{21} Edward III Descents for Hon. Therese (née Parker) Villiers (1775-1856)

Hon. Therese (née Parker) Villiers
(1775-1856)

The wife of Hon. George Villiers of Portman Square, great-grandfather of the author and poet George Villiers (1891-1942), was Hon. Therese Parker. She never knew her sophisticated, artistic mother, who died three months after Theresa's birth. Hon. Theresa Parker is on p. 643 of Ruvigny's Anne of Exeter volume (her descent from that lady is Line Q below).

Hon. THERESE PARKER, b. 22 Sept. 1775 Saltram House, Plympton St Mary, Devon, bap. 9 Apr. 1776 St Mary Church, Plympton St Mary, Devon; d. 12 Jan. 1856 The Grove, Watford, Hertfordshire, bur. 19 Jan. 1856 Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford, only dau. of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (1735-1786, descended from Edward III - see Generation A15 below) and his 2nd wife Hon. Theresa Robinson (1745-1775, descended from Edward III - see Generation C16 below); m. 17 Apr. 1798 Berkeley Square, London, Hon. GEORGE VILLIERS of Portman Square, M.P. Warwick 1792-1802, b. 23 Nov. 1759 Westminster, London, bap. 18 Dec. 1759 St James Church, Westminster; d. 21 Mar. 1827 Kent House, Knightsbridge, London, bur. 28 Mar. 1827 St Mary Church, Watford, est son of Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709-1786, descended from Edward III) and Lady Charlotte Capell (1721-1790, descended from Edward III), and had issue, eight sons and two daughters.

Hon. Therese (née Parker) Villiers on p. 643 of Ruvigny's 1907 Exeter volume

Issue of Hon. Therese (Parker) and Hon. George Villiers:

1) GEORGIANA VILLIERS, b. 12 Feb. 1799 Westminster; d. in infancy there 16 Mar. 1799, bur. St George Hanover Square, London.

2) GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4th Earl of Clarendon, b. 26 Jan. 1800 Upper Grosvenor Street, London, bap. 24 Feb. 1800 St George Hanover Square; d. 27 June 1870 Belgravia, London, bur. 2 July 1870 Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; m. 4 June 1839 St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, Lady KATHARINE (GRIMSTON) BARHAM, b. 18 Apr. 1810 Westminster, bap. 2 July 1810 St George Hanover Square; d. 4 July 1874 Marylebone, London, bur. 8 July 1874 Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford, widow of John Foster Barham of Marylebone (1799-1838), and only dau. of James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam (1775-1845, descended from Edward III) and Lady Charlotte Jenkinson (1783-1863, descended from Edward III), and had issue, four sons and four daughters.

Thomas Hyde Villiers
(1801-1832)

3) THOMAS HYDE VILLIERS of Haymarket, M.P. Heron 1826-30, Wotton Bassett 1830, Bletchingley 1831, b. 24 Jan. 1801 Upper Grosvenor Street, London, bap. 12 Mar. 1801 St George Hanover Square; d. unm. 3 Dec. 1832 Carclew House, Mylor, Cornwall, bur. 7 Dec. 1832 St Melorus Church, Mylor; by a mistress, CHARLOTTE HARTE, had issue (illegitimate), one son and one daughter.

4) Hon. CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERS of Chelsea, M.P. Wolverhampton 1835-1898, b. 19 Jan. 1802 Upper Grosvenor Street, bap. 22 Feb. 1802 St George Hanover Square; d. unm. 16 Jan. 1898 Belgravia, London, bur. 20 Jan. 1898 Kensal Green Cemetery, London.

Lady Theresa (née Villiers)
Lewis (1803-1865)

5) Lady (MARIA) THERESA VILLIERS, b. 8 Mar. 1803 Upper Grosvenor Street, London, bap. 17 Apr. 1803 St George Hanover Square; d. 9 Nov. 1865 Brasenose College, Oxford, bur. 14 Nov. 1865 Holywell Cemetery, Holywell, Oxfordshire; m. 1st 6 Nov. 1830 St George Hanover Square, THOMAS HENRY LISTER of Armitage Park, Registrar General 1836-42, b. 16 Dec. 1800 London, bap. 6 Feb. 1801 St George Bloomsbury, London; d. 5 June 1842 Kent House, Knightsbridge, bur. Kensal Green Cemetery, London, est son of Thomas Lister of Armitage Park (1772-1828, descended from Edward III) and his 1st wife Harriett Anne Seale (1778-1802), and had issue, one son and two daughters; m. 2nd 25 Oct. 1844 St Mary Church, Watford, Hertfordshire, Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS, 2nd Baronet of Harpton Court, b. 21 Apr. 1806 Westminster, London, bap. 27 May 1806 St George Hanover Square; d.s.p. 13 Apr. 1863 Harpton Court, Presteigne, Radnorshire, Wales, bur. 15 Apr. 1863 St Stephen Church, Old Radnor, Radnorshire, er son of Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, 1st Baronet of Harpton Court (1780-1855, descended from Edward III) and his 1st wife Harriet Cornewall (1778-1838, descended from Edward III).

6) FREDERICK ADOLPHUS VILLIERS, b. 17 Feb. 1805 Upper Grosvenor Street, London, bap. 4 May 1805 St George Hanover Square; d. in infancy 21 Nov. 1806 Cranbourne Lodge, Windsor Park, Berkshire, bur. 26 Nov. 1806 St John the Baptist Church, New Windsor.

7) Hon. EDWARD ERNEST VILLIERS of Knightsbridge, clerk of clergy returns in the Privy Council Office, b. 23 Mar. 1806; d. 30 Oct. 1843 Nice, France, bur. Protestant Cemetery, Nice; m. 1 Aug. 1835 All Saints Church, Fulham, Middlesex, Hon. ELIZABETH CHARLOTTE LIDDELL, b. 17 Aug. 1807 Bradley Hall, Durham, bap. 25 Aug. 1807 St Andrew Church, Lamely, Durham; d. 15 Apr. 1890 Ryde, Isle of Wight, bur. 19 Apr. 1890 St Mary Church, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, 5th dau. of Thomas Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth (1775-1855, descended from Edward III) and Maria Susanna Simpson (1773-1845, descended from James I of Scotland), and had issue, one son and three daughters.

8) AUGUSTUS VILLIERS, b. 2 Mar. 1808 Upper Grosvenor Street, London; d. in infancy there 24 Mar. 1808.

Hon. Rt Rev. Henry Montagu
Villiers, Bishop of Durham
(1813-1861)

9) Hon. Rt Rev. HENRY MONTAGU VILLIERS, Bishop of Carlisle 1856-60 and of Durham 1860-61, b. 4 Jan. 1813 Kent House, Knightsbridge, bap. 21 Apr. 1813 St Margaret Church, Westminster; d. 9 Aug. 1861 Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, Durham, bur. 16 Aug. 1861 St Andrew Church, Bishop Auckland; m. 31 Jan. 1837 St Mary Church, Deane, Lancashire, AMELIA MARIA HULTON, b. 18 May 1815 Hulton Park, Over Hulton, Lancashire, bap. 7 Nov. 1815 St Mary Church, Deane; d. 5 Feb. 1871 Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex, bur. 9 Feb. 1871 Holy Innocents Churchyard, Adisham, Kent, est. dau. of William Hulton of Hulton Park (1787-1864, descended from Edward I) and Maria Ford (d. 1866), and had issue, four sons and four daughters.

10) Hon. AUGUSTUS ALGERNON VILLIERS, Lt. Royal Navy 1838-43, b. 14 Apr. 1817 Kent House, Knightsbridge, bap. 2 July 1817 St Margaret Church, Knightsbridge; d. unm. 13 July 1843 Kent House.

Hon. Therese (née Parker) Villiers has a total of 33 separate lines of descent from Edward III, through both of her parents.

