Child of Wilhelm and unknown
W2......Wehha dob unknown

Children of Cynric and unknown
C2......Ceawlin b 547 Wessex d 591
C3......Cutha dob unknown d 584

GENERATION 1

Child of Wehha and unknown
W3......Uffa dob unknown d 578

Note: Ceawlin was deposed as King of Wessex in 591 when the Anglo Saxon Chronicle records: "Here there was great slaughter at Woden's Barrow, and Ceawlin was driven out."

Children of Ceawlin and unknown
C4......Cuthwine b 564 d 635
C5......Cutha dob unknown

GENERATION 2

Note: Uffa was king from 571 to 578 and his name was the basis for the family surname - Wuffinga

Child of Uffa and unknown
W4......Tytila dob unknown d 599

Children of Cuthwine and unknown
C5......Cynebald b 585
C6......Cedda b 590
C7......Cutha Cathwulf b 592 d 679

GENERATION 3

Note: Tytila was king of the East Angles from 578 to 599

Child of Tytila and unknown
W5......Raedwald b abt 570 d abt 624
Note: This was the Raedwald buried at Sutton Hoo
W6......Eni dob unknown

Child of Cutha and unknown
C8......Ceolwald b 622 d 713

GENERATION 4

Note: Redwald was king of the East Angles from 600 to 624.
From abt 616 he became the most powerful of the English rulers south of the River Humber, and by military action installed a Northumbrian ruler acquiescent to his authority. He was the first East Anglian ruler to receive Christian teaching and baptism (from the Canterbury mission), and helped to ensure its survival during the apostasy of Essex and Kent.

Children of Raedwald and unknown
W7......Raegenhere (male) dob unknown
W8......Eorpwald dob unknown
Note: Eorpwald was king of the East Angles from 624 to 627

Note: Child of Eni and unknown
W9......Anna (male) dob unknown d abt 653

GENERATION 5

Note: Anna was king of the East Angles from 641 to 653

Child of Eni and Saewara
W10......Seaxburh dob unknown
W11......Etheldreda b 631 Exning, Newmarket d Jun 679 of plague m (a) Tondberct (King of the South Gyrvians) bef 655 (b) Ecgfrid (King of Northumbria) 680
Note: Etheldreda became Abbess of Ely
W12......Aedelburh dob unknown
W13......Withburh dob unknown
W14......Eormen dob unknown

Children of Cenred and unknown
C10......Ine dob unknown
C11......Ingild b abt 680 d 718
C12......Cwenburgh dob unknown
C13......Cuthburh dob unknown m Ealdfrid Sub-king in Deira

GENERATION 6

Children of Earcobeorht and Saexburgh
W15......Ecgbeorht b abt 641 d 673
W16......Hlothhere dob unknown d 6 Feb 685
Note: Hlothhere succeeded his brother Ecgbeorht I in 673. He must have come into conflict with Mercia, since in 676 the Mercian king ®thelred invaded Kent and caused great destruction; according to Bede, even churches and monasteries were not spared, and Rochester was laid waste.
Hlothhere's rule survived this onslaught, however. He appears for a time to have reigned jointly with his nephew Eadric, son of Ecgberht I, since a code of laws still extant was issued under both their names. In 685, Eadric went into exile and led the South Saxons against Hlothhere, who was defeated and died of his wounds
W17......Eormenhild dob unknown d abt 702 m Wulfhere King of Mercia 660

Child of Ingild and Osyth
14...... Eoppa b 706 Wessex d 797

GENERATION 7

Children of Ecbeorht and unknown
W18......Whitraed b 670 Kent d 23 Apr 725
W19......Eadric dob unknown d 31 Aug 687
Note: Eadric was for a time co-ruler alongside his uncle Hlothhere, and a code of laws issued in both their names has survived. However, Eadric eventually revolted and defeated Hlothhere with the aid of the South Saxons.

Children of Eoppa and unknown
C15......Eafa b 732 d 789

GENERATION 8

Child of Wihtraed and Cynegth
W20......Aethelbeorht b 705 d 762

Child of Eafa and unknown
C16......Eahlmund b 732 d 789

GENERATION 9

Child of Aethelbeorht and unknown
W21......un named daughter

GENERATION 10

Child of Eahlmund and unnamed
W22......Egbert b abt 775 d 4 Feb 839 bur Winchester Cathedral

GENERATION 10

See Redburh's ancestors here
Children of Egbert and Redburgh
W23......Athelstan dob unknown d 851
W24......Edith b dob unknown
Note: Edith became Abbess of Pellesworth
W25......Aedelwulf b 806 d 13 Jan 858 Stambridge Essex

GENERATION 11

Note: Aedelwulf fought against the Danes and had a victory at the mouth of the ret in Somerset in 845 and again in 851 when he beat a force of 350 ships' companies who attacked Canterbury. Ethelwulf helped the Mercians against the Welsh and in 855 undertook a pilgrimage to Rome, leaving the country in charge of Aethelbald his eldest son. On his return, to avoid civil war, he allowed Aethelbald to retain Wessex while he ruled Kent and other parts of SE England. Judith,s firdt marriage was annulled and she married Athelbald at the age of 15.

Children of Aedelwulf and Osburgh
A2......Athelbald b abt 834 d 20 Dec 860 m Judith CAROLING 858
A3......Aedelbeorght b abt 836 d 865
A4......Aethelstan b 839 d 850
A5......Aethelred b 843 Wessex d 22 Apr 871 Merton, Torrington, Devon m (a) Algifu GUNNARSDOTTIR (b) Wulfrida abt 868
A6......Alfred b 849 Wantage d 26 Oct 899 Winchester

GENERATION 12

Note: Alfred was the founder of the English Navy. By 877 the Danes had occupied London and reached Gloucester and Exeter, but they lost 120 supply ships in a fierce storm off Swanage. In 878 he was forced to hide in Somerset and it was there arose the legend of the burned cakes. He renewed the fight and won a famous victory at Edington in Wiltshire the same year. After, the Danes agreed that their king, Guthrum, should be baptised and Alfred was godfather. Afterwards Guthrum ruled Mercia but acknowledged Alfred as Overlord. The Mercian settlement developed over the next 100 years into the body known as Danelaw. Before that, in 879 at Fulham and also near Rochester in 884, other Norse armies landed. Alfred continued fighting until he was the acknowledged champion of the English against the Danes. Alfred was scholarly, a writer, law-maker, pious and also a valiant fighter. Additionally he had a good knowledge of geography. He was a most able administrator and also instituted educational programmes. He founded monasteries and gave a large t of his income to charities.

