Paternal Family Tree: Molesworth
On 19th September 1699 [his father] John Molesworth 3rd Baronet [aged 31] and [his mother] Jane Arscott Lady Molesworth [aged 21] were married.
On or before 28th February 1705, the date he was baptised, John Molesworth 4th Baronet was born to John Molesworth 3rd Baronet [aged 36] and Jane Arscott Lady Molesworth [aged 26].
Around 15th October 1716 [his grandfather] John Molesworth 2nd Baronet [aged 81] died. He was buried on 18th October 1716 at Egloshayle Church [Map]. His son [his father] John [aged 48] succeeded 3rd Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall. [his mother] Jane Arscott Lady Molesworth [aged 38] by marriage Lady Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall.
Around 3rd May 1719 [his mother] Jane Arscott Lady Molesworth [aged 40] died.
Around 17th June 1723 [his father] John Molesworth 3rd Baronet [aged 54] died. He was buried at Egloshayle Church [Map] on 20th June 1723. His son John [aged 18] succeeded 4th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall.
Egloshayle Church [Map]. Monument to [his father] John Molesworth 3rd Baronet and [his mother] Jane Arscott Lady Molesworth, and their children commissioned by John Molesworth 4th Baronet [aged 18], and to John's wife Barbara Morice Lady Molesworth. Aedicule. Putti. Sarcophagus.
John Molesworth 3rd Baronet: On or before 23rd June 1668 he was born to John Molesworth 2nd Baronet and Margery Wise. He was baptised on 23rd June 1668 at Pencarrow House, Cornwall. On 19th September 1699 John Molesworth 3rd Baronet and Jane Arscott Lady Molesworth were married. Around 15th October 1716 John Molesworth 2nd Baronet died. He was buried on 18th October 1716 at Egloshayle Church [Map]. His son John succeeded 3rd Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall. Jane Arscott Lady Molesworth by marriage Lady Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall. Around 17th June 1723 John Molesworth 3rd Baronet died. He was buried at Egloshayle Church [Map] on 20th June 1723. His son John succeeded 4th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall.
Jane Arscott Lady Molesworth: Before 19th June 1678 she was born to John Arscott of Tetcott in Devon. She baptised on the 19th of June 1678 at Tetcott, Devon, England. Around 3rd May 1719 she died.
Barbara Morice Lady Molesworth: she was born to Nicholas Morice 2nd Baronet and Catherine Herbert Lady Morice. In 1728 John Molesworth 4th Baronet and Barbara Morice were married. On 17th May 1755 Barbara Morice Lady Molesworth died.
In 1728 John Molesworth 4th Baronet [aged 22] and Barbara Morice were married.
On 12th March 1729 [his son] John Molesworth 5th Baronet was born to John Molesworth 4th Baronet [aged 24] and [his wife] Barbara Morice Lady Molesworth. He was baptised at Egloshayle Church [Map]. He married (1) 28th September 1755 Frances Smyth and had issue (2) 22nd July 1762 his first cousin Barbara St Aubyn Lady Molesworth, daughter of John St Aubyn 3rd Baronet and Catherine Morice Lady St Aubyn, and had issue.
On 19th October 1732 [his son] William Molesworth was born to John Molesworth 4th Baronet [aged 27] and [his wife] Barbara Morice Lady Molesworth.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1734 John Molesworth 4th Baronet [aged 28] was elected MP Newport which seat he held until 1741.
On 12th December 1744 John Molesworth 4th Baronet [aged 39] was elected MP Cornwall which seat he held until 1761.
On 17th May 1755 [his wife] Barbara Morice Lady Molesworth died.
On 28th September 1755 [his son] John Molesworth 5th Baronet [aged 26] and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Smyth were married.
On 9th February 1762 [his son] William Molesworth [aged 29] died.
On 22nd July 1762 [his son] John Molesworth 5th Baronet [aged 33] and [his daughter-in-law] Barbara St Aubyn [aged 32] were married. They were first cousins.
On 4th April 1766 John Molesworth 4th Baronet [aged 61] died. He was buried at Egloshayle Church [Map] on 14th April 1766. His son John [aged 37] succeeded 5th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall. Barbara St Aubyn Lady Molesworth [aged 36] by marriage Lady Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hender Molesworth
Grandfather: John Molesworth 2nd Baronet
father: John Molesworth 3rd Baronet
Grandmother: Margery Wise
Grandfather: John Arscott of Tetcott in Devon
mother: Jane Arscott Lady Molesworth