Royal Ancestry of Dorothy (Beresford) Brodnax

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Royal Ancestry of Dorothy (Beresford) Brodnax

Legg inn av Douglas Richardson » 01 jun 2006 17:03:02

Dear Newsgroup ~

For interest's sake, I've posted below a partial account of the royal
ancestry of Dorothy Beresford, wife of the immigrant, Major John
Brodnax (died 1657), of Godmersham, Kent and York County, Virginia.
For the lineal descent of current U.S. President George W. Bush and his
father, former President George H.W. Bush, from Dorothy Beresford, see
Gary Boyd Roberts, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants (2005), pages
282, 860.

Brodnax descendants may also wish to consult two helpful books on the
Brodnax family produced by long time Brodnax family historian, Mildred
S. Ezell, and her daughter, Margaret P. Ezell, which books are entitled
Brodnax: The Beginning (1995), and Brodnax: The Beginning, Addendum
(2000). In the second work, the authors correctly identified Dorothy
(Beresford) Brodnax, as the niece of William Seyliard, Esq., as per the
latter's will dated 1639.

Interested Brodnax descendants may contact Mildred Ezell at her e-mail
address listed below. With my permission, Ms. Ezell has produced a CD
based on my research detailing the extended royal ancestry of Dorothy
(Beresford) Brodnax. She sends the CD out to those who request it.

ME2ATL@aol.com

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

Website: www. royalancestry. net

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1. GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET, Count of Anjou, by an unknown mistress, _____.
2. HAMELIN, 5th Earl of Surrey, married ISABEL DE WARENNE.
3. MAUD DE WARENNE, married HENRI OF EU, Count of Eu.
4. ALICE OF EU, Countess of Eu, married RAOUL D'EXOUDUN, Count of Eu.
5. MAUD OF EU, married HUMPHREY DE BOHUN, Knt., Earl of Hereford and
Essex.
6. ALICE DE BOHUN, married ROGER DE TONY, of Flamstead, Hertfordshire.
7. RALPH DE TONY, Knt., of Flamstead, Hertfordshire, married MARY
_____.
8. ALICE DE TONY, married GUY DE BEAUCHAMP, Knt., 10th Earl of Warwick.
9. MAUD DE BEAUCHAMP, married GEOFFREY DE SAY, Knt., 2nd Lord Say.
10. JOAN DE SAY, married WILLIAM DE FIENNES, Knt., of Herstmonceux,
Sussex.
11. WILLIAM DE FIENNES, Knt., of Herstmonceux, Sussex, married
ELIZABETH BATISFORD.
12. JAMES FIENNES, Knt., of Hever, Kent, married _____.
13. ELIZABETH FIENNES, married WILLIAM CROMER, Esq., of Tunstall (in
Sittingbourne), Kent.
14. JAMES CROMER, Knt., of Tunstall, Kent, married KATHERINE CANTELOWE
[see CROMER 14].

15. WILLIAM CROMER, Knt., of Tunstall, Kent, son and heir. He married
ALICE HAUTE, daughter of William Haute, Knt., by Joan, probably a
kinswoman of Henry Horne. They had one son, James, Esq., and four
daughters, Jane (wife of Robert Engham), Cecily (wife of Henry Isley,
Knt.), Katherine (wife of Humphrey Evias), and Elizabeth (wife of
William Tyrrell). SIR WILLIAM CROMER died 20 July 1539. He left a
will dated 18 July 1539, proved in 1546, requesting burial in the
church of Tunstall, Kent before the high altar.

References:

Benolte & Cooke, Vis. of Kent 1530-1, 1574 & 1592 1 (H.S.P. 74)
(1923): 43-44 (1574 Vis.) (Crowmer pedigree: "Sr William Crowmer,
Knight ob.20 July, 1559 = Alyce daughter of William Haute Knight").
Davis, Anc. of Mary Isaac (1955): 191-162.