Children of Alfred and Ethelswida
A7......Aefthrydb 867 Wessex d 7 Jan 929 m Comte Baldwin II "The Bald" de FLANDRES
A8......Aedelflaeda b 869 Wessex d 12 Jun 918 Tamworth m Aethelred I King of Mercia
A9......Edmund b abt 870 Wessex
A10....Edward b 871 Wessex d 17 Jul 924 Farndon-on-Dee bur Winchester
A11....Athelstan b 878 Wessex
A12....Aethelgifu d abt 896

GENERATION 13

Children of Edward and Ecgwyn
A11......Alfred d as infant
A12......Edith dob unknown d 927 m Sitric Caoch ua IMAIR (b 890 Dublin d 927) 30 Jan 926 Tamworth
A13......Athelstan b abt 895 d 27 Oct 939
Note: Athelstan spent his youth in Mercia and fought and beat the Northumbrians and following the Battle of Brunanburh in 937, the kings of Scotland and Strathclyde swore allegiance to him. Athelstan was acknowledged by the Welsh princes and at a meeting at Hereford they agreed to pay taxes to him in the form of gold, silver, hawks, hounds and oxen. He founded the see of St Germans in Cornwall. Athelstan made laws, particularly to control the widespread thieving that was then prevalent. Athelstan had a good physique and golden hair, he was compassionate, intelligent and christian-like and was the first English Monarch who effectively ruled the whole Kingdom.

Children of Edward and Aelfleda
A14......Aremburgis b 888 Poitou d Feb 918
A15......Edwin dob unknown d 933 Flanders
A16......Eadflaed dob unknown bur Wilton Abbey, Wiltshire
A17......Athelhilda dob unknown bur Wilton Abbey, Wiltshire
A18......Editha dob unknown d 26 Jan 945 m Otto I "The Great" von SACHSEN (Holy Roman Emperor, b 23 Nov 912 d 7 May 973)
A19......Edgiva dob unknown d 954 m Count Eberhard von MORDGAU (d 960)
A20......Aelfweard dob unknown d 1 Aug 924 Oxford bur Winchester Cathedral
A21......Aelfleda dob unknown d 963
A22......Athelfleda dob unknown
A23......Eadgifu b 902 d aft 955 m Karl II 'The simple" (King of the Franks)

Children of Edward and Eadgifu
A24......Edburgh dob unknown
A25......Elgiva b 912 Wessex dm Count Ebles II Mancer "The Bastard" de POITIERS
A26......Edwin dob unknown
A27......Eadmund b 921 Wessex d 26 May 946 Pucklechurch, Dorset
A28......Eadred b 923 d 23 Nov 955

GENERATION 14

Children of Eadmund and Elgiva
A29......Eadwig (Edwy) b 942 d 1 Oct 959
Note: Edwy was chosen by the nobility to succeed his uncle Edred as King. His short reign was marked by ongoing conflicts with his family, the Thanes, and especially the Church, under the leadership of Saint Dunstan and Archbishop Odo.
According to one legend, the feud with Dunstan began on the day of Edwy's consecration, when he failed to attend a meeting of nobles. When Dunstan eventually found the young monarch, he was cavorting with a noblewoman named Ethelgive and refused to return with the bishop. Infuriated by this, Dunstan dragged Edwy back and forced him to renounce the girl as a "strumpet." Later realizing that he had provoked the king, Dunstan fled to the apparent sanctuary of his cloister, but Edwy, incited by Ethelgive, followed him and plundered the monastery. Though Dunstan managed to escape, he refused to return to England until after Edwy's death.
Frustrated by the king's impositions and supported by Archbishop Odo, the Thanes of Mercia and Northumbria switched their allegiance to Edwy's brother Edgar in 957. Edwy was defeated in battle at Gloucester, but rather than see the country descend into civil war, an agreement was reached among the nobles by which the kingdom would be divided along the Thames, with Edwy keeping Wessex and Kent in the south and Edgar ruling in the north. In the few remaining years of his reign, Edwy ruled his realm more wisely and made significant gifts to the Church. He died, however, at the age of eighteen or nineteen, and was succeeded by his brother and rival, Edgar, who reunited the kingdom.
A30......Eadgar b 944 Wessex d 8 Jul 975 Bur Glastonbury Abbey

GENERATION 15

Note: Eadgar was the first king of a united England. He allowed his Danish subjects to retain Danish law. Edgar promoted a monastic revival and encouraged trade by reforming the currency. He improved defence by organizing coastal naval patrols and a system for manning warships. Although he succeeded on 1 Oct 959, he was not crowned until 11 May, 973, at Bath Abbey, because St. Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury, disappproved of his way of life.
Dunstan, who had been exiled by Edwy, was recalled and appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. Dunstan organised an elaborate coronation for Edgar at Bath and afterwards had a powerful influence on the King. Edgar associated himself closely with the Church and his reign was peaceful and the country was well organised, having a common system of weights, measures and coinage. The courts of justice functioned well and both education and literature flourished. In 973 all the lesser kings, including the Welsh princes, promised allegiance and eight of them made a symbolic gesture by rowing a barge with the King at the helm upon the River Dee.

Child of Eadgar and Aedelflaeda
A31......Edward "The Martyr" b 962 d 18 Mar 978
Note: St. Edward 'the Martyr', King of England succeeded to the title of King Edward of England on 8 July 975. His accession to the throne was contested by a party headed by his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who wished her son, Ethelred to become king instead. However, Edward's claim had more support - including that of St Dunstan - and was confirmed by the Witan.
King Edward, "was a young man of great devotion and excellent conduct. He lived a completely orthodox, good and of holy life. Moreover, he loved above all things God and the Church. He was generous to the poor, a haven to the good, a champion of the Faith of Christ, a vessel full of every virtuous grace."

