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About Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge
- Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge
- M, #103037, b. circa 1590, d. 12 July 1664
- Last Edited=13 Dec 2007
- Consanguinity Index=0.02%
- Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was born circa 1590. He was the son of Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp and Honora Rogers.1 He married, firstly, Frances Prinne, daughter of Sir Gilbert Prinne, in 1620. He married, secondly, Catherine Lee, daughter of Sir Robert Lee and Anne Lowe, in 1635. He died on 12 July 1664.1
- Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge gained the title of 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge.
- Children of Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge and Frances Prinne
- 1.Hon. Frances Seymour2 d. c Sep 1679
- 2.Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge+1 b. c 1621, d. 25 Aug 1665
- Citations
- 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XI, page 640. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
- 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1184. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
- From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10304.htm#i103037
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- Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590-12 July 1664) was an English statesman, a Member of Parliament raised to the peerage by Charles I and a Royalist during the English Civil War.
- Seymour was the third son of Lord Beauchamp, and was knighted in 1613. He entered Parliament in 1621 as member for Wiltshire; he also represented that county in the Parliaments of 1625 and 1628 and in the Short Parliament of 1640, and was elected for Marlborough in the Long Parliament. He was also High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1625, and was one of the leaders of opposition in the county to the arbitrary rule of the King, backing the Habeas Corpus bill of 1628 and later refusing to pay ship money. In the Short Parliament he spoke powerfully against granting any subsidies to the King before receiving any redress of grievances, and apparently compared "our affayres to the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt".
- Nevertheless, as events moved toward civil war, Seymour placed himself firmly on the Royalist side, and in 1641 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Seymour of Trowbridge. He was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by the King in 1644, and was re-appointed after the Restoration, serving from 1660 until 1664.
- He married Frances Prinne, daughter of Sir Gilbert Prinne, of Allington, Wiltshire, in 1620. They had two children:
- Charles (c. 1621-1665), who succeeded to the peerage
- Frances Seymour (died 1679), who married Sir William Ducie
- In 1635, after the death of his first wife, Seymour remarried, to Catherine Lee (died 1701), daughter of Sir Robert Lee and Anne Lowe of Billesley, Warwickshire.
- Seymour's house at Marlborough was used as an inn until the 19th century, when it became Marlborough College.
- References
- D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Esther S Cope and Willson H Coates (eds), Camden Fourth Series, Volume 19: Proceedings of the Short Parliament of 1640 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1977)
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography (1930)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Burke's Extinct Peerage (London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831) [1]
- www.thepeerage.com
- From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Seymour,_1st_Baron_Seymour_of_...
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- WRONG DEATH DATE
- Francis SEYMOUR (1° B. Trowbridge)
- Born: 1590, Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England
- Died: 1620
- Father: Edward SEYMOUR (B. Beauchamp)
- Mother: Honora ROGERS
- Married 1: Frances PRYNNE ABT 1620
- Married 2: Catherine LEE BEF 1636
- From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SEYMOUR.htm#Francis SEYMOUR (B. Trowbridge)
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- A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct .. By Sir Bernard Burke
- A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct .. By Sir Bernard Burke
- MISSING PAGE 488
- Pg. 489
- body, after the decease of his father, should be barons of parliament, and have place and voice therein; and also letters patent, for the enjoyment of the Earldom of Hertford after his said father's decease. His lordship died however before that nobleman. He m. Honora, dau. of Sir Richard Rogers, of Bryanston, co. Dorset, and had issue.
- Edward (Sir) K.P., who m. Anne, dau of Richard, Earl of Dorset, and d. before his grandfather, 1618.
- WILLIAM (Sir), successor to his grandfather.
- FRANCIS (Sir), created 19 February, 1641, BARON SEYMOUR, of Trowbridge, co. Wilts. His lordship m. 1st Frances, dau. and heir of Sir Gilbert Prinne, of Allington, Wilts, and had issue,
- CHARLES, his successor.
- Frances, m. to Sir William Ducie.
- Lord Semour of Trowbridge m. 2ndly. Catherine, dau. of Sir Robert Lee, but had no issue. He d. in 1664, and was s. by his son,
- CHARLES, 2nd Lord Seymour, of Trowbridge, who m. 1st Mary, dau. and sole heir of Thomas Smith, Esq., of Foley, by whom he had surviving issue,
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- A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of ..., Volume 2 By John Burke
- A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of ..., Volume 2 By John Burke
- Pg. 459
- FRANCIS (Sir), who was created BARON SEYMOUR, of Troubridge, 19 February, 1641. This nobleman m. first, Frances, daugher and co-heir of Sir Gilbert Prinne, Knt. of Allington, in the county of Wilts, by whom he had
- CHARLES, his successor.
- FRANCIS, m. to Sir William Ducie, knt. of Tartworth, Gloucestershire.
- His lordship espoused, secondly, Catherine, daughter of Sir Robert Lee, of Billesley, but had no other issue. He d. 12th July, 1664, and was s. by his son,
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- 1a. Hon Edward Seymour, styled Lord Beauchamp (b. 21 Sep 1561; bur. v.p. 21 Jul 1612), mar. bef. 1 Jul 1582 Honora Rogers, dau. of Sir Richard Rogers, of Bryanston, co. Dorset, and had issue:
- 1b. Hon Edward Seymour, styled Lord Beauchamp (bapt. 12 Jun 1586; bur. v.a. 15 Sep 1618), mar. 1 Jun 1609 Lady Anne Sackville (mar. (2) 7 Oct 1622 Sir Edward Lewes), 2nd dau. of Robert [Sackville], 2nd Earl of Dorset, by his first wife Lady Margaret Howard, only dau. by his second wife of Thomas [Howard], 4th Duke of Norfolk
- 2b. Hon William Seymour, later 2nd Earl of Hertford later 1st Marquess of Hertford later 2nd Duke of Somerset
- 3b. Francis [Seymour], 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (cr. 19 Feb 1640/1), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b.c.1590; d. 12 Jul 1664), mar. (1) c.1620 Frances Prinne, dau. and cohrss. of Sir Gilbert Prinne, of Allington, co. Wiltshire, and mar. (2) bef. 1638 Catherine Lee (dsp. 5 Mar 1700/01), dau. of Sir Robert Lee, of Billesley, by his wife Anne Lowe, dau. of Sir Thomas Lowe, Lord Mayor of London, and had issue by his first wife:
- From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Somerset1546.htm
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- THIS SOURCE SEEMS TO HAVE CONFUSED FRANCES PRINNE, 1ST WIFE OF FRANCIS SEYMOUR WITH HIS 2ND WIFE CATHERINE LEE WHO WAS DAU. OF ROBERT LEE AND ANNE LOWE.
- Some account of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of the city of London: during ...
- Some account of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of the city of London: during ...
- Pg. 12
- SIR ROBERT LEE, Merchant Tailor, was b. probably about 1550, at Bridgnorth, Salop, being son of HUMPHREY LEE, of that town, and brother of EDWARD LEE (who was living there 1602 with issue) and of ROWLAND LEE (bur. 3 Feb 1603/4, at St. Olave's Jewry, London), Citizen and Ironmonger of London. He was A. of Dowgate, (a) 18 Dec. 1593; of Cordwainer, 31 July 1599; and of Langbourne, 20 Apr 1602, till his death, 22 Dec. 1605. He was S. 1594-95, and M. 1602-03, During his Mayoralty occurred the death of Queen Elizabeth, 24 march 1602/3, on which day he accordingly proclaimed the new Sovereign, being thanked, by Royal Letters 28 March 1603, for the same. In the royal progress from Scotland to London, the King was met, 7 May 1603, on the confines of Middlesex and Essex (near Waltham), by Sheriff Swinnerson (Sheriff Pemberton being absent from ill-health), and at Stamford Hill by Lord Mayor Lee, by whom he was accompanied to the Charter House, where he stayed till the 11th, when he removed to the Tower of London. Eleven days later the Lord Mayor was Knighted, 22 May 1603, at Greenwich, and, on 25 July, with the Aldermen and 12 of the principal citizens, attended the Corona-
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- tion, altho' the Royal party did not, as ws then customary, ride from the Tower of London to Westminster thro' the city, owing to the plague that was then prevalent therein. (a) He was a member of the Levant Company.
- He m., firstly, about 1570, Joanna, (b) sister of Nicholas SUTTON and da. of Henry SUTTON, of London, Goldsmith. She was probably bur. at St. Leonard's, Shoreditch (about 1590?), where was bur., 10 Sept 1593, "Dorothy, da. of Robert Lee, Merchant Tailor". He m., Secondly, Mary, widow of William SMITH, Mercer (who d. 24 Dec., 1594), da. of Sir James HAWES, M. 1574-75. He d. 22 Dec. 1605, & was bur. 16 Jany 1605/6. (c) Funeral certif. (I., xvi., 220) in Coll. of Arms. Will dat. 20 april 1602; pr. 21 Feb 1605/6 (69 or 92 Stafford). Inq. post mortem, 4 Jac., shewing that he held manors and lands at Billesley, co. Warwick; at Twyford, in Willesden, co. Middx.; at Lawshall [near Bury], co. Suffolk, &c. His widow m. (as the 2d of his 3 wives) Sir Thomas GERRARD, 1st Bart., of the Bryn, co. Lancaster, who d. a Westminster, 16 Feb., 1620/1.
- ISSUE.
- By his first wife only, of whom 4 sons and 2 daughters were living at his death, viz.:-
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- II. SIR ROBERT LEE, of Billesley, co. Warwick, which he inherited from his Father, b. about 1573. Knighted before 29 May 1618. (c) He m. 10 Nov. 1600, at St. Peter le Poor, Anne, 1st da. of Sir Thomas Lowe, M. 1604-05. He d. at Blackfriars 19, & was bur. 22 Jany 1637/8, (a) aged 55. Funeral certif. in Coll. of Arms (l., xxiv., 89). Will dat. 8 July 1636; pr. 20 Jany 1637/8 (1.Lee). His widow d. about 1672, aged 90 or upwards. They had issue (besides Henry Lee and John Lee, who d. before their Father) 4 daughters (Anna Maria, m. Sir Robert JENKINSON; Frances, (d) m. firstly, Sir GERVASE ELWES, and 2ndly, Sir Richard EVERARD, Bart.; Elizabeth, m. Sir Richard SHUCKBURGH, Bart.; and Frances, BARONESS SEYMOUR OF TROWBRIDGE) and 2 sons, of whom (1) SIR ROBERT LEE, Knighted 21 Aug. 1642, was of Billesley afsd., but d. without male issue about 1659, aged about 57; and (2) SIR CHARLES LEE, bap. 30 June 1620, at St. Peter le Poor; Knighted 28 Dec. 1645, who succeeded his eldest brother in the Billesley estate, which he afterwards sold. He entered and signed his
- Pg. 15
- pedigree at the Heralds' Visitation of Warwickshire in 1683, and having m. and survived 4 wives, d. without male issue, & was bur. 18 Oct., 1700 at Edmonton, co Midx.
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Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge's Timeline
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1590
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London, Greater London, UK
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| 1621 |
February 5, 1621
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Kingston Seymour Manor, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
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July 12, 1664
Age 74
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