Back to 1066 via the Mainwaring family

Bayeaux tapestry: Duke William raises his helmet so as to be recognized on the battlefield of Hastings. Eustace II, Count of Boulogne points to him with his finger.

• William the Conqueror (1028 – 1087) my 28th great-grandfather
  • H is for Hastings
  •  Longing for ancestors
• Henry of England (1068 – 1135) Son of William the Conqueror
• Matilda of England (1102 – 1167) Daughter of Henry of England
• Henry Plantagenet (1133 – 1189) Son of Matilda of England
• John Plantagenet (1166 – 1216) Son of Henry Plantagenet
• Henry Plantagenet (1207 – 1272) Son of John Plantagenet
• Edmund Crouchback (1245 – 1296) Son of Henry Plantagenet
• Henry Plantagenet (1281 – 1345) Son of Edmund Crouchback
• Eleanor Plantagenet Daughter of Henry Plantagenet
  • L is for Lewes Priory
• Mary Fitzalan Daughter of Eleanor Plantagenet [it is disputed by modern scholars that Mary was the daughter of Eleanor – we are descended from Eleanor by other children]
• Ankaret le Strange (1361 – 1413) Daughter of Mary Fitzalan
• Mary Talbot Daughter of Ankaret le Strange
• Thomas Greene ( – 1462) Son of Mary Talbot
• Thomas Greene (1461 – 1506) Son of Thomas Greene
• Anne Greene (1490 – 1523) Daughter of Thomas Greene and wife of Nicholas Vaux
  • The Lancastrian Vauxs
• Thomas Vaux (1509 – 1556) Son of Anne Greene
  • an alumnus of Oxford: U is for university
• Anne Vaux (1550 – 1619) Daughter of Thomas Vaux
  • Anne Bray nee Vaux (1550 – 1619)
• Temperance Bray (1580 – 1619) Daughter of Anne Vaux and husband of Thomas Crew
  • Temperance Crew nee Bray (abt 1580 – 1619)
  • Temperance’s husband Thomas Crew (1564 – 1634), was Speaker of the House of Commons in 1624 and 1625 : P is for Parliament
• John Crew (1598 – 1679) Son of Temperance Bray
  • Samuel Pepys and the Crew family
  • John Crew was first elected to Parliament in 1624 and served until after 1660: P is for Parliament
  • one of his sons was my 10th great uncle Nathaniel Crew (1633 – 1721), Bishop of Durham from 1674 to 1721, one of the longest serving bishops in the history of the Church of England: Q is for quires and questions
• Anne Crew (1637 – 1708) Daughter of John Crew
• Anne Wright (1658 – 1731) Daughter of Anne Crew
• Jemima Pye (1681 – 1721) Daughter of Anne Wright
  • Burke’s family records can be wrong
• Edward Mainwaring (1709 – 1795) Son of Jemima Pye
  • J is for Jacobite rebellion
• Rowland Mainwaring (1745 – 1817) Son of Edward Mainwaring
• Rowland Mainwaring (1783 – 1862) Son of Rowland Mainwaring
  • Trove Tuesday: Obituary for Admiral Mainwaring
• Gordon Mainwaring (1817 – 1872) Son of Rowland Mainwaring
  • A Quiet Life: Gordon Mainwaring (1817-1872)
• Ellen Jane Mainwaring (1845 – 1920) Daughter of Gordon Mainwaring
  • E is for Eden Park, home of Wentworth Cavenagh
  • N is for Naval husbands
• Kathleen Mary Cavenagh-Mainwaring (1874 – 1951) Daughter of Ellen Jane Mainwaring
  • A silhouette of Mrs Cudmore
  • F is for fundraising
• Kathleen Cavenagh Cudmore (1908 – 2013) Daughter of Kathleen Mary Cavenagh-Mainwaring, my grandmother
  • Kathleen Cudmore: a Memoir