On King Edward's accession to the throne a great famine was raging through the land and violent attacks were stirred up against monasteries by prominent noblemen who coveted the lands which his father King Edgar had endowed to them. Many of these monasteries were destroyed, and the monks forced to flee. The King however stood firm together with archbishop Dunstan in defence of the Church and the monasteries. For this, some of the nobles decided to remove him and replace him with his younger brother Ethelred.

On March 18, 978 the king was hunting with dogs and horsemen near Wareham in Dorset. During this the king decided to visit his young brother Ethelred who was being brought up in the house of his mother Aelfrida at Corfe Castle, near Wareham. Separated from his retinue, the King arrived alone at the castle. Whilst still on his horse in the lower part of the castle Aelfrida offered Edward a glass of mead, and while he was drinking it, he was stabbed in the back by one of the queen's party. Ethelred himself was then only ten years old, so was not implicated in the murder.

Child of Eadgar and Wulthryth
A32......Eadgyth b bef 965 d bef 988
Note: Eadgyth became Abbess of Wilton

Children of Eadgar and Aelfreda
A33......Edmund b 965 d 971
A34......Ethelred b 968 Wessex d 23 Apr 1016 London

GENERATION 16

The Glanville coat of arms

Child of Richard and unknown
G2......Rainald b abt 1020 Glanville d 1086

Note: Ethelred was a weakling, totally unable to withstand the Danish onslaught that re-started on his accession. He continually attempted to buy off the Danes - Danegeld - as when he lost the Battle of Maldon in 991. In a state of near panic he ordered the slaughter of all Danes whether peaceful settlers or not and this foul deed was put in hand on St.Brices Day 13th Nov 1002. Among the victims was the sister of Sweyn, King of Denmark. The Norsemen were furious and ravaged the country from Cornwall to Kent and from South Wales to East Anglia. At this time Ethelred married Emma, sister of the Duke of Normandy. By 1013, Sweyn, who was accompanied by his son Canute, was proclaimed King but he died soon afterwards. Ethelred fled to Normandy when Sweyn's rule prevailed and then on Sweyn's death he returned but the English lords placed severe restrictions on him. The Danes led by Canute returned in 1015 and landing at Poole they crossed the Thames at Cricklade. His nickname meant Òpoorly counselledÓ

Children of Ethelred and Aelflaed
A35......Aethelstan b 986 d abt 1014
A36......Eadred b abt 989 d abt 1014
A37......Edmund II b 969 d 30 Nov 1016 London bur Glastonbury m Algitha MORCARSON
A38......Ecgberht b 990 d 1005
A39......Aelgifu b 997 Wessex d 1098 m (a) Ughtred Earl of Northumbria abt 1010 (b) Aelfgar III Earl of East Angles

Children of Ethelred and Aelgifu
A40......Eadwig dob unknown d 1017
A41......Eadgyth b abt 998 m Eadric STREONA Ealdorman of Mercia
A42......Wulfhild b abt 1000 m Ulfcytel SNYLLING Ealdorman of East Anglia

Children of Ethelred and Emma
Note: Emma was twice Queen consort of the Kingdom of England by marriage, first (1002-1016) to king Ethelred the Unready and then (1017-1035) to Canute, king also of Denmark and Norway. Two of her sons - one by each husband - and two step-sons also became king of England, as did her great-nephew, William the Conqueror.

Upon the Danish invasion of England in 1013, Emma took her sons by Ethelred - Alfred and Edward - to Normandy, where they remained upon her return to England to marry Canute, now king of England following the death of Ethelred and his son (her step-son) Edmund II Ironside.
Following Canute's death, Alfred and Edward returned in 1036, possibly in an attempt to overthrow Canute's illegitimate son Harold Harefoot, who had established himself as ruler in the absence of Harthacanute, son of Canute and Emma. Alfred was captured and died after being blinded, while Edward escaped to Normandy, followed by his mother.

The death of Harold in 1040 and the accession of the more conciliatory Harthacanute paved the way for Edward's return to England the next year as co-ruler and (1042) king on Harthacanute's death. Emma returned to England and was pushed aside by Edward, as she supported Magnus the Noble, not Edward. (She is not known to have had any love for her children from her first marriage.) Emma's marriages and subsequent role forged the link between England and Normandy which was to culminate in her great-nephew William of Normandy's invasion of England in 1066.

Children of Ethelred and Emma
A43......Edward b abt 1003 d 5 Jan 1066 Westminster m Edith GODWINSDOTTIR
A44......Goda b abt 1010 d 1055 m Dreux de MANTES abt 1025
A45......Ingelric b 1006 St Martins, London
A46......Alfred b abt 1011 d 5 Feb 1037 Ely (assassinated by order of Lord GODWINE)

GENERATION 17

Child of Rainald and unknown
G3......Ranulph b abt 1045 Glanville d aft 1086

Child of Ingleric and unknown
A47......Maud (Athelida) b abt 1032 St Martins London

GENERATION 18

Child of Ranulph and Flandrina
G4......Robert b 1065 Glanville d bef 1150 Bromholm, Norfolk
G5......Hervey b abt 1068 Eye, Suffolk

Child of Hervey and unknown
A49......Isilia b 1072 Clopton d aft 1121

Children of Ranulph and Maud
A50......William b 1050 Normandy d 17 Apr 1113
A51......Robert b 1065 Bourn, Cambs m Adelicia
A52......Hamon b 1067 Bourn Cambs
A53......Pagan b abt 1068 Vangeone, Normandy
A54......Emma b abt 1069 Bourne Cambs

GENERATION 19

Child of Robert and unknown
G6......Hervey b abt 1095 Bawdsey, Suffolk d aft 1166

Child of William and Isilia
A55......Hamon b 1110 Clopton, Suffolk d after 29 Sep 1178

