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Biography of Henry Cavendish 1550-1616
Paternal Family Tree: Cavendish
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Vaux 1465
In 1524 [his father] William Cavendish (age 19) and Margaret Bostock (age 16) were married.
In 1542 [his father] William Cavendish (age 37) and Elizabeth Parker were married.
In 1543 Robert Barlow aka Barley (age 14) and [his mother] Bess of Hardwick (age 16) were married.
On 20 Aug 1547 [his father] William Cavendish (age 42) and [his mother] Bess of Hardwick (age 20) were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 17 Dec 1550 Henry Cavendish was born to William Cavendish (age 45) and Bess of Hardwick (age 23).
Around 27 Aug 1559 [his step-father] William St Lo (age 41) and [his mother] Bess of Hardwick (age 32) were married.
On 06 Feb 1568 [his future brother-in-law] Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 15) and [his sister] Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 12) were married. She the daughter of [his father] William Cavendish and [his mother] Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 41). He the son of [his step-father] George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40) and Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford.
Three days later on Gilbert and Mary would become step-siblings when their father and mother respectively George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and Bess of Hardwick were married. She by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford. It is likely the latter marriage a condition of the former. He the son of Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Dacre. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 09 Feb 1568 Henry Cavendish (age 17) and Grace Talbot (age 18) were married. The marriage, unhappy, produced no issue. She being the daughter of his step-father George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40). She the daughter of George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. He the son of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 41).
In 1572, 1584, 1586, 1589 and 1593 Henry Cavendish (age 21) was elected MP Derbyshire.
In 1589 Henry Cavendish (age 38) travelled to Constantinople aka Istanbul, Turkey via Venice [Map]; the latter described as 'a most foul stinking sink'.
On 13 Feb 1608 [his mother] Bess of Hardwick (age 81) died. She was buried in All Saints Church, Derby [Map]. Her monument, which she had constructed before her death, was designed by Robert Smythson (age 38). She left nothing in her will for her 'bad son' Henry Cavendish (age 57). He did, however, inherit Chatsworth House [Map] which he subsequently sold in 1609 to his brother [his brother] William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire (age 55) for £10,000.
The date of her funeral somewhat complicated. Rawsons 1910 book "Bess of Hardwick and her Circle" quotes Simpson's National Records of Derby for 1608: "The old Countess of Shrewsbury died about Candlemas this year, whose funeral was about Holy Thursday. A great frost this year. The witches of Bakewell hanged." Holy Thursday, the Feast of the Ascension, is thirty-nine days after Easter. Easter in 1608 was on the 6th of April, putting Holy Thursday on the 15th of May.
Ethel Carleton Williams "Bess of Hardwick", 1959, has a note: "9. The date of Bess of Hardwick's funeral is uncertain. The date on the coffin plate is said to be February 1608 (Cox and Hope, Chronicles of the Collegiate Church of All Saints, Derby), but on 31 March 1608 Gilbert Talbot wrote to Robert Cecil, excusing himself for not attending St George's Feast on the ground that his mother-in-law's funeral was to be on St George's Day (23 April). Later, on 3rd of April, the Earl of Arundel wrote to Gilbert (his father-in-law), 'the funeral at Derby is appointed to be either on the fourth or fifth of May, which Garter yet knoweth not, but rather thinketh on the fourth because the other is a holy day'".
Neither of which provide a definite answer. The former being around the 15th of May, the latter 'rather thinketh' the 4th of May. Are there any other contemporary sources available?
On 14 Oct 1610 [his illegitimate son] Henry Cavendish of Doveridge and [his daughter-in-law] Bridget Willoughby were married.
On 03 Mar 1626 [his brother] William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire (age 73) died. His son William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire (age 36) succeeded 2nd Earl Devonshire, 2nd Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire by marriage Countess Devonshire. On 12 Oct 1616 Henry Cavendish died. Both were buried at St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
The monument was behind the altar in the original church but moved to a separate chapel in the new church.
Monument formed two bodies under a low four-poster with black Ionic columns and black covering slab. The monument has been attributed to Maximilian Colt (age 51).
Extremely grand architecture above the two martial flanking figures, then arches with, on the left armour, and on the right purple, coronet, and sword hung up, and in the middle an angel holding the black inscription tablet and blowing a trumpet. The whole is surmounted by a big broken pediment.
Henry appears as a skeleton on a straw mat.
William in his shroud with his face exposed.
[his son] Augustin Cavendish was born to Henry Cavendish.
[his illegitimate son] Henry Cavendish of Doveridge was born illegitimately to Henry Cavendish.
[his illegitimate daughter] Anne Cavendish was born illegitimately to Henry Cavendish.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cavendish
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cavendish
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Odingsells
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Clopton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Clopton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ivetta Grey
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Staventon
GrandFather: Thomas Cavendish 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Scudamore
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Scudamore 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gruffudd Fychan II Mathrafal
Great x 3 Grandfather: Owain ap Gruffudd "Glyndŵr" Mathrafal Prince Powys 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elen 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alys Mathrafal 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Hamner
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Hamner
Father: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Carrington Smith
GrandMother: Alice Smith
Henry Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Harwick
GrandFather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Pinchbeck
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pinchbeck 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Green
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Green 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Talbot 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Greene 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary aka Marina Bellers
Mother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Leeke
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Leeke of Cotham
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Leeke of Lakeford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Leeke of Hasland
GrandMother: Elizabeth Leeke
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vaux
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Vaux
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Vaux of Harrowden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Vaux