Biography of Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden 1582-1643

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In 1582 Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden was born to [his father] Andrew Noel (age 24) and [his mother] Mabel Harrington at Brooke, Leicestershire.

Around 1605 [his daughter] Elizabeth Noel Viscountess Chaworth was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden (age 23) and [his future wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden (age 18). She married before 1632 John Chaworth 2nd Viscount Chaworth, son of George Chaworth 1st Viscount Chaworth, and had issue.

On 20th December 1605 Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden (age 23) and Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden (age 19) were married.

On 19th October 1607 [his father] Andrew Noel (age 49) died at Brooke, Leicestershire.

On 20th April 1609 [his daughter] Mary Noel was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden (age 27) and [his wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden (age 22). She married before 1633 Erasmus de la Fontaine and had issue.

On 22nd August 1610 [his daughter] Penelope Noel was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden (age 28) and [his wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden (age 24).

In 1611 [his son] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden (age 29) and [his wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden (age 24) at Exton Hall, Rutlandshire. He married (1) 25th December 1632 Anne Feilding, daughter of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh and Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh (2) June 1636 Ann Lovett Countess Bath (3) 21st December 1639 Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden, daughter of Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton, and had issue (4) 6th July 1655 his second cousin twice removed Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden, daughter of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness, and had issue.

On 5th May 1628 [his father-in-law] Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden (age 71) was created 1st Viscount Campden, 1st Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire with a special remainder, failing his issue male, to his daughter [his wife] Juliana's (age 41) husband Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden (age 46). [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden (age 66) by marriage Viscountess Campden.

On 18th October 1629 [his father-in-law] Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden (age 72) died. His son-in-law Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden (age 47) succeeded 2nd Viscount Campden, 2nd Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire. Baronet Hicks of Campden in Gloucestershire extinct. [his wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden (age 43) by marriage Viscountess Campden.

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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Before 1632 [his son-in-law] John Chaworth 2nd Viscount Chaworth (age 26) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Noel Viscountess Chaworth (age 26) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Chaworth in County Armagh.

On 25th December 1632 [his son] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Feilding were married. She the daughter of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh (age 45) and Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh (age 49).

Before 1633 [his son-in-law] Erasmus de la Fontaine (age 31) and [his daughter] Mary Noel (age 23) were married.

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On 17th May 1633 [his daughter] Penelope Noel (age 22) died of blood poisoning after having pricked herself with a needle whilst sewing with silk thread. Monument in St James' Church, Chipping Campden [Map]. Sculpted by John Christmas (age 34) or possibly his brother Mathias. The material held in her left hand may represent the material she was sewing

"The most exquisite model of natures best workmanship, ye richest magazine of all divine and moral vertues, Penelope Noel having added to the nobilitie of her birth, a brighter shyne of true noblesnesse, ye exemplary sweetness of her conversation, he contempt of earthly vanities and her zealous affection towards heaven, after 22 yeares devotions, commended her virgin sowle into ye hands of its true brydegroome Jesus Christ, May 17th AD 1633 over whose pretious dust here reserved, her sad parents Edward Lord Noel, Viscount Campden and the Lady Julian his wife, dropt theyr teares and erected this marble to the deare memorie of theyre unvaluable losse - Superata tellus Sidera donat i.e. The earth, once conquered, grants the stars."

Penelope Noel: On 22nd August 1610 she was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden and Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden.

Around June 1636 [his son] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Ann Lovett Countess Bath (age 19) were married.

In 1638 [his daughter] Elizabeth Noel Viscountess Chaworth (age 33) died.

On 21st December 1639 [his son] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden (age 24) were married.

On 8th March 1643 Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden (age 61) died. His son Baptist (age 32) succeeded 3rd Viscount Campden, 3rd Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire. [his daughter-in-law] Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden (age 28) by marriage Viscountess Campden.

After 8th March 1643. Monument to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden (deceased) and [his former wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden (age 56) at St James' Church, Chipping Campden [Map]. Sculpted by Joshua Marshall (age 14) in 1664. A striking and macabre work with standing effigies at the doors of Heaven.

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On 26th November 1680 [his former wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden (age 94) died.

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.

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[his father] Andrew Noel and [his mother] Mabel Harrington were married.