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Paternal Family Tree: Watson
Before 14th July 1587 [his father] Edward Watson of Rockingham Castle (age 38) and [his mother] Anne Digby (age 41) were married.
On 14th July 1587 Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham was born to Edward Watson of Rockingham Castle (age 38) and Anne Digby (age 41). Some sources say 1584.
On 25th June 1601 Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby (age 45) died at Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [Map] where he was Governor. His son [his future brother-in-law] Robert (age 18) succeeded 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. He was buried at St James' Church, Spilsby [Map].
On 15th February 1610 [his future wife] Catherine Bertie (age 15) died in childbirth. She was buried at St James' Church, Spilsby [Map].
Monument Elizabethan Period. Tall Sideboard Tomb with reclining hooded figure of Lady Katherine, daughter of Peregrine, with Chrisom Child in the crib at her feet. Above a standing figure of Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby in a niche, with strapwork embellishments, all supported on composite columns with a dentilated cornice. Possibly the work of Samuel Baldwin.
Catherine Bertie: Around 1595 she was born to Peregrine Bertie 13th Baron Willoughby and Mary Vere Baroness Willoughby of Eresby. Sources are confused about her birth year stating she was born in 1610 and that she married in 1609. Date adjusted to around 1595 on the assumption she was married around twenty years of age. Her son died at six days old on 09 Feb 1610. Her father died in 1601. Sources also refer to her as Baroness Rockingham whereas she died some eleven years before her husband was created Baron Rockingham. In 1609 Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham and she were married.
In 1609 Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham (age 21) and Catherine Bertie (age 14) were married.
On 17th February 1611 [his mother] Anne Digby (age 65) died.
On 1st March 1617 [his father] Edward Watson of Rockingham Castle (age 68) died at Rockingham, Northamptonshire [Map].
On 3rd October 1620 Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham (age 33) and Eleanor Manners Baroness Rockingham (age 20) were married.
On 23rd June 1621 Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham (age 33) was created 1st Baronet Watson of Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire. [his wife] Eleanor Manners Baroness Rockingham (age 21) by marriage Lady Watson of Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire.
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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.
After 23rd April 1623. Monument to [his father-in-law] George Manners (deceased) and [his mother-in-law] Grace Pierrepont (age 48) at All Saint's Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire [Map]. Stuart Kneeling monument representing them and their nine children, four boys (one died an infant) on the left, five girls on the right.
The armorials include: 
Manners Augmented Arms Manners Augmented with a Crescent difference.
Their son [his brother-in-law] John 8th Earl Rutland (age 18) was married to Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 9).
Their daughter [his sister-in-law] Dorothy Manners (age 13) married Thomas Lake (age 28).
Their daughter [his sister-in-law] Frances (age 23) was married to Nicholas Saundeson 2nd Viscount Castleton.
Their daughter [his wife] Eleanor (age 23) was married to Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham (age 35).
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Before 2nd June 1629 [his brother-in-law] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 24) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 15) were married.
On 30th June 1630 [his son] Edward Watson 2nd Baron Rockingham was born to Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham (age 42) and [his wife] Eleanor Manners Baroness Rockingham (age 30).
On 29th March 1641 George Manners 7th Earl of Rutland (age 61) died. His second cousin [his brother-in-law] John (age 36) succeeded 8th Earl of Rutland. Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 27) by marriage Countess of Rutland. Monument sculpted by Grinling Gibbons at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map].
On 29th January 1645 Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham (age 57) was created 1st Baron Rockingham of Northampton for having served the King during the Civil War. [his wife] Eleanor Manners Baroness Rockingham (age 45) by marriage Baroness Rockingham of Northampton.
On 5th January 1653 Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham (age 65) died. His son [his son] Edward (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baron Rockingham of Northampton, 2nd Baronet Watson of Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire. [his future daughter-in-law] Anne Wentworth Baroness Rockingham (age 23) by marriage Lady Watson of Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire.
On 23rd October 1679 [his former wife] Eleanor Manners Baroness Rockingham (age 79) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Watson
GrandFather: Edward Watson
Lewis Watson 1st Baron Rockingham
Great x 3 Grandfather: Everard Simon Digby
Great x 2 Grandfather: Everard Digby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Everard Digby
GrandFather: Kenelm Digby
Mother: Anne Digby