My Royal Descent

The following outline summarises several of my possible descents from British royalty (full details of each person are to be found in the file posted at Rootsweb)

I have also tried to indicate the points where some uncertainty exists (due to the paucity of the records) but also remembering that with any pedigree chart there must always be a degree of uncertainty about the male parent of any person listed!

Alternative 1:

Descent from KING EDWARD I of ENGLAND & ELEANOR of CASTILLE

Edward Plantagenet (1239-1307) Edward I, King of England

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Joan Plantagenet (1272-1307) (Joan of Acre)

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Elizabeth de Clare (1295-1360)

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Elizabeth  D'Amory (1318-?)

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Margaret Bardolf  ( ? -1345)

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John Wells (4th Lord Welles) (1334-1361)

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John Wells (5th Baron Welles) (1352-1421)

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Sir Eudo Wells (1387-1421)

NB there are alternative royal descents for Sir Eudo Welles (see below)

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Lionel Wells (6th Lord Welles) (1406-1461)

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Margaret Wells (1434-1480)

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Lionel Dymoke (1463-1519)

Lionel Dymoke is also a descendant of King Henry I of England (see alternative 5)

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Katherine or Ann Dymoke (1500-?)

The descent from Edward I to this point seems fairly well documented and seems to be a matter of historical record that is not in dispute.  The next two generations are where it gets tricky.

John Fulnetby Goodricke (1485- ?) is known to have married a daughter of  Sir Lionel Dymoke but there seems to be uncertainty as to her first name. According to the book "Plantagenet Ancestry" by Douglas Richardson, Lionel Dymoke had two daughters, Alice and Anne with the latter marrying John Goodricke.  Anne and John had three sons and two daughters, with one of the daughters Katherine becoming the wife of Thomas Palfreyman. (see p124) The book quotes a range of sources to support these claims.

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Katherine Goodricke (? -?)

Potential confusion arises here because Thomas Palfreyman may have been married twice, to two different women both named Katherine Dymoke! The Harlian Pedigrees refer to Thomas's first wife being a daughter of Ambrose Jermyn however further research revels that elsewhere in the Pedigrees it is shown that she is the daughter of John Fulnetby Goodrick and Katherine Dymoke.

His second wife is referred to as a sister of Edward Goodrick, who was Ambrose Jermyn's son in law. Katherine was the daughter of Lionel Goodrick and Dorothy Jermyn - Ambrose Jermyn's sister.  Lionel Dymoke was a son of John Fulnetby Goodricke in any case so the second Katherine Dymoke would have been a niece of Thomas PalfreymanŐs first wife.

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Anne Palfreyman (ca1560 – 1615)

A will is in existence of Anne Palfreyman the widow of Thomas Hutchinson of Louth. The will of Thomas Palfreyman refers to his son-in-law Thomas Hutchinson. Descent from this point seems reasonably well-established through the existence of wills and baptismal and marriage records – however there is always the possibility of confusion when people of the same name lived in the same general area.

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Bridget Hutchinson (1590-1653)

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Thomas Waldegrave (1625-1707)

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Daniel Waldegrave (1659-1732)

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Rebecca Waldegrave (1694-1764)

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Mary Allenby (1715-1783)

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Frances Richmond (1743- ?)

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Frances Thacker (1776-1841)

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Jane Copland (1815-1869)

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Betsy Featherby (1854-1913)

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William James Bond (1878-1942)

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Alexander Henry Bond (1905 – 1953)

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Brian Peter Bond (1950- )


The Wells and Dymoke families both have a range of links to royalty. Some of the various ways in which family members are descended from royalty are shown below.

 

Alternative 2 :

Royal Descent of Sir EUDO WELLS from KING EDWARD I of ENGLAND and MARGUERITE of FRANCE

Edward Plantagenet (1239-1307) Edward I, King of England

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Thomas of Brotherton (Earl of Norfolk) (1300-1338)

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Margaret Duchess of Norfolk (c1320-1399)

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Elizabeth de Segrave (1338-1375)

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Eleanor de Mowbray (1364-1426)

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Sir Eudo Welles (rest as for descent from Edward I and Eleanor of Castille as in alternative 1 above)

 

Alternative 3:

Royal descent of LIONEL WELLS from KING HENRY III Of England and ELEANOR of PROVENCE through their son EDMOND

Henry III King of England (1207-1272) and Eleanor of Provence

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Edmond Plantagenet (1245-1296)

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Henry Plantagenet (Earl of Lancaster) (1281-1345)

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Joan Plantagenet (1312-1349)

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Sir John de Mowbray (1340-1368)

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Eleanor de Mowbray (1364-1426)

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Sir Eudo Welles (descent from here is as given in alternative 1 above  from Edward I and Eleanor of Castille)

 

Alternative 4:

ROYAL DESCENT of LIONEL WELLS from KING JOHN of England and Clemence.

