118832. Duke Edward Seymour & 118833. Katherine
Fillol
~1500, Edward, born in England, s/o 237664. John Seymour & 237665. Margery Wentworth.
~1500, Catherine born in England, d/o 237666. William Fillol & 237667. Dorothy Ifield.
4/21/1509, Henry VIII succeeded Henry VII as King of
England.
Bef. 1520, Edward educated at Oxford, then Cambridge.
7/15/1520, Edward’s older brother John died leaving him as heir.
8/4/1523, Edward landed at Calais with the Duke of Suffolk.
He was present for the taking of Bray, Roye, and Montdidier in France.
10/30/1523, Edward knighted by the Duke of Suffolk at Roye
for valor.
1525, Edward a squire of the King’s household. He was a
challenger of the king in the Tilt-yard at Greenwich at Chrismastime.
1528, Edward accompanied Cardinal Wolsey to the French king.
9/22/1530, Sir Edward Seymour, squire of the Body. Annuity
of 50 marks. (S) L&Ps, For. & Dom., V4, 1875.
7/31/1532, Sir Edward Seymour. Indenture, between …
treasurer of the King's [chamber], …, on the part of the King, and Sir Edw.
Seymer, whereby the latter acknowledges the receipt of £1,000 from the King, by way of
prest, to be repaid in 2 instalments. (S) L&Ps, For. & Dom., V5, 1880.
1533, Edward a “squire for the body to the King” as he
traveled to Boulogne to meet with Francis I.
Bef. 1536, Catherine died.
[––Edward––]
By 1536, Edward married 2nd Anne, d/o Sir Edward
Stanhope of Sudbury in Suffolk.
1536, Sir Edward Seymour, then Viscount Beauchamp, obtained
a grant in tail male to him and his wife, Anne, of the site and ground of the
late priory, its church, bell-tower, and churchyard, the manor and advowson of
Farleigh. (S) Hist. of Wiltshire, V3, 1956, House of Clunias Monks.
5/20/1536, Edward a knight for the King’s body at the
marriage of Henry VIII to his sister Jane.
6/5/1536, Edward created Viscount Beauchamp by the King. (S)
L&Ps, F&D, Henry VIII, V11, 1888.
6/5/1537, Edward given 20 marks yearly paid out of Somerset
and Dorset; along with Sir Richard Buckley he was granted the office of
Chamberlain and Chancellor of North Wales, and was made captain of the Isle of
Jersey.
10/10/1537, Sir Edw. Seymour, viscount Beauchamp. Livery of
lands as s. and h. of Sir John Seymour, deceased, and grandson and heir of John
Seymour; and reversions on the deaths of Eliz. Seymour, widow of the said John
and Margery Seymour, widow of the said Sir John, and mother of the said Sir
Edward. (S) CCRs.
10/18/1537, 3 days after the baptism of his nephew, the
future King Edward VI, Edward created Earl of Hertford.
1538, Henry Daubeney sold his share of Bridgwater manor to
Edward Seymour, earl of Hertford. (S) Hist. of Somerset, V6, 1992.
4/1540, Grant to the earl of Hertford that the lands he now
holds in fee simple may descend as follows:—The manors of Mochelney, Drayton,
Westhover, Yerneshill, Camell, Downehed, Kylcombe, and Fyffec, Soms., to the
heirs male of himself and lady Anne, his wife, or any future wife he may have;
with contingent remainders in tail male to Edward Seymour, his son by his late
wife, Katharine, dec., one of the daughters of Sir Wm. Fylolle, dec., to Henry
Seymour, brother of the Earl, and to Sir Thos. Seymour, youngest brother of the
Earl; with remainder to heirs female of the Earl's body; with remainder to the
right heirs of the said Edward Seymour. (S) Letters and Papers, For. &
Dom., V15, 1896.
1541, Edward sent to France to ascertain the limits of the
English borders.
1541, Edward invested as a Knight of the Garter
1/9/1542, Edward elected a Knight Companion of the Knight of
the Garter.