Children of Robert and Adelicia
A56......William b 1085 Nottingham d 1155 Bourn, Cambs.
A57......Alice b 1115 Bourn d aft 29 Sep 1188

GENERATION 20

Child of Hervey and Matilda
G7......Ranulph b abt 1120 Stratford St Andrew Suffolk d at Seige of Acre 21 Oct 1190 m Berthe de VALOINES (b 1125 Parham Suffolk d aft 1208 Bowsley)
Note: Ranulph was appointed justiciar of England by king Henry II sometime during 1179-1180 but had three daughters and no sons.
G8......William b abt 1133 Bawdsey, Suffolk

Child of Hamon and Alice
A58......Gilbert b 1145 Clopton d bef 9 Jul 1212 Great Bealings

GENERATION 21

Note: Gundreda was the widow of William III de COURCY

Children of William and Gundreda
G9......William b 1177 Bowsley
G10....Agnes b 1178 Bowsley m Sir Robert de CREKE (b 1163 North Creake)

Child of John and unknown
D2......Robert dob unknown

Child of Gilbert and Alice
A59......Hamon b 1191 Cheveley, Newmarket d 1241 (on pilgrimage to Holy Land)
See the Sauveur Branch here

GENERATION 22

Child of William and unknown
G11......Gilbert b 1177 Bowsley

Note: Joan was the daughter of John FALSTAFF

Child of Hamon and Eve
A60......Gilbert b bef 11 Dec 1220 Corby d 25 May 1291 West Cliffe, Dover

GENERATION 23

1 Gwennowenwen Ap OWEN m Margaret CORBET

Note: Gwennowynwyn was a Prince of Powys and was my 19 times great grandfather

Child of Gwennowenwen and Margaret
2......Griffith b abt 1234 d aft 27 Feb 1285

Child of Gilbert and unknown
G12......Gilbert II b 1236 Bowsley d 1280

Child of Thomas and Alice
D4......John b abt 1278 Wingfield

Children of Gilbert and Maud
A61......Eve b 1240 Corby d 1292 m Robert II de VALOINES (b 1240 Ixworth d 1282) after 1279
A62......John b 1259 Gt Thurlow

GENERATION 23a

Child of John and unknown
A63......Anne b abt 1287 Gt Thurlow

GENERATION 24

Note: Haywise was the daughter of John Le Strange of Knockin. Griffith was Prince of Powys. He was still a child when his father, who had been driven out of his princedom by Llywelyn the Great, died in exile in 1216. He spent his youth in England, maintained by the king, and did not return to Wales until after Llywelyn's death. When Dafydd ap Llywelyn was forced to come to terms with King Henry III of England in 1241, Gruffydd was given most of the lands formerly held by his father, paying homage to Henry for them. When Llywelyn the Last increased his power in Wales after 1255, Gruffydd continued to support the crown, and in 1257 he was again driven into exile.
In 1263 he agreed to transfer his allegiance to Llywelyn under threat of being stripped of his lands, and this was confirmed at the Treaty of Montgomery in 1267. In 1274 Gruffydd, his wife Hawise and his son Owain were all involved with Llywelyn's brother Dafydd ap Gruffydd in a plot to assassinate Llywelyn. Dafydd was with Llywelyn at the time, and it was arranged that Owain would come with armed men on February 2 to carry out the assassination; however he was prevented by a snowstorm. Llywelyn did not discover the full details of the plot until later that year, when Owain confessed to the Bishop of Bangor. He said that the intention had been to make Dafydd prince of Gwynedd, and that Dafydd would then reward Gruffydd with lands. When Llywelyn discovered the details of the plot he sent envoys to Welshpool to summon Gruffydd to appear before him, but Gruffydd fled to England.
He settled in Shrewsbury and used it as a base for raids on Llywelyn's lands, probably encouraged by the king. After the war of 1277, when Llywelyn was forced to cede his lands outside Gwynedd, Gruffydd was again given his lands back. He became embroiled in an increasingly bitter dispute with Llywelyn over lands in Arwystli. Llywelyn wanted the issue resolved by Welsh law while Gruffydd wanted English law used and was supported by King Edward I of England. Gruffydd supported King Edward in the final war of 1282 although by now he was an old man. There have been suggestions that his eldest son Owen may have been involved in the killing of Llywelyn at Cilmeri in December that year. At the end of the Welsh War of 1282-1283 the principality of Powys-Wenwynwyn was abolished and the family - now Marcher Lords - adopted the surname de la Pole meaning "of Poole" referring to their family seat in Poole (modern Welshpool).

Children of Griffith and Haywise
3......Margaret b abt 1253 d 11 May 1336
4......Llewellin b abt 1255 d aft 1289 m Maredudd GOCH
5......Owen b 1257 Wenwynwyn, Montgomeryshire d 1292

Child of Gilbert and unknown
G13......Gilbert III (aka Ralph) b bef 1280

Note: Anne was the daughter of Sir John PECCHE of Thurlow

Child of John and Anne
D5......John b abt 1305 Wingfield d bef 1330

GENERATION 25



The De La Pole coat of arms

Note: Fulk Fitzwarin II is included in the stained glass window at St Laurence Church, Ludlow. was the heir presumptive to the Welsh principality of Powys Wenwynwyn until 1283 when it was abolished by the Parliament of Shrewsbury. He became the 1st Lord of Powis after the death of his father Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn c. 1287.
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Children of Fulke and Margaret
6......Haywise b 1276 m (a) Ralph de GOUSILLE (b) Sir Robert de HOO
7......Fulke dob unknown bur 6 Jun 1336 m Eleanor de BEAUCHAMP
8......William dob unknown

