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Paternal Family Tree: Lennard
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Dinley 1495-1550
After 16 Apr 1641 [his father] Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 21) and [his mother] Elizabeth Bayning Baroness Dacre Gilsland were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 13 May 1654 Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex was born to Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 35) and Elizabeth Bayning Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 12 May 1662 [his father] Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 43) died. He was buried at Chevening, Sevenoaks. His son Thomas (age 7) succeeded 15th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 15th Baron Multon of Gilsland. [his future wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex (age 1) by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 16 May 1674 Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex (age 20) and Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex (age 13) were married at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map]. She the illegitmate daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 43) and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 33). They were first cousin once removed.
On 01 Oct 1674 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 8) was created 1st Earl of Northumberland, 1st Viscount Falmouth, 1st Baron Pontefract by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 44).
On 05 Oct 1674 Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex (age 20) was created 1st Earl of Sussex. [his wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex (age 13) by marriage Countess of Sussex.
In 1675 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Fitzroy 1st Duke Southampton 2nd Duke Cleveland (age 12) was created 1st Duke Southampton, 1st Earl Chichester, 1st Baron Newbury by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 44).
On 28 Jul 1675 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles "Don Carlo" Fitzcharles 1st Earl Plymouth (age 18) was created 1st Earl Plymouth, 1st Viscount Totnes, 1st Baron Dartmouth.
On 09 Aug 1675 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 3) was created 1st Duke Richmond, 1st Earl March, 1st Baron Settrington by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 45).
On 11 Sep 1675 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 11) was created 1st Duke Grafton by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 45). Isabella Bennet Duchess Grafton (age 7) by marriage Duchess Grafton.
On 12 Jul 1676 [his daughter] Barbara Lennard was born to Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex (age 22) and [his wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex (age 15). She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.14%.
On 21 Dec 1676 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans (age 6) was created 1st Earl Burford, 1st Baron Heddington by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 46).
On 06 Feb 1677 Edward Lee 1st Earl Lichfield (age 14) and [his illegitimate sister-in-law] Charlotte Fitzroy Countess Lichfield (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Lichfield. She the illegitmate daughter of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 46) and [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 36). He the son of Francis Lee 4th Baronet and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey. They were third cousins.
On 19 Sep 1678 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles "Don Carlo" Fitzcharles 1st Earl Plymouth (age 21) and Bridget Osborne Countess Plymouth were married in Wimbledon, Surrey. She by marriage Countess Plymouth. She the daughter of Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds (age 46) and Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds (age 49). He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 48) and Catherine Pegge (age 43).
In 1679 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Fitzroy 1st Duke Southampton 2nd Duke Cleveland (age 16) and Mary Wood Duchess Southampton (age 16) were married. She by marriage Duchess Southampton. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 48) and [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 38).
In 1680 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 16) was appointed 482nd Knight of the Garter by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 49).
On 17 Oct 1680 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles "Don Carlo" Fitzcharles 1st Earl Plymouth (age 23) died of dysentery at Tangier [Map] during the Siege of Tangier. Earl Plymouth, Viscount Totnes and Baron Dartmouth extinct.
In 1681 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 8) was appointed 485th Knight of the Garter by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 50).
On 25 May 1682 [his son] Charles Lennard was born to Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex (age 28) and [his wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex (age 21) at Windsor Castle [Map]. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.14%.
In 1683 [his son] Henry Lennard was born to Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex (age 28) and [his wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex (age 21) at Herstmonceux. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.14%.
On 06 Apr 1683 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 17) was created 1st Duke Northumberland by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 52).
In 1684 [his illegitimate sister-in-law] Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Fitzroy Countess Yarmouth (age 34) died.
On 05 Jan 1684 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans (age 13) was created 1st Duke St Albans by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 53).
On 10 Jan 1684 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 18) was appointed 489th Knight of the Garter by [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 53).
On 13 Mar 1684 [his son] Charles Lennard (age 1) died.
