Paternal Family Tree: Byron
Richard Byron 2nd Baron Byron and Elizabeth Booth were married.
In 1606 Richard Byron 2nd Baron Byron was born to John Byron [aged 29].
On 28th September 1623 [his father] John Byron [aged 46] died at Newstead, Nottinghamshire.
After 1629 [his brother] John Byron 1st Baron Byron [aged 30] and [his sister-in-law] Cecily West were married.
In 1636 [his son] William Byron 3rd Baron Byron was born to Richard Byron 2nd Baron Byron [aged 30] and Elizabeth Booth [aged 21]. He married 1660 Elizabeth Chaworth Baroness Byron, daughter of John Chaworth 2nd Viscount Chaworth and Elizabeth Noel Viscountess Chaworth, and had issue.
On 23rd October 1642 the Battle of Edge Hill was fought at Edge Hill [Map]. The Royal army was commanded by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 41] (with his son King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 12] present), Prince Rupert Palatinate Simmern 1st Duke Cumberland [aged 22] and Richard Spencer [aged 49] commanded the army that included Maurice Palatinate Simmern [aged 21], Richard Byron 2nd Baron Byron [aged 36], Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland [aged 32], Charles Cavendish [aged 22], Henry Newton aka Puckering 3rd Baronet [aged 24], Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton [aged 41], Thomas Salusbury 2nd Baronet [aged 30], [his brother] John Byron 1st Baron Byron [aged 43] and William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh [aged 55].
George Stewart 9th Seigneur D'Aubigny [aged 24] was killed.
Of the Parliamentary army Basil Feilding 2nd Earl Denbigh [aged 34] and Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex [aged 51]. Oliver St John 5th Baron St John [aged 39] was wounded.
Samuel Sandes [aged 27] commanded a troop of horse.
Richard Sandes [aged 26] was killed.
Thomas Strickland [aged 20] was knighted on the field for his gallantry.
Henry Hunloke 1st Baronet [aged 24] was knighted by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.
William Dugdale [aged 37] witnessed the battle and subsequently surveyed the battlefield.
John Hinton [aged 38] was present.
Edward Verney [aged 52] was killed.
John Assheton [aged 29] was killed.
Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey [aged 59] was killed. His son Montagu [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Earl Lindsey, 15th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
William Pennyman 1st Baronet [aged 35] commanded a regiment, of which he served as Colonel, which he led for the King.
Edward Stradling 2nd Baronet [aged 42] fought for the King, was captured imprisoned for seven months, and died a month after his release.
After 23rd October 1642 Richard Byron 2nd Baron Byron [aged 36] was knighted.
On 20th September 1643 the First Battle of Newbury was fought at Newbury, Berkshire [Map] with King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 42] commanding the Royalist army and Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex [aged 52] commanding the victorious Parliamentary army. For King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland John Byron 1st Baron Byron [aged 44] fought with distinction.
Henry Bertie was killed.
Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 33] was killed. His son Charles [aged 10] succeeded 2nd Earl Carnarvon, 3rd Baron Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire, 3rd Baronet Dormer of Wyng in Buckinghamshire.
William Villiers 2nd Viscount Grandison [aged 29] was killed. His brother John succeeded 3rd Viscount Grandison.
Edward Villiers [aged 23] fought.
Lucius Carey 2nd Viscount Falkland [aged 33] was killed. His son Lucius [aged 11] succeeded 3rd Viscount Falkland.
Richard Neville [aged 28] served under the Earl Carnarvon. Carnarvon was killed and Neville took up the command as a Colonel of Horse.
Major General Charles Fleetwood [aged 25] was wounded.
On 24th October 1643 [his brother] John Byron 1st Baron Byron [aged 44] was created 1st Baron Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire.
In 1644 [his brother] John Byron 1st Baron Byron [aged 45] and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Needham Baroness Byron [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Baroness Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire. The difference in their ages was 28 years.
On 23rd August 1652 John Byron 1st Baron Byron [aged 53] died at Paris [Map]. His brother Richard [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Baron Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire.
John Evelyn's Diary. 15th August 1654. We passed next through Sherwood Forest, accounted the most extensive in England. Then, Paplewick, an incomparable vista with the pretty castle near it. Thence, we saw Newstead Abbey [Map], belonging to the Lord Byron [aged 48], situated much like Fontainebleau in France, capable of being made a noble seat, accommodated as it is with brave woods and streams; it has yet remaining the front of a glorious abbey church. Next, by Mansfield town; then Welbeck [Map], the house of the Marquis of Newcastle [aged 61], seated in a bottom in a park, and environed with woods, a noble yet melancholy seat. The palace is a handsome and stately building. Next to Worksop Abbey [Map], almost demolished; the church has a double flat tower entire, and a pretty gate. The manor belongs to the Earl of Arundel [aged 27], and has to it a fair house at the foot of a hill in a park that affords a delicate prospect. Tickel, a town and castle, has a very noble prospect. All these in Nottinghamshire.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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In 1660 [his son] William Byron 3rd Baron Byron [aged 24] and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Chaworth Baroness Byron [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Baroness Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire.
On 4th October 1679 Richard Byron 2nd Baron Byron [aged 73] died at Rochdale, Lancashire. His son William [aged 43] succeeded 3rd Baron Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Byron 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Byron
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Byron
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Byron
Grandfather: John Byron
father: John Byron