Biography of John Seymour 1474-1536
Paternal Family Tree: Seymour
In or before 1468 [his father] John Seymour (age 18) and [his mother] Elizabeth Darell (age 13) were married.
Around 1474 John Seymour was born to John Seymour (age 24) and Elizabeth Darell (age 20) at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map].
Around 1480 [his mother] Elizabeth Darell (age 26) died.
After 1480 [his father] John Seymour (age 30) and Unknown Hardon were married.
On 26 Oct 1491 [his father] John Seymour (age 41) died.
On 22 Oct 1494 John Seymour (age 20) and Margery Wentworth were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1498 [his son] John Seymour was born to John Seymour (age 24).
On 1498 John Seymour (age 24) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1500 [his son] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset was born to John Seymour (age 26) and [his wife] Margery Wentworth.
In 1503 [his son] Henry Seymour was born to John Seymour (age 29) and [his wife] Margery Wentworth.
Before 04 Dec 1506 Roger Darcy (age 28) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Wentworth Countess Bath (age 36) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1508 [his son] Thomas Seymour 1st Baron Seymour was born to John Seymour (age 34) and [his wife] Margery Wentworth at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map].
Around 1509 [his daughter] Jane Seymour was born to John Seymour (age 35) and [his wife] Margery Wentworth at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map].
After 04 Aug 1509 Vice-Admiral Thomas Wyndham (age 43) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Wentworth Countess Bath (age 39) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
After 1510 [his son] John Seymour was born to John Seymour (age 36) and [his wife] Margery Wentworth.
On or before 15 Jul 1510 [his son] John Seymour was born to John Seymour (age 36) and [his wife] Margery Wentworth. On 15 Jul 1510 John Seymour died.
Around 1516 [his daughter] Dorothy Seymour was born to John Seymour (age 42) and [his wife] Margery Wentworth.
Around 1518 [his daughter] Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham was born to John Seymour (age 44) and [his wife] Margery Wentworth at Wulf aka Wolf Hall, Wiltshire [Map].
After 30 Oct 1524 John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 54) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Wentworth Countess Bath (age 54) were married. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1527 [his son] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Filliol (age 20) were married.
Around 1531 [his son-in-law] Anthony Ughtred (age 53) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham (age 13) were married. The difference in their ages was 40 years.
In 1532 John Seymour (age 58) was appointed Groom of the Bedchamber.
In Apr 1536 [his son] Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 36) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 39) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Hall's Chronicle 1536. 30 May 1536. The week before Whitsuntide the [his son-in-law] King (age 44) married [his daughter] lady Jane (age 27) daughter to the right worshipful Sir John Seymor (age 62) knight, which at Whitsuntide was openly showed as Queen.
On 30 May 1536 [his son-in-law] Henry VIII (age 44) and [his daughter] Jane Seymour (age 27) were married at Whitehall Palace [Map] by Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester (age 53). She by marriage Queen Consort England. He the son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England.
Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland (age 41) and Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin (age 36) were appointed Lady in Waiting to Queen Jane Seymour.
On 09 Jul 1536 John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 65) was created 1st Earl Bath. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Wentworth Countess Bath (age 66) by marriage Countess Bath.
After 21 Dec 1536. All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley [Map]. Monument to John Seymour (deceased). Seymour Arms differenced with a Crescent impaled with unknown arms quartered 1 Argent a fess between 3 martlets Gules in chief three fox heads erased 2 per pale Azure three fleur de lys Or 3 Or three talbots courant 4 Or a chevrom Limine between 3 stags heads caboshed. The note below states... The above tablet (a copy of the original in Great Bedwyn [Map]) is placed here by Algernon 15th Duke of Somerset (age 53) Sep 1899.
[his son] Anthony Seymour was born to John Seymour and Margery Wentworth.
[his daughter] Margery Seymour was born to John Seymour and Margery Wentworth.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Seymour
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Seymour 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cicely Beauchamp 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Seymour 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Seymour 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Esturney
GrandFather: John Seymour 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Williams
Father: John Seymour 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Coker
John Seymour 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Darell
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Darell
GrandFather: George Darell of Littlecote
Mother: Elizabeth Darell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stourton 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stourton 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Stourton 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stourton 1st Baron Stourton 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandMother: Margaret Stourtron 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England