On 17 Aug 1684 [his daughter] Anne Lennard 16th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland Baroness Teynham was born to Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex (age 30) and [his wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex (age 23). She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.14%.
On 15 Jul 1685 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch (age 36) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Bishop Francis Turner (age 47) acted a Chaplain. Duke Monmouth and Duke Buccleuch forfeit.
In 1686 John Talbot (age 21) was killed in a duel by [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 22).
In Mar 1686 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 20) and Catherine Wheatley were married. Soon after the marriage Northumberland and his brother, [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (age 22), allegedly attempted to privately convey her abroad to an English convent in Ghent [Map], Belgium. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 45).
On 09 Oct 1690 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton (age 27) was killed at Cork [Map] during the Storming of Cork. His son Charles (age 6) succeeded 2nd Duke Grafton, 2nd Earl Euston, 2nd Viscount Ipswich, 2nd Baron Sudbury.
On 08 Jan 1692 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 19) and Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond (age 21) were married. She by marriage Duchess Richmond. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and Louise Kéroualle 1st Duchess Portsmouth (age 42).
In 1694 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Fitzroy 1st Duke Southampton 2nd Duke Cleveland (age 31) and Anne Pulteney Duchess Southampton Duchess of Cleveland (age 30) were married. She by marriage Duchess Southampton. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 53).
On 17 Apr 1694 [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans (age 23) and Diana Vere Duchess St Albans (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess St Albans. She the daughter of Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford (age 67) and Diana Kirke Countess of Oxford. He the illegitmate son of [his father-in-law] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and Nell Gwyn.
On 09 Oct 1709 [his mother-in-law] Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 68) died at Chiswick Mall. Her son [his illegitimate brother-in-law] Charles (age 47) succeeded 2nd Duke Cleveland, 2nd Earl of Southampton and 2nd Baron Nonsuch. Anne Pulteney Duchess Southampton Duchess of Cleveland (age 45) by marriage Duchess Cleveland.
On 30 Oct 1715 Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex (age 61) died. Earl of Sussex extinct. Baron Dacre Gilsland abeyant.
On 16 May 1722 [his former wife] Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex (age 61) died.
Letters of Horace Walpole. 05 Aug 1752. Here our woes increase. The roads row bad beyond all badness, the night dark beyond all darkness, our guide frightened beyond all frightfulness. However, without being at all killed, we got UP, or down,-I forget which, it was so dark,-a famous precipice called Silver Hill, and about ten at night arrived at a wretched village called Rotherbridge. We had still six miles hither, but determined to stop, as it would be a pity to break our necks before we had seen all we intended. But alas! there was only one bed to be had: all the rest were inhabited by smugglers, whom the people of the house called mountebanks; and with one of whom the lady of the den told Mr. Chute he might lie. We did not at all take to this society, but, armed with links and lanthems, set out again upon this impracticable journey. At two o'clock in the morning we got hither to a still worse inn, and that crammed with excise officers, one of whom had just shot a smuggler. However, as we were neutral powers, we have passed safely through both armies hitherto, and can give you a little farther history of our wandering through these mountains, where the young gentlemen are forced to drive their curricles with a pair of oxen. the only morsel of good road we have found, was what even the natives had assured us was totally impracticable: these were eight miles to Hurst Monceaux.338 It is seated at the end of a large vale, five miles in a direct line to the sea, with wings of blue hills covered with wood, one of which falls down to the in a sweep of a hundred acres. The building, for the convenience of water to the moat, sees nothing at all; indeed it is entirely imagined on a plan of defence, with drawbridges actually in being, round towers, watch-towers mounted on them, and battlements pierced for the passage of arrows from long bows. It was built in the time of Henry VI, and is as perfect as the first day. It does not seem to have been ever quite finished, or at least that age was not arrived at the luxury of white-wash; for almost all the walls, except in the principal chambers, are in their native brickhood. It is a square building, each side about two hundred feet in length; a porch and cloister, very like Eton College; and the whole is much in the same taste, the kitchen extremely so, with three vast funnels to the chimneys going up on the inside. There are two or three little courts for offices, but no magnificence of apartments. It is scarcely furnished with a few necessary beds and chairs: one side has been sashed, and a drawing-room and dining-room and two or three