16. JAMES CROMER, Esq., of Tunstall, Kent, son and heir. He married
ANNE WOTTON, daughter of Edward Wotton, Knt., of Boughton Malherbe,
Kent (descendant of King John), by Dorothy, daughter and co-heiress of
Robert Reade, Knt., Chief Justice of the Common Pleas [see WOTTON 14
for her ancestry]. They had one son, William, Esq. She married (2nd)
before 1549 ROBERT RUDSTON, Esq., of Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, Burgess
(M.P.) for Steyning, 1547, son and heir of John Rudston, Knt., Lord
Mayor of London, by his 2nd wife, Ursula, daughter of Robert Dymoke,
Knt., of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire. He was born in 1514/15. They had
two sons, Belknap, Gent., and Isaac, Gent., and two daughters, Ursula
(wife of Martin Barnholm, Knt.) and Emma (wife of Martin Hildyard,
Knt.). He was a servant of the Wyatt family before 1539. He joined
Sir Thomas Wyatt on his embassy to the Emperor in 1539-1540. He
traveled with the imperial court from the Netherlands to Spain, being
employed by his master as a courier to Paris and London. On Wyatt's
recall, he returned to England, and his services continued to be used
by Wyatt's son, Thomas. He probably served with the younger Wyatt at
Boulogne. He was appointed a justice of the peace for Kent in 1547,
and again in 1558/59-1590, and a commissioner of relief in 1550. His
wife, Anne, was a legatee in the 1551 will of her father, Edward
Wotton, Knt. He shared Wyatt's distaste for Queen Mary's Spanish
marriage, and, in Jan. 1554/5, he joined Wyatt's Rebellion. Excluded
from the general pardon offered to the rebels, he helped to muster
their forces at Brentford, Middlesex, for an attack upon London. On 7
Feb. he took a leading part in that luckless enterprise. Within two
days of the repulse, he had been committed to the Tower of London, and
on 13 Feb. he was tried, found guilty and sentenced. It was through
the intervention of his wife's kinsman, Nicholas Wotton, the Queen
ambassador to France, that he was reprieved, to be released shortly
afterwards and pardoned on 1 April. About the middle of May, he
entered into an obligation with his step-son, William Cromer, to pay
£500 for their moveables and the Council wrote to Sir Robert Southwell
to effect this restitution. Two months later his confiscated estates
were returned to him on a 21-year lease at a fixed rent. In 1555 he
and Cromer entered into a joint obligation of 4,000 marks for the
return of their lands in full ownership, thus bringing their total
indebtedness to over £3,000. This sum they paid off in half-yearly
installments of £166 13s. 4d. until June 1558, when they entered into
separate obligations for the amounts outstanding. Rudston continued to
pay reduced installments until in 1560 the residue was remitted. When
Elizabeth came to the throne, he was restored to the Kent bench. In
1564 he was rated 'meet' and he remained a justice until his death.
On 4 Feb. 1590 he completed the division of his property between his
two sons. ROBERT RUDSTON, Esq., died shortly before 18 June 1590 (date
of inquisition). He left a will dated 12 April 1588 (P.C.C. 12 Drury).

References:

Benolte & Cooke, Vis. of Kent 1530-1, 1574 & 1592 1 (H.S.P. 74)
(1923): 21-22 (1530-1 Vis.) (Wotton pedigree: "Anne [Wotton] James sonne & heyre to Sr Willyam Cromer"), 43-44 (1574 Vis.)
(Crowmer pedigree: "Sr William Crowmer, Knight ob.20 July, 1559 Alyce daughter of William Haute Knight"); 2 (H.S.P. 75) (1924):
77-79 (1574 Vis.) (Wotton pedigree: "Anne Wotton [1] = James
Crowmer of Tunstall in Com. Kent Esquire son of Sir William Crowmer,
Knt., [2] = Robart Rudston of Bocton Mountchelsey in Com. Kent Esquier,
son of Sir John Rudston, Knt."). Bindoff, House of Commons
1509-1558 3 (1982): 226-227 (biog. of Robert Rudston).

