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Paternal Family Tree: Robartes
Maternal Family Tree: Emma de Dinan 1136-1208
After 1625 [his father] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 19) and [his mother] Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor were married. She by marriage Baroness Robartes of Truro in Cornwall. The difference in their ages was 24 years.
Before 7th February 1634 [his father] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 28) and Lucy Rich Baroness Robartes (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick (age 46) and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick.
Before 6th January 1650 Francis Robartes was born to John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 44) and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 20) at Lanhydrock, Bodmin.
In 1673 Francis Robartes (age 22) was elected MP Bossiney.
In 1673 Francis Robartes (age 22) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1679 Francis Robartes (age 28) was elected MP Cornwall.
Before 2nd July 1680 Francis Robartes (age 30) and Penelope Pole were married. He the son of John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 74) and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 50).
On 2nd July 1680 [his wife] Penelope Pole died.
In 1685 Francis Robartes (age 34) was elected MP Cornwall.
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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.
On 17th July 1685 [his father] John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 79) died at Chelsea. His grandson Charles (age 25) succeeded 2nd Earl Radnor, 2nd Viscount Bodmin, 3rd Baron Robartes of Truro in Cornwall, 3rd Baronet Robartes.
After 17th July 1685 [his step-father] Charles Cheyne 1st Viscount Newhaven (age 59) and [his mother] Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 55) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Newhaven.
In 1686 [his son] John Robartes 4th Earl Radnor was born to Francis Robartes (age 35) and [his future wife] Anne Fitzgerald.
In 1689 Francis Robartes (age 38) was elected MP Lostwithiel.
In 1690 Francis Robartes (age 39) was elected MP Cornwall.
In 1695 Francis Robartes (age 44) was elected MP Tregony.
In 1702 Francis Robartes (age 51) was elected MP Bodmin.
In 1709 Francis Robartes (age 58) was elected MP Lostwithiel.
In 1710 Francis Robartes (age 59) was elected MP Bodmin.
All About History Books
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.
On 9th July 1714 [his mother] Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 84) died.
Before 3rd February 1718 Francis Robartes (age 68) and Anne Fitzgerald were married. She the daughter of Wentworth Fitzgerald 17th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Holles Countess Kildare. He the son of John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
On 3rd February 1718 Francis Robartes (age 68) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: John Robartes 1st Baron Robartes
Father: John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor
Francis Robartes 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Smythe
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Smythe 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas "Customer" Smythe 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Smythe 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: John Smythe 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Mother: Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Rich
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dinley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Rich 2nd Baron Rich of Leez
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Jenks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Baldry
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Baldry Baroness Rich Leez
GrandMother: Isabella Rich 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Knollys
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England