1542, as cousin and heir of Sir William Sturmy of Wolf-hall,
Edward took livery of his lands.
1542, Edward accompanied the Duke of Norfolk into Scotland
after the Scots denied homage.
1543, Edward made Lord Great Chamberlain of England, and
lieutenant general of the North. He embarked for Scotland with 200 ships,
landing at Frith. He captured Leith and Edinburgh. Then he returned by land to
England attacking Haddington, Dunbar, …
7/9/1544, Edward and Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Cantebury
[No. 19526ii], … to aid and assist Queen Catherine, Regent and Governor of the
kingdom, in her administration of the government. Edward also assigned as
captain general of forces to be raised in the King’s absence.
1544, Edward came to the aid of the king with several
thousand troops at Boulogne. Taking the town, an army of 14,000 French were
routed.
1546, Edward was sent against Scot incursions supported by
5000 French troops. Edward destroyed all the towns in the middle marshes.
Returning to France, Edward repelled a French attack at Boulogne, and pursued
the retreating army with great success. Edward returned to Boulogne with 9300
troops to defend against attacking troops. Holding off the French, Edward was
named chief of the commissioners for the treaty, meeting at Gusiness and
Ardres.
1546, Edward elected Chancellor of the University of
Cambridge.
1547, King Henry VIII on his deathbed left Edward a legacy
of £500, and appointed him a counsel to his son and an executor of his will.
2/1/1547, Edward unanimously elected governor of the young
King’s person and protector until he should reach the age of 18.
2/10/1547, Edward constituted Lord Treasurer of England.
2/15/1547, Edward finally given the title of Baron, with
limitation to male heirs by his wife Anne Stanhope, remainder to Edward Seymour
his son by former wife Catherine. The declaration of the King: “Whereby the
name of that family, from which his most beloved mother Jane, late Queen of
England, drew her beginning, might not be clouded by any higher titler, or
colour of dignity.”
2/16/1547, Edward created 1st Duke of Somerset,
and granted the title Earl Marshal of England.
2/20/1547, Edward VI crowned King of England.
3/12/1547, Edward granted 8000 marks yearly while he was
protector. As such he worked on unsuccessfully at matching young King Edward
with Mary Stuart, sole heir to Scot King James V, which would have united the
two Kingdoms.
9/10/1547, Edward and his son at the battle of Musselburgh. Fought
on the banks of the Esk, the Scots were routed: half of their 30,000 number
were slain and half were captured. [Musselburgh 7 miles east of Edinburgh.]
3/11/1548, Edward given lands to the value of £500 yearly by
the King for his victories in Scotland.
8/11/1548, Edward named by the King lieutenant and captain
general. This empowerment made Edward unpopular with the other nobility. A
conspiracy was headed by the Earl of Warwick, John Dudley, which climaxed with
them taking the Tower. Edward took the King to the fortified castle at Windsor;
but the tied of support had turned against him.
10/13/1548, Edward’s letters of protectorship, … were made
void. He was imprisoned about 3 months in the Tower.
1/17/1549, Letter of Sir R. Fane to sir J. Thynne. ‘Has this
morning received a letter from his wife in which she states that she lately
took the opportunity of a conversation with the Duchess of Somerset [Anne] … “that
she had never so much displeasure of her husband syns she was first Sir Edward
Seymour's wife.” (S) Cecil Papers, V1, 1883.
2/16/1549, Finally released when he “acknowledged” his
deeds, Edward was fined £2000, and a year of land; and lost all his offices.
6/4/1550, The King restored some of his uncle Edward’s lands
in Wilts, Southampton, Dorset, Somerset, Middlesex, Berks, and Bucks, including
the town of Glastenbury. The King also gave him 200 persons within his
dominions over and above those due him by his offices to attend him in his household.
7/19/1550, Edward given a general pardon.
Edward and the Earl of Warwick again were at odds, the King
favoring his uncle Edward. Edward was not in a good position because of the
loss much of his property.