17. WILLIAM CROMER, Esq., of Tunstall, Borden, and Edenbridge, Kent,
Burgess (M.P.) for Hythe, Kent, 1571, Justice of the Peace, Kent, 1559,
Sheriff of Kent, 1567-8, 1585-6, son and heir, born about 1531. He
was a legatee in the 1551 will of his grandfather, Edward Wotton, Knt.
He was educated at Furnivall's Inn. He married (1st) MARGARET KEMPE,
daughter of Thomas Kempe, Knt. They had one daughter, Anne. He joined
Sir Thomas Wyatt in 1544. He was sent to the Tower and attainted, but
was soon pardoned, though he had to pay heavily to obtain possession of
his lands. He was not restored in blood until 1563. He married (2nd)
1 Oct. 1561 ELIZABETH GUILDFORD, daughter of John Guildford, Knt., of
Hempsted (in Benenden), Kent (descendant of King Edward I), by Barbara
(descendant of King Edward I), daughter of Thomas West, Knt., K.G., 8th
Lord la Warre, 5th Lord West (descendant of King Henry III) [see
GUILDFORD 14 for her ancestry]. They had one son, James, Knt., and
four daughters, Barbara, Dorothy, Jane (wife of George Byng), and Mary.
She was a maid of honour at the funeral of Lady Anne of Cleves in
1557. In 1573 the Queen spent a night in his home at Grove End in
Tunstall, Kent. He had a long career in county administration. The
Archbishop of Canterbury, considering him sound in religion, employed
him as a justice in arresting and examining suspected papists. There
are references to him as a piracy commissioner in 1565, and as
investigator of "libels and slanderous bills" posted ip in
Canterbury in 1573. In Nov. 1573 the Privy Council commended his
"diligence and good discretion" over preventing the illegal
transportation of grain and food stuffs. He also played an active part
in inspecting Kent forts and harbors, and in helping to supply and
equip the Queen's ships at Chartham. In 1581 he investigated the
ploughing up of the Sittingbourne archery. He was a legatee in the
1587 will of his uncle, Thomas Wotton, Esq. In 1588 when invasion was
expected, he was appointed one of the two captains of petronels (horse
soldiers armed with pistols). In 1588 he was appointed an overseer of
the will of his step-father, Robert Rudston. He was still acting as
captain of light horse as late as 1595. Probably about 1591 he was at
loggerheads with the wardens of Rochester bridge in connection with a
rent-charge. He married (3rd) CATHERINE _____. They had no issue.
WILLIAM CROMER, Esq., died 12 May 1598. Administration on his estate
was granted to his son, James Cromer, 26 May 1598.

References:

Bentley, Excerpta Historica (1833): 309. Benolte & Cooke, Vis. of Kent
1530-1, 1574 & 1592 1 (H.S.P. 74) (1923): 43-44 (1574 Vis.)
(Crowmer pedigree: "Willi'm Crowmar of Tunstall ar ob. 12 Maij,
1598, [1] = Margarett daughter of Sr Thomas Kempe, Kt., [2] = Elizabeth
daughter of Sr John Guldford, Knt."), 76-77 (1574 Vis.) (Guildford
pedigree: "Elizabeth [Guildford]"). Hasler, House of Commons
1558-1603 1 (1981): 678-679 (biog. of William Cromer). Bindoff,
House of Commons 1509-1558 3 (1982): 659-660 (biog. of Thomas
Wotton).