rooms wainscoted by the Earl of Sussex, who married a [his former wife] natural daughter of Charles II. Their arms with delightful carvings by Gibbons-, particularly two pheasants, hang over the chimneys. Over the great drawing-room chimney is the first coat armour of the first Leonard, Lord Dacre, with all his alliances. Mr. Chute was transported, and called cousin with ten thousand quarterings.339 The chapel is small, and mean: the Virgin and seven long lean saints, ill done, remain in the windows. There have been four more, but seem to have been removed for light; and we actually found St. Catherine, and another gentlewoman with a church in her hand, exiled into the buttery. There remain two odd cavities, with very small wooden screens on each side the altar, which seem to have been confessionals. The outside is a mixture of gray brick and stone, that has a very venerable appearance. The drawbridges are romantic to a degree; and there is a dungeon, that gives one a delightful idea of living in the days of soccage and under such goodly tenures. They showed us a dismal chamber which they called Drummer's-hall, and suppose that Mr. Addison's comedy is descended from it. In the windows of the gallery over the cloisters, which leads all round to the apartments, is the device of the Fienneses, a wolf holding a baton with a scroll, Le roy le veut - an unlucky motto, as I shall tell you presently, to the last peer of that line. The estate is two thousand a year, and so compact as to have but seventeen houses upon it. We walked up a brave old avenue to the church, with ships sailing on our left hand the whole way. Before the altar lies a lank brass knight, knight William Fienis, chevalier, who obiit c.c.c.c.v. that is in 1405. By the altar is a beautiful tomb, all in our trefoil taste, varied into a thousand little canopies and patterns, and two knights reposing on their backs. These were Thomas, Lord Dacre, and his only son Gregory, who died sans issue. An old grayheaded beadsman of the family talked to us of a blot in the scutcheon; and we had observed that the field of the arms was green instead of blue, and the lions ramping to the right, contrary to order. This and the man's imperfect narrative let us into the circumstances of the personage before us; for there is no inscription. He went in a Chevy-chase style to hunt in a Mr. Pelham's (age 57)340 park at Lawton: the keepers opposed, a fray ensued, a man was killed. The haughty baron took the death upon himself, as most secure of pardon; but however, though there was no chancellor of the exchequer in the question, he was condemned to be hanged: Le roy le Vouloist.
Note 338. the ancient inheritance of Lord Dacre of the South.-E.
Note 339. Chaloner Chute, Esq, of the Vine, married [his aunt] Catherine, daughter of [his grandfather] Richard, Lord Dacre.-E.
Note 340. At the date of this letter Mr. Pelham was prime minister.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lennard
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lennard
Great x 2 Grandfather: Samson Lennard Baron Dacre Gilsland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Lennard 12th Baron Dacre Gilsland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Dudley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 11th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Stafford Baroness Bergavenny 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Richard Lennard 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Chrysogona Baker Baroness Dacre Gilsland
Father: Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Throckmorton
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Throckmorton of Coughton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Throckmorton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Vaux 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Throckmorton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew of Beddington in Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Malyn Oxenbridge
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bryan
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bryan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Throckmorton Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lucas
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lucas
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Lucas
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Lucas
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fermor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Fermor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Vaux
Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Paul Bayning 1st Viscount Bayning
Mother: Elizabeth Bayning Baroness Dacre Gilsland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Glemham
GrandMother: Anne Glemham Viscountess Bayning 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sackville 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Sackville 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Boleyn 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brydges
Great x 3 Grandmother: Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Ayloffe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Sackville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Baker
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cicely Baker Countess Dorset
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dinley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dinley