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Ordgar of Devon1,2

M, b. circa 900, d. 971, #1651


Father Alpsius? (?)3
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Reference 7197

Title* Ordgar of Devon held the title of Ealdorman.2 
Name Variation Ordgar of Devon was also styled Ordgar (?).3 
Birth* He was born circa 900.3 
Marriage* He married Wulfrith (?).3 
Death* He died in 971 at Tavistock.3 

Family Wulfrith (?)
Child
  1. Elfrida (?) b. 945, d. 1000

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-17.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-17.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Edmund of England "the Magnificent"1

M, b. 920, d. 946, #1652


Father Edward of England "the Elder"2,3 b. 875, d. 17 July 924
Mother Eadgifu (?)2,3,4 b. circa 896, d. 25 August 968
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Reference 7195

Hume* 941.EDMUND, ON HIS ACCESSION, met with disturbance from the restless Northumbrians, who lay in wait for every opportunity of breaking into rebellion. But marching suddenly with his forces into their country, he so overawed the rebels, that they endeavoured to appease him by the most humble submissions.b In order to give him the surer pledge of their obedience, they offered to embrace Christianity; a religion which the English Danes had frequently professed, when reduced to difficulties, but which, for that very reason, they regarded as a badge of servitude, and shook off as soon as a favourable opportunity offered. Edmund, trusting little to their sincerity in this forced submission, used the precaution of removing the Five-burgers from the towns of Mercia, in which they had been allowed to settle; because it was always found, that they took advantage of every commotion, and introduced the rebellious or foreign Danes into the heart of the kingdom. He also conquered Cumberland from the Britons; and conferred that territory on Malcolm king of Scotland, on condition that he should do him homage for it, and protect the north from all future incursions of the Danes.
Edmund was young when he came to the crown, yet was his reign short, as his death was violent. One day, as he was solemnizing a festival in the county of Glocester, he remarked, that Leolf, a notorious robber, whom he had sentenced to banishment, had yet the boldness to enter the hall where he himself dined, and to sit at table with his attendants. Enraged at this insolence, he ordered him to leave the room; but on his refusing to obey, the king, whose temper, naturally choleric, was inflamed by this additional insult, leaped on him himself, and seized him by the hair: But the ruffian, pushed to extremity, drew his dagger, and gave Edmund a wound, of which he immediately expired. This event happened in the year 946, and in the sixth year of the king's reign. Edmund left male-issue, but so young, that they were incapable of governing the kingdom; and his brother, Edred, was promoted to the throne.
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Name Variation Edmund of England "the Magnificent" was also styled Eadmund. 
Name Variation Edmund of England "the Magnificent" was also styled Edmund I (?).3 
Birth* He was born in 920.2 
Birth He was born in 921 at Wessex, England.3,4 
Crowned* He was crowned King of England in 940.2 
Marriage* He married first Saint Ælfgifu (?) in 940.2,3,4 
Burial* He was buried at Glastonbury Abbey, England.3 
Death* He died in 946 at Pucklechurch, Gloucester, England.2,3,4 
Note* Began a policy of cooperation with Scotland.4 
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Family Saint Ælfgifu (?) d. 944
Marriage* He married first Saint Ælfgifu (?) in 940.2,3,4 
Child
  1. Edgar of England "the Peaceful" b. 943, d. 8 Jul 975

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-16.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-17.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-16.
  5. [S337] David Hume, History of England.

Saint Ælfgifu (?)1

F, d. 944, #1653


Reference 7196

Name Variation Saint Ælfgifu (?) was also styled Edgira (?).2 
Name Variation Saint Ælfgifu (?) was also styled Alfgifu (?). 
Marriage* She married Edmund of England "the Magnificent", son of Edward of England "the Elder" and Eadgifu (?), in 940.3,2,1 
Death* She died in 944.2,1 

Family Edmund of England "the Magnificent" b. 920, d. 946
Child
  1. Edgar of England "the Peaceful" b. 943, d. 8 Jul 975

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-16.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-17.

Edward of England "the Elder"1

M, b. 875, d. 17 July 924, #1654


 

Father Alfred of England "The Great"2,3,4 b. 849, d. 26 October 899
Mother Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha2,3,4 b. circa 852, d. 904
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Reference 7368