Edward III had 4 sons A1, R1, S1 & FF1 (see below)
A1) Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) m. 1) 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 a dau A3 & a son Q3 (see below)
A3) Lady Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417) m. 1) Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy (1364-1403), and had a dau A4 & a son G4 (see below)
A4) Lady Elizabeth Percy (c.1395-1437) m. 1) John, 7th Lord Clifford (1388-1422, descended from Edward I), and had a dau A5 & a son C5 (see below)
A5) Mary Clifford (c.1420-by1458) m. Sir Philip Wentworth of Nettlestead (1424-1464), and had
A6) Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead (1448-1499) m. 1) Anne Say (c.1448-aft.1489), and had
A7) Margery Wentworth (c.1478-1550) m. Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall (c.1474-1536), and had a dau A8 & a son B8 (see below)
A8) Dorothy Seymour (b. c.1516) m. 1) Sir Clement Smith of Little Baddow (by1515-1552), and had

1st Baron Boringdon -
see Generation A15

A9) Dorothy Smith m. Edmund Parker of Court House (d. 1611), and had
A10) John Parker, Heir of Court House (1563-1610) m. Frances Mayhew, and had
A11) Edmund Parker of Boringdon Hall (1592-1649) m. Amy Seymour (see B11 below), and had
A12) Edmund Parker of Boringdon Hall (1613-1691) m. 1) Alice Southcote (d. 1664, descended from Edward I), and had
A13) George Parker of Boringdon Hall (1651-1743) m. 2) Anne Buller (descended from Edward I), and had
A14) John Parker of Boringdon Hall (1703-1768) m. Lady Catherine Poulett (see P15 below), and had
A15) John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon of Boringdon (1735-1788) m. Hon. Theresa Robinson (see C16 below), and had
A16) Hon. Therese Parker (1775-1856 - see details above) m. Hon. George Villiers

B8) Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c.1500-1552) m. 1) Katherine Filliol (1498-c.1535),

Amy (née Seymour) Parker  -
see Generation B11

and had
B9) Lord Edward Seymour of Berry Pomeroy (c.1523-1593) m. Jane Walshe, and had
B10) Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet of Berry Pomeroy (c.1563-1613) m. Elizabeth Champernowne (see Y9 below), and had
B11) Amy Seymour (c.1593-1639) m. Edmund Parker of Boringdon Hall (see A11 above)

C5) Thomas, 8th Lord Clifford (1414-1455) m. Joan Dacre (c.1417-c.1452, descended from Edward I), and had
C6) John, 9th Lord Clifford (1435-1461) m. Margaret Bromflete (c.1436-1493), and had a son C7 & a dau F7 (see below)
C7) Henry, 10th Lord Clifford (1454-1523) m. twice & had a mistress, and had a son C8 and a dau E8 (see below)
C8) Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland, by 1st wife (1493-1542) m. 2) Lady Margaret Percy (see G8 below), and had 2 daus C9 & D9 (see below)
C9) Lady Elizabeth Clifford (b. c.1530) m. Sir Christopher Metcalfe of Nappa Hall (1513-1574), and had
C10) James Metcalfe of Nappa Hall (c.1551-1580) m. Joan Savile (d. 1617), and had
C11) Sir Thomas Metcalfe of Nappa Hall (1579-1655) m. Elizabeth Slingsby (see H11 below), and had

1st Baron Grantham -
see Generation C15

C12) Frances Metcalfe m. Sir William Robinson of Newby (1601-1658), and had
C13) Thomas Robinson of York (1634-1676) m. Elizabeth Tancred (c.1635-1664), and had
C14) Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet of Newby (1655-1736) m. Mary Aislabie (see E15 below), and had
C15) Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham (1695-1770) m. Frances Worsley (see D16 below), and had
C16) Hon. Theresa Robinson (1745-1775) m. John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon of Boringdon (see A15 above)

D9) Lady Katherine Clifford (1518-1598) m. 2) Sir Richard Cholmley of Roxby (by 1516-1563, descended from Edward I), and had
D10) Sir Henry Cholmley of Roxby (1553-1616) m. Margaret Babthorpe (see Q10 below), and had
D11) Barbara Cholmley (c.1581-1619) m. Thomas Bellasis, 1st Viscount Fauconberg (see M11 below), and had

Lady Frances (née Worsley)
Robinson - see Generation D16

D12) Hon. Henry Bellasis of Oulston (1604-1647) m. Grace Barton (c.1605-1660), and had
D13) Arabella Bellasis (1637-1687) m. Sir William Frankland, 1st Baronet of Thirkleby (c.1640-1697, descended from Edward I), and had
D14) Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet of Thirkleby (c.1665-1726) m. Elizabeth Russell (1664-1733, descended from Edward I)[*1], and had
D15) Mary Frankland (c.1690-1722) m. Thomas Worsley of Hovingham Hall (see F15 below), and had
D16) Frances Worsley (1716-1750) m. Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham (see C15 above)

[*1] Lady Elizabeth (née Russell) Frankland was a granddaughter of Oliver Cromwell. Her mother Lady Frances (née Cromwell) Russell (1638-1721) was the daughter of the Lord Protector.

E8) Elizabeth Clifford, illegit. by mistress m. 1) Sir Ralph Bowes of Streatlam Castle (by1485-1516), and had
E9) Margery Bowes (b. c.1512) m. Sir Ralph Eure of Foulbridge (see W8 below), and had
E10) William, 2nd Baron Eure (1529-1594) m. 2) Margaret Dymoke (see J9 below), and had
E11) Anne Eure (by 1552-1627) m. Sir John Mallory of Studley Royal (1555-1619), and had
E12) William Mallory of Studley Royal (1578-1646) m. Alice Bellingham (see L11 below), and had
E13) Sir John Mallory of Studley Royal (1610-1656) m. Mary Moseley (c.1620-1702, descended from Edward I), and had
E14) Mary Mallory (1640-1683) m. George Aislabie of York (1618-1675), and had
E15) Mary Aislabie (1664-1720) m. Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet of Newby (see C14 above)

F7) Elizabeth Clifford (c.1460-bef.1529) m. Sir Robert Aske of Aughton Hall (see V6 below), and had
F8) John Aske of Aughton Hall (c.1486-1544) m. Eleanor Ryther, and had
F9) Robert Aske, Heir of Aughton Hall (c.1510-1542) m. 1) Eleanor Markenfield (see I8 below), and had
F10) Robert Aske of Aughton Hall (c.1533-1590) m. 1) Elizabeth Dawnay (see X7 below), and had

2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
- see Generation F12

F11) Eleanor Aske (c.1566-1620) m. Thomas, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1560-1640, descended from Edward I), and had
F12) Ferdinando, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1584-1648) m. Lady Mary Sheffield (d. 1619, descended from Edward I), and had
F13) Hon. Mary Fairfax (1616-1678) m. Henry Arthington of Arthington (see K13 below), and had
F14) Mary Arthington (1648-1711) m. Thomas Worsley of Hovingham Hall (c.1649-1715, descended from Edward I), and had
F15) Thomas Worsley of Hovingham Hall (1686-1751) m. Mary Frankland (see D15 above)

G4) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394-1455) m. Lady Eleanor Neville (see T3 below), and had 2 sons G5 & N5, and a dau P5 (see below)
G5) Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461) m. Eleanor Poynings (1428-1484, descended from Edward I), and had a son G6 & a dau I6 (see below)
G6) Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (c.1449-1489) m. Lady Maud Herbert (c.1457-by1487), and had
G7) Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (1478-1527) m. Katherine Spencer (see DD5 below), and had a dau G8 & a son H8 (see below)

Percy coat of arms

G8) Lady Margaret Percy (c.1495-1540) m. Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland (see C8 above)

H8) Sir Thomas Percy of Prudhoe Castle (c.1505-1537) m. Eleanor Harbottle (see N8 below), and had
H9) Mary Percy (1531-1598) m. Francis Slingsby of Scriven (c.1524-1600, descended from Edward I), and had
H10) Sir Henry Slingsby of Scriven (1560-1634) m. Frances Vavasour (d. 1611), and had
H11) Elizabeth Slingsby (b. 1581) m. Sir Thomas Metcalfe of Nappa Hall (see C11 above)

I6) Lady Margaret Percy (b. c.1447) m. Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe Hall (see U6 below), and had 3 daus I7, J7 & L7 (see below)
I7) Dorothy Gascoigne (c.1485-c.1520) m. Sir Ninian Markenfield of Markenfield Hall (c.1482-1528, descended from Edward I), and had
I8) Eleanor Markenfield (c.1510-c.1533) m. Robert Aske, Heir of Aughton Hall (see F9 above)

J7) Elizabeth Gascoigne (c.1480-1559) m. Sir George Tailboys of South Kyme (1467-1538, descended from Edward I), and had 2 daus J8 & K8 (see below)
J8) Anne Tailboys (b. c.1510) m. 1) Sir Edward Dymoke of Scrivelsby Court (by 1508-1567, descended from Edward I), and had
J9) Margaret Dymoke (d. 1591) m. William, 2nd Baron Eure (see E10 above)

Ingleby of Ripley coat of arms

K8) Cecily Tailboys m. 1) Sir William Ingleby of Ripley Castle (1494-1528, descended from Edward I), and had
K9) Sir William Ingleby of Ripley Castle (1518-1578) m. Anne Mallory (d. 1586), and had
K10) Katherine Ingleby (by1550-aft.1601) m. William Arthington of Arthington (c.1535-1586), and had
K11) Cyril Arthington of Arthington (c.1570-1608) m. Rosamund Hawksworth, and had
K12) William Arthington of Arthington (c.1590-1623) m. Anne Tancred (see O10 below), and had
K13) Henry Arthington of Arthington (1616-1671) m. Hon. Mary Fairfax (see F13 above)

L7) Anne Gascoigne (b. c.1482) m. Sir Thomas Fairfax of Gilling Castle (c.1476-1520), and had
L8) Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle (1498-1571) m. 1) Jane Palmes, and had two daus L9 & M9 (see below)
L9) Mary Fairfax m. Sir Henry Curwen of Workington (1528-1596), and had
L10) Agnes Curwen m. Sir James Bellingham of Helsington (d. 1642), and had
L11) Alice Bellingham (d. 1611) m. William Mallory of Studley Royal (see E12 above)

M9) Margaret Fairfax m. Sir William Bellasis of Newburgh Priory (1523-1604), and had
M10) Sir Henry Bellasis, 1st Baronet of Newburgh (1555-1624) m. Ursula Fairfax (c.1557-1633, descended from Edward I), and had
M11) Thomas Bellasis, 1st Viscount Fauconberg (1577-1653) m. Barbara Cholmley (see D11 above)

N5) Sir Ralph Percy (1425-1464) m. Eleanor Acton (d. aft.1498), and had
N6) Margaret Percy m. Ralph Harbottle of Beamish (1453-1504, descended from Edward I), and had
N7) Sir Guiscard Harbottle of Beamish (1485-1513) m. Jane Willoughby, and had 2 daus N7 & O7 (see below)
N8) Eleanor Harbottle (1504-1567) m. 1) Sir Thomas Percy of Prudhoe Castle (see H8 above)

O7) Mary Harbottle (1507-1556) m. Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth (d. 1548), and had
O8) Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth (1527-1579) m. Anne Warburton (1527-1574, descended from Edward I), and had
O9) Anne Fitton (d. 1623) m. Thomas Tancred of Brampton Hall (d. 1627), and had
O10) Anne Tancred (c.1595-by 1657) m. 1) William Arthington of Arthington (see K12 above)

P5) Lady Katherine Percy (1423-1493) m. Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (see CC4 below), and had
P6) Lady Anne Grey (b. c.1448) m. John Grey, 8th Lord Grey of Wilton (see EE5 below), and had
P7) Edmund, 9th Lord Grey of Wilton (by1468-1511) m. Florence Hastings, and had
P8) Elizabeth Grey (d. 1559) m. John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos of Sudeley (1492-1557), and had
P9) Elizabeth Brydges m. Henry Tracy of Toddington (d. 1557), and had
P10) Sir John Tracy of Toddington (d. 1591) m. Anne Throckmorton (d. 1581, descended from Edward I), and had
P11) Mary Tracy (1581-1671) m. 2) Horace, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (1565-1635, descended from Edward I), and had
P12) Katherine Vere (1613-by 1652) m. 2) John, 2nd Baron Poulett of Hinton St George (see Z11 below), and had

1st Earl Poulett - see Generation P14

P13) John, 3rd Baron Poulett of Hinton St George (c.1641-1679) m. 2) Lady Susan Herbert (see AA11 below), and had
P14) John, 1st Earl Poulett (1668-1743) m. Bridget Bertie (see BB12 below), and had
P15) Lady Catherine Poulett (1706-1758) m. John Parker of Boringdon Hall (see A14 above)

Q3) Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374-1398) m. Lady Alianore Holland (1370-1405, descended from Edward I), and had
Q4) Lady Anne Mortimer (1388-1411) m. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (see R2 below), and had
Q5) Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (1411-1460) m. Lady Cecily Neville (see S3 below), and had
Q6) Anne Plantagenet, Duchess of Exeter (1439-1476) m. 2) Sir Thomas St Leger of Guildford (by 1438-1483), and had
Q7) Lady Anne St Leger (1475-1526) m. George Manners, 11th Lord Ros (1470-1513, descended from Edward I), and had
Q8) Katherine Manners m. Sir Robert Constable of Everingham (by 1495-1558), and had
Q9) Barbara Constable m. Sir William Babthorpe of Osgodby Hall (1534-1581), and had
Q10) Margaret Babthorpe (d. 1628) m. Sir Henry Cholmley of Roxby (see D10 above)

R1) Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341-1403) m. 1) Isabel of Castile (1355-1392), and had
R2) Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1385-1415) m. 1) Lady Anne Mortimer (see Q4 above)

Cecily (née Neville), Duchess of 
York - see Generation S3

S1) John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) m. three times, and had 2 daus S2 & CC2, and a son DD2 (see below)
S2) Lady Joan Beaufort, by 3rd wife (c.1377-1440) m. twice, and had 3 sons X3, 3 & 3, and 4 daus S3, T3, U3 & V3 (see below)
S3) Lady Cecily Neville, by 2nd husband (1415-1495) m. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (see Q5 above)

T3) Lady Eleanor Neville, by 2nd husband (1403-1472) m. 2) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (see Q4 above)

U3) Mary Ferrers, by 1st husband (1394-1458) m. Sir Ralph Neville of Oversley (1395-1458, descended from Edward I), and had
U4) John Neville of Oversley (c.1415-1482) m. Elizabeth Newmarch (b. 1415), and had
U5) Joan Neville (c.1434-bef.1482) m. 1) Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe Hall (c.1428-1463), and had
U6) Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe Hall (c.1450-1487) m. Lady Margaret Percy (see I6 above)

V3) Elizabeth Ferrers, by 1st husband (1393-1434) m. John, 4th Lord Greystoke (c.1390-1436), and had 2 daus V4 & W4 (see below)
V4) Anne Greystoke (c.1417-1477) m. Sir Ralph Bigod of Settrington (1410-1461), and had
V5) Elizabeth Bigod (c.1443-aft.1507) m. Sir John Aske of Aughton Hall (1443-1497), and had
V6) Sir Robert Aske of Aughton Hall (c.1463-1531) m. Elizabeth Clifford (see F7 above)

W4) Eleanor Greystoke m. Sir Ralph Eure, Heir of Witton Castle (d. 1461), and had
W5) Sir William Eure of Witton Castle (b. 1440) m. 1) Margery Constable, and had
W6) Sir Ralph Eure of Witton Castle (c.1460-1539) m. 1) Muriel Hastings (c.1464-1499, descended from Edward I), and had
W7) William, 1st Baron Eure, by 1st wife (c.1483-1548) m. Elizabeth Willoughby, and had
W8) Sir Ralph Eure of Foulbridge (by1510-1545) m. Margery Bowes (see E9 above)

1st Lord Latimer - see
Generation X3

X3) George Neville, 1st Lord Latimer, by 2nd husband (c.1411-1469) m. Lady Elizabeth Beauchamp (c.1411-1480, descended from Edward I), and had
X4) Sir Henry Neville (c.1435-1469) m. Joan Bourchier (see FF4 below), and had
X5) Richard Neville, 2nd Lord Latimer (1468-1530) m. 1) Anne Stafford (d. by 1521), and had
X6) Dorothy Neville (1496-1532) m. Sir John Dawnay of Sessay (d. 1553), and had
X7) Elizabeth Dawnay m. Robert Aske of Aughton Hall (see F10 above)