Note: Owen acceeded to the Princedom of Powys at Powys Castle on 16 May 1289.
Owen was born in England sometime after his father was driven into exile there in 1257 by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd the ruler of Kingdom of Gwynedd. In 1263 following the Treaty of Montgomery his father was restored to some of his lands in return for agreeing to pay homage to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales. However, good relations between Powys-Wenwynwyn and Gwynedd were short-lived as Owen and his father were soon implicated in an assassination attempt on the Prince of Wales in 1274. This led to Owen and his father fleeing to Shrewsbury where they both led border raids against the Principality of Wales on behalf of the English crown.
Following Llywelyn's defeat at the hands of Edward I of England in 1277 Owen returned to Wales alongside his father whose lands had been restored. They soon became embroiled in a border dispute with Llywelyn which was one of the catalysts for a renewed campaign by the princes of Gwynedd against English domination. In 1284 following the final defeat of Gwynedd and the death of Llywelyn and his brother Dafydd ap Gruffudd, the de la Pole family surrendered their princely pretentions, but received back their principality in "free barony" as the marcher lordship of Powys

Children of Owen and Joan
9......William b 1275 Kingston upon Hull bur Dec 1329
10....Hawise (aka Hawise Gadarn "the Hardy") b 25 Jul 1290 d 1353 m John de CHERLETON (Baron of Cherleton) 26 Jul 1307
11....Owen dob unknown
12....Lewis dob unknown d 1294 m Sibylla
13....Griffydd b abt 1293

Child of Gilbert and Eleanor
G14......Alianor b 1325 Stradbroke d 1375

Note: Child of John and Elizabeth
D6......John b abt 1325 Wingfield d 1358

GENERATION 26

Children of William and Elena
14......William b 1302 Linby, Nottinghamshire d 21 Jun 1366 bur Carthusian Priory, Hull
15......Richard b 1311 d 1 Aug 1345 London b Church of the Holy Trinity, Hull

Child of Walter and Catherine
17......Margaret b 1306 d 1382

Child of John and Alianore
D7......Katherine b bef 1349 bur 1 Oct 1386 Kingston upon Hull

GENERATION 27

Note:Sir William and his brother Sir Richard de la Pole were merchants at Hull by 1317, importing Gascon wines. From 1317, they were deputies of the Royal Chief Butler. From 1321, they were collectors of customs and chamberlains of the town. With the accession of Edward III (then under the tutelage of Roger Mortimer and Queen Isabella), war with Scotland was resumed. They loaned the pair large sums of money in 1327, and in return Richard received the appointment of Chief Butler of England. When the Bardi, Edward's Florentine bankers were unable to lend the king money to pay his troops, the Pole brothers did so. They were owed £13,482 by February 1329.

they did not lose power with Mortimer's fall, but their wealth meant they could not be totally excluded from the government of Edward III. Richard continued to attend court at a time when Mortimer's supporters were absent. In July 1331, the brothers divided their assets. Richard was again Chief Butler of England from 1333 to 1338. He was an alderman of London from 1330 to 1340 (when he was knighted), but died in 1345. His son William is principally known as a Northamptonshire landowner. In 1331 Sir William persuaded the king to make Hull into an autonomous borough, instead of having a royal warden. On the death of the last warden in 1333, the brothers took over the royal property there and Sir William became Mayor of Hull, a post which he filled for the next 4 years. He also represented the city of Hull in five sessions of Parliament (March 1332, September 1334, May 1335, September 1336, and February 1338).

He continued financing Edward's Scottish wars but also bought much property in Yorkshire and Durham. His trading activities included the large scale export of wool to Dortrecht, but he and his partners abused the right of compulsory purchase that they were granted, smuggling wool, and thus ruined the financing of the king's campaigns in the Netherlands in 1338Ð40.

As a result of this, he and his associates were arrested after the king's return in November 1340, and deprived of the property. However, he was released in May 1342 and the proceedings were quashed, probably because the king needed his help financially. He organised a new company, which managed the Customs and lent vast sums to the king, also buying up royal debts at a large discount. He withdrew from the company in 1345. The company continued, and financed the CrŽcy campaign and the Siege of Calais, but were ruined as a result of the Black Death. He escaped liability for the debts of the now bankrupt company. However, the prosecution of 1341 was revived, and Sir William only escaped by renouncing all debts due from the crown. This, however, still left him a wealthy man. He died in May 1366, five months after his son Michael was summoned to Parliament as a peer

Children of Sir William and Margaret
18......Margaret b 1321 d 1366
19......Michael b aft 1330 d 1389
see the Morley branch here
20......Edmund b aft 1337 d 1419
21......Walter b aft 1337 d 1419
22......Thomas dob unknown d 24 Nov 1361m Margaret de NORWICH
23......Blanche b 1328 d 1378
24......Catherine b abt 1341 m Anthony DICKINSON (b 1350 d 1396)
25......Isabel dob unknown m Robert BRADESTON abt 1353

GENERATION 28

Children of Robert and Margaret
26...... Thomas dob unknown
27......Joan dob unknown
28......Margaret dob unknown

Joint arms of the De La Pole and Wingfield families in Wingfield Church

Photo by Jenny Ball, my sister

Note: Michael became 1st Earl of Suffolk 6 Aug 1385.
By charter dated 18 February 1378 Michael founded in his messuage, outside the walls of Kingston-upon-Hull, a religious house for thirteen monks of the Carthusian order, to the honour of God, and St. Thomas the Martyr, sometime Archbishop of Canterbury, and other saints of God, which house he desired should be called the house of St. Michael of the Carthusian order. With assent of the prior of the Great Charterhouse, he appointed Walter de Kele prior of his house, which he endowed with the messuage aforesaid, containing 7 acres of land, lately parcel of the manor of Myton, and called the Maison Dieu, together with a chapel and other buildings erected there for their habitation, and also the advowson of the church of Foston, the manor of Sculcoates, etc. The monks were enjoined to pray for King Richard, for Katherine the founder's mother, and Katherine his wife, Edmund his brother, and Michael his son and heir, Alexander Nevill, Archbishop of York, and a large number of other distinguished persons separately named.

