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Biography of Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet 1602-1683

Paternal Family Tree: Twysden

Maternal Family Tree: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188

Before 21st August 1597 [his father] William Twysden 1st Baronet (age 31) and [his mother] Anne Finch Lady Twysden (age 23) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 47) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 41).

On 2nd January 1602 Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet was born to William Twysden 1st Baronet (age 36) and Anne Finch Lady Twysden (age 27).

In 1614 Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet (age 11) was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.

In November 1617 Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet (age 15) was admitted to the Inner Temple.

On 8th January 1628 [his father] William Twysden 1st Baronet (age 62) died. His son [his brother] Roger (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Twysden of Roydon in Kent.

On 14th October 1638 [his mother] Anne Finch Lady Twysden (age 64) died.

In or before 12th October 1640 Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet (age 38) and Jane Tomlinson Lady Twysden were married.

On 12th November 1640 [his son] Roger Twisden 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet (age 38) and [his wife] Jane Tomlinson Lady Twysden.

In 1646 Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet (age 43) was elected MP Maidstone.

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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.

Around 1647 [his daughter] Margaret Twysden was born to Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet (age 44) and [his wife] Jane Tomlinson Lady Twysden.

In 1654 Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet (age 51) was appointed Serjeant at Law.

On 13th June 1666 Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet (age 64) was created 1st Baronet Twisden of Bradbourne in Kent.

In 1667 [his son] Roger Twisden 2nd Baronet (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Marsham Lady Twisden were married.

On 2nd January 1683 Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet (age 81) died. His son [his son] Roger (age 42) succeeded 2nd Baronet Twisden of Bradbourne in Kent. [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Marsham Lady Twisden by marriage Lady Twisden of Bradbourne in Kent.

Royal Ancestors of Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet 1602-1683

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet 1602-1683

GrandFather: Roger Twysden

Father: William Twysden 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Wyatt

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Wyatt

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Wyatt 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Neville Baroness Cobham 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brooke 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Heydon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

GrandMother: Anne Wyatt 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Haute

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Haute

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Haute

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Frowyk

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Frowyk

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Haute

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Guildford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Guildford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Waller

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Guildford

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pympe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Pympe

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippe Thornbury

Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Finch of Netherfield

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Finch

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Finch

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Finch

GrandFather: Moyle Finch 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Moyle

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Moyle

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Moyle

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Darcy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Darcy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tyrrell

Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Moyle

Mother: Anne Finch Lady Twysden 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Heneage

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Heneage

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Heneage

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Buckton

GrandMother: Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Poyntz

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Poyntz 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Woodville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Huddersfield

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Huddersfield 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Courtenay 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Marmaduke Constable 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Constable Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Fitzhugh 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England