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Paternal Family Tree: Hobart
Before 5th November 1459 Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map] was in the possession of John Fastolf (age 79).
John Fastolf sold it to Geoffrey Boleyn (age 53) who made it his country seat.
The estate passed to Alice Boleyn who married Robert Clere (age 13). Their grandson Edward Clere ran into debt and sold the estate to Henry Hobart 1st Baronet.
Around 1552 [his father] Thomas Hobart (age 15) and [his mother] Audrey Hare (age 11) were married.
Around 1560 [his step-father] Edward Warner (age 49) and [his mother] Audrey Hare (age 19) were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.
Around 1560 Henry Hobart 1st Baronet was born to [his father] Thomas Hobart (age 23) and [his mother] Audrey Hare (age 19).
On 26th March 1560 [his father] Thomas Hobart (age 23) died.
On 1st July 1569 [his step-father] William Blennerhassett (age 49) and [his mother] Audrey Hare (age 28) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
On 16th July 1581 [his mother] Audrey Hare (age 40) died. She was buried at St Protase and St Gervase Church, Little Plumstead [Map] where her grave has the inscription:
Audrey daughter of [his grandfather] William Hare (age 70),
His only heir by law, and right,
Of [his father] Thomas Hobart, a wife very rare,
And then to Sir [his step-father] Edward Warner, Knight.
And last to [his step-father] William Blenerhasset (age 61),
Three cozens Germans, by God so assigned,
Where - - - - - - and lovely marriage was met,
To live all in one, a rare thing to find.
Full ty's to them, a wife most true,
To these a most good and loveing mother;
But by Hobart only her issue grew,
The eldest Miles, and Henry his brother.
She loved God's word, and lived likewise,
She gave to the poore, and welcomed the rich.
She exchanged this life July 16, 1581.
Lo here, you ladies, you widows, and wives,
A glass for your geer, your selfs to behold,
Seek here a sample, and guide for your lifes,
Far passing beauty, and borders of gold.
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Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 21st April 1590 Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 30) and Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart were married.
On 14th March 1592 [his daughter] Dorothy Hobart was born to Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 32) and [his wife] Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart in Norwich, Norfolk [Map]. She married 1606 Robert Crane 1st Baronet.
On 19th April 1593 [his son] John Hobart 2nd Baronet was born to Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 33) and [his wife] Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart in Norwich, Norfolk [Map]. He married (1) June 1614 Philippa Sidney, daughter of Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester and Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester (2) February 1621 Frances Egerton Lady Hobart, daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater, and had issue.
On 12th April 1595 [his son] Miles Hobart was born to Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 35) and [his wife] Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart in Plumstead, Greenwich. He married before 20th March 1628 Frances Peyton, daughter of John Peyton 1st Baronet and Alice Osborne, and had issue.
In 1603 Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 43) was knighted.
After 1605. The current Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map] was built by Robert Lyminge after 1605 for Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 45). The estate passed through the Hobart family to John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire. It then passed to his daughter Caroline Hobart Baroness Suffield who was married to William Assheton Harbord 2nd Baron Suffield. The couple did not have any issue. The estate then passed to Caroline's great-nephew William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian; grandson son of her sister Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore.
William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian: In 1832 he was born to John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. On 14th November 1841 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian died at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map]. His son William succeeded 8th Marquess Lothian, 11th Earl Lothian, 9th Earl Lothian. He inherited the Blickling, Norfolk estate and made significant changes. On 12th August 1857 William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian and Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford. He the son of John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. They were first cousins.
Around 1606 [his son-in-law] Robert Crane 1st Baronet (age 20) and [his daughter] Dorothy Hobart (age 13) were married.
On 17th March 1609 [his daughter] Elizabeth Hobart was born to Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 49) and [his wife] Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart. She was baptised at St Ann Blackfriars Church on 21st March 1609. She married 15th February 1632 John Lisle.
On 22nd May 1611 the first Baronets were created by James I (age 44)
Walter Aston 1st Baronet (age 27) was created 1st Baronet Aston of Tixall.
Nicolas Bacon (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The Premier Baronet being the first creation.
Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
George Booth (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey. Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey (age 43) by marriage Lady Booth of Dunham Massey.
Edward Carr (age 68) was created 1st Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. Anne Dyer Lady Carr by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 54) by marriage Lady Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
Thomas Gerard 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. [his wife] Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet (age 40) was created 1st Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
Phillip Knyvet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam.
Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton (age 47) by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
John Peyton 1st Baronet (age 50) was created 1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham.
George Savile 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Savile of Thornhill.
John Shelley of Mitchelgrove 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.
George Shirley 1st Baronet (age 52) was created 1st Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley (age 41) by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
John St John (age 25) was created 1st Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
John Stradling 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Stradling of St Donats in Glamorganshire.
Thomas Temple 1st Baronet (age 44) was created 1st Baronet Temple of Stowe.
Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
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Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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In June 1614 [his son] John Hobart 2nd Baronet (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Philippa Sidney (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester (age 50) and Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester (age 51).
Letters of John Chamberlain Volume 2.315. [30th January 1619] On Wensday divers were censured in the Star-chamber for building contrarie to the Kings proclamation; which was so far inforct that the Lord Cheife Justice (age 56) saide that yt was in effect, and had the nature of an act of parliament: they were fined at a yeares true valew, and to pull downe theyre houses, or els to build them anew according to order: now that these have led the daunce, all the rest that have built since the first proclamation must follow, or compound, which wold prove too great a matter to graunt my Lord of Arundell (who is saide to have the penaltie) though he have need of yt. The same day there was some entrance into the Lady of Excesters busines and order taken to abbreviat and cut of superfluous and impertinent matter and so make yt more fit for the Kings hearing, in which course there was some contesting twixt Sir Ed: Cooke, and the two Cheife Justices, [Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester and Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 59)] who are still observ'd to incline to the other side: the Lady of Excester went that day to the Star-chamber accompanied by the countesses of Arundell and Bedford, and a comitiva of I know not how many Ladies more to the number of almost thirty coaches, but whether she appeared in the court or no I cannot certainly learne. Secretarie Lake and his followers continue still confident, and some say the Lady Roos (age 19) was there likewise with her litle troupe: the speach goes that she is to marrie with the Lord John Pawlet (age 21) another grand-child of the earle of Excesters (age 76), and heire in apparance to the marquis of Winchester.
In February 1621 [his son] John Hobart 2nd Baronet (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Egerton Lady Hobart were married. She the daughter of John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 42) and Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater (age 38).
In 1624 Daniel Mijtens (age 34). Portrait of Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 64).
On 11th April 1624 [his daughter] Dorothy Hobart (age 32) died.
On 29th December 1625 Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 65) died. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. His son John (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. [his daughter-in-law] Frances Egerton Lady Hobart by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
GrandFather: Miles Hobart 
Father: Thomas Hobart
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Blennerhassett
GrandMother: Helen Blennerhasset
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Tyndale
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Tyndale
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Yelverton of Rackheath in Norfolk
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Yelverton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Yelverton
GrandFather: William Hare
Mother: Audrey Hare
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Wayte of Tittleshall
GrandMother: Alice Wayte