Biography of William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington 1678-1743
Paternal Family Tree: Widdrington
On 17 Aug 1648 John Hay 1st Marquess Teviotdale (age 23) for the Royalist army at Walton en le Dale, Preston during the Battle of Preston.
Brothers William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington, [his brother] Charles Widdrington and [his brother] Peregrine Widdrington were captured and attainted. Baron Widdrington of Blankney in Lincolnshire forfeit.
In 1715 William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington (age 37) took part in the Jacobite Rising, and with two of his brothers, [his brother] Charles Widdrington and [his brother] Peregrine Widdrington, was taken prisoner after the Battle of Preston. He was convicted of high treason and condemned to death, and his title Baron Widdrington of Blankney in Lincolnshire and estates were forfeit. He was reprieved after an intervention by his wife, [his future wife] Catherine Graham.
In Dec 1675 [his grandfather] William Widdrington 2nd Baron Widdrington died. His son [his father] William Widdrington 3rd Baron Widdrington (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baron Widdrington of Blankney in Lincolnshire.
On 16 Jan 1677 [his father] William Widdrington 3rd Baron Widdrington (age 21) and [his mother] Alathea Fairfax Baroness Widdrington were married. She by marriage Baroness Widdrington of Blankney in Lincolnshire.
In 1678 William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington was born to William Widdrington 3rd Baron Widdrington (age 22) and Alathea Fairfax Baroness Widdrington.
Before 26 Feb 1694 [his mother] Alathea Fairfax Baroness Widdrington died.
In 1695 [his father] William Widdrington 3rd Baron Widdrington (age 39) died. His son William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington (age 17) succeeded 4th Baron Widdrington of Blankney in Lincolnshire.
In 1700 William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington (age 22) and Jane Tempest were married.
In 1718 William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington (age 40) and Catherine Graham were married. They were third cousins.
On 19 Apr 1743 William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington (age 65) died.
Henry Chaplin A Memoir: Youth I. The demesne of Blankney had been the property of the Deincourts since the Conquest, until in the fifteenth century it passed through the marriage of an heiress [Alice Deincourt 6th Baroness Deincourt, Baroness Lovel and Sudeley] to the Lovels of Tichmarsh. All the estates of the house of Lovel were, however, confiscated to the Crown by Henry Vll., after the battle of Stoke-on-Trent, when Lord Lovel himself only escaped by swimming his horse across the river. Blankney was bought by the Thorolds, who did much to embellish the house with the fine carved panelling of the period. But in the reign of Charles I., through a marriage with the Thorold heiress [Mary Thorold], it passed into the hands of Sir William Widdrington, who was created Baron Widdrington of Blankney in 1643. Lord Widdrington's great grandson [William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington] had the indiscretion to take part in the rebellion of 1715; he was taken prisoner at Preston and convicted of high treason, and though his life was spared his estates were confiscated in the following year.
The 1717 Indemnity Act freed a large number of prisoners including hundreds of Jacobite supporters of which some two hundred had been captured at the 1715 Battle of Preston. The Act didn't under attainders or restore lands. Those released included:
William Murray 2nd Lord Nairne.
Robert Dalzell 5th Earl of Carnwath 1687-1737.
William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington.
There were exemptions including:
Matthew Prior Poet 1664-1721.
Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt.
Thomas Harley of Kinsham Court 1667-1738.
All members of the Clan McGregor including Rob Roy MacGregor.
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Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Widdrington of Widdrington Castle, Northumberland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Widdrington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Widdrington of Widdington in Northumberland
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Widdrington 1st Baron Widdrington
GrandFather: William Widdrington 2nd Baron Widdrington 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Thorold
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Thorold
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Sutton 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Thorold 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Tyrwhitt 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Tyrwhitt 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Oxenbridge
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Thorold 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Father: William Widdrington 3rd Baron Widdrington 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
William Widdrington 4th Baron Widdrington 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fairfax 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Palmes 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax 1st Viscount Fairfax 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Brian Stapleton of Burton Joyce in Nottinghamshire 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Stapleton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Ros 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax 2nd Viscount Fairfax 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Constable 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Constable 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Constable 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Charles Fairfax 5th Viscount Fairfax 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Howard 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Howard 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dacre 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alathea Howard Viscountess Fairfax 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Caryll
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Caryll
Mother: Alathea Fairfax Baroness Widdrington 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Yate 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Yate 2nd Baronet
GrandMother: Abigail Yate