Paternal Family Tree: Compton
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William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton was born to Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Frances Hastings Baroness Compton.
In 1572 [his father] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.
Before 1574 [his father] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton [aged 29] and [his mother] Frances Hastings Baroness Compton [aged 40] were married. She by marriage Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon and [his grandmother] Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon [aged 62]. He the son of Peter Compton and Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke [aged 50]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1574 [his mother] Frances Hastings Baroness Compton [aged 41] died.
After 10th November 1581 [his father] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton [aged 37] and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married. She by marriage Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. He the son of [his grandfather] Peter Compton and [his grandmother] Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke [aged 58].
On 10th December 1589 [his father] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton [aged 45] died. His son William succeeded 2nd Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.
Around 1590. Unknown Painter. Miniature Portrait of William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton.
In 1599 William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.
In March 1599 [his father-in-law] John Spencer was imprisoned ostensibly for having mis-treated his daughter albeit the accuser was William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton who was trying to marry the said daughter much to William's disapproval at Fleet Prison [Map].
In May 1601 [his son] Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton was born to William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton and [his wife] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton [aged 25]. He married before 19th August 1622 Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton and had issue.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 18th May 1616. Upon the 18th being Saturday in the morning my Lord [aged 27] and I having much talk about these businesses, we agreed that Mr Marsh should go presently down to my Mother and that by him I should write a letter to persuade her to give over her jointure presently to my Lord and that he would give her yearly as much as it was worth.
This day my Lord went from Knole to London.1
Note 1. N.B—my Lord was at London when my mother died but he went to Lewes before he heard of her death.
Upon the 20th went my Child to W. Horsley with Mary Neville and Mr Bathurst from London. Mary Hicken was with her, for still she lain in bed with Lady Margaret.
Upon the 24th being Friday between the hours of 6 and 9 at night died my dear Mother at Broome [Map] in the same chamber where my Father was born, 13 years and 2 months after the death of Queen Elizabeth and 10 years and 7 months after the death of my Father, I being 26 years old and 5 months and the Child 2 years old wanting a month.
At this great meeting at Lewes my Lord Compton (Note: afterwards 1st Earl of Northampton), my [his former brother-in-law] Lord Merdaunt (Note: married Lord Compton's [his half-sister] sister), Tom Neville, John Herbert and all that Crew with Wat. Raleigh [aged 62], Jack Laurie, and a multitude of such company were there.
There was much Bull Baiting, Bowling, Cards and Dice, with suchlike sports to entertain the time.
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In 1618 William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton was created 1st Earl of Northampton. [his wife] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton [aged 42] by marriage Countess of Northampton.
In 1622 [his son-in-law] Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde [aged 18] and Anne Compton Lady Rushout were married. She the daughter of William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton [aged 46]. He the son of Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans [aged 50] and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex [aged 55].
Before 19th August 1622 Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton [aged 21] and Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton [aged 18] were married. He the son of William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton [aged 47].
In 1628 William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton was appointed 427th Knight of the Garter by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 27].
On 24th June 1630 William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton died. His son Spencer [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Earl of Northampton, 3rd Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. Mary Beaumont Countess of Northampton [aged 26] by marriage Countess of Northampton.
On 8th May 1632 [his former wife] Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton [aged 56] died.
[his daughter] Anne Compton Lady Rushout was born to William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth Spencer Countess Northampton. She married 1622 Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde, son of Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Compton 
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Compton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Aylworth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Aylworth
Grandfather: Peter Compton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brereton 10th Lord Brereton
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Brereton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Werburga Brereton
father: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury 
3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 
3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford 
3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford 
Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Walden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Walden
William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Leonard Hastings 
5 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Camoys 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns 
6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
mother: Frances Hastings Baroness Compton 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Pole 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Pole
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John 
17 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Edith St John 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York 
Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George York 1st Duke of Clarence 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Fenn
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fenne Baroness Bergavenny
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Neville Baroness Montagu 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel 
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Neville Countess Arundel 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England