Hume* To see what David Hume wrote about Edward of England "the Elder" in his History of England, please view the exhibit attached to this tag THIS PRINCE,901. who equalled his father in military talents, though inferior to him in knowledge and erudition, found immediately, on his accession, a specimen of that turbulent life, to which all princes, and even all individuals were exposed, in an age when men, less restrained by law or justice, and less occupied by industry, had no aliment for their inquietude, but wars, insurrections, convulsions, rapine, and depredation. Ethelwald, his cousin-german, son of king Ethelbert, the elder brother of Alfred, insisted on his preferable title;f and arming his partizans, took possession of Winburne, where he seemed determined to defend himself to the last extremity, and to await the issue of his pretensions.g But when the king approached the town with a great army, Ethelwald, having the prospect of certain destruction, made his escape, and fled first into Normandy, thence into Northumberland; where he hoped, that the people, who had been recently subdued by Alfred, and who were impatient of peace, would, on the intelligence of that great prince's death, seize the first pretence or opportunity of rebellion. The event did not disappoint his expectations: The Northumbrians declared for him;h and Ethelwald, having thus connected his interests with the Danish tribes, went beyond sea, and collecting a body of these freebooters, he excited the hopes of all those who had been accustomed to subsist by rapine and violence.i The East-Anglian Danes joined his party: The Five-burgers, who were seated in the heart of Mercia, began to put themselves in motion; and the English found that they were again menaced with those convulsions, from which the valour and policy of Alfred had so lately rescued them. The rebels, headed by Ethelwald, made an incursion into the counties of Glocester, Oxford, and Wilts; and having exercised their ravages in these places, they retired with their booty; before the king, who had assembled an army, was able to approach them. Edward, however, who was determined that his preparations should not be fruitless, conducted his forces into East-Anglia, and retaliated the injuries which the inhabitants had committed, by spreading the like devastation among them. Satiated with revenge, and loaded with booty, he gave orders to retire: But the authority of those ancient kings, which was feeble in peace, was not much better established in the field; and the Kentish men, greedy of more spoil, ventured, contrary to repeated orders, to stay behind him, and to take up their quarters in Bury. This disobedience proved in the issue fortunate to Edward. The Danes assaulted the Kentish men; but met with so vigorous a resistance, that, though they gained the field of battle, they bought that advantage by the loss of their bravest leaders, and among the rest, by that of Ethelwald, who perished in the action.k The king, freed from the fear of so dangerous a competitor, made peace on advantageous terms with the East-Angles.l
In order to restore England to such a state of tranquillity as it was then capable of attaining, naught was wanting but the subjection of the Northumbrians, who, assisted by the scattered Danes in Mercia, continually infested the bowels of the kingdom. Edward, in order to divert the force of these enemies, prepared a fleet to attack them by sea; hoping, that, when his ships appeared on their coast, they must at least remain at home, and provide for their defence. But the Northumbrians were less anxious to secure their own property than greedy to commit spoil on their enemy; and concluding, that the chief strength of the English was embarked on board the fleet, they thought the opportunity favourable, and entered Edward's territories with all their forces. The king, who was prepared against this event, attacked them on their return at Tetenhall in the county of Stafford, put them to rout, recovered all the booty, and pursued them with great slaughter into their own country.
All the rest of Edward's reign was a scene of continued and successful action against the Northumbrians, the East-Angles, the Five-burgers, and the foreign Danes, who invaded him from Normandy and Britanny. Nor was he less provident in putting his kingdom in a posture of defence, than vigorous in assaulting the enemy. He fortified the towns of Chester, Eddesbury, Warwic, Cherbury, Buckingham, Towcester, Maldon, Huntingdon, and Colchester. He fought two signal battles, at Temsford and Maldon.m He vanquished Thurketill, a great Danish chief, and obliged him to retire with his followers into France, in quest of spoil and adventures. He subdued the East Angles, and forced them to swear allegiance to him: He expelled the two rival princes of Northumberland, Reginald and Sidroc, and acquired, for the present, the dominion of that province: Several tribes of the Britons were subjected by him; and even the Scots, who, during the reign of Egbert, had, under the conduct of Kenneth, their king, encreased their power, by the final subjection of the Picts, were nevertheless obliged to give him marks of submission.n In all these fortunate achievements he was assisted by the activity and prudence of his sister Ethelfleda, who was widow of Ethelbert, earl of Mercia, and who, after her husband's death, retained the government of that province. This princess, who had been reduced to extremity in child-bed, refused afterwards all commerce with her husband; not from any weak superstition, as was common in that age, but because she deemed all domestic occupations unworthy of her masculine and ambitious spirit.o She died before her brother; and Edward, during the remainder of his reign, took upon himself the immediate government of Mercia, which before had been entrusted to the authority of a governor.p The Saxon Chronicle fixes the death of this prince in 925:q His kingdom devolved to Athelstan, his natural son.
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Name Variation Edward of England "the Elder" was also styled Eadweard. 
Birth He was born in 870 at Wessex, England.3 
Birth* Another source reports that Edward of England "the Elder" was born in 875.2,4 
Mistress* He took as a mistress Ecwina (Egwina) (?). 3,1 
Crowned* He was crowned in 899.2,4 
Marriage* He married second Eadgifu (?), daughter of Sigelhelm of Kent, in 919 at Berkshire, England.2,3,6 
Marriage* He married third Elflæd (?), daughter of Æthelhelm (?) and Ethelgyth (?).3,1 
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Death* He died on 17 July 924 at Ferrington, Worcester, England.2,3,4,1 

Family 1 Elflæd (?) b. circa 878, d. circa 919
Marriage* He married third Elflæd (?), daughter of Æthelhelm (?) and Ethelgyth (?).3,1 
Children
  1. Editha of Wessex d. 26 Jan 946
  2. Eadgifu of England d. 951

Family 2 Ecwina (Egwina) (?)
Mistress* He took as a mistress Ecwina (Egwina) (?). 3,1 
Children
  1. Eadgyth (?)
  2. Aethelstan (?) b. c 894, d. 27 Oct 939

Family 3 Eadgifu (?) b. circa 896, d. 25 August 968
Marriage* He married second Eadgifu (?), daughter of Sigelhelm of Kent, in 919 at Berkshire, England.2,3,6 
Children
  1. Adele (?)
  2. Edmund of England "the Magnificent" b. 920, d. 946

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-15.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-16.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-14.
  5. [S337] David Hume, History of England.
  6. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-15.

Eadgifu (?)

F, b. circa 896, d. 25 August 968, #1655


Father Sigelhelm of Kent1,2,3 d. after 962
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Reference 7369

Birth* Eadgifu (?) was born circa 896 at Kent, England.2 
Marriage* She married Edward of England "the Elder", son of Alfred of England "The Great" and Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha, in 919 at Berkshire, England.1,2,3 
Death She died in 961.1 
Death Another source reports that Eadgifu (?) died in 967.3 
Death* Another source reports that Eadgifu (?) died on 25 August 968.2,4 

Family Edward of England "the Elder" b. 875, d. 17 July 924
Children
  1. Adele (?)
  2. Edmund of England "the Magnificent" b. 920, d. 946

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-16.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-15.
  4. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-15.

Sigelhelm of Kent1

M, d. after 962, #1656


Reference 9591

Name Variation Sigelhelm of Kent was also styled Sigillin (?).2 
Name Variation Sigelhelm of Kent was also styled Sigehelm.3 
Death* He died after 962.2 
Title* He held the title of Ealdorman of Kent.3 

Family
Child
  1. Eadgifu (?) b. c 896, d. 25 Aug 968

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-15.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-15.

Alfred of England "The Great"1

M, b. 849, d. 26 October 899, #1657


 
 

Father Æthelwulf of Wessex2,3,4 b. between 794 and 800, d. 13 January 858
Mother Osburh (?)2,3,4 b. circa 810, d. after 876
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Reference 7614

Hume* To see what David Hume wrote about Alfred of England "The Great" in his History of England, please view the exhibit attached to this tag.5
Dickens* The section on Alfred of England "The Great" in Charles Dickens' "A Child's History of England" may be read in the exhibit attached to this tag.6
Name Variation Alfred of England "The Great" was also styled Ælfred. 
Birth* He was born in 849 at Wantage, Berkshire, England.2,3,4 
Marriage* He married Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha, daughter of Æthelred Of Mercia and Edburga of Mercia (?), in 868.2,3,4 
Marriage Another source reports that the marriage took place in 869.1 
Crowned* He was crowned in 871 at Winchester, England.2,4 
Death* He died on 26 October 899.2,3,4 
Burial* He was buried at Hyde, Winchester, England.3 
HTML* Br Weblinks:;
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King Alfred the Great and Our Common LawHistory of the Monarchy

National Politics Web Guide
Alfred the Great
Famous Men of the Middle Ages.
 

Family Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha b. circa 852, d. 904
Marriage* He married Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha, daughter of Æthelred Of Mercia and Edburga of Mercia (?), in 868.2,3,4 
Marriage Another source reports that the marriage took place in 869.2,3,4,1 
Children
  1. Æthelflæda of Wessex d. 15 Jun 919
  2. Ethelgiva (?)
  3. Edward of England "the Elder" b. 875, d. 17 Jul 924
  4. Ethelwida of England (?) b. c 877, d. 7 Jun 929
  5. Ethelward (?) b. c 880, d. 26 Oct 922

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-14.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-15.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-14.
  5. [S337] David Hume, History of England.
  6. [S336] Charles Dickens, A Child's History of England.

Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha

F, b. circa 852, d. 904, #1658


Father Æthelred Of Mercia1,2
Mother Edburga of Mercia (?)1,3,2
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Reference 7615

Name Variation Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha was also styled Ealhswith of Gainsborough (?).1 
Birth* She was born circa 852 at Mercia, England.1 
Marriage* She married Alfred of England "The Great", son of Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburh (?), in 868.4,1,3 
Marriage Another source reports that the marriage took place in 869.2 
Death* She died in 904 at Winchester.1,2 
Burial* She was buried at Hyde.1 
Death Another source reports that Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha died circa 905.4,3 

Family Alfred of England "The Great" b. 849, d. 26 October 899
Marriage* She married Alfred of England "The Great", son of Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburh (?), in 868.4,1,3 
Marriage Another source reports that the marriage took place in 869.4,1,3,2 
Children
  1. Æthelflæda of Wessex d. 15 Jun 919
  2. Ethelgiva (?)
  3. Edward of England "the Elder" b. 875, d. 17 Jul 924
  4. Ethelwida of England (?) b. c 877, d. 7 Jun 929
  5. Ethelward (?) b. c 880, d. 26 Oct 922

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-14.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-14.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-15.

Æthelred Of Mercia

M, #1659


Reference 7616

Name Variation Æthelred Of Mercia was also styled Ethelred Mucil (?).1 
Marriage* He married Edburga of Mercia (?), daughter of Wigmund (?).1,2 
Title* He held the title of Ealdorman of the Gaini.3 

Family Edburga of Mercia (?)
Child
  1. Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha b. c 852, d. 904

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-14.
  3. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-14.

Æthelwulf of Wessex1

M, b. between 794 and 800, d. 13 January 858, #1660


Father Ecgberht of Wessex2,3,4 b. 775, d. after 19 November 838
Mother Rædburh (?)2,3,4 b. circa 788
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Reference 7621

Hume* THIS PRINCE had neither the abilities nor the vigour of his father; and was better qualified for governing a convent than a kingdom.n He began his reign with making a partition of his dominions, and delivering over to his eldest son, Athelstan, the new conquered provinces of Essex, Kent, and Sussex. But no inconveniencies seem to have arisen from this partition; as the continual terror of the Danish invasions prevented all domestic dissention. A fleet of these ravagers, consisting of thirty-three sail, appeared at Southampton; but were repulsed with loss by Wolf[chhere, governor of the neighbouring county.o The same year, Aethelhelm, governor of Dorsetshire, routed another band which had disembarked at Portsmouth; but he obtained the victory after a furious engagement, and he bought it with the loss of his life.p Next year, the Danes made several inroads into England; and fought battles, or rather skirmishes, in East-Anglia and Lindesey and Kent; where, though they were sometimes repulsed and defeated, they always obtained their end, of committing spoil upon the country, and carrying off their booty. They avoided coming to a general engagement, which was not suited to their plan of operations. Their vessels were small, and ran easily up the creeks and rivers; where they drew them ashore, and having formed an entrenchment round them, which they guarded with part of their number, the remainder scattered themselves every where, and carrying off the inhabitants and cattle and goods, they hastened to their ships, and quickly disappeared. If the military force of the county were assembled, (for there was no time for troops to march from a distance) the Danes either were able to repulse them and to continue their ravages with impunity, or they betook themselves to their vessels; and setting sail, suddenly invaded some distant quarter, which was not prepared for their reception. Every part of England was held in continual alarm; and the inhabitants of one county durst not give assistance to those of another, lest their own families and property should in the mean time be exposed by their absence to the fury of these barbarous ravagers.q All orders of men were involved in this calamity; and the priests and monks, who had been commonly spared in the domestic quarrels of the Heptarchy, were the chief objects on which the Danish idolaters exercised their rage and animosity. Every season of the year was dangerous; and the absence of the enemy was no reason why any man could esteem himself a moment in safety.
These incursions had now become almost annual; when the Danes, encouraged by their successes against France as well as England (851.for both kingdoms were alike exposed to this dreadful calamity), invaded the land in so numerous a body, as seemed to threaten it with universal subjection. But the English, more military than the Britons, whom, a few centuries before, they had treated with like violence, rouzed themselves with a vigour proportioned to the exigency. Ceorle, governor of Devonshire, sought a battle with one body of the Danes at Wiganburgh,r and put them to rout with great slaughter. King Athelstan attacked another at sea near Sandwich, sunk nine of their ships, and put the rest to flight.s A body of them however, ventured, for the first time, to take up winter-quarters in England; and receiving in the spring a strong reinforcement of their countrymen in 350 vessels, they advanced from the Isle of Thanet, where they had stationed themselves; burnt the cities of London and Canterbury; and having put to flight Brichtric, who now governed Mercia, under the title of King, they marched into the heart of Surrey, and laid every place waste around them. Ethelwolf, impelled by the urgency of the danger, marched against them, at the head of the West-Saxons; and carrying with him his second son, Ethelbald, gave them battle at Okely, and gained a bloody victory over them. This advantage procured but a short respite to the English. The Danes still maintained their settlement in the Isle of Thanet; and being attacked by Ealher and Huda, governors of Kent and Surrey, though defeated in the beginning of the action,853. they finally repulsed the assailants, and killed both the governors. They removed thence to the Isle of Shepey; where they took up their winter-quarters, that they might farther extend their devastation and ravages.
This unsettled state of England hindered not Ethelwolf from making a pilgrimage to Rome; whither he carried his fourth, and favourite son, Alfred, then only six years of age.t He passed there a twelvemonth in exercises of devotion; and failed not in that most essential part of devotion, liberality to the church of Rome. Besides giving presents to the more distinguished ecclesiastics; he made a perpetual grant of three hundred mancusesu a year to that see; one third to support the lamps of St. Peter's, another those of St. Paul's, a third to the pope himself.w In his return home, he married Judith, daughter of the emperor, Charles the Bald; but on his landing in England, he met with an opposition, which he little looked for.
His eldest son, Athelstan, being dead; Ethelbald, his second, who had assumed the government, formed, in concert with many of the nobles, the project of excluding his father from a throne, which his weakness and superstition seem to have rendered him so ill-qualified to fill. The people were divided between the two princes; and a bloody civil war, joined to all the other calamities under which the English laboured, appeared inevitable; when Ethelwolf had the facility to yield to the greater part of his son's pretensions. He made with him a partition of the kingdom; and taking to himself the eastern part, which was always at that time esteemed the least considerable, as well as the most exposed,x he delivered over to Ethelbald the sovereignty of the western. Immediately after, he summoned the states of the whole kingdom, and with the same facility conferred a perpetual and important donation on the church.
The ecclesiastics, in those days of ignorance, made rapid advances in the acquisition of power and grandeur; and inculcating the most absurd and most interested doctrines, though they sometimes met, from the contrary interests of the laity, with an opposition, which it required time and address to overcome, they found no obstacle in their reason or understanding. Not content with the donations of land made them by the Saxon princes and nobles, and with temporary oblations from the devotion of the people, they had cast a wishful eye on a vast revenue, which they claimed as belonging to them, by a sacred and indefeizable title. However little versed in the scriptures, they had been able to discover, that, under the Jewish law, a tenth of all the produce of land was conferred on the priest-hood; and forgetting, what they themselves taught, that the moral part only of that law was obligatory on Christians, they insisted, that this donation conveyed a perpetual property, inherent by divine right in those who officiated at the altar. During some centuries, the whole scope of sermons and homilies was directed to this purpose; and one would have imagined, from the general tenor of these discourses, that all the practical parts of Christianity were comprized in the exact and faithful payment of tythes to the clergy.y Encouraged by their success in inculcating these doctrines; they ventured farther than they were warranted even by the Levitical law, and pretended to draw the tenth of all industry, merchandize, wages of labourers, and pay of soldiers;z nay, some canonists went so far as to affirm, that the clergy were entitled to the tythe of the profits, made by courtezans in the exercise of their profession.a Though parishes had been instituted in England by Honorius, archbishop of Canterbury, near two centuries before,b the ecclesiastics had never yet been able to get possession of the tythes: they therefore seized the present favourable opportunity of making that acquisition; when a weak, superstitious prince filled the throne, and when the people, discouraged by their losses from the Danes, and terrified with the fear of future invasions, were susceptible of any impression, which bore the appearance of religion.c So meritorious was this concession deemed by the English, that, trusting entirely to supernatural assistance, they neglected the ordinary means of safety; and agreed, even in the present desperate extremity, that the revenues of the church should be exempted from all burthens, though imposed for national defence and security.d.
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Marriage* Æthelwulf of Wessex married first Osburh (?), daughter of Oslac (?).2,3,4 
Birth* He was born between 794 and 800.1 
Birth Another source reports that Æthelwulf of Wessex was born circa 806 at Wessex, England.3 
Crowned* He was crowned in 839.4 
Note* Won a great victory against the Danes in 851 at Aclea, Surrey, England.4 
Divorce* He and Osburh (?) were divorced in 853.1 
Marriage* He married second Judith of France, daughter of King Charles II of the Franks "the Bald" and Ermentrude (?), on 1 October 856 at Verberie-sur-Oise, France.3,1 
Death* He died on 13 January 858.2,3,4 
Burial* He was buried at Stambridge, but removed to Winchester.3 
HTML* Br Weblinks:;
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Family 1 Osburh (?) b. circa 810, d. after 876
Marriage* He married first Osburh (?), daughter of Oslac (?).2,3,4 
Divorce* He and Osburh (?) were divorced in 853.2,3,4,1 
Children
  1. Ethelbald (?) d. 20 Dec 860
  2. Ethelbert (?) d. 866
  3. Ethelswith (?) d. 888
  4. Judith of Wessex (?)
  5. Æthelred I of Wessex b. c 843, d. 23 Apr 871
  6. Alfred of England "The Great" b. 849, d. 26 Oct 899

