Biography of John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough -1642
Paternal Family Tree: Mordaunt
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath 1509-1561
John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough was born to Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt and Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt.
On 10 Dec 1589 [his grandfather] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 45) died. His son [his uncle] William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton succeeded 2nd Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.
On 16 Jun 1601 [his grandfather] Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt (age 62) died at Drayton, Northamptonshire [Map]. His son [his father] Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt (age 34) succeeded 4th Baron Mordaunt.
He was buried at All Saints Church, Turvey [Map] where he has a black-painted alabaster pall and black marble slab. The Mordaunt crest appears to have changed to an African woman.
Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt: In 1567 he was born to Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt. Before 1608 Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt and Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt were married. She by marriage Baroness Mordaunt. She the daughter of Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset. In 1608 Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt died. His son John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough succeeded 5th Baron Mordaunt.
In 1608 [his father] Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt (age 41) died. His son John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough succeeded 5th Baron Mordaunt.
On 22 Sep 1618 [his grandmother] Anne Spencer Countess Dorset died.
Before 1621 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 17) were married.
On 15 Nov 1621 [his son] Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough was born to John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 18).
On 18 Jun 1626 [his son] John Mordaunt 1st Viscount Mordaunt was born to John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 23) at Lowick, Northamptonshire.
On 09 Mar 1628 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough was created 1st Earl Peterborough. [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 25) by marriage Countess Peterborough.
From 1639 to 1643 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough lived at 3 Great Piazza Covent Garden.
On 18 Jun 1642 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough died. His son [his son] Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough (age 20) succeeded 2nd Earl Peterborough, 6th Baron Mordaunt.
In 1671 [his former wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 68) died.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Mordaunt Baroness Howard was born to John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough.
[his daughter] Sophia Mordaunt was born to John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 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 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
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Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Mordaunt
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Mordaunt
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Peake
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Latimer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Edith Latimer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Hody
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Vere 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Baroness Mordaunt
GrandFather: Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzlewis
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzlewis
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ellen Fitzlewis
John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Compton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Compton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Aylworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Aylworth
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Compton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton 10th Lord Brereton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Brereton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Werburga Brereton
GrandFather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham 
Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham 
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Walden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Walden
Mother: Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Empson
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Graunt
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knightley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susan Knightley
GrandMother: Anne Spencer Countess Dorset
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Kitson
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath