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Biography of Edward Hoby 1560-1617

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Fitzwilliam 1504-1588

Edward Hoby and Elizabeth Danvers were married.

On 27th June 1558 [his father] Thomas Hoby (age 28) and [his mother] Elizabeth Cooke (age 31) were married.

In 1560 Edward Hoby was born to Thomas Hoby (age 30) and Elizabeth Cooke (age 33) at Bisham Abbey [Map].

On 13th July 1566 [his father] Thomas Hoby (age 36) died at Paris [Map]. He was buried at Bisham, Berkshire.

On 21st May 1582 Edward Hoby (age 22) and Margaret Carey were married.

On 22nd May 1582 Edward Hoby (age 22) was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 48).

Before 10th August 1593 John Wentworth (age 29) and [his future wife] Cicely Unton (age 32) were married. She the daughter of Edward Unton and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick. They were third cousin once removed.

On 20th August 1593 [his brother-in-law] Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth (age 33) and Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth (age 30) were married.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 22nd October 1597 Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 61) was created 1st Earl Nottingham. [his sister-in-law] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 47) by marriage Countess Nottingham.

On 25th February 1603 [his sister-in-law] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 53) died at Arundel House [Map]. She was buried in Chelsea Old Church on 25th April 1603.

In 1605 [his wife] Margaret Carey died.

After 1605 Edward Hoby (age 45) and Cicely Unton (age 44) were married. She the daughter of Edward Unton and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick.

In 1609 [his mother] Elizabeth Cooke (age 82) died.

In 1609 Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea (age 30) and [his step-daughter] Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea (age 15) were married. He the son of Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 59) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 52). They were fifth cousins.

On 1st March 1617 Edward Hoby (age 57) died at Queenborough Castle [Map].

On 16th June 1618 [his former wife] Cicely Unton (age 57) died.

John Russell and [his mother] Elizabeth Cooke were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford and Margaret St John Countess Bedford.

Royal Ancestors of Edward Hoby 1560-1617

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King John of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 23 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Edward Hoby 1560-1617

GrandFather: William Hoby of Leominster in Herefordshire

Father: Thomas Hoby

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Forden

GrandMother: Katherine Forden

Edward Hoby 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Cooke of Lavenham in Suffolk

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cooke

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Cooke

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Cooke of Gidea Hall

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Belnap

GrandFather: Anthony Cooke

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Saunders of Banbury in Oxfordshire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Saunders

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Spencer of Hodnell in Warwickshire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Spencer

Mother: Elizabeth Cooke 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzwilliam 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Cromwell 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzwilliam 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

GrandMother: Anne Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England