Y3) Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, by 2nd husband (c.1398-1460) m. Alice Montagu (1406-1462, descended from Edward I), and had
Y4) Lady Alice Neville (c.1434-aft.1503) m. Henry, 5th Lord Fitzhugh (1429-1472), and had 2 daus Y5 & AA5 (see below)
Y5) Alice Fitzhugh (c.1452-1516) m. Sir John Fiennes, Heir of Dacre (c.1447-c.1482, descended from Edward I), and had
Y6) Thomas Fiennes, 8th Lord Dacre (1472-1533) m. Anne Bourchier (see GG5 below), and had
Y7) Mary Fiennes (c.1497-1531) m. Sir Henry Norris of Bray (c.1491-1536, descended from Edward I), and had a dau Y8 and a son Z8 (see below)
Y8) Mary Norris (d. 1570) m. 2) Sir Arthur Champernowne of Dartington (by 1524-1578, descended from Edward I), and had
Y9) Elizabeth Champernowne m. Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet of Berry Pomeroy (see B10 above)

Z8) Henry, 1st Baron Norris of Rycote (c.1525-1601) m. Margery Williams (d. 1599), and had

2nd Baron Poulett -
see Generation Z11

Z9) Katherine Norris (d. 1602) m. Sir Anthony Paulet of Hinton St George (1562-1600), and had
Z10) John, 1st Baron Poulett of Hinton St George (1586-1649) m. Elizabeth Kenn (1593-1663), and had
Z11) John, 2nd Baron Poulett of Hinton St George (c.1615-1665) m. 1) Katherine Vere (see P12 above)

AA5) Elizabeth Fitzhugh (1462-bef.1507) m. 1) Sir William Parr of Kendal (1434-1483), and had
AA6) Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal (1478-1517) m. Maud Greene (1492-1531, descended from Edward I), and had
AA7) Anne Parr (1515-1552) m. William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1506-1570), and had
AA8) Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1541-1601) m. 3) Mary Sidney (1561-1621, descended from Edward I), and had
AA9) Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (1584-1650) m. 1) Lady Susan de Vere (1587-1629, descended from Edward I), and had
AA10) Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke (1621-1669) m. 2) Katherine Villiers (d. 1678, descended from Edward I), and had
AA11) Lady Susan Herbert (1650-1693) m. John, 3rd Baron Poulett of Hinton St George (see P13 above)

BB3) Edward Neville, 3rd Lord Abergavenny (c.1417-1476) m. 2) Katherine Howard (descended from Edward I), and had
BB4) Margaret Neville (c.1455-1506) m. John Brooke, 7th Lord Cobham (c.1447-1512, descended from Edward I), and had
BB5) Thomas Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham (c.1475-1529) m. 1) Dorothy Heydon (c.1477-by 1515), and had
BB6) Elizabeth Brooke (c.1503-1560) m. 1) Sir Thomas Wyatt of Allington Castle (c.1503-1542), and had
BB7) Sir Thomas Wyatt of Allington Castle (by1521-1554) m. Jane Haute (d. aft.1595), and had

Bridget (née Bertie), Countess Poulett
- see Generation BB12

BB8) Anne Wyatt (1542-1592) m. Roger Twysden of Roydon Hall (1542-1603), and had
BB9) Jane Twysden (1572-1639) m. Sir William Monyns, 1st Baronet of Waldershare (d. 1643), and had
BB10) Sir Edward Monyns, 2nd Baronet of Waldershare (c.1600-1663) m. Elizabeth Style (d. 1703), and had
BB11) Susan Monyns (1651-1697) m. Hon. Peregrine Bertie of Waldershare (c.1634-1701, descended from Edward I), and had
BB12) Bridget Bertie (c.1684-1748) m. John, 1st Earl Poulett (see P14 above)

CC2) Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet of Lancaster, by 1st wife (1364-1425) m. 2) John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (c.1358-1400, descended from Edward I), and had
CC3) Lady Constance Holland (1386-1437) m. 2) Sir John Grey of Badmondisfield Hall (c.1385-1439, descended from Edward I), and had
CC4) Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416-1490) m. Lady Katherinre Percy (see P5 above)

DD2) John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, by 3rd wife (1373-1410) m. Lady Margaret Holland

1st Earl of Somerset -
see Generation DD2

(1383-1439, descended from Edward I), and had 2 sons DD3 & EE3 (see below)
DD3) Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406-1455) m. Lady Eleanor Beauchamp (1408-1467, descended from Edward I), and had
DD4) Lady Eleanor Beaufort (c.1440-1501) m. 2) Sir Robert Spencer of Ashbury (c.1435-1510), and had
DD5) Katherine Spencer (1477-1542) m. Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (see G7 above)

EE3) John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404-1444) = unidentified mistress, and had
EE4) Tacyn Beaufort, illegit. (c.1428-1494) m. Reginald Grey, 7th Lord Grey of Wilton (1421-1494, descended from Edward I), and had
EE5) John Grey, 8th Lord Grey of Wilton (c.1445-1499) m. Lady Anne Grey (see P6 above)

FF1) Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397) m. Lady Eleanor de Bohun (1366-1399, descended from Edward I), and had
FF2) Anne Plantagenet, Countess of Buckingham (1383-1438) m. 3) William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (c.1374-1420), and had
FF3) John Bourchier, 1st Lord Berners, by 3rd husband (c.1411-1474) m. Margery Berners (1409-1475), and had a dau FF4 & a son GG4 (see below)
FF4) Joan Bourchier (c.1448-1470) m. Sir Henry Neville, Heir of Latimer (see X4 above)

GG4) Sir Humphrey Bourchier (1443-1471) m. Elizabeth Tilney (1446-1497), and had
GG5) Anne Bourchier (1470-aft.1530) m. Thomas Fiennes, 8th Lord Dacre (see Y6 above)

This post concludes all of the Edward III lines in the ancestry of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon. My next post will cover the ancestry of his wife, Lady Katharine Grimston.

Cheers,                                  ----Brad

{20} Edward III Descents for Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Bt (1605-1672)

Gower of Stittenham coat of arms
[Barry of eight, argent and gules;
overall a cross-flory sable]
Image from European Heraldry

Another ancestor of the author and poet George Villiers (1891-1942), husband of Marjorie Howard, was Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet of Stittenham.

Sir THOMAS GOWER, 2nd Baronet of Stittenham, MP Malton 1661-72, b. 1605; d. Stittenham Hall, Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire, bur. 3 Sept. 1672 St Helen Church, Sheriff Hutton, est. son of Sir Thomas Gower, 1st Baronet of Stittenham (1584-1651, descended from Edward III - see Generation A11 below) and Anne D'Oyly (c.1585-1633, descended from Edward I); m. 1st, ELIZABETH HOWARD, b. c.1610;  d.s.p. by 1631, dau. of Sir Philip Howard[*1], heir of Naworth Castle (1581-1616, descended from Edward III) and Margaret Caryll (b. c.1585, descended from Edward I); m. 2nd (settlement 29 Sept.) 1631, FRANCES LEVESON, b. 1614; d. 1661, bur. St Helen Church, Sheriff Hutton[*2], yr. dau. and co-heiress of Sir John Leveson, heir of Whornes Place (c.1588-1614) and Frances Sondes (d. by 1640, descended from Edward III), and had issue, three sons and two daughters.

Issue of Sir Thomas and Frances (Leveson) Gower:

1) THOMAS GOWER, bap. 25 Oct. 1632 St Helen Church, Sheriff Hutton; d. in infancy, bur. there 5 Nov. 1632.

2) ANNE GOWER, bap. 5 Jan. 1637 St Helen Church, Sheriff Hutton; d. in infancy, bur. there 1 Feb. 1637.

St Helen Church, Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire

3) EDWARD GOWER, Heir of Stittenham Hall, bap. 7 Aug. 1638 All Saints Church, Helmsley, Yorkshire; bur. 24 Jan. 1668 St Helen Church, Sheriff Hutton; m. (lic. 25 Apr.) 1663, as her 1st husband[*3], DOROTHY WENTWORTH, b. c.1643; bur. 20 Jan. 1679 St Helen Church, Sheriff Hutton, only dau. of Thomas Wentworth of North Elmsall Hall (1619-1653, descended from Edward III) and Agnes Bellingham (1616-1668, descended from Edward III), and had issue, one son and two daughters.

