Biography of John Seymour 1527-1552
Paternal Family Tree: Seymour
1537 Birth and Christening Edward VI
1551 Arrest of the Duke of Somerset and his Supporters
1552 Trial and Execution of Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset and his Supporters
John Seymour was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].
In 1527 [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset (age 27) and [his mother] Catherine Filliol (age 20) were married.
In 1527 John Seymour was born to Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset (age 27) and Catherine Filliol (age 20) at Wulf Hall, Wiltshire [Map]. Paternity was questioned by Edward after it was alleged that Catherine had had an affairwith her father-in-law John Seymour 1474-1536. He and his brother were excluded in 1540 from their paternal and maternal inheritances and all their claims to their father's dignities being postponed to his children by his second wife.
Around 1535 [his mother] Catherine Filliol (age 28) died.
Before 09 Mar 1535 [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset (age 35) and [his step-mother] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 38) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
On 05 Jun 1536 [his father] Edward Seymour (age 36) was created 1st Viscount Beauchamp. See Letter 1074 and Letter 1075.
On 15 Oct 1537 the future Edward VI was christened by Bishop John Stokesley (age 62) at the Chapel Royal in Hampton Court Palace [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (age 48) performed the Baptismal Rites, and was appointed Godfather. Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 64) and Queen Mary I of England and Ireland (age 21) were Godparents.
King Edward VI of England and Ireland was created Duke Cornwall, 1st Earl Chester.
Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count Eu carried the Salt. Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 53) was Godfather and supported the Marchioness of Exeter. Richard Long (age 43) was knighted. Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl Essex (age 52), Philip Boteler (age 45), John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 66) and John Gage (age 57) attended. Mary Scrope (age 61) carried Lady Mary's train. Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 54) carried a covered basin. Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 54) carried the canopy.
[his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset (age 37) helped his young niece the future Elizabeth I to carry the Crisom. Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter (age 41) supported his wife Gertrude Blount Marchioness of Exeter (age 34) to carry the child. Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 60) bore a taper of virgin wax. William Fitzalan 18th Earl Arundel (age 61) carried the train of the Prince's robe. Christopher Barker proclaimed the Prince's titles. Arthur Hopton (age 48) attended.
Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset (age 37) was created 1st Earl Hertford.
Nicholas Carew (age 41), Francis Bryan (age 47), Anthony Browne (age 37) and John Russell 1st Earl Bedford (age 52) surrounded the font.
Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire (age 27), Edward Neville (age 66), [his uncle] Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour (age 29), Richard Long (age 43) and John Wallop (age 47) carried the canopy.
Bishop Robert Parfew aka Warton and Bishop John Bell attended.
William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl of Southampton (age 47) was created 1st Earl of Southampton. Mabel Clifford Countess Southampton (age 55) by marriage Countess of Southampton.
In 1540 John Seymour (age 13) was disinherited.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 16 Oct 1551. The xvj day of October was had to the Towre the [his step-mother] duches of Somersett (age 54) and Sir Raff a Vane and Sir John Thyn (age 36), [as also] Sir Thomas Holcroft (age 46), Sir Michael Stanhope (age 44), Mr. Hammond, Mr. John Seimour (age 24), Mr. Walley, Mr. Nudigate, Mr. Banister, Mr. Brayne, Mr. Crane and his wife, Sir Myles Parterege, and Sir Thomas Arundell (age 49) and Lady (age 36).
On 22 Jan 1552 [his father] Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset (age 52) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. Duke Somerset, Earl Hertford, Viscount Beauchamp forfeit. His great-grandson William Seymour 2nd Duke Somerset was restored to the titles in 1660.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 19 Dec 1552. The xix day of Desember was bered master John Semer (age 25), the eldest sune unto the [his father] duke of Somersett latt dyssesyd, and bered at the hospetall of Savoy, and ther was a dolle.
Note. Funeral of master John Seymour. His will, dated Dec. 7, 1552, and proved April 26, 1553, is recorded in the prerogative court of Canterbury, and briefly quoted in Collins's Peerage. He died unmarried, making his whole brother sir Edward Seymour, the ancestor of the present duke of Somerset, his heir.
On 19 Dec 1552 John Seymour (age 25) died at Tower of London [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Seymour 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Seymour 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Esturney
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Seymour 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Williams
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Seymour 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coker
GrandFather: John Seymour 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Darell
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Darell
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Darell of Littlecote
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stourton
5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stourton 1st Baron Stourton 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Stourtron 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Father: Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wentworth
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Dronsfield
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Despencer 2nd Baron Despencer
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tiptoft Baroness Despencer
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 4th Baron Despencer 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clifford 6th Baron Clifford 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ros Baroness Clifford
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Clifford Baroness Despencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Margery Wentworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Saye
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Saye 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boteler Baroness Ferrers Wem 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Saye 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Saye Baroness Despencer 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cheney
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cockayne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Grey
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
John Seymour 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Filiol
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Filiol
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Filiol
GrandFather: William Filiol of Woodlands and Filiols Hall
Mother: Catherine Filliol