John, King of England (1166-1216)

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Joan, Lady of Wales (illegitimate) (? -1236)

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Gwladys (? - ?)

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Roger de Mortimer (1221-1282)

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Edmund de Mortimer (1252-1304)

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Roger de Mortimer (1287-1330)

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Catherine de Mortimer (1309-1369)

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Maud de Beauchamp (1335-1402)

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Katherine de Clifford (1358-1413)

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Maude Greystoke (1390- ?)

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Lionel Wells (1406-1461)

 

 (see alternative I  for the descent from Lionel Wells son of Eudo Wells and Maude Greystoke)

 

Alternative 5:

Royal descent of LIONEL DYMOKE from KING HENRY I of England

Henry I, King of England (1068-1135)

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Empress Matilda (1102-1167)

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Henry II , King of England (1133-1189)

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William "Longsword" Plantageent (1176-1226)

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Stephen Longspeer (1216-1224)

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Emmeline Longspeer (1252-1291)

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Julianne Fitzgerald (1249- ?)

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Maud de Clare (1279-1326)

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Idonea de Clifford (1300-1365)

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Isobel de Percy (1326 - ? )

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Elizabeth d'Aton (1360 - ? )

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Robert Conyers (1385-1433)

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Joanna Conyers (1410- ?)

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Sir Thomas Dymoke ( ? – 1470)

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Lionel Dymoke (1463-1519)

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Katherine? Ann? Dymoke (1500- ?)

See Alternative 1 for descent from Katherine or Ann Dymoke above

 

Alternative 6:

 ROYAL DESCENT of KATHERINE/ANN DYMOKE from KING HENRY I of England

Henry I, King of England (1068-1135)

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Empress Matilda (1102-1167)

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Henry II , King of England (1133-1189)

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William "Longsword" Plantageent (1176-1226)

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Stephen Longspeer (1216-1224)

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Emmeline Longspeer (1252-1291)

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Julianne Fitzgerald (1249- ?)

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Maud de Clare (1279-1326)

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Robert de Clifford (1305-1344)

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Roger de Clifford (1333-1389)

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Katherine de Clifford (1358-1413)

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Maud Greystoke (1390 - ?)

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Lionel Wells (1406-1461)

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Margaret Wells (1434-1480)

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Lionel Dymoke (1463-1519)

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Katherine? Ann? Dymoke

See Alternative 1 for descent from Katherine/Ann Dymoke above

 

Alternative 7:

Royal descent of KATHERINE/ANN DYMOKE from KING HENRY I of England

Henry I, King of England (1068-1135)

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Empress Matilda (1102-1167)

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Henry II , King of England (1133-1189)

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William "Longsword" Plantageent (1176-1226)

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Stephen Longspeer (1216-1224)

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Emmeline Longspeer (1252-1291)

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Julianne Fitzgerald (1249- ?)

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Margaret de Clare (1280-1333)

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Margery de Badlesmere (1306-1363)

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Maud de Ros (1328-1388)

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John Wells (1352-1421)

(See Alternative 1 for descent from John Wells)

 

 

If the descent from King Edward I is accepted then it also follows that my ancestry would also include the following famous people (among others) :-

Henry III, King of England (1207-1272)

King John of England (1166-1216) (signed the Magna Carta, although reluctantly!)

Henry II (King of England)

Empress Matilda

Henry I, (King of England)

Stephen, King of England

William I, King of England (William the Conqueror)

St Margaret, Queen of Scotland

Robert II (King of France)

Emperor Charlemagne (Charles the Great)

St Louis IX (King of France and grandfather of Marguerite of France, the wife of King Edward I)