Family 2 Judith of France b. circa 844, d. after 870
Marriage* He married second Judith of France, daughter of King Charles II of the Franks "the Bald" and Ermentrude (?), on 1 October 856 at Verberie-sur-Oise, France.3,1 

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-13.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-14.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-13.
  5. [S337] David Hume, History of England.

Osburh (?)

F, b. circa 810, d. after 876, #1661


Father Oslac (?)1,2
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Reference 7622

Name Variation Osburh (?) was also styled Osburgh (?).1 
Marriage* She married Æthelwulf of Wessex, son of Ecgberht of Wessex and Rædburh (?).3,1,2 
Birth* She was born circa 810 at Isle of Wight, England.1 
Divorce* She and Æthelwulf of Wessex were divorced in 853.4 
Death* She died after 876.4 

Family Æthelwulf of Wessex b. between 794 and 800, d. 13 January 858
Children
  1. Ethelbald (?) d. 20 Dec 860
  2. Ethelbert (?) d. 866
  3. Ethelswith (?) d. 888
  4. Judith of Wessex (?)
  5. Æthelred I of Wessex b. c 843, d. 23 Apr 871
  6. Alfred of England "The Great" b. 849, d. 26 Oct 899

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-13.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-14.
  4. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-13.

Oslac (?)

M, #1662


Reference 9622

Name Variation Oslac (?) was also styled Oslac (?).1 
Title* He held the title of the Royal Cup Bearer.2,3 

Family
Child
  1. Osburh (?) b. c 810, d. a 876

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-14.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-13.

Ecgberht of Wessex1

M, b. 775, d. after 19 November 838, #1663


 

Father Ealhmund Of Kent2,3,1 b. circa 758
Mother Anonyma (?)4
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Reference 9613

