Biography of Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt 1538-1601

Paternal Family Tree: Mordaunt

Before 1538 [his father] John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt (age 30) and [his mother] Ellen Fitzlewis (age 15) were married.

On 21 Sep 1538 Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt was born to John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt (age 30) and Ellen Fitzlewis (age 16).

After 1543 [his father] John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt (age 35) and [his step-mother] Joan Fermor (age 27) were married.

On 18 Aug 1562 [his grandfather] John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt (age 82) died at Bedford [Map]. His son [his father] John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt (age 54) succeeded 2nd Baron Mordaunt.

In 1563 Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt (age 24) was elected MP Bedfordshire.

In 1567 [his son] Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt was born to Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt (age 28).

In 1570 Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt (age 31) was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

In 1571 [his father] John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt (age 63) died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Turvey [Map]. His son Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt (age 32) succeeded 3rd Baron Mordaunt.

On 02 Jun 1543 [his mother] Ellen Fitzlewis (age 21) died. In Apr 1592 [his step-mother] Joan Fermor (age 76) died.

Elizabethan Period monument with eight Doric Columns with John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt (age 63) in an elevated position with a wife either side, each lying on a rush mat. All three wearing ruffs. .

Ellen Fitzlewis: In 1522 she was born to John Fitzlewis. Before 1538 John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt and she were married.

Joan Fermor: Around 1516 she was born to Richard Fermor and Anne Browne. After 1543 John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt and she were married.

The Mordaunt crest an Blackamoor's Head.

What appear to be Harpies supporting the monument.

Around 1580 [his son-in-law] Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet (age 24) and [his daughter] Mary Mordaunt were married.

Trial of Mary Queen of Scots

On 16 Jun 1601 Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt (age 62) died at Drayton, Northamptonshire [Map]. His son [his son] Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt (age 34) succeeded 4th Baron Mordaunt.

He was buried at All Saints Church, Turvey [Map] where he has a black-painted alabaster pall and black marble slab. The Mordaunt crest appears to have changed to an African woman.

Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt: In 1567 he was born to Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt. Before 1608 Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt and Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt were married. She by marriage Baroness Mordaunt. She the daughter of Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset. In 1608 Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt died. His son John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough succeeded 5th Baron Mordaunt.

[his daughter] Mary Mordaunt was born to Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt.

Royal Ancestors of Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt 1538-1601

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

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

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Franks: Great x 27 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt 1538-1601

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 3

Ancestors of Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt 1538-1601

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Mordaunt

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Mordaunt

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Peake

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Peake

GrandFather: John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Latimer

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Latimer

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Latimer

Great x 1 Grandmother: Edith Latimer

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hody

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hody

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cole

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Hody

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Jewel of Whitfield, Wiveliscombe, Somerset

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jewel

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice de Pillesden

Father: John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Vere

GrandMother: Elizabeth Vere Baroness Mordaunt

Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Fitzlewis

GrandFather: John Fitzlewis

Mother: Ellen Fitzlewis