2 daus G4 & H4, and a son I4 (see below)
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

Dame Katherine (née Vaux)
Throckmorton - see
Generation G6

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
G8) Mary Throckmorton (c.1536-1603) m. Edward Arden of Park Hall (1533-1583), and had
G9) Katherine Arden (c.1556-1627) m. Sir Edward Devereux, 1st Baronet of Castle Bromwich (see A9 above)

H4) Lady Katherine Neville (c.1442-1504) m. 1) William Bonville, 6th Lord Harington (1442-1460, descended from Edward I), and had
H5) Cecily Bonville (1460-1529) m. 1) Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (c.1456-1501, descended from Edward I), and had
H6) Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset (1477-1530) m. 2) Margaret Wotton (d. 1541), and had
H7) Lord John Grey of Pirgo Palace (c.1524-1564) m. Mary Browne (see I7 below), and had
H8) Henry, 1st Baron Grey of Groby (1547-1614) m. Anne Windsor (d. 1605, descended from Edward I), and had
H9) Ambrose Grey of Enville Hall (d. 1636) m. 1) Margaret Prince (descended from Edward I), and had
H10) Mary Grey (c.1608-aft.1661) m. Sir Walter Wrottesley, 1st Baronet of Wrottesley (see A11 above)

I4) John Neville, Marquess Montagu (c.1431-1471) m. Isabel Ingaldesthorpe (1441-1476, descended from Edward I), and had
I5) Lady Lucy Neville (1468-1534) m. 2) Sir Anthony Browne of Calais (1443-1506, descended from Edward I), and had
I6) Sir Anthony Browne of Cowdray Park (c.1500-1548) m. Alice Gage (d. 1540), and had
I7) Mary Browne (c.1527-1617) m. 1) Lord John Grey of Pirgo Palace (see H7 above)

This concludes the series of posts on the royal descents of Susan Inge, first wife of George Moore of Appleby Hall.

Cheers,                                 -----Brad