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1503 Marriage of James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor
1537 Birth and Christening Edward VI
On 8th August 1503 King James IV of Scotland (age 30) and [her mother] Margaret Tudor (age 13) were married at Holyrood Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland.Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 60) and James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran (age 28) were present. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 46) and [her grandmother] Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. He the son of King James III of Scotland and Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Cuthbert Cunningham 3rd Earl Glencairn (age 27) was restored 3rd Earl Glencairn.
In 1509 [her father] Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 20) and Margaret Hepburn Countess Angus were married. She the daughter of Patrick Hepburn 1st Earl Bothwell and Margaret Gordon Countess Bothwell.
On 6th August 1514 [her father] Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 25) and [her mother] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Angus. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King Henry VII of England and Ireland and [her grandmother] Elizabeth York Queen Consort England.
On 8th October 1515 Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox was born to Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 26) and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 25) at Harbottle Castle, Northumberland [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 3rd March 1528 [her step-father] Henry Stewart 1st Lord Methven (age 33) and [her mother] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 38) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King Henry VII of England and Ireland and [her grandmother] Elizabeth York Queen Consort England.
In 1535 Thomas Howard (age 24) and Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 19) were married in secret. She the daughter of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 46) and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 45). He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk (age 58). They were fifth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In May 1536 the marriage of [her husband] Thomas Howard (age 25) and Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 20) was discovered by [her uncle] King Henry VIII (age 44). She, Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox was next in line of the succession at the time of the discovery. Henry promptly enacted retrospective legislation and imprisoned both Thomas and Margaret in the Tower of London [Map]. Thomas was attainted and remained in the Tower of London [Map] until his death a year later.
Chronicle of Edward Hall [1496-1548]. Around June 1536. In the Parliament season Lord [her husband] Thomas Howard (age 25) without the King's assent affianced the Lady Margarete Douglas (age 20) daughter to the [her mother] Queen of Scottes (age 46)Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland and near to the [her uncle] King (age 44) for which presumptuous act he was attainted of treason, and an Act made for like offenders, and so he died in the Tower [Map], and she was long there as a prisoner.
18th July 1536. Attainder of Lord Thomas Howard 1536 28 Hen 8 c24 by which [her husband] Thomas Howard (age 25) was attainted for having married the [her uncle] King's (age 45) niece Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 20) in secret thereby attempting to "interrupt ympedyte and lett the seid Succession of the Crowne" (she, Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox, was heir to the throne at the time). The Act sentenced Howard to death although it wasn't implemented.
On 6th July 1537 Robert Constable (age 59) was hanged in chains from the Beverley Gate in Kingston upon Hull witnessed by [her brother-in-law] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke Norfolk (age 64).
On 15th October 1537 the future Edward VI was christened by Bishop John Stokesley (age 62) at the Chapel Royal in Hampton Court Palace [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (age 48) performed the Baptismal Rites, and was appointed Godfather. [her brother-in-law] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 64) and Queen Mary I of England and Ireland (age 21) were Godparents.
King Edward VI of England and Ireland was created Duke of Cornwall, 1st Earl Chester.
Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count of Eu carried the Salt. Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 53) was Godfather and supported the Marchioness of Exeter. Richard Long (age 43) was knighted. Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl Essex (age 52), Philip Boteler (age 45), John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 66) and John Gage (age 57) attended. Mary Scrope (age 61) carried Lady Mary's train. Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 54) carried a covered basin. Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex carried the canopy.
Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 37) helped his young niece the future Elizabeth I to carry the Crisom. Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter (age 41) supported his wife Gertrude Blount Marchioness of Exeter (age 34) to carry the child. Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 60) bore a taper of virgin wax. William Fitzalan 11th or 18th Earl of Arundel (age 61) carried the train of the Prince's robe. Christopher Barker proclaimed the Prince's titles.
Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset was created 1st Earl Hertford.
Nicholas Carew (age 41), Francis Bryan (age 47), Anthony Browne (age 37) and John Russell 1st Earl Bedford (age 52) surrounded the font.
Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire (age 27), Edward Neville (age 66), Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour (age 29), Richard Long and John Wallop (age 47) carried the canopy.
Arthur Hopton (age 48), Bishop Robert Parfew aka Warton and Bishop John Bell attended.
William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl of Southampton (age 47) was created 1st Earl of Southampton. Mabel Clifford Countess Southampton (age 55) by marriage Countess of Southampton.
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On 29th October 1537 Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 22) was released from Syon Abbey [Map].
On 31st October 1537 [her husband] Thomas Howard (age 26) died at the Tower of London [Map]. His body was released to his mother [her mother-in-law] Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk (age 60). He was buried at Thetford Priory, Norfolk [Map].
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 31st October 1537. This yeare, on All Hallowe Even, the Lord [her husband] Thomas Howarde (age 26), brother to the [her brother-in-law] Duke of Northfolke (age 64), died in prison in the Tower of London, and his bodie was caried to Thetforde, and there buried.
Allso the Ladie Margarett Duglas (age 22), that had lyen in prison in the Tower of London for love betwene him and her, was pardoned by the King and sett agayne at her libertie; howbeit, she tooke his death very heavilie.1
Note 1. In 1644 she married [her future husband] Matthew fourth Earl of Lennox (age 21), and became Conntess of Lennox, and mother of [her son] Darnley.
