Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln 1600-1667

Paternal Family Tree: Clinton

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Stumpe

Around 1584 [his father] Thomas Clinton 3rd Earl Lincoln [aged 13] and [his mother] Elizabeth Knyvet Countess Lincoln [aged 6] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln [aged 42] and [his grandmother] Catherine Hastings Countess Lincoln [aged 41]. They were half sixth cousins.

Around 1600 Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln was born to Thomas Clinton 3rd Earl Lincoln [aged 29] and Elizabeth Knyvet Countess Lincoln [aged 22].

Around 1616 Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln [aged 16] educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.

On 29th September 1616 [his grandfather] Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln [aged 75] died at Sempringham. His son [his father] Thomas [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Earl Lincoln, 11th Baron Clinton. [his mother] Elizabeth Knyvet Countess Lincoln [aged 38] by marriage Countess Lincoln.

On 15th January 1619 [his father] Thomas Clinton 3rd Earl Lincoln [aged 48] died at Tattershall Castle [Map]. His son Theophilus [aged 19] succeeded 4th Earl Lincoln, 12th Baron Clinton.

In 1622 Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln [aged 22] and Bridget Fiennes Countess Lincoln were married. She by marriage Countess Lincoln. He the son of Thomas Clinton 3rd Earl Lincoln and Elizabeth Knyvet Countess Lincoln [aged 44].

In 1624 [his son] Edward Clinton was born to Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln [aged 24] and [his wife] Bridget Fiennes Countess Lincoln. He married before 1652 Anne Holles, daughter of John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare and Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare, and had issue.

On 11th May 1638 [his mother] Elizabeth Knyvet Countess Lincoln [aged 60] died at Charlton-All-Saints, Wiltshire [Map].

On 30th November 1639 [his son-in-law] George Booth 1st Baron Delamer [aged 16] and Catherine Clinton were married. She the daughter of Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln [aged 39] and Bridget Fiennes Countess Lincoln.

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In 1643 [his daughter] Catherine Clinton died.

Before 1652 Edward Clinton [aged 27] and Anne Holles were married. She the daughter of John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare [aged 56] and Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare. He the son of Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln [aged 51] and Bridget Fiennes Countess Lincoln.

In 1657 [his son] Edward Clinton [aged 33] died.

In 1667 [his daughter] Arabella Clinton died.

Before 21st May 1667 Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln [aged 67] and Elizabeth Gorges Countess Lincoln were married. She by marriage Countess Lincoln. He the son of Thomas Clinton 3rd Earl Lincoln and Elizabeth Knyvet Countess Lincoln. They were first cousins.

On 21st May 1667 Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln [aged 67] died. His grandson Edward succeeded 5th Earl Lincoln, 13th Baron Clinton.

In 1675 [his former wife] Elizabeth Gorges Countess Lincoln died.

[his daughter] Arabella Clinton was born to Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln and Bridget Fiennes Countess Lincoln. She married Robert Rolle and had issue.

[his daughter] Catherine Clinton was born to Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln and Bridget Fiennes Countess Lincoln. She married 30th November 1639 George Booth 1st Baron Delamer and had issue.

[his daughter] Margaret Clinton was born to Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln and Bridget Fiennes Countess Lincoln. She married Hugh Boscawen and had issue.

Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln 1600-1667 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln 1600-1667

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 Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 14 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln 1600-1667

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clinton 6th Baron Clinton 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Clinton 7th Baron Clinton 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Baroness Clinton 10 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Clinton 8th Baron Clinton 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Morgan of Tredegar 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morgan Baroness Clinton 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Vaughan

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Poynings 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Poynings 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Paston

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Poynings Baroness Clinton 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Grandfather: Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stourton 2nd Baron Stourton 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Stourton 6th Baron Stourton 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Chideock 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Stourton 7th Baron Stourton 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ursula Stourton Baroness Clinton 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dudley 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Dudley 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bramshott

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dudley Baroness Stourton 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Windsor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Windsor

father: Thomas Clinton 3rd Earl Lincoln 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 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 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 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

Grandmother: Catherine Hastings Countess Lincoln 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Pole

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith St John 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George York 1st Duke of Clarence 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fenne Baroness Bergavenny

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Neville Baroness Montagu 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fitzalan 10th or 17th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Woodville Countess Arundel 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Knyvet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Knyvet 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Grey 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Pickering

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Pickering 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Lascelles 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lewknor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Lewknor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Tuchet 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Echingham Baroness Audley Heighley 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

mother: Elizabeth Knyvet Countess Lincoln 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe