Biography of Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor 1467-1543

Paternal Family Tree: Windsor

1509 Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

1513 Battle of the Spurs

1529 Henry VIII Creates New Peerages

1536 Trial of Anne and George Boleyn

In 1467 Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor was born to Thomas Windsor (age 25).

In or before 1482 Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 15) and Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 12) were married.

Around 1482 [his daughter] Elizabeth Windsor was born to Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 15) and [his wife] Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 13).

On 29 Sep 1485 [his father] Thomas Windsor (age 44) died.

In 1491 [his son] George Windsor was born to Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 24) and [his wife] Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 22).

Around 1491 [his daughter] Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham was born to Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 24) and [his wife] Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 22).

In or before 1499 [his son] William Windsor 2nd Baron Windsor was born to Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 31) and [his wife] Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 29).

In 1506 [his daughter] Anne Windsor was born to Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 39) and [his wife] Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 37).

Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

On 23 Jun 1509 King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 17) created Knights of the Bath ...

Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 26)

Henry Scrope 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 27)

George Fitzhugh 7th Baron Fitzhugh (age 23)

William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy (age 31)

Henry Daubeney 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 15)

Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham (age 39)

Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 16)

Maurice Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley (age 42)

Thomas Knyvet (age 24)

Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 42)

Thomas Parr (age 26)

Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 32)

Richard Wentworth 5th Baron Despencer (age 29)

Henry Ughtred 6th Baron Ughtred

Francis Cheney (age 28)

Henry Wyatt (age 49)

George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon (age 22)

Sir Thomas Metham of Metham, Yorkshire

Sir Thomas Bedingfield

John Shelton (age 32)

Either Giles Alington (age 26) or his son Giles Alington (age 10).

Sir John Trevanion

Sir William Crowmer

Sir John Heydon of Baconsthorpe in Norfolk

Goddard Oxenbridge

Henry Sacheverell (age 34).

Battle of the Spurs

On 16 Aug 1513 Henry VIII (age 22) fought at Thérouanne [Map] during the Battle of the Spurs.

Henry's army included George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 45) (commanded), Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset (age 36), Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham (age 43), Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count of Eu, John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 42) and Anthony Wingfield (age 26). John "Tilbury Jack" Arundell (age 18), William Compton (age 31), John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (age 48) and William Hussey (age 41) was knighted by King Henry VII of England and Ireland. Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West (age 56) and Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 46) was created Knight Banneret.

Louis I d'Orléans Duc de Longueville 1480-1516 was captured.

Arthur Hopton (age 24) was knighted for his bravery.

Around 1514 [his daughter] Edith Windsor was born to Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 47) and [his wife] Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 45).

Before 1516 [his son-in-law] Edward Neville (age 45) and [his daughter] Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham (age 24) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before 1520 [his son] George Windsor (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Ursula de Vere were married.

Before 1522 [his son-in-law] Roger Corbet (age 21) and [his daughter] Anne Windsor (age 15) were married.

Hall's Chronicle 1522. Apr 1522. Then the Cardinal called the four hostages, that lay here for the payment of money for Turney, and they tour were delivered, to my lord of Saint Johns, to Sir Thomas Lovell, to Sir Andrewe Windsor (age 55), and to Sir Thomas Neville (age 47), every knight one to keep safe, and none of their country to speak with them privately, and the Ambassador was commanded to keep his house in silence, and not to come in presence, till he was sent for, which order sore abashed the French hostages, and the Ambassador, but there was no remedy, and commandment was given to the Mayor at London, to attach all the Frenchmen body and goods, and them to keep in prison, till he hard farther of the King’s pleasure. Then were all the Frenchmen in London and about, arrested and brought to prison, so that all the prisons in and about London, were full of them, some of them escaped by speaking Dutch, and said they were Flemings borne, which was not tried.

In or before 1523 [his son] William Windsor 2nd Baron Windsor (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Sambourne Baroness Windsor (age 21) were married.

Before 06 Apr 1529 [his former son-in-law] Geoffrey Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Masham and [his daughter] Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham (age 38) were married. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Henry VIII Creates New Peerages

On 01 Dec 1529 ...

Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 62) was created 1st Baron Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire. [his wife] Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 60) by marriage Baroness Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire.

John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (age 64) was created 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford. Anne Grey Baroness Hussey Sleaford by marriage Baroness Hussey of Sleaford.

On 02 Dec 1529 ...

Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth (age 28) was created 1st Baron Wentworth. Margaret Fortescue Baroness Wentworth (age 27) by marriage Baroness Wentworth.

Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh (age 41) was created 1st Baron Burgh. Agnes Tyrwhitt Baroness Cobham, Strabolgi and Burgh (age 48) by marriage Baroness Burgh. This is regarded as a new creation rather than a continuation of the previous creation Baron Burgh since Thomas's father was never summoned to Parliament due to his insanity. Some sources refer to Thomas as the 3rd Baron Burgh.

On 04 Dec 1529 Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye (age 45) was created 1st Baron Braye by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines.

Trial of Anne and George Boleyn

On 15 May 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn (age 35) tried at the King's Hall in the Tower of London [Map].

Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 63) was appointed Lord High Steward and presided. Henry Howard (age 20) attended. Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu (age 44) was one of the judges. Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester (age 34) was the principal witness.

The jurors were:

Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 52).

Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln (age 24).

Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 21).

George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon (age 49).

Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland (age 44).

John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt (age 56).

Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland (age 38).

Henry Parker 11th Baron Marshal 10th Baron Morley (age 55).

Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby (age 27).

Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 28).

John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 65).

Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth (age 35).

Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester (age 40).

Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland.

Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh (age 48).

Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter (age 40).

William Fitzalan 18th Earl of Arundel (age 60).

Henry Fitzalan 19th Earl of Arundel (age 24).

Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden (age 48).

Edward Powers Lord Powers.

William Sandys 1st Baron Sandys Vyne (age 66).

Thomas Ware.

Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 69).

George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 39).

She was found guilty and sentenced to be beheaded. John Spelman (age 56) signed the death warrant.

After Anne's trial her brother George Boleyn Viscount Rochford (age 33) was also tried and found guilty.

Before 1543 [his wife] Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 74) died.

Before 26 Mar 1543 [his son-in-law] George Ludlow (age 20) and [his daughter] Edith Windsor (age 29) were married.

On 30 Mar 1543 Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 76) died. On 30 Mar 1543 His son [his son] William Windsor 2nd Baron Windsor (age 44) succeeded 2nd Baron Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire. [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Sambourne Baroness Windsor (age 42) by marriage Baroness Windsor of Stanwell in Buckinghamshire.

Royal Descendants of Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor 1467-1543

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Diana Spencer Princess Wales