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Paternal Family Tree: Churchill
Maternal Family Tree: Audrey Saunders 1551-1588
On 26th May 1648 [his father] Winston Churchill (age 28) and [his mother] Elizabeth Drake (age 26) were married.
On 26th May 1650 John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough was born to Winston Churchill (age 30) and Elizabeth Drake (age 28).
On 16th July 1672 [his illegitimate daughter] Barbara Fitzroy was born illegitimately to John Churchill (age 22) and Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland (age 31) at Merton College, Oxford University. She claimed the child was the King's (age 42) but most consider her father to be John Churchill, subsequently Duke of Marlborough.
On 1st October 1678 John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 28) and Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 18) were married.
In October 1679 [his daughter] Harriet Churchill died.
In October 1679 [his daughter] Harriet Churchill was born to John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 29) and [his wife] Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 19).
On 19th July 1681 [his daughter] Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess of Marlborough was born to John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 31) and [his wife] Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 21).
On 3rd May 1682 the Duke of York (age 48) and his retinue including John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 31) and George Legge 1st Baron Dartmouth (age 35) were seen off on their journey north by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland from Margate Roads, Kent [Map]. James was possibly travelling to Edinburgh to collect his six months pregnant wife Mary of Modena (age 23) to ensure their child was born in England.
On 6th May 1682 The Gloucester sank during a strong gale when it struck a sandbank twenty-eight miles off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Map] on a journey from Portsmouth to Edinburgh. Of the estimated 330 people on board it is believed between 130 and 250 sailors and passengers perished.
The Duke of York (age 48) [the future King James II] and John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 31) were rescued in the ship's boat.
Robert Ker 3rd Earl Roxburghe (age 24) drowned. His son Robert (age 5) succeeded 4th Earl Roxburghe.
John Hope of Hopetoun drowned. He gave up his seat in a lifeboat to the future King James II of England Scotland and Ireland for which his son was rewarded with an Earldom twenty-one years later when he came of age.
Richard Hill drowned.
The pilot James Ayres was blamed for the disaster. The Duke of York wished him to be hanged immediately. He was court-martialled and imprisoned.
On 27th February 1683 [his daughter] Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland was born to John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 32) and [his wife] Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 22).
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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 14th May 1685 John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 34) was created 1st Baron Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire.
On 13th February 1686 [his son] John Churchill was born to John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 35).
On 15th March 1687 [his daughter] Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater was born to John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 36) and [his wife] Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 26).
On 26th March 1688 [his father] Winston Churchill (age 67) died.
On 9th April 1689 John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 38) was created 1st Earl of Marlborough.
On 15th July 1689 [his daughter] Mary Churchill Duchess of Montagu was born to John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 39) and [his wife] Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 29).
On 19th August 1690 [his son] Charles Churchill was born to John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 40) and [his wife] Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 30).
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th January 1692. A frosty and dry season continued; many persons die of apoplexy, more than usual. Lord Marlborough (age 41), Lieutenant-General of the King's army in England, gentleman of the bedchamber, etc., dismissed from all his charges, military and other, for his excessive taking of bribes, covetousness, and extortion on all occasions from his inferior officers. Note, this was the Lord who was entirely advanced by King James (age 58), and was the first who betrayed and forsook his master. He was son of [his father] Sir Winston Churchill of the Greencloth.
John Evelyn's Diary. 28th February 1692. Lord Marlborough (age 41) having used words against the King (age 41), and been discharged from all his great places, his [his wife] wife (age 31) was forbidden the Court, and the Princess of Denmark (age 27) was desired by the Queen (age 29) to dismiss her from her service; but she refusing to do so, goes away from Court to Sion house [Map]. Divers new Lords made: Sir Henry Capel (age 53), Sir William Fermor (age 43), etc. Change of Commissioners in the Treasury. The Parliament adjourned, not well satisfied with affairs. The business of the East India Company, which they would have reformed, let fall. The Duke of Norfolk (age 37) does not succeed in his endeavor to be divorced.