Hume* THE KINGDOMS of the Heptarchy, though united by so recent a conquest, seemed to be firmly cemented into one state under Egbert; and the inhabitants of the several provinces had lost all desire of revolting from that monarch, 827.or of restoring their former independent governments. Their language was every where nearly the same, their customs, laws, institutions civil and religious; and as the race of the ancient kings was totally extinct in all the subjected states, the people readily transferred their allegiance to a prince, who seemed to merit it, by the splendor of his victories, the vigour of his administration, and the superior nobility of his birth. A union also in government opened to them the agreeable prospect of future tranquillity; and it appeared more probable, that they would thenceforth become formidable to their neighbours, than be exposed to their inroads and devastations. But these flattering views were soon overcast by the appearance of the Danes, who, during some centuries, kept the Anglo-Saxons in perpetual inquietude, committed the most barbarous ravages upon them, and at last reduced them to grievous servitude.
The emperor Charlemagne, though naturally generous and humane, had been induced by bigotry to exercise great severities upon the Pagan Saxons in Germany, whom he subdued; and besides often ravaging their country with fire and sword, he had in cool blood decimated all the inhabitants for their revolts, and had obliged them, by the most rigorous edicts, to make a seeming compliance with the christian doctrine. That religion, which had easily made its way among the British-Saxons by insinuation and address, appeared shocking to their German brethren, when imposed on them by the violence of Charlemagne: and the more generous and warlike of these Pagans had fled northward into Jutland, in order to escape the fury of his persecutions. Meeting there with a people of similar manners, they were readily received among them; and they soon stimulated the natives to concur in enterprizes, which both promised revenge on the haughty conqueror, and afforded subsistence to those numerous inhabitants, with which the northern countries were now overburthened.g They invaded the provinces of France, which were exposed by the degeneracy and dissentions of Charlemagne's posterity; and being there known under the general name of Normans, which they received from their northern situation, they became the terror of all the maritime and even of the inland countries. They were also tempted to visit England in their frequent excursions; and being able, by sudden inroads, to make great progress over a people, who were not defended by any naval force, who had relaxed their military institutions, and who were sunk into a superstition, which had become odious to the Danes and ancient Saxons, they made no distinction in their hostilities between the French and English kingdoms. Their first appearance in this island was in the year 787,h when Brithric reigned in Wessex. A small body of them landed in that kingdom, with a view of learning the state of the country; and when the magistrate of the place questioned them concerning their enterprize, and summoned them to appear before the king, and account for their intentions, they killed him, and flying to their ships, escaped into their own country. The next alarm was given to Northumberland in the year 794;i when a body of these pirates pillaged a monastery; but their ships being much damaged by a storm, and their leader slain in a skirmish, they were at last defeated by the inhabitants, and the remainder of them put to the sword. 832.Five years after Egbert had established his monarchy over England, the Danes landed in the Isle of Shepey, and having pillaged it, escaped with impunity.k They were not so fortunate in their next year's enterprize, when they disembarked from thirty-five ships, and were encountered by Egbert, at Charmouth in Dorsetshire. The battle was bloody; but though the Danes lost great numbers, they maintained the post, which they had taken, and thence made good their retreat to their ships.l Having learned by experience, that they must expect a vigorous resistance from this warlike prince, they entered into an alliance with the Britons of Cornwal; and landing two years after in that country, made an inroad with their confederates into the county of Devon; but were met at Hengesdown by Egbert, and totally defeated.m While England remained in this state of anxiety, and defended itself more by temporary expedients than by any regular plan of administration, Egbert, who alone was able to provide effectually against this new evil, unfortunately died;838. and left the government to his son, Ethelwolf.
5 
Name Variation Ecgberht of Wessex was also styled Egbert.6 
Birth* He was born in 775.2,3,1 
Marriage* He married Rædburh (?), daughter of Bristric (?) and Ethelburga of Mercia (?).2,3,1 
Crowned* He was crowned King of Wessex in 802.2,1 
Title* He held the title of King of England between 827 and 836.6 
Death* He died after 19 November 838.2 
Death He died on 4 February 839 at Wessex, England.3,1 
Burial* He was buried at Wincester.3 
HTML* Br Weblinks:;
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Egbert: First King of All English.
 
Note* Was an exile at the court of Charlemagne as a young man. Added Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Essex, and (for a time) Mercia to the West Saxon Kingdom. He also fought the Danes.1 

Family Rædburh (?) b. circa 788
Marriage* He married Rædburh (?), daughter of Bristric (?) and Ethelburga of Mercia (?).2,3,1 
Child
  1. Æthelwulf of Wessex b. bt 794 - 800, d. 13 Jan 858

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-12.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-13.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-11.
  5. [S337] David Hume, History of England.
  6. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-12.

Rædburh (?)

F, b. circa 788, #1664


Father Bristric (?)1 b. 800
Mother Ethelburga of Mercia (?)1
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Reference 9614

Marriage* Rædburh (?) married Ecgberht of Wessex, son of Ealhmund Of Kent and Anonyma (?).2,1,3 
Birth* She was born circa 788.1 
Note* "regis Francorum sororia", meaning a relative of a sister of the King of the Franks. Possibly identical to St. Ida.3 

Family Ecgberht of Wessex b. 775, d. after 19 November 838
Child
  1. Æthelwulf of Wessex b. bt 794 - 800, d. 13 Jan 858

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-13.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-12.

Ealhmund Of Kent

M, b. circa 758, #1665


Father Eafa (?)1,2,3 b. circa 732
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Reference 9615

Birth* Ealhmund Of Kent was born circa 758 at Wessex, England.2 
Marriage* He married Anonyma (?), daughter of Æthelberht (?).3 
Title* He held the title of king or subking in Kent in 784.3 
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Kent. 


Family Anonyma (?)
Child
  1. Ecgberht of Wessex b. 775, d. a 19 Nov 838

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-12.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-11.

Eafa (?)

M, b. circa 732, #1666


Father Eoppa (?)1,2
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Reference 9618

Name Variation Eafa (?) was also styled Effa (?).3 
Birth* He was born circa 732 at Wessex, England.3 
Marriage* He married an unknown person. 3 

Family
Child
  1. Ealhmund Of Kent b. c 758

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-112.
  2. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-10.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Eoppa (?)

M, #1667


Father Ingild (?)1,2 d. 718
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Family
Child
  1. Eafa (?) b. c 732

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-10.
  2. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-9.

Ingild (?)

M, d. 718, #1668


Father Cenred (?)1,2 d. 694
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Death* Ingild (?) died in 718.1 

Family
Child
  1. Eoppa (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-9.
  2. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-8.

Cenred (?)

M, d. 694, #1669


Father Ceolwald (?)1,2
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Note* Was subking.2 
Death* Cenred (?) died in 694.3 

Family
Children
  1. Ingild (?) d. 718
  2. Ina (?)

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-8.
  2. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-7.
  3. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-7.

Ceolwald (?)

M, #1670


Father Cutha (?)1,2,3
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Note* Visited in 688 at Rome, Italy.4,2 

Family
Child
  1. Cenred (?) d. 694

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-8.
  2. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-6.
  3. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-6.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-7.

Cutha (?)1

M, #1671


Father Cuthwine (?)2,3 d. 584
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Family
Children
  1. Ceolwald (?)
  2. Cynegils (?) b. 635

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-5.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-6.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-5.

Cuthwine (?)

M, d. 584, #1672


Father Ceawlin of the West Saxons1,2 d. 593
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Death* Cuthwine (?) died in battle in 584.3 

Family
Child
  1. Cutha (?)

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-5.
  2. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-3.
  3. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-4.

Ceawlin of the West Saxons1

M, d. 593, #1673


Father Cynric of the West Saxons2 d. 560
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Crowned* Ceawlin of the West Saxons was crowned King of Wessex in 560.2,1 
Title* He held the title of according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle between 581 and 588.3 
Death* He died according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 593.2,1 
Note* Was able to exact tribute from some of the kingdoms already established in southern England.4 

Family
Child
  1. Cuthwine (?) d. 584

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-3.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-4.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-2.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-3.

Cynric of the West Saxons1

M, d. 560, #1674


Father Cerdic of the West Saxons2,3 d. 534
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Note* Invaded in 495 at Hampshire, England.4 
Title Cynric of the West Saxons held the title of King of the West Saxons between 534 and 560.1 
Title* He held the title of King of the West Saxons between 554 and 581.5 
Death* He died according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 560.6 
Note Was possibly the son of Creoda, son of Cerdic, not Cerdic.5 

Family
Child
  1. Ceawlin of the West Saxons d. 593

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-2.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-2.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-1.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-1.
  5. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 10-2.
  6. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-3.