On 18th October 1541 [her mother] Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 51) died at Methven Castle, Methven. She was buried at Carthusian Charterhouse, Perth.
Around 1543 [her father] Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 54) and Margaret Maxwell Countess Angus were married. She by marriage Countess Angus.
On 12th July 1543 [her uncle] Henry VIII (age 52) and Catherine Parr (age 30) were married at Hampton Court Palace [Map]. She was crowned Queen Consort England. His sixth and last marriage, her third marriage; her previous husband had died four months before. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of [her grandfather] King Henry VII of England and Ireland and [her grandmother] Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Henry's two daughters Mary (age 27) and Elizabeth (age 9) attended, as did his niece Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 27).
Catherine's sister Anne (age 28) attended with her husband William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke (age 42).
On 6th July 1544 Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox (age 27) and Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Lennox. She the daughter of Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 55) and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland. He the son of John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox and Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox (age 49). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 7th December 1545 [her son] Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart was born to [her husband] Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox (age 29) and Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 30). He a great grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 4th November 1551. The 4 of November the sayd Quene (age 35) rode from the sayd place to the Kinges pallace at Whitehall by Westminster in hir charyot, accompanyed with diuers knightes and gentlemen, carles and lordes, the Lady Margaret Dowglas (age 36), the Duches of Richmond (age 32), the Duches of Suffolke (age 32), the Duches of Northumberland (age 42), with diuers other noble women of England and ladyes of Scotland followinge after them; the Dukes of Northumberland (age 47) and Suffolke and the Lord Treasurer (age 68) receivinge her within the Court gate, all the guard standinge on euery syde of the Court; and at her entringe in at the hall the Kinges Maiestie (age 14) stode in the upper ende of the hall, the Earle of Warwicke (age 24) [Note. assumed to be referring to the subsiduary title of the Duke of Northumberland] houldinge the sworde afore the Kinge; she kneelinge downe, the Kinges Maiestie tooke her up and, kissinge her, he tooke her by the hand, she comminge with him, he led her up into the chamber of presence, and so from thence to the Queues chamber of presence, where he kissed all the ladyes of Scotland, and so departed for a while; and that daye she dyned on the Quenes syde with the Kinges Maiestie, the Kinges service and hers comminge both togeather, richely serued in gylt plate; the Kinges seruice on the right hand of the table, and the Quenes on the left hand, she sittinge by the Kinge apart by his cloth of estate; the goodly cupbord of plate of gould and gylte that day there occupyed, with the rich hanginges and costly meates, was wondrous to see. All the ladyes of England and Scotland dyned in the Quenes great chamber, and were serued in siluer all theyr meates; dinner ended, the Kinges Maiestie shewed her his galleries and gardens, with other commodityes of that place; and about foure of the clocke he brought her downe againe by the hand into the hall, where he received her and there kissed hir, and so she departed to the Bishops house againe to Pawles in lyke manner as she went thither.
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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.
On 22nd January 1557 [her father] Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus (age 68) died at Tantallon Castle. His nephew David (age 42) succeeded 7th Earl Angus.
Around May 1557 [her son] Charles Stewart 5th Earl Lennox was born to [her husband] Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox (age 40) and Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 41). He a great grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 29th July 1565 [her son] Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart (age 19) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Queen of Scots (age 22) were married at Holyrood Palace, Holyrood. She the daughter of [her half-brother] King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of [her husband] Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox (age 48) and Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 49). They were half first cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 10th February 1567 [her son] Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart (age 21) was murdered at Kirk O Field. Around two in the morning two barrels of gunpowder exploded beneath his room. His body and that of his valet William Taylor were found outside, surrounded by a cloak, a dagger, a chair, and a coat. Darnley was dressed only in his nightshirt. There were no visible marks on the body. He was buried at Holyrood Abbey, Holyrood.
On 4th September 1571 supporters of [her former daughter-in-law] Mary Queen of Scots (age 28) led by George Gordon 5th Earl Huntley attacked Stirling Castle [Map].
[her husband] Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox (age 54)was shot. His son [her son] Charles (age 14) succeeded 5th Earl Lennox.
Alexander Stewart (age 39) was killed
In 1574 [her son] Charles Stewart 5th Earl Lennox (age 16) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Lennox (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Lennox. She the daughter of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 47). He the son of [her former husband] Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox and Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 58).
In April 1576 [her son] Charles Stewart 5th Earl Lennox (age 18) died.
On 7th March 1578 Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox (age 62) died.
King Edward IV of England 1442-1483
Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 1364-1425
Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York 1415-1495
Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 1379-1440
Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York 1411-1460
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 1415-1472
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Douglas 1st Earl Angus
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Douglas 2nd Earl Angus 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Stewart Countess Angus 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Douglas 4th Earl Angus 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hay
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Hay Countess Angus
Great x 1 Grandfather: Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas 5th Earl Angus 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Sibbald Countess Angus
GrandFather: George Douglas 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boyd Countess Angus
Father: Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Drummond 1st Lord Drummond
GrandMother: Elizabeth Drummond m Douglas
Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Tudur ap Goronwy Tudor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Maredudd Tudor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marged verch Thomas 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Owen Tudor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Charles V of France 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Taddea Visconti Duchess Bavaria
GrandFather: King Henry VII of England and Ireland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stourton 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Castile Duchess York 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Edward IV of England 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
GrandMother: Elizabeth York Queen Consort England Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Woodville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Count St Pol 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England