On 22nd May 1692 [his son] Charles Churchill (age 1) died.
In 1698 [his mother] Elizabeth Drake (age 76) died.
In March 1698 [his son-in-law] Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin (age 19) and [his daughter] Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (age 16) were married. She the daughter of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 47) and [his wife] Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 37). He the son of Sidney Godolphin 1st Earl Godolphin (age 52) and Margaret Blagge.
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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. 8th June 1698. I went to congratulate the marriage of [his son-in-law] Mr. Godolphin (age 19) with the Earl of Marlborough's (age 48) [his daughter] daughter (age 16).
Before 2nd December 1700 [his son-in-law] Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland (age 25) and [his daughter] Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland (age 17) were married. She the daughter of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 50) and [his wife] Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 40). He the son of Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland (age 59) and Anne Digby Countess Sunderland (age 54).
John Evelyn's Diary. 8th December 1700. Great alterations of officers at Court, and elsewhere, - Lord Chief Justice Treby died; he was a learned man in his profession, of which we have now few, never fewer; the Chancery requiring so little skill in deep law-learning, if the practicer can talk eloquently in that Court; so that probably few care to study the law to any purpose. Lord Marlborough (age 50) Master of the Ordnance, in place of Lord Romney (age 59) made Groom of the Stole. The Earl of Rochester (age 58) goes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
In 1702 at the commencement of the War of the Spanish Succession the Allied Army commanded by John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 51) captured Venlo, Roermond, Stevensweert and Liège.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st December 1702. After the excess of honor conferred by the Queen (age 37) on the Earl of Marlborough (age 52), by making him a Knight of the Garter and a Duke, for the success of but one campaign, that he should desire £5,000 a year to be settled on him by Parliament out of the Post Office, was thought a bold and unadvised request, as he had, besides his own considerable estate, above £30,000 a year in places and employments, with £50,000 at interest. He had married one [his daughter] daughter (age 21) to the [his son-in-law] son (age 24) of my Lord Treasurer Godolphin (age 57), [his daughter] another (age 19) to the [his son-in-law] Earl of Sunderland (age 27), and a [his daughter] third (age 15) to the [his future son-in-law] Earl of Bridgewater (age 21). He is a very handsome person, well-spoken and affable, and supports his want of acquired knowledge by keeping good company.
In 1702. Michael Dahl (age 43). Portrait of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 51).
In December 1702 John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 52) was created 1st Duke Marlborough, 1st Marquess of Blandford. [his wife] Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 42) by marriage Duchess Marlborough.
In December 1702 John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 52) was appointed 512th Knight of the Garter by Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland (age 37).
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st February 1703. A famous cause at the King's Bench [Map] between Mr. Fenwick and his wife, which went for him with a great estate. The Duke of Marlborough (age 52) lost his only [his son] son (age 16) at Cambridge by the smallpox. A great earthquake at Rome, Italy [Map], etc. A famous young woman (age 23), an Italian, was hired by our comedians to sing on the stage, during so many plays, for which they gave her £500; which part by her voice alone at the end of three scenes she performed with such modesty and grace, and above all with such skill, that there was never any who did anything comparable with their voices. She was to go home to the Court of the King of Prussia, and I believe carried with her out of this vain nation above £1,000, everybody coveting to hear her at their private houses.
On 9th February 1703 [his son-in-law] Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater (age 21) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Bridgewater. She the daughter of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 52) and [his wife] Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 42). He the son of John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater and Jane Paulet Countess Bridgewater (age 47).
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 20th February 1703 [his son] John Churchill (age 17) died of smallpox.
In 1705 [his son-in-law] John Montagu 2nd Duke Montagu (age 15) and [his daughter] Mary Churchill Duchess of Montagu (age 15) were married. She the daughter of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 54) and [his wife] Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 44). He the son of Ralph Montagu 1st Duke Montagu (age 66) and Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Northumberland. They were third cousins.