Cerdic of the West Saxons1

M, d. 534, #1675


Note* Invaded England according to the Anglo-Saxon chronicle. Other scholars put the date as about 532. In 495 at Hampshire, England.2 
Crowned* Cerdic of the West Saxons was crowned according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 519.2 
Death* He died according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 534.2,1 
HTML* Br Weblinks:;
Kings of Wessex from Cerdic to Alfred the Great
Saxons and Jutes of Southern England
Anglo-Saxon Genealogy

Anglo-Saxon Chronical: 6th Century
Arthur, Cerdic, and the Formation of Wessex.

 
Title* He held the title of King of the West Saxons, founder of the West Saxon dynasty between 538 and 554.3 

Family
Children
  1. Cynric of the West Saxons d. 560
  2. Creoda (?)

Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations
  1. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 1-1.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1-1.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents.

Joan Danvers1

F, d. 1505, #1676


Father John Danvers1
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Charts Pedigree for Anne Marbury
Pedigree for Parley Parker Pratt

Name Variation Joan Danvers was also styled Jane. 
Marriage* She married Richard Fowler.2 
Married Name Her married name was Fowler.2 
Death* She died in 1505. 

Family Richard Fowler
Child
  1. Sibyl Fowler b. c 1448, d. 1525

Last Edited 6 Oct 2004

Citations
  1. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Chamberlain 12.
  2. [S190] F. N. Craig, "Ralegh of Farnborough", p. 18.

Richard Chamberlayne

M, b. 1391, d. 1439, #1677


 

Father Richard Chamberlayne1 d. 24 August 1396
Mother Margaret Loveyne1 d. 18 April 1408
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Reference 9FW5-WB

Feudal* Richard Chamberlayne held Tilsworth, Bedfordshire, and Petsoe (in Emberton), Buckinghamshire.2 
Name Variation Richard Chamberlayne was also styled Richard Chamberlain Esq..2 
Birth* He was born in 1391 at England.3,4,5 
Birth Another source reports that Richard Chamberlayne was born circa 1392 (aged 16 in 1408).2 
Marriage* He married second Margaret Knyvet, daughter of Sir John Knyvet and Elizabeth Clifton, before 1436 "Actually, what F. N. Craig wrote in his article 'Chamberlains in the Marbury
Ancestry' in NEHGR (v. 138, 1984), p. 319 was 'Margaret was the daughter of Sir
John Knyvet, according to the material cited by Colket (English Ancestry, 41,
54)' Proving the Knyvet relationship to the Chamberlains was not the focus of
his article.

Turning to Meredith B. Colkert, Jr.'s "The English Ancestry of Anne Marbury
Hutchinson and Katherine Marbury Scott," (Philadelphia: The Magee Press,
1936), on page 41 one can find the pertinent entry for Richard Chamberlain
which reads: "10. Richard Chamberlayne, of Tilsworth, Bedfordshire, etc., b.
ca 1392 as age 16 in 1408, d. 1439, m. (2) Margaret, dau. of John above
[referring to Sir John Knyvet and wife Elizabeth Clifton]. She was about 20
years younger than her husband and d. 1458. (VCH Beds III p. 433, VCH Bucks IV
p. 340, MGH os I p. 25 showing coat quartering Knyvet, Basset, Clifton, SS 144
p. 10, H V p. 236 contains errors.)

page 54 of the same, Appendix B, reads: "The Visitation of Oxford has it that
Richard Chamberlayne married Margaret, daughter of William (John?) Knyvet by a
daughter of the Duke of Buckingham. The will of William dated 1514, the
Visitation of Yorkshire and Surtees 144 all disprove this statement. Margaret
was an aunt of this William Knyvet and a daughter of John Knyvet by his wife
Elizabeth Clifton. The Surtees Society 144 p. 10 shows that John Knyvet had a
daughter Margareta. The coat of Richard Chamberlayne as given in MGH (I os. p.
25) impales the arms of Margareta's immediate ancestors, including Cromwell,
Clifton, Botetourt and Basset. (See SS 144 p. 10 and 155 for her ancestors).
Papworth and Morant's Alphabetical Dictionary is a guide to the identofocation
of the arms."

Surtees Society Publications, vol. 144 (London, 1930) in Visitations of the
North - Part III - A Visitation of the North of England circa 1480-1500, p. 10,
shows the children of John Knyvet and wife Elizabeth Clifton as::

1. John Knyvet = Alice Lynne
2. Margaret Knyvet
3. Joan Knyvet

When you consider the Visitation of Oxfordshire in 1566, 1574 and 1634
(Harleian Society, vol. 5, 1871, p. 235-236) shows Richard Chamberlain married
to 'Margareta fil. Willi. (? John) Knevett, militis," the foregoing Visitation
of the North showing John and Elizabeth (Clifton) Knyvet with a daughter named
Margaret, and the arms of Richard Chamberlain impaling those of his wife's
immediate ancestors: Cromwell (Elizabeth, wife of Sir John de Clifton),
Clifton (Elizabeth, wife of Sir John Knyvet), Botetourt (Joan, wife of John
Knyvet) and Basset (Alianore, wife of Sir John Knyvet), you have convincing
evidence. I have not pursued this beyond this point." - Kay Allen.

3,6,4,7,8,2 
Death* He died in 1439.3,4,5,2 

Family 1
Child
  1. Richard Chamberlayne

Family 2 Margaret Knyvet b. circa 1412, d. shortly before 12 May 1458
Children
  1. William Chamberlayne b. c 1436, d. b 1471
  2. Richard Chamberlayne b. bt 1436 - 1439, d. 28 Aug 1496

Last Edited 6 Oct 2004

Citations
  1. [S192] F. N. Craig, "Chamberlains in the Marbury Ancestry", p.319.
  2. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Chamberlain 11.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 238-11.
  4. [S195] Ronny Bodine, Chamberlain of Buckinghamshire and Northhamptonshire in "Chamberlain," listserve message 26 Mar 1999.
  5. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 53-10.
  6. [S183] Jr. Meredith B. Colket, Marbury Ancestry, p. 41.
  7. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 53-11.
  8. [S299] Ronny Bodine, Richard Chamberlain in "Chamberlain, Knyvet and Reynes," listserve message 27 Mar 1999.

Margaret Knyvet

F, b. circa 1412, d. shortly before 12 May 1458, #1678


 

Father Sir John Knyvet1,2 b. circa 1380, d. 9 November 1445
Mother Elizabeth Clifton1,3 b. circa 1392, d. before 8 December 1461
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Charts Pedigree for Anne Marbury
Pedigree for Parley Parker Pratt
Reference 9HMG-07

Name Variation Margaret Knyvet was also styled Knyvett.4 
Birth* She was born circa 1412.1,5,4 
Married Name Her married name was Chamberlayne.1 
Marriage* She married first Richard Chamberlayne, son of Richard Chamberlayne and Margaret Loveyne, before 1436 "Actually, what F. N. Craig wrote in his article 'Chamberlains in the Marbury
Ancestry' in NEHGR (v. 138, 1984), p. 319 was 'Margaret was the daughter of Sir
John Knyvet, according to the material cited by Colket (English Ancestry, 41,
54)' Proving the Knyvet relationship to the Chamberlains was not the focus of
his article.

Turning to Meredith B. Colkert, Jr.'s "The English Ancestry of Anne Marbury
Hutchinson and Katherine Marbury Scott," (Philadelphia: The Magee Press,
1936), on page 41 one can find the pertinent entry for Richard Chamberlain
which reads: "10. Richard Chamberlayne, of Tilsworth, Bedfordshire, etc., b.
ca 1392 as age 16 in 1408, d. 1439, m. (2) Margaret, dau. of John above
[referring to Sir John Knyvet and wife Elizabeth Clifton]. She was about 20
years younger than her husband and d. 1458. (VCH Beds III p. 433, VCH Bucks IV
p. 340, MGH os I p. 25 showing coat quartering Knyvet, Basset, Clifton, SS 144
p. 10, H V p. 236 contains errors.)

page 54 of the same, Appendix B, reads: "The Visitation of Oxford has it that
Richard Chamberlayne married Margaret, daughter of William (John?) Knyvet by a
daughter of the Duke of Buckingham. The will of William dated 1514, the
Visitation of Yorkshire and Surtees 144 all disprove this statement. Margaret
was an aunt of this William Knyvet and a daughter of John Knyvet by his wife
Elizabeth Clifton. The Surtees Society 144 p. 10 shows that John Knyvet had a
daughter Margareta. The coat of Richard Chamberlayne as given in MGH (I os. p.
25) impales the arms of Margareta's immediate ancestors, including Cromwell,
Clifton, Botetourt and Basset. (See SS 144 p. 10 and 155 for her ancestors).
Papworth and Morant's Alphabetical Dictionary is a guide to the identofocation
of the arms."

Surtees Society Publications, vol. 144 (London, 1930) in Visitations of the
North - Part III - A Visitation of the North of England circa 1480-1500, p. 10,
shows the children of John Knyvet and wife Elizabeth Clifton as::

1. John Knyvet = Alice Lynne
2. Margaret Knyvet
3. Joan Knyvet

When you consider the Visitation of Oxfordshire in 1566, 1574 and 1634
(Harleian Society, vol. 5, 1871, p. 235-236) shows Richard Chamberlain married
to 'Margareta fil. Willi. (? John) Knevett, militis," the foregoing Visitation
of the North showing John and Elizabeth (Clifton) Knyvet with a daughter named
Margaret, and the arms of Richard Chamberlain impaling those of his wife's
immediate ancestors: Cromwell (Elizabeth, wife of Sir John de Clifton),
Clifton (Elizabeth, wife of Sir John Knyvet), Botetourt (Joan, wife of John
Knyvet) and Basset (Alianore, wife of Sir John Knyvet), you have convincing
evidence. I have not pursued this beyond this point." - Kay Allen.

1,2,6,7,8,4 
Married Name As of after 1439,her married name was Gedney.6 
Marriage* She married second William Gedney after 1439.6,4 
Death* She died shortly before 12 May 1458.1,5,4 

Family 1 Richard Chamberlayne b. 1391, d. 1439
Marriage* She married first Richard Chamberlayne, son of Richard Chamberlayne and Margaret Loveyne, before 1436 "Actually, what F. N. Craig wrote in his article 'Chamberlains in the Marbury
Ancestry' in NEHGR (v. 138, 1984), p. 319 was 'Margaret was the daughter of Sir
John Knyvet, according to the material cited by Colket (English Ancestry, 41,
54)' Proving the Knyvet relationship to the Chamberlains was not the focus of
his article.

Turning to Meredith B. Colkert, Jr.'s "The English Ancestry of Anne Marbury
Hutchinson and Katherine Marbury Scott," (Philadelphia: The Magee Press,
1936), on page 41 one can find the pertinent entry for Richard Chamberlain
which reads: "10. Richard Chamberlayne, of Tilsworth, Bedfordshire, etc., b.
ca 1392 as age 16 in 1408, d. 1439, m. (2) Margaret, dau. of John above
[referring to Sir John Knyvet and wife Elizabeth Clifton]. She was about 20
years younger than her husband and d. 1458. (VCH Beds III p. 433, VCH Bucks IV
p. 340, MGH os I p. 25 showing coat quartering Knyvet, Basset, Clifton, SS 144
p. 10, H V p. 236 contains errors.)

page 54 of the same, Appendix B, reads: "The Visitation of Oxford has it that
Richard Chamberlayne married Margaret, daughter of William (John?) Knyvet by a
daughter of the Duke of Buckingham. The will of William dated 1514, the
Visitation of Yorkshire and Surtees 144 all disprove this statement. Margaret
was an aunt of this William Knyvet and a daughter of John Knyvet by his wife
Elizabeth Clifton. The Surtees Society 144 p. 10 shows that John Knyvet had a
daughter Margareta. The coat of Richard Chamberlayne as given in MGH (I os. p.
25) impales the arms of Margareta's immediate ancestors, including Cromwell,
Clifton, Botetourt and Basset. (See SS 144 p. 10 and 155 for her ancestors).
Papworth and Morant's Alphabetical Dictionary is a guide to the identofocation
of the arms."

Surtees Society Publications, vol. 144 (London, 1930) in Visitations of the
North - Part III - A Visitation of the North of England circa 1480-1500, p. 10,
shows the children of John Knyvet and wife Elizabeth Clifton as::

1. John Knyvet = Alice Lynne
2. Margaret Knyvet
3. Joan Knyvet

When you consider the Visitation of Oxfordshire in 1566, 1574 and 1634
(Harleian Society, vol. 5, 1871, p. 235-236) shows Richard Chamberlain married
to 'Margareta fil. Willi. (? John) Knevett, militis," the foregoing Visitation
of the North showing John and Elizabeth (Clifton) Knyvet with a daughter named
Margaret, and the arms of Richard Chamberlain impaling those of his wife's
immediate ancestors: Cromwell (Elizabeth, wife of Sir John de Clifton),
Clifton (Elizabeth, wife of Sir John Knyvet), Botetourt (Joan, wife of John
Knyvet) and Basset (Alianore, wife of Sir John Knyvet), you have convincing
evidence. I have not pursued this beyond this point." - Kay Allen.

