Biography of Edward Dering 1st Baronet 1598-1644

Paternal Family Tree: Dering

In or before 1598 [his father] Anthony Dering of Surrenden Dering in Pluckley in Kent and [his mother] Frances Bell were married.

In 1598 Edward Dering 1st Baronet was born to Anthony Dering of Surrenden Dering in Pluckley in Kent and Frances Bell at the Tower of London [Map] where his father was Deputy-Lieutenant.

On 22 Jan 1619 Edward Dering 1st Baronet (age 21) was knighted at Newmarket, Suffolk.

On 26 Nov 1619 Edward Dering 1st Baronet (age 21) and Elizabeth Tufton were married at St Dionis Backchurch. She the daughter of Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet (age 41) and Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet (age 38).

On 24 Jan 1622 [his wife] Elizabeth Tufton died.

After 24 Jan 1622 Edward Dering 1st Baronet (age 24) and Anne Ashburnham Lady Dering (age 17) were married. She a second-cousin once-removed of the King's favourite George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 29).

On 05 Dec 1623 Edward Dering 1st Baronet (age 25) purchased two copies of William Shakespeare's First Folio; the earliest recorded retail purchase of this book.

In or before 1625 Edward Bisshopp 2nd Baronet (age 22) and [his former sister-in-law] Mary Tufton (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Nicholas Tufton 1st Earl of Thanet (age 46) and Frances Cecil Countess Isle Thanet (age 43).

On 08 Nov 1625 [his son] Edward Dering 2nd Baronet was born to Edward Dering 1st Baronet (age 27) and [his wife] Anne Ashburnham Lady Dering (age 20) at Surrenden Dering, Pluckley.

On 01 Feb 1626 Edward Dering 1st Baronet (age 28) was created 1st Baronet Dering of Surrenden Dering in Kent. [his wife] Anne Ashburnham Lady Dering (age 21) by marriage Lady Dering of Surrenden Dering in Kent.

On or before 17 Apr 1628 [his wife] Anne Ashburnham Lady Dering (age 23) died. She was buried on 17 Apr 1628.

After 16 Apr 1629 Edward Dering 1st Baronet (age 31) and Unton Gibbs Lady Dering were married. She by marriage Lady Dering of Surrenden Dering in Kent.

In Jan 1631 Frederick Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 19) and [his former sister-in-law] Elizabeth Ashburnham (age 18) were married. After the wedding King Charles I (age 30), Henrietta Maria (age 21) and Susan Feilding, Countess of Denbigh (age 48) wrote to congratulate his mother Jane, Baroness Cornwallis Bacon (age 50), and ask her to forgive him for his disobedience and return him to her favour. Denbigh said Ashburnham was her cousin "though her family be unfortunate".