Biography of Edward Guildford 1474-1534
Paternal Family Tree: Guildford
Maternal Family Tree: Philippe Thornbury 1431-1485
In or before 1474 [his father] Richard Guildford (age 24) and [his mother] Ann Pympe (age 19) were married. His [his grandfather] father (age 43) had married, or would marry, her mother (age 42) each as their second spouse.
Around 1474 Edward Guildford was born to Richard Guildford (age 24) and Ann Pympe (age 20) at Offington Worthing.
Around 1490 [his mother] Ann Pympe (age 36) died.
After 1490 [his father] Richard Guildford (age 40) and [his step-mother] Joan Vaux "Mother Guildford" (age 27) were married.
Before 24 Aug 1494 [his future brother-in-law] Thomas West 9th Baron De La Warr 6th Baron West (age 19) and Elizabeth Bonville Baroness De La Warr and West (age 20) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. 
Before 1496 Edward Guildford (age 22) and Eleanor West (age 14) were married.
On 17 Jun 1497 the Cornish rebel army was destroyed at the Battle of Blackheath aka Deptford Bridge.
[his father] Richard Guildford (age 47) was created Knight Banneret.
Edward Stafford 2nd Earl Wiltshire (age 27), Henry Willoughby (age 46), Edward Belknapp of Blackfriars in London and Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 25) fought at Deptford, Kent [Map].
Giles Brugge 6th Baron Chandos (age 35), John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (age 32), Robert Sheffield (age 36), Edward Stanhope 1462-1487, John Peche (age 47) and Robert Constable (age 19) were knighted by King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 40).
[his father-in-law] Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West (age 40) commanded.
James Tuchet 7th Baron Audley, 4th Baron Tuchet (age 34) was captured by Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 19).
Before 1501 John Clinton 7th Baron Clinton (age 31) and [his sister-in-law] Anne West Baroness Clinton were married. She by marriage Baroness Clinton. They were half third cousin once removed.
In 1506 [his father] Richard Guildford (age 56) died at Jerusalem.
In 1509 [his daughter] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland was born to Edward Guildford (age 35) and [his wife] Eleanor West (age 28).
In 1513 Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester (age 53) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth West (age 26) were married. The date most likely incorrect since their daughter was born in 1497; unless of course the daughter's mother is mis-attributed. The after 1507 date is derived from the death of his first wife in Aug 1507. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the illegitmate son of Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke Somerset and Joan Hill. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. 
The Life and Times of Cardinal Wolsey Volume 2. Jun 1517. In the Beginning of the Month of June, his Majesty caused a grand Joust to be prepared for the Entertainment both of himself and the foreign Ambassadors, in which our young Monarch appeared against the Duke of Suffolk (who came to attend the King at this Sport) having each twelve Noblemen and Gentlemen of a Side, richly habited according to the Custom of those Times.
His Majesty, attended by Gentlemen Armorers and other Officers, to the number of 125 persons, clothed in white velvet, first entered the ring on one side, and the Duke of Suffolk, the Marquis of Dorset, the Earls of Essex and Surrey, with several others of his band, entered on the other; then the trumpets blew, and the King and the Duke immediately engaged, and ran fiercely at each other, whilst the other parties were no less active and such was the pastime of the day, according to the report of Sir Edward Guilford (age 43), Master of the Armoury, and of the Judges and Heralds in waiting, that there were no less than five hundred and six spears broken. The sport being over, his Majesty entertained the Ambassadors and his Court with a sumptuous supper; proposing to continue these jousts, at proper times, during the summer, which were then looked on as the most healthy exercise in being.
In 1519 Edward Guildford (age 45) was appointed Marshall of Calais.
Hall's Chronicle 1522. 25 May 1522. On Sunday the twenty-fifth day of May, the Lord Marques of Dorset (age 44), the Bishop of Chichester (age 69), and the [his father-in-law] Lord de la Warr (age 65), with other noble men, at the water of Graveling, received the Emperor (age 22) in the name of the King of England, and so the Emperor embraced them, and he having in his company many noble men, came toward Calice, where at the Turnpike in the lordship of Marke, he was received of Sir Edward Guildford (age 48) Marshall of Calais, with fifty men of arms richly be seen, and also a hundred archers on horseback, then in passing forward toward Calais, the ordnance shot terribly, and into Calais he was received with procession, and then by the lord Barne deputy there, and the counsel of the town then was he received by the Mayor and Aldermen of the town, and then of the Mayor and Merchants of the Staple, and so conveyed to the Exchequer, and there lodged.
In 1525 [his brother-in-law] Owen West (age 19) and Mary Guildford (age 24) were married.
In 1525 [his son-in-law] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 21) and [his daughter] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 16) were married. They had grown up together since John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 21) had become her father's ward.
On 11 Oct 1525 [his father-in-law] Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West (age 68) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church Broadwater. His son [his brother-in-law] Thomas West 9th Baron De La Warr 6th Baron West (age 50) succeeded 9th Baron De La Warr, 6th Baron West. Elizabeth Bonville Baroness De La Warr and West (age 51) by marriage Baroness De La Warr, Baroness West.
In 1526 [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth West (age 39) died.
Letters and Papers 1528. 11 Jul 1528. R. O. 4501. Sir Edward Guldeford (age 54) to Wolsey.
On Sunday last, 5 July, Roger Horne, of Kenerton, and John Bell, of Apuldre, came to me at Hallden, and showed me the lewd sayings of Sir John Crake, parish priest of Brensett in Romney Marsh. Sends a bill of it. Has committed the priest to Maidstone gaol until Wolsey's pleasure be known, as it was not meet to trouble him with strangers in the time of this plague. Has been ill of it himself. Would be glad to have one of the late Sir Wm. Compton's (deceased) offices. Hallden, 11 July. Signed.
P. 1. Add. Endd.
In or before 1533 [his son] Richard Guildford and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Mortimer were married.
In or before 1533 [his son] Richard Guildford died.
Before 1534 John Guildford (age 27) and [his sister-in-law] Barbara West (age 29) were married.
Before 1534 Edward Guildford (age 60) and Joan Pidleston were married.
In 1534 Richard Clement of Ingham Mote (age 52) was imprisoned in the Fleet Prison [Map] for having used excessive force in his roile as Justice of the Peace Kent during a property dispute in Shipbourne, Kent between the rector and Robert Brenner of Hadlow, a servant of Edward Guildford (age 60) who was the father-in-law of [his son-in-law] John Dudley 1504-1553 (age 30), the future Duke of Northumberland.
In 1534 Edward Guildford (age 60) died.
[his son] Richard Guildford was born to Edward Guildford and Eleanor West.
George West and Elizabeth Morton were married.
GrandFather: John Guildford
Father: Richard Guildford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Waller
GrandMother: Alice Waller
GrandFather: John Pympe
Mother: Ann Pympe
GrandMother: Philippe Thornbury