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In June 1685 James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch (age 36) landed at James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch with Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 29).
In 1714 [his former son-in-law] Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 40) was created 1st Earl Tankerville. His late wife [his daughter] Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston having been the daughter of the first and only Earl Tankerville of the second creation Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville.
In 1675 [his father] Ralph Grey 2nd Baron Grey Werke (age 45) died. His son Ford (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baron Grey Werke in Northumberland.
On 20th July 1655 Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville was born to Ralph Grey 2nd Baron Grey Werke (age 25) and Catherine Anna Ford (age 21).
Before 1678 Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 22) and Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey Werke in Northumberland. She the daughter of George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley (age 49) and Elizabeth Massingberd Couness Berkeley. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
In 1682 Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 26) was found guilty of seducing his wife's sister Henrietta Berkeley (age 17) for which he was subsequently pardoned.
Before July 1683 Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 27) was arrested for his involvement in the Rye House Plot. He ecasped from the Tower of London [Map] in July 1683.
On 11th June 1695 Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 39) was created 1st Earl Tankerville. [his wife] Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville by marriage Countess Tankerville.
On 24th June 1701 Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 45) died without male issue. Earl Tankerville extinct. His brother [his brother] Ralph (age 40) succeeded 4th Baron Grey Werke in Northumberland.
Around 1678 [his daughter] Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston was born to Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 22) and [his wife] Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville.
[his daughter] Anabella Grey was born to Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville and Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville.
John Evelyn's Diary. 8th July 1685. Came news of Monmouth's (age 36) utter defeate, and the next day of his being taken by Sr Wm Portman (age 41) and Lord Lumley (age 35) with the militia of their counties. It seemes the horse, commanded by Lord Grey (age 29), being newly rais'd and undisciplin'd, were not to be brought in so short a time to endure the fire, which expos'd the foote to the King's, so as when Monmouth had led the foote in greate silence and order, thinking to surprize Lieut Gen Lord Feversham (age 44) newly encamp'd, and given him a smart charge, interchanging both greate and small shot, the horse, breaking their owne ranks, Monmouth gave it over, and fled with Grey, leaving their party to be cut in pieces to the number of 2000. The whole number reported to be above 8,000, the King's but 2,700. The slaine were most of them Mendip-miners, who did greate execution with their tooles, and sold their lives very dearely, whilst their leaders flying were pursu'd and taken the next morning, not far from one another. Monmouth had gone 16 miles on foote, changing; his habite for a poore coate, and was found by Lord Lumley in a dry ditch cover'd with fern-brakes, but without sword, pistol, or any weapon, and so might have pass'd for some countryman, his beard being grown so long and so grey as hardly to be known, had not his George [Note. This is possible a reference to the Small St George Pendant] discover'd him, which was found in his pocket. 'Tis said he trembl'd exceedingly all over, not able to speake. Grey was taken not far from him. Most of his party were anabaptists and poore cloth workers of yu country, no gentlemen of account being come in to him. The arch-boutefeu Ferguson, Matthews, *&c. were not yet found. The £5,000 to be given to whoever should bring Monmouth in, was to be distributed among the militia by agreement between Sr Wm Portman and Lord Lumley. The battail ended, some words, first In jest, then in passion, pass'd between Sharington Talbot (deceased) (a worthy gent. son to Sr John Talbot (age 55), and who had behav'd himselfe very handsomely) and one Capt. Love, both commanders of the militia, as to whose souldiers fought best, both drawing their swords and passing at one another. Sharington was wounded to death on the spot, to the greate regret of those who knew him. He was Sir John's only son.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 4th December 1685. Lord Sunderland (age 44) was declar'd President of ye Counsel, and yet to hold his Secretarie's place. The forces dispos'd into severall quarters thro' ye kingdome are very insolent, on wch are greate complaints. Lord Brandon (age 67) tried for the late conspiracy, was condemn'd and pardon'd; so was Lord Grey (age 30), his accuser and witnesse.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
John Evelyn's Diary. 3rd January 1687. A Seal to confirm a gift of £4,000 per annum for 99 years to the Lord Treasurer out of the Post Office, and £1,700 per annum for ever out of Lord Grey's (age 31) estate.
1691. St Peter's Church, Chillingham [Map]. Memorial to Robert Charnocke Steward to Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 35).
On 3rd July 1695 [his son-in-law] Charles Bennet 1st Earl Tankerville (age 21) and [his daughter] Mary Grey Baroness Ossulston (age 17) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex. She the daughter of Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 39) and [his wife] Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1697 [his son-in-law] John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter (age 22) and [his daughter] Anabella Grey were married. She the daughter of Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 41) and [his wife] Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville. He the son of John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter (age 49) and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 48). They were fifth cousins.
In August 1698 [his daughter] Anabella Grey died.
Around 1649 [his father] Ralph Grey 2nd Baron Grey Werke (age 19) and [his mother] Catherine Anna Ford (age 14) were married.
Around 1682 [his mother] Catherine Anna Ford (age 47) died.
On 2nd March 1648 Alexander Culpepper (age 19) and [his mother] Catherine Anna Ford (age 13) were married.
On 19th May 1718 [his former wife] Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville died.
On 10th October 1698 [his father-in-law] George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley (age 70) died. He was buried at St Dunstan Church, Cranford. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles (age 49) succeeded 2nd Earl Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Dursley, 10th Baron Berkeley. Elizabeth Noel Countess Berkeley (age 44) by marriage Countess Berkeley.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Grey of Chillingham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Grey 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Grey of Chillingham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Grey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: William Grey 1st Baron Grey Werke 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Father: Ralph Grey 2nd Baron Grey Werke 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Wentworth 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Southwell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Southwell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Darcy 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Wentworth 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Unton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Unton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Bulstrode
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cicely Unton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Cecilia Wentworth Lady Grey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Finch
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Finch
Great x 2 Grandfather: Moyle Finch 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Moyle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Moyle
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Finch Lady Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Heneage
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Heneage
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Buckton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Ford of Harting
GrandFather: Edward Ford
Mother: Catherine Anna Ford
Great x 3 Grandfather: German Ireton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ireton
Great x 1 Grandfather: German Ireton
GrandMother: Sarah Ireton