18. DOROTHY CROMER, daughter by her father's 2nd marriage, born about
1563 (aged 50 in 1613). She married (1st) by marriage settlement dated
1580 WILLIAM SEYLIARD, Esq., of Delaware (in Brasted), Kent, son and
heir of John Seyliard, Esq., of Delaware (in Brasted), Kent, by Alice,
daughter and heiress of Richard Franklin, Gent. He was born about 1557
(aged 39 in 1596). They had six sons, Thomas, Esq., George, John,
James, William, and Francis, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Anne
(wife of William Seyliard, Gent.). He was born about 1557 (aged 39 in
1596). WILLIAM SEYLIARD, Esq., died 21 March 1595/6, and was buried 26
March 1595/6 in the church of Edenbridge, Kent. He left a will dated
20 March 1595/6, proved 10 May 1596 (P.C.C., 31 Drake). His widow,
Dorothy, married (2nd) (as his 3rd wife) at St. Dunstan's in the
West, London 7 Sept. 1598 MICHAEL BERESFORD, Esq., of Squerries (in
Westerham), Kent, son and heir of George Beresford, of Newton-Grange,
Derbyshire, Steward of the Town of Nottingham, by Helen (or Eleanor),
daughter of Thomas Greene, Esq., allegedly of Derbyshire They had one
son, William, and two daughters, Jane and Mary. Michael married (1st)
before 1566 Rose Knyvet, daughter of John Knyvet, by whom he had other
issue, includng a son, Cornelius; and (2nd) before 21 May 1597 Anne
_____ (died 1598), widow of Randall Camme (died 1589), Citizen and
Salter of London. In 1599 Michael sold property at Great and Little
Bentley Field (in Fenny Bentley), Derbyshire to Francis Fitzherbert,
Esq., of Tissington, Derybshire. The same year he sold twp messuages
or farms in Thorpe, Derbyshire to John Milward, Gent., of Bradley Ash,
Derbyshire. He served as a justice of the peace for Kent, 1599-1608.
MICHAEL BERESFORD, Esq., left a will dated 26 Feb. 1607/8, proved 30
April 1608 (P.C.C. 28 Windebanck). In 1610 his widow, Dorothy, agreed
to a settlement with her son, Thomas Seyliard. She died 29 July 1613,
and was buried in the church at Brasted, Kent. She left a will dated 9
January 1611/12, proved 5 Nov. 1613 (P.C.C. 105 Capell).

References:

Brydges, Collins' Peerage of England 8 (1812): 80-81 (re. Beresford
family). Berry, County Gens.: Kent Fams. (1830): 437 (Beresford
pedigree). Howard & Hovenden, Some Pedigrees from the Vis. of Kent
1663-68 (1887): 28-30, 38, 62-91. Archaeologia Cantiana 21
(1895): 98-99 (Monuments in Edenbridge Church), 289 (burial rec. of
William Seyliard); 24 (1900): 198. Philipot, Vis. of Kent 1619-21
(H.S.P. 42) (1898): 172 (1619 Vis.) (Beresford pedigree: "Michaell
Beresford de Squirres in p[aro]chia de Westram in co' Cantij. = Rosa
filia Joh'is Kneute de ....") (Beresford arms: Argent, crusilly
fitchée and three fleur-de-lis sable within a bordure gules). Benolte
& Cooke, Vis. of Kent 1530-1, 1574 & 1592 1 (H.S.P. 74) (1923): 28
(1574 Vis.) (Beresford pedigree: "Mihell Beresford of Oteford in Kent
= Rose daughter of John Kneuitt"), 43-44 (1574 Vis.) (Crowmer
pedigree: "Darothey [Crowmer]"). Ezell Brodnax: The Beginning,
Addendum (2000). Beresford Magazine, Issue 88 (2003): 5-6.
Registered Will of Michael Beresford, Esq., of Westerham, Kent, P.C.C.,
28 Windebanck (FHL Microfilm 92033). Registered Will of Dorothy
Beresford, widow, of Westerham, Kent proved 1613, P.C.C., 105 Capell
(FHL Microfilm 92055). Boyd's Marriage Index, 2nd ser., vol. 1, pg.
50 & vol. 46, pg. 161 (1598 marriage of Dorothy Seiliard and Michael
Beresford, St. Dunstan's in the West, London). Centre for Kentish
Studies: Streatfeild Manuscripts, Reference: U908/T47/7 (Marriage
settlement dated 1580 of William Seyliard of Brasted and Dorothy,
daughter of William Crowmer of Tunstall, esq.), Reference: U908/T49/24
(Settlement of Thomas Seyliard of Brasted on his mother, Dorothy
Berisford, widow, of Michael Berisford, esq., and Sometime the wife of
William Seyliard, deceased dated 1610) (abstract of documents available
online at http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp). Abstract of
Inquisition Post Mortem for Michael Beresford, Esq. dated 14 Feb.
1609/10 available online at:
http://www.hartley-kent.org.uk/history/ ... esford.htm.