He had free-warren in Gresthorpe. Michael was settled the manor of Gresthorpe, with rents of assize, and seven bovats of land in North Clifton, on Michael de la Pole, his son, and Katherin his wife. A jury found that Katherine, who had been wife of Michael de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, when she died, "held the manor of Gresthorpe, with the appurtenances in Gresthorp, Sutton, Normanton, and North Clifton; and that Katherine, Elizabeth and Isabell, daughters of Michael de la Pole, son of the said earl, and the said Katherine, were her cousins and heirs." Sir Michael de la Poole, Knt. chancellor of England, now created Earl of Suffolk, and to the heirs male of his body, 20l. per annum out of the profits of Suffolk county, and 500l. yearly out of the hereditaments of William Ufford, late Earl of Suffolk, for which the following manors were conveyed to the said Earl, and confirmed to him by the King's girding him with a sword, Burgh, Cawston, Baketon, and Costesey, with knights fees in Blickling, Bawdeswell, Hethill, Stanfield, &c. in Norfolk, castle, town, manor, and honour of Eye, the hundreds of Hertesmere and Stowe, the manors of Combs, Haughley, Trendon, Lowestoft, and Lothinglond hundred in Suffolk, and Gestingthorp in Essex, of which he died seized in 1415.

Children of Michael and Catherine
29......Michael b 18 Oct 1361 Wingfield d 8 Apr 1415 Harfleur, Normandy
Note: Lord Michael (2nd Earl of Suffolk) died of dysentry during the seige of Harfleur
see the Morley branch here
30......Thomas b 1363 Yorkshire d 1415 Harfleur, Normandy
31......William b 1365 Yorkshire d 1390
32......Richard b 1367 Yorkshire d 1402
33......Margaret b 1371 Yorkshire
34......Elizabeth dob unknown
35......John dob unknown d 1415 bur Wingfield Church
Note: John became Canon of York
36......Anne b abt 1378 m (a) Gerard LISLE (b) Robert THORLEY

Children of Edmund and Elizabeth
20b......Elizabeth b 14 Jul 1362 d 14 Dec 1403 m Ingleram de BRUYN
20c......Catherine b abt 1370 d 16 Feb 1430 m Robert JAMES (b 1375) abt 1400

Child of Edmund and Matilda
20d......Walter b 1371 Stanton, Cambs d 1444

Children of Richard and Blanche
23b......Roger b 1348 Bolton d 3 Dec 1403 Bolton
Note: Roger became 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton
23c......William b 1351 d Jul 1399 Bristol Castle, beheaded without trial
Note: William became a Knight of the Garter. First mentioned while accompanying a company of 'The Teutonic Knights' of Prussia against 'The Infidels' of Lithuania. He then moved on to Venice, where he served with the Duke of Duras in the Genoese assault on that city. He served in France with John of Gaunt 1369-73. He was created Seneschal of Aquitaine in 1383 and then Governor of Cherbourg. He committed some crime against the Bishop of Durham. The King ordered him to offer a jewel to the Bishop, which should be of a value of more than £500. He became Vice-Chamberlain of the Royal Household, became King of The Isle of Man (purchased from the Earl of Salisbury by his father). He was granted the Castle town of Marlboro in Wiltshire. He was created Earl of Wiltshire in 1397. In 1398 he became Lord High Treasurer of England. William took a prominent part in repealing the patent granted to the Duke of Hereford, John of Gaunt's son, securing his succession to his fathers titles, money and holdings, should his father die while he was still in exile. The Earl of Wilts, Sir John Bussy, Sir Henry Grene and Sir William Bagot were charged with the defense of the realm when Hereford invaded England in 1399. Shakespeare commented that 'The Earl of Wilts hath the Realm in Farm'. The Earl of Wiltshire, Bussy and Grene took shelter in the city of Bristol, when their adherents deserted them. All three were surrendered by the populace, to the Duke of Hereford, who had them beheaded on the spot, without benefit of a trial. Following Hereford's accession to the throne as Henry IV, he had these sentences confirmed by parliament, they were attainted and all their possessions and titles were forfeit to the crown. In 1398 Ambassador to treat for peace with Robert, King of Scotland, and in 1399 was made Lord Treasurer of England. The following year Richard II appointed him one of the three Guardians of the Realm during the King's absence in Ireland. The Queen Isabel, then only eleven years of age, was placed under his care at Wallingford Castle. After his death, defeated by Henry of Bolingbroke and beheaded without trial, his head was sent in a white basket to London and placed on London Bridge. After the accession of Henry IV, it was delivered to his widow.
23d......Stephen b abt 1352 Bentley, Yorks. d 10 Sep 1405 Castledermot, Ireland bur in Richmond, Yorks.
Note: Sir Stephen was charged with imprisoning the Earl of Warwick on the Isle of Man. In 1401 he accompanied Thomas of Lancaster, the King's son, to Ireland as his deputy. It is said that his wife, having heard the complaints made about him whilst he was Justice of Munster, Leinster and Uriell, his maladministration of justice, 'except that he would make a solemn oath on The Bible, that willingly he would wrong no 'Christian creature' in that land, that truly and duly, see payment made for all expenses. She finally did consent to go with him. Thomas of Lancaster gives him a glowing reference in a letter written from Drogheda on 18 th Feb 1401. Scrope himself wrote at about the same time, asking for the monies owed to him, if not for 'A Grant of The Isle of Man, forfeited by my brother'. He died in Ireland in 1408. Millicent, his widow, married Sir John Fastolph (Falstaff in Shakespeare). Millicent's son Stephen became Fastolph's ward. Fastolph enjoyed Stephen's inheritance for 51 years before he finally died.
23e......Richard b abt 1356 Wensleydale

Child of Warin and Margaret
38......Gerard dob unknown

GENERATION 29

Tomb of Michael, 2nd Earl of Suffolk and Katherine in Wingfield Church

See Katherine's ancestors here

Arms of Michael and Catherine

photo by Jenny Ball, my sister

Children of Michael and Katherine
39......Michael b 1394 d 25 Oct 1415 Agincourt
Note: Michael was 3rd Earl of Suffolk
40......William b 16 Oct 1396 Cotton, Suffolk d 2 May 1450 Dover
41......Elizabeth dob unknown
41a....Alexander dob unknown d 1429 at Battle of Jargeau
42.....John dob unknown d 1429 as a prisoner in France
43.....Thomas dob unknown d 1433 as a hostage in France
44......Katherine b 1411
45......Elizabeth b 1412 m Edward BURNELL
45a....Phillipa b abt 1413 m Edward BURNELL (b 1347 d 25 Aug 1415 Agincourt
46......Isabel b Isabel b 1414 d 1466 m Thomas de MORLEY

