Biography of Moyle Finch 1st Baronet 1550-1614

Paternal Family Tree: Finch

In 1547 [his father] Thomas Finch (age 35) and [his mother] Katherine Moyle (age 17) were married.

Around 1550 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Finch (age 38) and Katherine Moyle (age 20).

                    On 19 Mar 1563 the Greyhound was wrecked on its journey to Le Havre with the loss of around two-hundred lives.
                
                    Captain [his father] Thomas Finch (age 51) drowned.                

                    Brothers John Wentworth (age 25) and James Wentworth (age 23) drowned.

On 14 Nov 1572 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 22) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 16) were married.

In 1573 [his son] Theophilius Finch 2nd Baronet was born to Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 23) and [his wife] Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 16).

On 28 Feb 1574 [his daughter] Anne Finch Lady Twysden was born to Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 24) and [his wife] Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 17).

In 1576 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 26) was appointed MP Weymouth.

In 1576 [his son] Heneage Finch was born to Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 26) and [his wife] Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 19).

On 13 Jun 1578 [his son] Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea was born to Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 28) and [his wife] Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 21).

In 1580 [his son] Heneage Finch was born to Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 30) and [his wife] Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 23).

In 1584 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 34) was knighted.

On 09 Feb 1585 [his mother] Katherine Moyle (age 56) died.

Around 1588 [his daughter] Catherine Finch Lady Wentworth was born to Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 38) and [his wife] Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 31).

In 1593 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 43) was appointed MP Kent.

In 1596 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 46) was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.

Before 21 Aug 1597 [his son-in-law] William Twysden 1st Baronet (age 31) and [his daughter] Anne Finch Lady Twysden (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 47) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 41).

In or before 1601 [his son-in-law] John Wentworth 1st Baronet (age 18) and [his daughter] Catherine Finch Lady Wentworth (age 12) were married. She the daughter of Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 50) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 44).

In 1601 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 51) was appointed MP Winchelsea.

In 1605 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 55) was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.

After 1607 [his son] Heneage Finch (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Bell were married. He the son of Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 57) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 50).

In 1609 [his son] Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea (age 15) were married. He the son of Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 59) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 52).

May 1611 Creation of Baronets

                    On 22 May 1611 the first Baronets were created by James I (age 44)
                
                    Walter Aston 1st Baronet (age 27) was created 1st Baronet Aston of Tixall.
                
                    Nicolas Bacon (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The Premier Baronet being the first creation.                

                    Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.                

                    George Booth (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey. Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey (age 43) by marriage Lady Booth of Dunham Massey.                

                    Edward Carr (age 68) was created 1st Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. Anne Dyer Lady Carr by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.                

                    Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.                

                    Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. [his wife] Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 54) by marriage Lady Finch of Eastwell in Kent.                

                    Thomas Gerard 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
                
                    Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.                

                    Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet (age 40) was created 1st Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
                
                    Phillip Knyvet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.                

                    Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam.                

                    Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton (age 47) by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
                
                    John Peyton 1st Baronet (age 50) was created 1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham.                

                    George Savile 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Savile of Thornhill.                

                    John Shelley of Mitchelgrove 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.
                
                    George Shirley 1st Baronet (age 52) was created 1st Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley (age 41) by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.                

                    John St John (age 25) was created 1st Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.                

                    John Stradling 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Stradling of St Donats in Glamorganshire.
                
                    Thomas Temple 1st Baronet (age 44) was created 1st Baronet Temple of Stowe.                

                    Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.

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On 18 Dec 1614 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 64) died. His son [his son] Theophilius Finch 2nd Baronet (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent.

On 23 Mar 1634 [his former wife] Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 77) died. Her son [his son] Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea (age 55) succeeded 2nd Earl Winchilsea, 2nd Viscount Maidstone. [his daughter-in-law] Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea (age 40) by marriage Countess Winchilsea.