19. ELIZABETH SEYLIARD, married (as his 1st wife) her step-brother
CORNELIUS BERESFORD, of Chilham, Kent, sixth son of Michael Beresford,
Esq., of Squerries (in Westerham), Kent, by his 1st wife, Rose,
daughter of John Knyvet. They had one daughter, Dorothy. He witnessed
the 1608 will of his father. His wife, Elizabeth, died sometime before
9 Jan. 1611/12 (date of her mother's will). He married (2nd) DOROTHY
PETLEY, daughter of Edward Petley, Esq., of Chelsfield, Kent. They had
three daughters, Anne (wife of Thomas Beresford), Elizabeth, and Rose.
CORNELIUS BERESFORD was living at Chilham, Kent in 1619. His wife,
Dorothy, and her three daughters were legatees in the 1634 will of her
sister, Rose Petley, of Bradborne (in Sevenoaks), Kent.

Brydges, Collins' Peerage of England 8 (1812): 80-81 (re. Beresford
family). Howard & Hovenden Some Pedigrees from the Vis. of Kent
1663-68 (1887): 28-30. Philipot, Vis. of Kent 1619-21 (H.S.P.
42) (1898): 172 (1619 Vis.) (Beresford pedigree: "Cornelius Beresford
iam sup'stes apud Chilha[m] = Eliza filia Tho: Suliard de De la Ware
vx' p'ma, ux' 2 Dorothea filia Ed[war]r[d]i Petley de
Cheslesford."). Ezell, Brodnax: The Beginning, Addendum (2000).
Registered Will of Michael Beresford, Esq., of Westerham, Kent, P.C.C.,
28 Windebanck (FHL Microfilm 92033). Registered Will of Dorothy
Beresford, widow, of Westerham, Kent proved 1613, P.C.C., 105 Capell
(FHL Mirofilm 92055).

20. DOROTHY BERESFORD, daughter and co-heiress by her father's 1st
marriage. She was a legatee in the 1612 will of her grandmother,
Dorothy (Cromer) (Seyliard) Beresford, who bequeathed her 40 pounds of
money. She married at Chartham, Kent 29 October 1629 [MAJOR] JOHN
BRODNAX, Gent., of Godmersham, Kent, younger son of Thomas Brodnax,
Gent., of Godmersham, Kent, by his 2nd wife, Elizabeth, daughter of
John Taylor, Esq. He was baptized at Godmersham, Kent 23 October 1608.
They had four sons, Thomas, John, William, and Robert, and two
daughters, Elizabeth and Martha. His wife, Dorothy, was a legatee in
the 1639 will of her uncle, William Seyliard, Gent. John Brodnax was
an ardent supporter of the Crown during the English Civil War and held
a Major's commission in the Royalist Army. After the downfall of
King Charles I, the estates of John Brodnax were confiscated. He fled
to Virginia about 1640, where he settled in York County. [MAJOR] JOHN
BRODNAX, Gent., left a will dated 23 July 1657, proved in York County,
Virginia 16 Nov. 1657, naming his wife, Dorothy, and his children. The
inventory of his personal estate was "outcried" at York 19 Nov.
1657.

References:

Brydges, Collins' Peerage of England 8 (1812): 80-81 (re. Beresford
family). Berry, County Gens.: Kent Fams. (1830): 126-127 (Brodnax
pedigree) (Brodnax arms: Or, two chevrons gules on a chief of the
second three cinquefoils argent). Howard & Hovenden, Some Pedigrees
from the Vis. of Kent 1663-68 (1887): 29, 89. Philipot, Vis. of Kent
1619-21 (H.S.P. 42) (1898): 172 (1619 Vis.) (Beresford pedigree:
"Dorothea [Beresford]."). Ezell, Brodnax: The Beginning (1995).
Ezell, Brodnax: The Beginning, Addendum (2000). Registered Will of
Dorothy Beresford, widow, of Westerham, Kent proved 1613, P.C.C., 105
Capell (FHL Microfilm 92055). Registered Will of William Seyliard,
Gent., of Delaware (in Brasted), Kent, proved 1639, P.C.C., 85 Harvey
(FHL Microfilm 92144). Royalist Composition Papers 1st Ser. CXIII:
779. Boyd's Marriage Index, 3rd ser., vol. 10, pg. 79 & vol. 65, pg.
47 (1629 marriage of Dorothy Beresford and John Broadnax, Chartham,
Kent). Parish Regs. of Chartham, Kent [FHL Microfilm 1866541]. Parish
Regs. of Godmersham, Kent [FHL Microfilm 1850190].

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