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Paternal Family Tree: Wriothesley
In 1533 [his father] Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton (age 27) and [his mother] Jane Cheney Countess Southampton (age 24) were married.
On 24th April 1545 Henry Wriothesley was born to Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton (age 39) and Jane Cheney Countess Southampton (age 36). On 24th April 1545 he was christened at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map]. His godparents were Henry VIII (age 53), Henry's daughter Mary Tudor (age 29) and Charles Brandon 1st Duke Suffolk (age 61).
On 30th July 1550 [his father] Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton (age 44) died. He was buried on 4th August 1550 at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map]. His son Henry (age 5) succeeded 2nd Earl of Southampton.
Before 6th October 1573 Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton (age 28) and Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess of Southampton. He the son of Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton and Jane Cheney Countess Southampton (age 64).
On 6th October 1573 [his son] Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton was born to Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton (age 28) and [his wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 21) at Cowdray House [Map].
On 15th September 1574 [his mother] Jane Cheney Countess Southampton (age 65) died.
On 4th October 1581 Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton (age 36) died. His son [his son] Henry (age 7) succeeded 3rd Earl of Southampton. His wardship was sold by the Queen to her kinsman, Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham (age 45), for £1000. Howard then transferred his wardship to William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 61).
After 22nd August 1591 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 57) arrived in Titchfield, Hampshire [Map] as a guest of Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton.
On 2nd May 1594 Thomas Heneage (age 62) and [his former wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 41) were married. Her second husband. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
Between 5th November 1598 and 31st January 1599 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey (age 33) and [his former wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 46) were married. Her third husband.
Before 5th February 1607 [his former wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 54) died.
St Peter's Church, Titchfield [Map]. The monuments to the Wriothesley family in Titchfield.The three main effigies are to [his father] Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton, his wife [his mother] Jane Cheney Countess Southampton and Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton.
[his daughter] Mary Wriothesley Baroness Arundel Wardour was born to Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton and Mary Browne Countess Southampton.
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Writhe
GrandFather: William Wriothesley
Father: Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton
GrandMother: Agnes Drayton of London
Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cheney of Chesham Blois
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cheney
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Cheney
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Cheney
GrandFather: William Cheney of Chesham Blois in Buckinghamshire
Mother: Jane Cheney Countess Southampton