John Evelyn's Diary. 9th February 1705. I went to wait on my Lord Treasurer (age 59), where was the victorious Duke of Marlborough (age 54), who came to me and took me by the hand with extraordinary familiarity and civility, as formerly he was used to do, without any alteration of his good-nature. He had a most rich George in a sardonyx set with diamonds of very great value; for the rest, very plain. I had not seen him for some years, and believed he might have forgotten me.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st October 1705. Mr. Cowper (age 40) made Lord Keeper. Observing how uncertain great officers are of continuing long in their places, he would not accept it, unless £2,000 a year were given him in reversion when he was put out, in consideration of his loss of practice. His predecessors, how little time soever they had the Seal, usually got £100,000 and made themselves Barons. A new Secretary of State. Lord Abington (age 32), Lieutenant of the Tower, displaced, and [his brother] General Churchill (age 49), brother to the Duke of Marlborough (age 55), put in. An indication of great unsteadiness somewhere, but thus the crafty Whig party (as called) begin to change the face of the Court, in opposition to the High Churchmen, which was another distinction of a party from the Low Churchmen. The Parliament chose one Mr. Smith, Speaker. There had never been so great an assembly of members on the first day of sitting, being more than 450. The votes both of the old, as well as the new, fell to those called Low Churchmen, contrary to all expectation.
On 12th October 1709 Anne Hamilton was born to James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon (age 51) and Elizabeth Gerard Duchess Brandon (age 29) in St James' Square. He was named after his godmother Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland (age 44). His other godparents were John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 59) and [his son-in-law] Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland (age 34).
Before 24th May 1711 John Closterman (age 51). Portrait of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 60).
Before 24th May 1711 John Closterman (age 51). Portrait of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 60) known as The Triumph of the John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
On 22nd March 1714 [his daughter] Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater (age 27) died. She was buried at St Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden on 29th March 1714.
On 15th April 1716 [his daughter] Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland (age 33) died.
On 16th June 1722 John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough (age 72) died at Cranbourne Lodge, Windsor. His daughter [his daughter] Henrietta (age 40) succeeded 2nd Duchess Marlborough, 2nd Marchioness of Blandford, 2nd Countess of Marlborough, 2nd Baroness Churchill of Sandridge in Hertfordshire. [his son-in-law] Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin (age 43) by marriage Duke Marlborough.
Before 1744 Enoch "The Younger" Seeman (age 49). Portrait of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough and Colonel John Armstrong.
In 1744 John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough was reburied in the Chapel of Blenheim Palace.
On 18th October 1744 [his former wife] Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough (age 84) died.
Letters of Horace Walpole. 27th July 1752. Arlington Street. To Horace Mann 1st Baronet (age 45).
What will you say to me after a silence of two months? I should be ashamed, if I were answerable for the whole world, who will do nothing worth repeating. Newspapers have horse-races, and can invent casualties, but I can't have the confidence to stuff a letter with either. The only casualty that is of dignity enough to send you, is a great fire at Lincoln's Inn, which is likely to afford new work for the lawyers, in consequence of the number of deeds and writings it has consumed. The Duke of Kingston (age 63) has lost many of his: he is unlucky with fires: Thoresby, his seat, was burnt a few years ago, and in it a whole room of valuable letters and manuscripts. There has been a Very considerable loss of that kind at this fire: Mr. Yorke, the Chancellor's son, had a great collection of Lord Somers's papers, many relating to the assassination plot; and by which, I am told, it appeared that the Duke of Marlborough was deep in the schemes of St. Germain's [Meaning the court of the exiled James II].
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 21 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Father: Winston Churchill
John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Drake of Exmouth and Ashe
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "The Elder" Drake
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bernard Drake
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Drake
GrandFather: John Drake
Mother: Elizabeth Drake 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Boteler
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Boteler 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Boteler 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Griselda Roche
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Waller
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Waller
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Waller
GrandMother: Helen Boteler 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Villiers
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Villiers of Brooksby Leicestershire
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Clarke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Collette Clarke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Saunders of Harrington Northamptonshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders