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Biography of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover 1580-1666

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On 20th December 1576 [his father] John Carey 3rd Baron Hunsdon (age 26) and [his mother] Mary Hyde Baroness Hunsdon (age 22) were married.

Around 1580 Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover was born to John Carey 3rd Baron Hunsdon (age 29) and Mary Hyde Baroness Hunsdon (age 26).

On 22nd June 1596 William Cockayne (age 35) and [his future wife] Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 31) were married.

In 1607 Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 27) educated at Cambridge University.

Before 1608 Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 27) and Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 17) were married. They were third cousin once removed.

In 1608 [his son] John Carey 2nd Earl Dover was born to Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 28) and [his wife] Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 17).

On 13th November 1615 [his daughter] Mary Carey was born to Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 35) and [his wife] Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 25).

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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 April 1617 [his father] John Carey 3rd Baron Hunsdon (age 67) died at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire [Map]. His son Henry (age 37) succeeded 4th Baron Hunsdon. [his wife] Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 26) by marriage Baroness Hunsdon.

Diary of Anne Clifford. 6th April 1619. The 6th my Lord (age 30) came from Buckhurst to Knole. At his being at Lewes there was great play between my Lord of Hunsden (age 39), my Lady of Effingham, and my Lord who lost them £200, and the town entertained him with fireworks.

Diary of Anne Clifford. 19th April 1619. Monday the 19th I went to Somerset House and sat a good while there by the Queen's corpse, and then went into the Privy Galleries and shewed my Coz. Mary those fine delicate things there.

From thence I went to Bedford House and stayed with my Lady of Bedford (age 39) a little while, and she and I went to Channel Row to see my Lady Hume (age 33) the widow.

This day my Lord (age 30), my Lord Hundson (age 39), and my Sister Sackville, christened Hammon's child at St. Dunstan's Church.

On 6th July 1621 Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 41) was created 1st Viscount Rochford. [his wife] Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 31) by marriage Viscountess Rochford.

On 4th April 1627 [his mother] Mary Hyde Baroness Hunsdon (age 73) died.

On 8th March 1628 Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 48) was created 1st Earl Dover. [his wife] Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 37) by marriage Countess Dover.

On 9th May 1628 [his son] John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 20) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy St John were married. She died eight weeks later. She the daughter of Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke (age 48) and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. He the son of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 48) and [his wife] Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 37).

Before 1st November 1629 [his wife] Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 39) died.

On 6th July 1630 Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 50) and Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 65) were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street. She by marriage Countess Dover.

On 2nd December 1630 [his son] John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 20) were married. She the daughter of William Cockayne and [his wife] Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 65). He the son of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 50) and [his former wife] Judith Pelham Countess Dover.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In July 1641 [his step-daughter] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness (age 36) died.

On 11th August 1642 [his step-son] Charles Cockayne 1st Viscount Cullen (age 40) was created 1st Viscount Cullen. Mary O'Brien Viscountess Cullen (age 33) by marriage Viscountess Cullen.

In or before 1647 [his son-in-law] Thomas Wharton (age 31) and [his daughter] Mary Carey (age 31) were married. She the daughter of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 66) and [his former wife] Judith Pelham Countess Dover. They were second cousins.

On 24th December 1648 [his wife] Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 83) died.

John Evelyn's Diary. 14th February 1657. To London, where I found Mrs. Cary; next day came Mr. Mordaunt (age 30) (since Viscount Mordaunt), younger son to the Countess of Peterborough (age 54), to see his mistress, bringing with him two of my Lord of Dover's (age 77) daughters: so, after dinner, they all departed.

Around March 1658 [his son-in-law] Thomas Wentworth 5th Baron Wentworth (age 46) and [his daughter] Philadelphia Carey Baroness Wentworth were married. She by marriage Baroness Wentworth. She the daughter of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 78) and [his former wife] Judith Pelham Countess Dover. He the son of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Cleveland (age 67) and Anne Crofts Countess Cleveland. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 13th April 1666 Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 86) died at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire [Map]. His son [his son] John (age 58) succeeded 2nd Earl Dover, 2nd Viscount Rochford. [his daughter-in-law] Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 56) by marriage Countess Dover.

[his daughter] Philadelphia Carey Baroness Wentworth was born to Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover and Judith Pelham Countess Dover.

[his son] Pelham Carey was born to Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover and Judith Pelham Countess Dover.

[his son] George Carey was born to Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover and Judith Pelham Countess Dover.

[his daughter] Anne Carey was born to Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover and Judith Pelham Countess Dover.

[his daughter] Judith Carey was born to Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover and Judith Pelham Countess Dover.

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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.

[his son] Henry Carey was born to Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover and Judith Pelham Countess Dover.

Royal Ancestors of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover 1580-1666

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover 1580-1666

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Carey 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Christiana Orchard

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Fulford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Fulford

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Winstone Churchill Spencer

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Father: John Carey 3rd Baron Hunsdon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Morgan

GrandMother: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon

Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Leonard Hyde

Mother: Mary Hyde Baroness Hunsdon