Issue of Edward and Dorothy (Wentworth) Gower:

3A) FRANCES GOWER, b. 1664; d.s.p., bur. 25 Nov. 1690 St Clement Danes, London; m. 13 Feb. 1690 St Oswald Church, Fulford, Yorkshire, as his 1st wife, Sir JAMES WOOD, 2nd Baronet of Bonnytown, b. c.1662; d. 3 May 1738, son of Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet of Bonnytown (c.1638-1693) and Lady Anne Ogilvy (descended from Edward III)[*4].

3B) Sir THOMAS GOWER, 3rd Baronet of Stittenham, bap. 2 Nov. 1665 St Helen Church, Sheriff Hutton; d. unm. 28 Oct. 1689 Dundalk, co. Louth, Ireland.

3C) DOROTHY GOWER, bap. 18 Feb. 1668 St Helen Church, Sheriff Hutton; d. in infancy, bur. there 24 Feb. 1669.

4) Sir WILLIAM LEVESON GOWER, 4th Baronet of Stittenham, M.P. Newcastle-under-Lyne 1671-79, 1689-91, b. c.1647 (aged 9 in 1656); d. 22 Dec. 1691 Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, bur. 2 Jan. 1692 St Mary & All Angels Church, Trentham; m. by 1669 Lady JANE GRENVILLE, b. 23 Aug. 1653 Stowe House, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, bap. same day St James Church, Kilkhampton; d. 27 Feb. 1697, bur. 13 Mar. 1697 St Mary & All Saints Church, Trentham, est dau. of John Grenville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628-1701, descended from Edward III) and Jane Wyche (c.1634-1692, descended from Edward III), and had issue, three sons and two daughters.

5) FRANCES GOWER, bap. 13 Mar. 1654 St John the Baptist Church, Ripe, Sussex; d. unm., bur. 17 Apr. 1698 Westminster Abbey.

Hall Farm in Stittenham, the Georgian-era farmhouse built on
the site of the Gowers's Stittenham Hall

[*1] The peerage works, including Collins Peerage (3rd Edn, 1756), Burke's Peerage (107th Edn, 2003), county histories such as Nicholson & Burns's History & Antiquities of Westmorland & Cumberland (1777), the entry for Sir Thomas Gower in HOP, and even Selections From the Household Books of Lord William Howard of Naworth Castle (1878), p. 295, all agree: Elizabeth Howard, the first wife of Sir Thomas Gower, was the daughter of Sir William Howard of Naworth Castle (d. 1644) and his wife Hon. Mary Eure (d. 1638), and the sister of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle. But a look at the dates for the individuals in question show it to be impossible. Sir William Howard of Naworth Castle was born 1603, his wife Mary Eure was born in Sept. 1602, and they were married in 1621. Their second son, Charles Howard, the future Earl of Carlisle, was born 4 Feb. 1628. The household accounts of Lord William Howard of Naworth in 1633 have an entry for a black hood purchased for Elizabeth, the daughter of his grandson and heir Sir William Howard. So there certainly was an Elizabeth Howard who was a daughter of Sir William Howard and Mary Eure, likely born at some point in the mid-1620s. There were also purchases made that same year (1633) for her sister Mary Howard (later wife of Sir Jonathan Atkins). Sir Thomas Gower was born 1604, and the settlement for his marriage to Frances Leveson, his second wife, was dated 29 Sept. 1631, so it is impossible for him to have previously married Elizabeth Howard, the daughter of Sir William Howard and Mary Eure, who was still an unmarried child in her grandparents' household in 1633. Sir Thomas's first wife clearly belongs a generation earlier, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Philip Howard and Margaret Caryll, and sister of the Sir William Howard born in 1603. Entries from the household books of Lord William Howard of Naworth Castle in 1621 document purchases made for Alethea and Elizabeth, daughters of his deceased son and heir Sir Philip Howard. But all of the peerage works state that this Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Sir Philip, was married to Bartholomew Fromond of Cheath in Surrey. This, however, is another error. The VCH Surrey article on Cheath shows that Elizabeth, widow of Bartholomew Fromond of Cheath (who died by 1650), married "William Howard of East Cheath" as a second husband. Also, the Fromond pedigree in the Visitation of Surrey (the 1530/1572/1623 combined volume) shows the wife of the same Bartholomew Fromond to have been "Susan, d. of James Thatcher of Preshaws in com. Sussex," while the pedigree of Fromond in Manning & Bray's History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey  Volume 2 (1809) shows Bartholomew's wife "Elizabeth Myn" with second husband William Howard. So it certainly seems that Bartholomew Fromond did not marry Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Philip Howard, heir of Naworth Castle, & Margaret Caryll. This leaves her available and the perfect age to have been the first wife of Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet, and dead without issue by 1631. As to what became of the Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Sir William Howard of Naworth Castle & Mary Eure, who has for so long been misidentified as wife of Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet, I haven't yet discovered.

[*2] The ODNB entry for Sir Thomas Gower gives his second wife Frances Leveson the birth and death dates of 1614-1661. Their daughter Frances Gower, in her will written 15 Oct. 1697 and proved 6 May 1698: "Item I leave the sum of one hundred pounds to be played out by my own Executor in executing a Tomb or Monument in the Church at Sheriff Hutton in Yorkshire remembrance of my dear father Sir Thomas Gower and the Lady Frances my Mother who lie there buried." Frances (née Leveson) Gower was only an infant at the death of her grandfather Sir John Leveson (1556-1615), who promised her a dowry of £3,000 in his will. It was due to this marriage that the Leveson estates of Trentham Hall in Staffordshire and Lilleshall Hall in Shropshire eventually came to the Gower family in 1669.

Trentham Hall, Staffordshire in 1880

[*3] Per their 1663 marriage licence, Edward Gower was age 23 and Dorothy Wentworth age 19. Dorothy (Wentworth) Gower m. 2nd Francis Tancred, and had further issue, two daughters. It's clear from the will, dated 28 Oct. 1689 and proved 3 Nov. 1692, of her son Sir Thomas Gower, 3rd Baronet, that Dorothy had predeceased him: "Item, I leave to my two sisters by Mr. Tancred all my personal estate and to him one hundred pounds per annum during life." The entry of 19 Feb. 1678/9 for "Madam Dorothy Tankard wife of Francis Tankard buried" in the Sheriff Hutton parish register (viewed online thru Find My Past) has to apply to this lady. I've been unable to further identify Dorothy's second husband, but the "Anne Tanckreed," daughter of Francis, bap. 25 Aug. 1673 St Michael-le-Belfry, York, may have been one of the two Tancred sisters mentioned by Sir Thomas Gower in his will.

[*4] Frances Gower, not yet married, was left £3,000 by her brother Sir Thomas Gower in his Oct. 1689 will. Collins's Peerage identifies Frances's husband as "Sir James Wood, Colonel of a regiment at the battle of the Boyne in Ireland." Complete Baronetage only gives Sir James Wood one wife, Anne Jones, whom he married in 1731 when aged about sixty, but as his marriage to Frances lasted a mere ten months and was childless, it's not surprising it was overlooked.

Through his father, Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet has two lines of descent from Edward III, as follows.

Edward III had two sons A1 & B1 (see below)
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. 1) Sir Robert Ferrers, Heir of Wem & Oversley (c.1372-1396), and had
A3) Elizabeth Ferrers (1393-1434) m. John, 4th Lord Greystoke (c.1390-1436), and had

Aske of Aughton coat of arms

A4) Anne Greystoke (c.1417-1477) m. Sir Ralph Bigod of Settrington (1410-1461), and had
A5) Elizabeth Bigod (c.1443-aft.1507) m. Sir John Aske of Aughton Hall (1443-1497), and had
A6) Sir Robert Aske of Aughton Hall (c.1463-1531) m. Elizabeth Clifford (see B7 below), and had
A7) John Aske of Aughton Hall (c.1486-1544) m. Eleanor Ryther, and had
A8) Robert Aske, Heir of Aughton Hall (c.1510-1542) m. 2) Anne Sutton (d. aft.1545)[*5], and had
A9) Elizabeth Aske (c.1537-1571) m. Gabriel Fairfax of Steeton Castle (c.1535-1582, descended from Edward I), and had
A10) Mary Fairfax (c.1564-aft.1608) m. 1) Thomas Gower of Stittenham Hall (d. 1592, descended from Edward I), and had
A11) Sir Thomas Gower, 1st Baronet of Stittenham (1584-1651) m. Anne D'Oyly (d. 1633, descended from Edward I), and had
A12) Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet of Stittenham (1605-1672)

[*5] Anne Sutton was the daughter of Robert Sutton of Burton (c.1477-1545), and usually said to have been by his first wife Elizabeth Boys. However, there is a possibility, at least chronologically, that she was from Robert Sutton's second marriage, to Margaret Dudley (c.1485-by 1525, descended from Edward III), widowed Lady Gray of Powis.

B1) Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth de Burgh (1332-1363, descended from Edward I), and had

9th Lord Clifford -
see Generation B6

B2) Lady Philippa Plantagenet of Clarence (1355-1377) m. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1352-1381), and had
B3) Lady Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417) m. 1) Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy (1364-1403), and had
B4) Lady Elizabeth Percy (c.1395-1436) 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) John, 9th Lord Clifford (1435-1461) m. Margaret Bromflete (c.1436-1493), and had
B7) Elizabeth Clifford (c.1460-bef.1529) m. Sir Robert Aske of Aughton  Hall (see A6 above)

These additional lines complete all of the lines of descent from Edward III for Hon. George Villiers of Portman Square (1759-1827). My next post will cover the Edward III descents for his wife, Hon. Theresa Parker (1775-1856).

Cheers,                         ----Brad

{19} Edward III Descents for Elizabeth (née Morison), Lady Capell (1610-1661)

1st Baron Capell, Elizabeth (née Morison), and children c.1639
(Left to right: Arthur, Edward, Lord Capell, Lady Capell, Henry (on lap), Elizabeth, Mary)

One of the ancestors of author George Villiers (1891-1942), husband of Marjorie Howard, was Elizabeth Morison, the wife of Arthur, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham. An only child, Elizabeth was the heiress of Sir Charles Morison, 1st (and last) Baronet, and brought Cassiobury House in the parish of Watford, Hertfordshire, to the Capell family when she married Arthur Capell in 1627 at age 17. They had eight children who survived infancy, among them were a duchess, an earl, a countess, a viscountess, a baron, and a knight. Her husband famously was one of the royalist peers executed by Parliament in 1649, and Elizabeth survived him eleven years, through the entire period of the Commonwealth. She lived long enough to see Charles II restored, but not long enough to see her elder surviving son created Earl of Essex by the king in April 1661, as she died three months previous in January.

Cassiobury House in the 1880s. It was demolished in 1927.

ELIZABETH MORISON, b. Cassiobury House, Watford, Hertfordshire, bap. 12 Mar. 1610 St Mary Church, Watford; d. 26 Jan. 1661, bur. 6 Feb. 1661 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, only dau. of Sir Charles Morison, 1st Baronet of Cassiobury (1587-1628, descended from Edward III - see Generation A9 below) and Hon. Mary Hicks (1589-1639); m. 28 Nov. 1627 St Mary Church, Watford, ARTHUR CAPELL, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham, b. 20 Feb. 1604 Hadham Hall, Hertfordshire, bap. 11 Mar. 1604 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham; d. (executed) 9 Mar. 1649 Westminster Hall, London, bur. 20 Mar. 1649 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham, est son of Sir Henry Capell, heir of Hadham Hall (1578-1622, descended from Edward III) and his 1st wife Theodosia Montagu (1584-1614, descended from Edward I), and had issue, four sons and six daughters.

Issue of Elizabeth (Morison) and 1st Baron Capell:

1) ELIZABETH CAPELL, bap. 28 Oct. 1629 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham; d. in infancy c.1630.

Mary (née Capell), Duchess of
Beaufort (1630-1715)

2) Hon. MARY CAPELL, bap. 16 Dec. 1630 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham; d. 7 Jan. 1715 Beaufort House, Chelsea, London, bur. St Michael Church, Great Badminton, Gloucestershire; m. 1st 27 June 1648 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham, HENRY SEYMOUR, Lord Beauchamp, b. 1626; d. 16 Mar. 1654, bur. 30 Mar. 1654 St Mary Church, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, er surv. son of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1587-1660, descended from Henry VII) and his 2nd wife Lady Frances Devereux (1599-1673, descended from Edward III), and had issue, one son and one daughter; m. 2nd 17 Aug. 1657, HENRY SOMERSET, 1st Duke of Beaufort, b. 1629 Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales; d. 21 Jan. 1700 Badminton House, Gloucestershire, bur. St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, son of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester (c.1602-1667, descended from Edward III) and his 1st wife Elizabeth Dormer (1614-1635, descended from Edward III), and had further issue, five sons and four daughters.

3) ARTHUR CAPELL, 1st Earl of Essex, bap. 28 Jan. 1632 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham; d. 13 July 1683 Tower of London, bur. St Mary Church, Watford; m. 19 May 1653 St Mary Church, Petworth, Sussex, Lady ELIZABETH PERCY, b. 1 Dec. 1636 Petworth House, Sussex; d. 5 Feb. 1718, bur. St Mary Church, Watford, yst. dau. of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602-1668, descended from Edward III) and his 1st wife Lady Anne Cecil (1612-1637, descended from Edward III), and had issue, six sons and two daughters.

4) Hon. ELIZABETH CAPELL, bap. 4 June 1633 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham; d. 30 July 1678, bur. 6 Aug. 1678 All Saints Church, Wing, Buckinghamshire; m. 21 June 1651 All Saints Church, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, as his 1st wife, CHARLES DORMER, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, b. 25 Oct. 1632 London, bap. 26 Nov. 1632 St Benet Pauls Wharf, London; d. 29 Nov. 1709 Ascott House, Wing, bur. 18 Dec. 1709 All Saints Church, Wing, son of Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1610-1643, descended from Edward III) and Lady Anne Sophia Herbert (c.1610-1643, descended from Edward III), and had issue, one son and three daughters.

5) Hon. Sir EDWARD CAPELL of Little Hadham, b. c.1634; d. unm., bur. 25 Nov. 1657 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham.

6) THEODOSIA CAPELL, bap. 17 Jan. 1636 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham; d. in infancy 29 May 1637.

1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury
(1638-1696)

7) HENRY CAPELL, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, bap. 6 Mar. 1638 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham; d.s.p. 30 May 1696 Dublin Castle, Ireland, bur. 8 Sept. 1696 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham; m. (settlement 16 Feb.) 1659, DOROTHY BENNET, bap. 16 Nov. 1642 St Andrew Holborn, London; d.s.p. 7 June 1721 Kew House, Surrey, bur. 15 June 1721 St Anne Church, Kew, Surrey, yr. dau. of Richard Bennet of Kew House (1596-1658) and his 2nd wife Mary Leman.

8) Hon. THEODOSIA CAPELL, bap. 3 Jan. 1640 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham; bur. there 22 Mar. 1662; m. 26 Jan. 1661, as his 1st wife, HENRY HYDE, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, b. 2 June 1638 London, bap. 11 June 1638 St Margaret Church, Westminster; d. 31 Oct. 1709 London, bur. 4 Nov. 1709 Westminster Abbey, est son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674) and his 2nd wife Frances Aylesbury (1617-1667, descended from Edward I), and had issue, one son.

Hon. Anne (née Capell) Strangways
(c.1645-1675)

9) Hon. CHARLES CAPELL, b. c.1641; d. unm., bur. 5 Jan. 1657 St Cecilia Church, Little Hadham.

10) Hon. ANNE CAPELL, b. c.1645; d.s.p. 3 Dec. 1675; m. 4 July 1672 St Mary Church, Richmond, Surrey, as his 1st wife, JOHN STRANGWAYS of Melbury Hall, Melbury Sampford, Dorset, M.P. Bridport 1661-76, b. 15 Oct. 1636; d.s.p. 6 Apr. 1676, bur. St Mary Church, Melbury Sampford, son of Giles Strangways of Melbury Hall (1615-1675, descended from Edward III) and Susanna Edwards.

Through her father, Elizabeth (née Morison), Lady Capell has three lines of descent from Edward III, as below.

