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Paternal Family Tree: Burke
In 1572 Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans was born to Ulrick Burke 3rd Earl Clanricarde.
In 1583 Philip Sidney (age 28) and [his future wife] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 16) were married. They were half sixth cousins.
In 1590 Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex (age 24) and [his future wife] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He the son of Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex and Lettice Knollys Countess Essex (age 46). They were half fourth cousin once removed.
In 1601 [his father] Ulrick Burke 3rd Earl Clanricarde died. His son Richard (age 29) succeeded 4th Earl Clanricarde.
In 1602 Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 30) was knighted.
In 1603 Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 31) and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 36) were married. He the son of Ulrick Burke 3rd Earl Clanricarde.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1603 [his step-son] Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 11) and Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset (age 12) were married. They were separated after the wedding given their young age. Essex went on a European tour from 1607 to 1609. When he returned she avoided him having fallen for Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset (age 16) whilst her husband was away. He was ill with smallpox. She sought an annulment with her father Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex and uncle Henry Howard 1st Earl of Northampton (age 62) acting for her. She maintained the marriage had not been consummated and was examined by ten matrons and two midwives who found her hymen intact. It was widely rumoured at the time that Sir Thomas Monson's (age 38) daughter was a substitute, which is possible because she had requested to be veiled during the examination "for modesty's sake". He maintained he was capable with other women, but was unable to consummate his marriage blaming her. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 41) and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 39). He the son of Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex and [his wife] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 36). They were fourth cousins.
In 1604 [his step-son] Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 12) was restored 3rd Earl Essex, 4th Viscount Hereford, 13th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 10th Baron Bourchier although it isn't clear whether the latter three titles were forfeit when his father was executed in 1601. Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset (age 13) by marriage Countess Essex.
In 1604 [his son] Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde was born to Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 32) and [his wife] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 37).
Around 1605 [his daughter] Honora Burke Marchioness Winchester was born to Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 33) and [his wife] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 38).
After 24th March 1611 [his step-son] Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 20) was appointed Privy Counciller.
In 1612 [his step-daughter] Elizabeth Sidney Countess Rutland (age 27) died. She was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map].
On 25th September 1613 [his step-son] Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 22) and Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset (age 23) marriage annulled by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 47). She married Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset (age 26) three months later.
On 3rd March 1617 William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset (age 29) and [his step-daughter] Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset (age 17) were married at Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire [Map]. She the daughter of Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex and [his wife] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 50). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1622 [his son] Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde (age 18) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Compton Lady Rushout were married. She the daughter of William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton (age 46). He the son of Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 50) and [his wife] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 55).
On 27th April 1622 George Shirley 1st Baronet (age 63) died. He was buried at the Church of St Mary and St Hardulph, Breedon on the Hill [Map]. His son Henry (age 34) succeeded 2nd Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. [his step-daughter] Dorothy Devereux Lady Shirley (age 22) by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
Before 9th September 1623 Henry Shirley 2nd Baronet (age 35) and [his step-daughter] Dorothy Devereux Lady Shirley (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex and [his wife] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 56). They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1628 Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 56) was created 1st Earl St Albans.
On 11th March 1630 [his step-son] Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 39) and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Essex were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. He the son of Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex and [his wife] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 63). They were fourth cousins.
On 17th February 1633 [his wife] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 66) died.
On 4th October 1633 [his son-in-law] John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester (age 35) and [his daughter] Honora Burke Marchioness Winchester (age 28) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. She the daughter of Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 61) and [his former wife] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex. He the son of William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester and Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester.
On 12th November 1635 Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 63) died. His son [his son] Ulick (age 31) succeeded 5th Earl Clanricarde, 2nd Earl St Albans. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 42) was blamed for his death making an enemy of Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde and his half-brother (they shared the same mother [his former wife] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex) [his former step-son] Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 44).
[his daughter] Mary Burke was born to Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex.
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ulick Fionn Burke 6th Lord Clanricarde
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Mór Burke 9th Lord Clanricarde
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ulick na "gCeann aka of the Heads" Burke 1st Earl Clanricarde
GrandFather: Richard Burke 2nd Earl Clanricarde