1,2,6,7,8,4 
Children
  1. William Chamberlayne b. c 1436, d. b 1471
  2. Richard Chamberlayne b. bt 1436 - 1439, d. 28 Aug 1496

Family 2 William Gedney
Marriage* She married second William Gedney after 1439.6,4 

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Citations
  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 238-11.
  2. [S183] Jr. Meredith B. Colket, Marbury Ancestry, p. 41.
  3. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 53-9.
  4. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Chamberlain 11.
  5. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 53-10.
  6. [S195] Ronny Bodine, Chamberlain of Buckinghamshire and Northhamptonshire in "Chamberlain," listserve message 26 Mar 1999.
  7. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 53-11.
  8. [S299] Ronny Bodine, Richard Chamberlain in "Chamberlain, Knyvet and Reynes," listserve message 27 Mar 1999.

Sir John Knyvet

M, b. circa 1380, d. 9 November 1445, #1679


 

Father Sir John Knyvet1,2,3 b. circa 1358, d. 4 December 1418
Mother Joan de Botetourte1,3 d. 1417
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Feudal* Sir John Knyvet held Southwick, Northamptonshire; Hamerton, Huntingdonshire; and Mendelsham, Suffolk.4 
Title* He held the title of Knight of the Shire for Northamptonshire.5 
Birth* He was born circa 1380.1 
Birth Another source reports that Sir John Knyvet was born between 1394 and 1395.5 
Marriage* He married Elizabeth Clifton, daughter of Constantine de Clifton Esq. and Margaret Howard, before 1412.1,2,6,5 
Event-Misc* He was present at the siege and fall of Harfleur in September 1415.5 
Event-Misc He was part of King Hnery V's second invasion of Normandy in 1417.5 
Event-Misc He was briefly captured by the French near Senlis and incurred great debt paying the ransom. In 1421.5 
Occupation* He was Sheriff of Northamptonshire on 7 November 1427.1,2,6,5 
Event-Misc He was coheir to his Weyland cousin, John Stretch, by which he inherited the manors of Charsfield, Brandeston, and Westerfield, Suffolk, and Oxborough, Norfolk. In 1435.5 
Death* He died on 9 November 1445.5 
Death Another source reports that Sir John Knyvet died in 1446.1,2,6 

Family Elizabeth Clifton b. circa 1392, d. before 8 December 1461
Marriage* He married Elizabeth Clifton, daughter of Constantine de Clifton Esq. and Margaret Howard, before 1412.1,2,6,5 
Children
  1. Sir John Knyvet d. 1 Jan 1490
  2. Joan Knyvet
  3. Margaret Knyvet b. c 1412, d. shortly before 12 May 1458

Last Edited 6 Oct 2004

Citations
  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 238-10.
  2. [S183] Jr. Meredith B. Colket, Marbury Ancestry, p. 41.
  3. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 52-8.
  4. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Chamberlain 11.
  5. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Gurdon 10.
  6. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 53-9.

Elizabeth Clifton

F, b. circa 1392, d. before 8 December 1461, #1680


Father Constantine de Clifton Esq.1,2,3 b. 1372, d. 19 February 1395
Mother Margaret Howard1,3 d. 25 March 1434
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Birth* Elizabeth Clifton was born circa 1392.4,5 
Marriage* She married Sir John Knyvet, son of Sir John Knyvet and Joan de Botetourte, before 1412.4,6,7,5 
Married Name Her married name was Knyvet.4 
(Witness) Probate She witnessed the probate of the estate of Sir John Clifton in 1447 by which she received Old Buckenham Castle and other property in Norfolk.5 
Death* She died before 8 December 1461.5 

Family Sir John Knyvet b. circa 1380, d. 9 November 1445
Children
  1. Sir John Knyvet d. 1 Jan 1490
  2. Joan Knyvet
  3. Margaret Knyvet b. c 1412, d. shortly before 12 May 1458

Last Edited 13 Oct 2004

Citations
  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 188-10.
  2. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 52-9.
  3. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Marmion 11.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 238-10.
  5. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Gurdon 10.
  6. [S183] Jr. Meredith B. Colket, Marbury Ancestry, p. 41.
  7. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 53-9.

Constantine de Clifton Esq.1

M, b. 1372, d. 19 February 1395, #1681


Father Sir John de Clifton2,3 b. circa 1353, d. 10 August 1388
Mother Elizabeth Cromwell3 d. 24 September 1391
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Title* Constantine de Clifton Esq. held the title of 2nd Lord Clifton.1 
Feudal* He held Buckenham, Babingley, Hilborough, Norfolk; Little Waltham, Essex.4 
Birth* He was born in 1372.2,4 
Marriage* He married Margaret Howard, daughter of Sir Robert Howard and Margaret de Scales, after February 1390.5,4 
Marriage* He married Elizabeth Scales, daughter of Lord Robert Scales.6 
Summoned* He was summoned to Parliament from 13 November 1393 to 20 November 1394.4 
Death* He died on 19 February 1395.2,4 

Family 1 Margaret Howard d. 25 March 1434
Marriage* He married Margaret Howard, daughter of Sir Robert Howard and Margaret de Scales, after February 1390.5,4 
Children
  1. Sir John Clifton d. c 1447
  2. Elizabeth Clifton b. c 1392, d. b 8 Dec 1461

Family 2 Elizabeth Scales
Marriage* He married Elizabeth Scales, daughter of Lord Robert Scales.6 

Last Edited 13 Oct 2004

Citations
  1. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Gurdon 10.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 218-34.
  3. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Marmion 10.
  4. [S284] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Marmion 11.
  5. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 188-10.
  6. [S233] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 52-9.

Sir John Knyvet1

M, b. circa 1358, d. 4 December 1418, #1682


 

Father Sir John Knyvet2,3 b. before 1326, d. 1381
Mother Alianore Basset2,1 b. circa 1325, d. 1388
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Feudal* Sir John Knyvet held Southwick and Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, Winwick, Huntingdonsire, Boxworth, Elsworths (in Conington), Fen Drayton, and Papworth, Cambridgeshire, and, in right of his first wife, Mendlesham, Suffolk, and Hamerton, Huntindonshire.1 
Title* He held the title of Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Knight of the Shire for Huntingdonshire.1 
Arms* His arms were Argent, a bend and a border engrailed sable.1
Name Variation Sir John Knyvet was also styled Knyvett.1 
Birth* He was born circa 1358.4,1 
Marriage* He married first Joan de Botetourte, daughter of Sir John de Botetourte and Katherine de Weyland, before 1377.2,3,5,1 
Occupation* He was Member of Parliament between 1397 and 1398 at England.2,3 
Event-Misc* They received a papal indult for a portable alter in 1398.1 
Event-Misc* He was co-heir to Richard Basset, his mother's great-nephew in 1400.1 
Marriage* He married second Joan (?) circa 1418.1 
Death* He died on 4 December 1418 at Mendlesham, Suffolk, England.2,5,1 

Family 1 Joan de Botetourte d. 1417
Marriage* He married first