Edward III had two sons A1 & C1 (see below)

1st Duke of Lancaster - see
Generation A1

A1) John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) m. three times, and had two daus A2 & B2 (see below)

A2) Lady Joan Beaufort, by 3rd wife (1377-1440) m. 2) Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (c.1364-1425), and had
A3) Lady Eleanor Neville (1403-1472) m. 2) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (see C4 below), and had
A4) Lady Katherine Percy (1423-1493) m. Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (see B4 below), and had
A5) George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent (c.1443-1503) m. 2) Lady Katherine Herbert (c.1468-by 1503), and had
A6) Lady Anne Grey (c.1492-1546) m. John, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (1465-1537), and had
A7) BRIDGET HUSSEY, b. c.1526; d. 12 Jan. 1601, bur. St Mary Church, Watford; m. 1st (lic. 13 Nov.) 1546, Sir RICHARD MORISON of Cassiobury House, b. c.1510; d. 20 Mar. 1556 Strasbourg, Alsace, France, 2nd son of Thomas Morison of Sandon, Hertfordshire and -- Merry, and had

Morison of Cassiobury Coat of Arms

A8) Sir CHARLES MORISON of Cassiobury House, Watford, Hertfordshire, M.P. Tavistock 1572, b. 1549; d. 31 Mar. 1599; m. 1574, DOROTHY (CLERKE) LONG, bur. 11 May 1618 St Mary Church, Watford, widow of Henry Long of Shingay (1544-1573), and dau. of Nicholas Clerke of North Weston (d. 1551) and Elizabeth Ramsay (1524-1598), and had
A9) Sir CHARLES MORISON, 1st Baronet of Cassiobury, b. 18 Apr. 1587 Cassiobury House, bap. 1 May 1587 St Mary Church, Watford; d. 20 Aug. 1628, bur. St Mary Church, Watford; m. 4 Dec. 1606 St Mary Church, Leyton, Essex, as her 1st husband[*1], Hon. MARY HICKS, bap. 11 Feb. 1589 St Lawrence Jewry, London; d. June 1643, bur. St Mary Church, Watford, yr dau. of Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden (1551-1629) and Elizabeth May (d. 1643), and had
A10) Elizabeth Morison (1610-1661-see details above) m. Arthur, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham

[*1] Dame Mary (Hicks) Morison m. 2nd 9 Apr. 1629 St Lawrence Jewry, London, Sir John Cooper, 1st Baronet of Rockbourne (d. 23 Mar. 1631). She m. 3rd 11 Dec. 1632 Sir Edward Alford of Offington House (1592-1653).

B2) Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet of Lancaster, by 1st wife (1364-1425) m. 2) John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (c.1358-1400, descended from Edward I), and had

Elizabeth, Duchess of Exeter
- see Generation B2

B3) Lady Constance Holland (1386-1437) m. 2) Sir John Grey of Badmondisfield Hall (c.1385-1439, descended from Edward I), and had
B4) Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416-1490) m. Lady Katherine Percy (see A4 above)

C1) Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth de Burgh (1332-1363, descended from Edward I), and had

C2) Lady Philippa Plantagenet of Clarence (1355-1377) m. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1352-1381), and had
C3) Lady Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417) m. 1) Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy (1364-1403), and had
C4) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394-1455) m. Lady Eleanor Neville (see A3 above)

The next post will cover the Edward III descent for another ancestor of George Villiers: Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet of Stittenham.

Cheers,                                           ------Brad

{18} Ruvigny Addition: Exeter Descents for George Villiers (1891-1942)

Earls of Clarendon Coat of Arms
[1st and 4th, Villiers; 2nd and 3rd Hyde]

Continuing with the Howards of Corby Castle, Sir Francis Howard (1848-1930), the younger son of diplomat Sir Henry Francis Howard of Munich and his second wife Marie Ernestine von Schulenburg, was born in Berlin, and made his career in the British Army, rising to the rank of Major-General. He made his home at Castle Godwyn, in Painswick, Gloucestershire, where he died at age 81. He married 23 April 1895, Gertrude Jane Boyd, born 27 February 1871 in New York, died 6 October 1953 at South Kensington, London. Gertrude, Lady Howard, does not have any lines back to Edward I, but nevertheless has an interesting ancestry. Her father, Hugh Conyngham Boyd of Woodside, in Torquay, Devon, was born 1826 in Newry, co. Down, Ireland, and died 18 May 1903 at Woodside. He spent many years in the United States, where he met his American wife, Mary Emmes James, born 1842 in New York, died after 1911 in Devon. They married in 1867 on a visit back to his hometown of Newry. Hugh's parents were Hugh Boyd of Ashgrove Cottage (1788-1848) and Jane Carlile (1797-1866), both of Newry families. Gertrude's mother Mary Emmes James, was the daughter of Nathaniel Emmes James of Brooklyn (1808-1866), married 6 January 1841 at Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, Mary Judd Eddy. Both the James and Eddy families can be traced further back to 1600s colonial New England.

Castle Godwyn, Painswick, Gloucestershire

Marjorie Howard, the only surviving child of Sir Francis Howard and Gertrude Jane Boyd, was born in 1903, and though she received a liberal education at home, did not attend university. She had strong literary tastes, and a talent for writing, and though she married  in 1931 at the relatively late age of 28, her husband George (John Theodore Hyde) 'Jack' Villiers, was a poet and writer and so a perfect match. Sadly, their only child, Michael George Villiers, lived just fifteen days in 1937.  Writing helped the couple to overcome their grief. Jack Villiers's biography of his grandfather, A Vanished Victorian: Being the Life of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon 1800-1870, was published in 1938, and dedicated to his wife, whose own book The Grand Whiggery, a look at the highest levels of society in the Whig world from the Duke of Devonshire's marriage to Lady Georgiana Spencer, down to Lady Caroline Lamb, was published the following year in 1939.

Marjorie Villiers's book,
published in 1939

After George's untimely death in 1942 at age 50, Marjorie joined a colleague at the Foreign Office, Manya Harari, in founding Harvill Press early in 1946. Working out of a small space in Lower Belgrave Street in London, Manya's skill as a translator and Marjorie's as an editor made them a formidable combination, and they swiftly built up a distinguished list of religious-themed works. The 1950s saw them branch out, publishing English translations of works by authors from behind the Iron Curtain, most notably Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago in 1959, and Giuseppe Tomasi's The Leopard the following year. 1960 was also the year Harvill had its first bestseller, naturalist Joy Adamson's autobiographical Born Free, which Marjorie had championed and edited. She survived her husband forty years, and died in 1982 at the age of 79, greatly respected within the British Catholic and publishing communities.

Louisa Maria (née Maquay) Villiers
(1862-1933)

George Villiers is No. 26878 (p. 380) in Ruvigny's 1907 Exeter volume. I was hoping that entering his ancestry into my database would finally lead me to cross the 40,000 mark, but I came short, stopping at 39,818 - still quite a lot of individuals for a database. Like his wife Marjorie, George Villiers also had an American-born maternal grandmother. George's mother was Louisa Maria Maquay, born 1862 in Florence, Italy, the daughter of George Disney Maquay (1835-1893) of the Irish banking dynasty in Florence, who married 9 August 1860 at the English Episcopal Church in Paris, France, Anna Maria 'Nina' Cooley (born 1839 in New York). Anna Maria was the daughter of James Ewing Cooley (1802-1882), a New York State Senator 1852-53, book dealer and minor poet who wrote a witty and satiric account of his trip to Egypt, The American in Egypt, published in 1842. It is through his father, that George Villiers has two lines of descent from Anne, Duchess of Exeter, sister of Edward IV and Richard III. Line A below is the one Ruvigny included in 1907. Line B is an addition to Ruvigny.

Obituary for George Villiers
[Gloucester Journal, 23 May 1942]

GEORGE (JOHN THEODORE HYDE) 'Jack' VILLIERS of Knapp Orchard House, Painswick, Gloucestershire, author, b. 1 Oct. 1891 Cadogan Square, London; d. 12 Mar. 1942 Knapp Orchard House, only son of Col. Hon. George Patrick Hyde Villiers of Cadogan Square (1847-1892, descended from Edward III - see Generation A19 below) and Louisa Maria Maquay (1862-1933); m. 16 Sept. 1931 Church of the Immaculate Conception, Beeches Green, Stroud, Gloucestershire, MARJORIE HOWARD, editor, co-founder Harvill Press 1946, author of  b. 9 Aug. 1903 Hartley Wintley, Hampshire; d. 4 Sept. 1982 Painswick, Gloucestershire, only dau. of Sir Francis Howard of Castle Godwyn (1848-1930, descended from Edward III) and Gertrude Jane Boyd (1871-1953), and had issue, one son.