In a “hostage exchange” with France, the King chose Edward’s
heir, son John, and fully equipped him for the trip. He also gave Edward the
£500 left to him by Henry VIII.
4/1551, Edward made lord lieutenant of the counties of
Buckingham and Berkshire – again irritating the Earl of Warwick, now Duke of
Northumberland. Apparently Edward had a chance to kill the Earl, but did not
take advantage of the opportunity.
10/16/1551, Betrayed, Duke Edward, his wife, and associates
were committed to the tower.
12/1/1551, Edward brought to trial at Westminister hall,
found guilty of felony for plotting the death of the Earl [but not treason],
and sentenced to hang.
1/22/1551 before 8 in the morning, Edward was taken to the
scaffold where he was beheaded. He was buried on the north side of the choir of
St. Peter’s chapel, between Queen Anne Boleyn and Queen Caterine Howard. [The
Earl was executed 2 years later.]
8/3/1553, The Dutchess Anne was released from the Tower by
Queen Mary.
(S) Peerage of England, Collins, 1812, P154... (S) Edward VI
of England: List of English Monarchs, Henry VIII of England, Jane Seymour,
Tudor Dynasty, Protestantism, Regent, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset,
Miller, 2010.
Family notes:
·
Edward was a moderate Protestant. He abolished
the medieval laws against heresy and allowed the printing of Scripture in
English. He also abolished the endowments that paid stipends to priests to pray
for the dead.
·
Edward established a company of foreign woolen
manufacturers at Glastenbury which became very successful.
Children of Edward
and Katherine:
i. John Seymour, born ~1522 in England.
12/7/1552, John wrote his will: “after bequesthing legacies
to his servants, concludes with these words, ‘Also I make mu brother, Sir
Edward Seymour the elder, my full executor, and I give him all my lands and
good that is unbequesthed. He, to pay and discharge all my debts.”
Bef. 4/26/1553, John died.
ii. Edward Seymour (59416), born 1529 in England.
Children of Edward
and Anne:
i. Edward Seymour, born ~1537 in England.
1551, Edward heir of his father.
1552-3, After the death of King Edward VI at age 15,
Parliament returned his lands valued at £5000 yearly to the crown. [Likely at
the insistence of Duke John Dudley.]
1558, Edward created Earl of Hertford by new Queen Elizabeth
I [d/o Henry VIII & Anne Boylne, succeeding her sister Mary.]
10/1560, Edward & Catherine decided to secretly marry.
Edward married Lady Catherine Grey, born 1540, heir &
d/o Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk.
1563, Edward and his wife committed to the Tower for an
illegal marriage.
1/26/1567, Catherine died in the Tower.
1582, Edward secretly married 2nd Frances Howard.
1605, Edward sent to the Netherlands on a peace mission.
1606, Edward’s marriage to Catherine legitimized.
4/1621, age 83, Edward died; buried at the church at
Salisbury.
Children:
·
Edward Seymour, born 9/21/1561 in the Tower in
London. 7/21/1612, Baron Beauchamp, he died; buried in Wiltshire, England.
·
Thomas Seymour, 2nd son, born ~1563 in the Tower
in London. He married Isabel Onley. 8/20/1619 he was buried at St. Margaret’s,
Westminster.
ii. Anne Seymour, born ~? in England.
Anne married John Dudley, eldest s/o Duke Edward’s arch
rival.
Anne married 2nd Sir Edward Unton of Wadley in
Farringdon, Berks.
iii. Henry Seymour, born ~? in England.
Henry married Joan Percy, d/o Thomas, Earl of
Northumberland.
Children: none.
iv. Edward Seymour, born ~? in England.
1574, Edward died without issue.
v. Mary Seymour, born ~? in England.
Mary married Andrew Rogers, eldest son of Sir Richard Rogers
of Brianston in com. Dors.
Mary married 2nd Sir Henry Peyton.
vi. Elizabeth Seymour, born ~? in England.
Elizabeth married Sir Richard Knightly of Fawesley and
Norton in com. Northampt.
6/3/1602, Elizabeth died at Norton.
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