Child of Thomas and Ann
47......Margaret dob unknown
48......Katherine b 1416 d 13 Oct 1488

GENERATION 30

Joint arms of the De La Pole and Mowbray families in Wingfield Church

Photo by Jenny Ball, my sister

Children of Michael and Elizabeth
49......Catherine b 6 May 1410
Note: Catherine became a nun at Bruisyard
50......Elizabeth b 22 Jul 1411
51......Isabel b 4 Jun 1415

Note: Alice was the daughter of Thomas CHAUCER and Maud de Burghersh.

William was 1st Duke of Suffolk and a Knight of the Garter. He married (a) Duchess Jacqueline of Hainault, which was, however, soon annulled owing to the ambitious projects of Jacqueline's guardians. When he met the widow Alice, grand-daughter of Geoffrey CHAUCER, then in her prime, he was ready to contract a mature and lasting union. Suffolk succeeded the Earl of Salisbury after his death as Commander-in-chief to the English forces in France. He was for a time a prisoner in the French hands, and is said to have knighted his captor so that he should not fall into the hands of a " common man ". William inherited the title of Earl of Suffolk after his elder brother Michael's death at Agincourt.

After William's marriage with Alice, he was honoured by being chosen to go to France to negotiate for the young King Henry VI's marriage to Margaret of Anjou and it was this which doubtless gave rise to the cruel and unfounded slander that he became Margaret's lover (Shakespeare perpetuated this slander in his play Henry VI Part I Act I Scene 3 in the well known words " she's beautiful and therefore to be wooed - she is a woman and therefore to be won! "

For this service as ambassador for the royal marriage William de la Pole was created first Marquis and then Duke of Suffolk, and remained high in the King's favour for some years being appointed Lord Chancellor of the Realm, while Alice was close in attendance to Queen Margaret, being a highly honoured lady-in-waiting. When not engaged at court or on official functions, the Suffolk pair lived a good deal at Ewelme Manor, and the chronicle says " Suffolk, from love of his wife and the commodity of her lands, fell much to dwell in Oxfordshire and Berkshire where her lands lay ".

In 1437 the Duke and Duchess founded the Almshouses or "God's HouseÓ"at Ewelme, as well as the school, and they rebuilt the church about the same time on the site of an older edifice. They also enlarged and improved the Manor and its grounds and built a large dairy, one wall of which still remains standing. One can imagine the natural pride they must have felt in surveying the progress of the model village they had created. Some of their retainers from Wingfield in Suffolk followed them to Ewelme as is betokened by the various families of Winfield residing in Ewelme to this day, who still preserve their East Anglian type. Ewelme Manor is thus described at this date: "The inner part of the house is set within a fair moat and is builded richly of brick and stone. The hall of it is fair and hath great bars of iron athwart it instead of crossbeams. The parlour is exceedingly fair and lightsome and so be all the lodgings there. There is a right fair park to the Manor ".

He was a knight of the Garter and served for 24 years in the wars. In command at the victory of Verneuil, and at the siege of Orleans. He was aken prisoner by Joan of Arc. Assassinated 1450, murdered in an open boat and his head was cut off and thrown on the beach. It was at Ewelme Manor that William and Alice's only child was born after nearly ten years of marriage - John de la Pole - who was destined after his father's fall to retrieve for a time the family fortunes, through his marriage with the new King Edward IV's sister, Elizabeth Plantagenet.

Child of William and Alice
52......John b 27 Sep 1442 d 29 Oct 1491 bur Wingfield Church

Child of Walter and Elizabeth
20e......Margaret dob unknown d 1426 m Thomas INGOLDSTHORPE (b 1401 d 1422)

Note: Miles was the son of Brian STAPLETON (b 1379 d 1438) and Cecily BARDOLF (b abt 1395)

Child of Miles and Katherine
53......Joan b 1444 m Sir Christopher HARCOURT Note: Sir Christopher was the son of Katherine's second husband, Richard and thus her step brother


Child of Richard and Katherine
54......William dob unknown d 1532

GENERATION 31

John and Elizabeths tomb in Wingfield Church

Joint arms of the De La Pole and Plantagenet families in Wingfield Church

Photos by Jenny Ball, my sister

Note: John was the 2nd Duke of Suffolk, 2nd Marquess of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Suffolk. Knight of the Garter. Known as "the Trimming Duke", he was married to Lady Margaret Beaufort on 7 Feb 1450, though the Papal Dispensation to marry was not signed until 18 Aug 1450. This marriage was annulled by Henry VI in Feb 1453. Richard, Duke of York had been a bitter enemy of John's father (executed in 1450), but John supported the House of York in the Wars of the Roses. Sometime before Feb 1458, John married Elizabeth, the second surviving daughter of Richard of YORK and Cecily NEVILLE. She was the sister of Edward IV and Richard III. John was thus brother-in-law of two Kings of England.
The Dukedom of Suffolk had been forfeited when John's father was assasinated. The title was restored by Edward IV, and John was created Duke of Suffolk by Letters Patent on 23 Mar 1463. He was Constable of Wallingford Castle and held the Honour of Wallingford. In 1472 he was made a Knight of the Garter and appointed High Steward of Oxford University. He was also sometime Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He submitted to Henry VII after Bosworth Field. He served Henry loyally, even though three of his sons later rebelled.