Issue of George and Marjorie (Howard) Villiers:

1)  MICHAEL GEORGE VILLIERS, b. 10 Dec. 1937 Marylebone, London; d. in infancy there 25 Dec. 1937.

Edward III had a second surviving son
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 of Clarence (1355-1377) m. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1352-1381), and had
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

1st Earl of Rutland - see Generation A8

A5) Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (1411-1460) m. Lady Cecily Neville (1415-1495, descended from Edward III), and had
A6) Anne Plantagenet, Duchess of Exeter (1439-1476) m. 2) Sir Thomas St Leger (by 1438-1483), and had
A7) Lady Anne St Leger (1475-1526) m. George Manners, 11th Lord Ros (1470-1513, descended from Edward I), and had
A8) Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland (c.1497-1543) m. 2) Eleanor Paston (c.1505-1551, descended from Edward I), and had
A9) Lady Katherine Manners (c.1540-1573) m. Henry Capell of Hadham Hall (c.1533-1588, descended from Edward I), and had two sons A10 & B10 (see below)
A10) Sir Arthur Capell of Hadham Hall (1558-1632) m. Margaret Grey (c.1559-1604, descended from Edward III), and had
A11) Sir Henry Capell, Heir of Hadham Hall (1578-1622) m. 1) Theodosia Montagu (1584-1614, descended from Edward I), and had
A12) Arthur, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham (1604-1649) m. Elizabeth Morison (1610-1661, descended from Edward III), and had
A13) Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex (1632-1683) m. Lady Elizabeth Percy (1636-1717, descended from Edward III), and had

3rd Earl of Essex - see Generation A15

A14) Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex (1670-1710) m. Lady Mary Bentinck (1679-1726, descended from Edward III), and had
A15) William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex (1697-1743) m. 1) Lady Jane Hyde (1697-1724, descended from Edward III), and had
A16) Lady CHARLOTTE CAPELL, b. 2 Oct. 1721; d. 3 Sept. 1790 Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, bur. 11 Sept. 1790 St Mary Church, Watford, Hertfordshire; m. 30 Mar. 1752, THOMAS VILLIERS, 1st Earl of Clarendon, b. 19 June 1709 London, bap. 29 June 1709 St James Church, Westminster; d. 11 Dec. 1786 The Grove, Watford, bur. 20 Dec. 1786 St Mary Church, Watford, 2nd son of William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey (1682-1721, descended from Edward III) and Judith Herne (c.1689-1735, and had
A17) Hon. GEORGE VILLIERS of Portman Square, M.P. Warwick 1792-1802, b. 23 Nov. 1759 London, bap. 18 Dec. 1759 St James Church, Westminster; d. 21 Mar. 1827 Kent House, Knightsbridge, London, bur. 28 Mar. 1827 St Mary Church, Watford; m. 17 Apr. 1798 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London, Hon. THERESA PARKER, b. 22 Sept. 1775 Saltram House, Plympton, Devon; d. 12 Jan. 1856 The Grove, bur. St Mary Church, Watford, dau. of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (1735-1788, descended from Edward III) and his 2nd wife Hon. Theresa Robinson (1745-1775, descended from Edward III), and had

4th Earl of Clarendon -
see Generation A18

A18) GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4th Earl of Clarendon, b. 26 Jan. 1800 Upper Grosvenor Street, London; d. 27 June 1870 Belgravia, London, bur. 2 July 1870 Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; m. 4 June 1839 St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, as her 2nd husband, Lady KATHARINE GRIMSTON (see B18 below), and had
A19) Col. Hon. GEORGE PATRICK HYDE VILLIERS of Cadogan Square, Grenadier Guards, b. 27 Sept. 1847 Viceregal Lodge [Áras An Uachtaráin], Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland; d. 10 Jan. 1892 The Grove, bur. Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; m. 9 Oct. 1884 St George Hanover Square, London, as her 1st husband, LOUISA MARIA MAQUAY, b. 1862 Florence, Italy; d. 22 Nov. 1933 Knapp Cottage, Painswick, Gloucestershire, dau. of George Disney Maquay of Florence, banker (1835-1893) and Anna Maria Cooley (b. 1839), and had
A20) George (John Theodore Hyde) Villiers of Knapp Orchard House (1891-1942 - see details above) m. Marjorie Howard

3rd Viscount Grimston -
see Generation B16

B10) Sir Gamaliel Capell of Rookwood Hall (1562-1613)[*1] m. his first cousin, Jane Browne (d. 1618, descended from Edward I), and had

B11) Mildred Capell (c.1600-1633) m. Sir William Luckyn, 1st Baronet of Little Waltham (1594-1661), and had
B12) Sir Capell Luckyn, 2nd Baronet of Little Waltham (1622-1680) m. Mary Grimston (d. 1719), and had

B13) Sir William Luckyn, 3rd Baronet of Little Waltham (1658-1708) m. Mary Sherrington (1663-1749), and had
B14) William Luckyn [later Grimston], 1st Viscount Grimston (1684-1756) m. Jane Cooke (c.1685-1765), and had
B15) James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston (1711-1773) m. Mary Bucknall (1717-1778), and had
B16) James Bucknall Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston (1747-1808) m. Harriot Walter (c.1755-1786), and had

Katharine (née Grimston), Countess
of Clarendon - see Generation B18

B17) JAMES WALTER GRIMSTON, 1st Earl of Verulam, b. 26 Sept. 1775 London, bap. 26 Oct. 1775 St George Hanover Square; d. 17 Nov. 1845 Gorhambury House, St Albans, Hertfordshire, bur. 25 Nov. 1845 St Michael Church, St Albans; m. 11 Aug. 1807 St John the Baptist Church, Croydon, Surrey, Lady CHARLOTTE JENKINSON, b. 8 June 1783 Mayfair, London, bap. 3 July 1783 St George Hanover Square; d. 16 Apr. 1863 Grosvenor Square, London, bur. 24 Apr. 1863 St Michael Church, St Albans, dau. of Charles Jenkins, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1729-1808, descended from Edward III) and his 2nd wife Catherine Bishopp (1744-1827, descended from Edward III)[*2], and had
B18) Lady KATHARINE GRIMSTON, b. 18 Apr. 1810 London, bap. 2 July 1810 St George Hanover Square; d. 4 July 1874 Marylebone, London, bur. 8 July 1874 Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; m. 2nd 4 June 1839 St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, GEORGE VILLIERS, 4th Earl of Clarendon (see A18 above)

[*1] Ruvigny includes Sir Gamaliel Capell in Table XXVII (p. 30) of his Exeter volume, but does not trace any of his descendants (see p. 413 of the same volume), so the whole of Line B above is an addition to Ruvigny. The entry for Sir Gamaliel in History of Parliament states that he was born 2 January 1561. In actuality he was born 2 January 1561/2. The mother of his wife Jane Browne was his father's sister Mary Capell.

Ruvigny on p. 413 of his Exeter volume was unaware that Gamaliel Capell had descendants

[*2] For those who enjoy mtDNA (female-to-female line) as much as I do, Catherine (née Bishopp), Countess of Liverpool, is a third-generation mtDNA descendant of Arabella Churchill (1649-1730), the mistress of James II of England. The mtDNA line of Col. Hon. George Patrick Hyde Villiers (A19 above), can be traced back ten generations, to Dame Audrey (née Saunders) Villiers, who died in 1587.

As most of the remaining Edward III lines for George Villiers, husband of Marjorie Howard, are well-covered in peerage works and other online resources, I will only examine the Edward III lines in the Villiers ancestry that aren't to be found in the Genealogics and Roglo databases. The next blogpost will look at the Edward III lines behind Elizabeth (née Morison), Lady Capell (see Generation A12 above).

Cheers,                          -----Brad