Children of John and Elizabeth
55......John b between 1462 and 1464 bap 13 Mar 1466 Wingfield d 16 Jun 1487 Battle of Stoke
Note: During the last year of the reign of his maternal uncle, King Richard III, he was designated heir to the throne. In addition, he was given revenues of about 500 pounds a year, and was appointed king's lieutenant in Ireland and president of the Council of the North.
After Richard's defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485, he was reconciled with the new king, Henry VII, but soon became impatient with the new rule and supported the claims of the boy pretender, Lambert Simnel. John was killed at the Battle of Stoke in 1487, at which the rebel army was defeated. In November 1487, he was posthumously attainted.
56......Geoffrey b 1471 Wingfield d 30 Apr 1513 (beheaded)
57......Edmund b 1471 Wingfield d 30 Apr 1513 (beheaded) bur Church of the Minories, without Aldgate m Margaret SCROPE
Note:Following the death of his older brother at the Battle of Stoke, Edmund became the leading Yorkist claimant to the throne. Nevertheless, Henry spared his life and allowed him to succeed as Duke of Suffolk in 1491, though at some time later, Edmund's title was demoted to the rank of Earl. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard Scrope.
The headstrong Edmund did not have his father's pragmatism, and a title was not enough for him. He left the Kingdom of England in 1501, this time seeking the help of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. He drew others such as Sir James Tyrrell into his intrigue. In 1506, Phillip, Duke of Burgundy, the Emperor's son was blown off course while sailing, and reluctantly and unexpectedly became a guest of Henry VII. Needing to set sail again in order to claim his wife's inheritance (Castile), he was persuaded by Henry to hand over the Earl of Suffolk. Henry agreed to the proviso that Suffolk would not be harmed, and restricted himself to imprisoning the Earl.
The next king, Henry VIII, did not feel bound to this agreement, and had Suffolk executed in 1513, thus ridding himself of any threat to his throne during his absence for the invasion in France that year.
All the Suffolk estates, both those in the eastern counties and those at A life-interest in the Ewelme property was considerately granted by the King to Margaret, wife of Edmund; the remaining estates were conferred on Charles Brandon, who later on was created Duke of Suffolk, and who, it happened, was maternally descended from the Sir Edmund De la Pole who died in 1419. Edmund and Margaret left only one child, a daughter, who died a professed nun in a convent in the Minories in London; and with her perished at the last of the once powerful race of De la Pole.
58......Humphrey b 1 Aug 1474 d 15 Feb 1513
59......William b abt 1494 d 1540 Tower of London
60......Richard dob unknown m Catherine STOURTON bef 8 Jun 1501 Stourton, Wilts
Note: Richard's eldest brother John De La Pole, Earl of Lincoln (c. 1464-1487), is said to have been named heir to the throne by his uncle Richard III, who gave him a pension and the reversion of the estates of Margaret Beaufort. On the accession of Henry VII, however, Lincoln took the oath of allegiance instead of claiming the throne for himself, but in 1487 he joined the rebellion of Lambert Simnel, and was killed at the battle of Stoke.
The second brother Edmund (c. 1472-1513), succeeded his father as third Duke of Suffolk while still in his minority. His estates suffered under the attainder of his brother, and he was compelled to pay large sums to Henry VII for the recovery of part of the forfeited lands, and also to exchange his title of duke for that of earl. In 1501 he sought Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Tirol, and received from him a promise of substantial assistance in case of an attempt on the English crown. In consequence of these treasonable proceedings Henry seized his brother William De La Pole, with four other Yorkist noblemen. Two of them, Sir James Tyrell and Sir John Wyndham, were executed, William De La Pole was imprisoned and Suffolk outlawed. Then in Jul 1502 Henry concluded a treaty with Maximilian by which the king bound himself not to countenance English rebels. Presently Suffolk fell into the hands of Philip, King of Castile, who imprisoned him at Namur, and in 1506 surrendered him to Henry VII on condition that his life was spared. He remained a prisoner until 1513, when he was beheaded at the time his brother Richard took up arms with the French king.

Richard De La Pole joined Edmund abroad in 1504, and remained at Aix-la-Chapelle as surety for his elder brother's debts. The creditors threatened to surrender him to Henry VII, but, more fortunate than his brother, he found a safe refuge at Buda with King Ladislas VI of Hungary. He was excepted from the general pardon proclaimed at the accession of Henry VIII. He became allied with Louis XII of France in the War of the League of Cambrai. Louis XII saw him as a more favourable ally and prospect for an English king than Henry VIII and when France went to war with England in 1512 he recognized Pole's pretensions to the English crown, and gave him a command in the French army. In 1513, after the execution of Edmund, he assumed the title of earl of Suffolk.

During 1514, the stage was set for a Yorkist reclaiming of England under Richard. In 1514 he was given 12,000 German mercenaries ostensibly for the defence of Brittany, but really for an invasion of England. These he led to St Malo, but the conclusion of peace with England prevented their embarcation. Pole was required to leave France, and he established himself at Metz, in Lorraine, and built a palace at La Haute Pierre, near St Simphorien.
While at Metz, he was visited by Pierre Alamire, the German-Netherlandish composer and music copyist, as a spy for Henry VIII. However De La Pole employed Alamire as a counter-spy against Henry, and Alamire, on being suspected of unreliability by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and Henry, never returned to England.
He had numerous interviews with Francois I, and in 1523 he was permitted, in concert with John Stewart, second Duke of Albany, the Scottish regent, to arrange an invasion of England, which was never carried out. He was with Francois I at Pavia and was killed on the field on 24 of Feb 1525.
Richard de la Pole was never known to have married, but he is known to have had a daughter by a mistress whose name is unknown. His daughter, Marguerite De La Pole, was lady of honour of the Queen of Navarre.
61......Edward dob unknown d 8 Oct 1485
Note: Edward became Archdeacon of Richmond
62......Dorothy dob unknown
63......Catherine dob unknown m William STOURTON
64......Anne dob unknown
Note: Anne became Prioress of Sion
65......Elizabeth dob unknown m Henry LOVELL 66......Henry b 1492 Ellesborough Bucks d 9 Jan 1539 Tower Hill, London m Jane de NEVILLE may 1510
67......Reginald b 1500 d 1558 68......Arthur dob unknown d 1570
69......Ursula b 1507 d 1570 m Henry STAFFORD Baron of Stafford

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