The Trentham Family Direct Line from 1066 and the Invasion of Incorporating the De Veres and the Sneyds William the Conquerer

Earls of Oxford The Trentham Family Direct line from 1066 and the invasion of Incorporating the de Veres and the Sneyds William the Conquerer

William Trentham = Elizabeth Horton Elizabeth Devereux = Sir Richard Corbet armiger, of Shrewsbury daughter of John Horton of Woodcott dau of Sir Walter Devereux, of Moreton Corbet (militis) d. c. 1420 1st Lord Ferrers of Chartley b 1451, d 1493 John Trentham = Anne Hoard armiger, of Shrewsbury daughter and heiress of d. 1484 William Hoard of Shrewsbury Richard de Vere Richard Sneyd = Anne Fouleshurst 11th Earl of Oxford of Bradwell, Staffordshire Sir Robert Corbet Catherine Marschall b c1386, d 15.02.1416/7 d. 1537 Thomas Trentham I = of Moreton Corbet armiger, of Shrewsbury daughter and heiress of John d 1514 Recorder of Chester superstes 1529 Marschall of Hurst, Shropshire 1512-1537 Sheriff of Salop John de Vere Councillor to Princess Mary Thomas Trentham II = Elizabeth Corbett m. Elizabeth Vernon (d 1563, dau 12th Earl of Oxford daughter of Henry VIII and armiger, of Shrewsbury of Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon) b 23.04.1408, d 26.02.1461/2 Catherine of Aragon b. c. 1468, d. c. 1519 Sir William Sneyd’s tomb Keele Hall John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford Sir William Sneyd Kt = Anne Barrow Maria Ireland = (Sir) Richard Trentham Robert Trentham Katherine Trentham Great Chamberlain of Keele, Staffordshire m. 25 Nov 1526 daughter of David armiger, of Shrewsbury, Rocester (unus hostiarium Married (1) Hakluit of b 08.09.1442, d 10.03.1512/3 d. 6 June 1571, buried at Wolstanton Ireland of Shropshire b. circa 1500, d. 1 Jan 1547 Reg H VIII and Ed VI) Hereford; (2) Fox of Ludlow Castle Hedingham - notable alabaster tomb (left) Pocillator reg Ed VI, dum Walliae principatum tenuit; primus qui partim Mayor of Chester 1543-1544, 1566-1567 emptione et partim ex largitione magni Anne Trentham Mary Trentham John de Vere of Campes High Sheriff of Staffordshire regis H VIII, habuit coenob’m de Rocester. Married (circa 1523) Married Hugo Rogers 14th Earl of Oxford 1549-1550, 1558-1559 1536: MP for Shropshire Ralph Leighton of of Hamhouse, Staffs b 14.08.1499, dsp 14.07.1526 Cotys, Salop. Justice of Peace 1547-1571 1540: Granted lease of Manor of Rocester Abbey following Jane Trentham Purchases manor of Keele John de Vere for £334 on 11 June 1544 dissolution of monasteries. Elizabeth Trentham Married Middleton Married Richard Husee 15th Earl of Oxford Granted the Rectory of Wolstanton Cup Bearer to Edward VI. Described as a ‘favourite’ of Adbright, Salop Great Chamberlain Parish for £600 to the Bishop of Knight of the Garter Coventry and Lichfield in 1567 The site of Rocester Abbey of Henry VIII. d. 1539 m1. (c1493) Christian Foderingey Mary Chetwynd = Ralph Sneyd I George Sneyd Jane Sneyd = Thomas Trentham III Margaret Trentham Joanna Trentham dau of Thomas Foderingey armiger, of Keele, Freeman of Chester Marriage c. 1561/2 armiger, of Rocester Abbey Married Sampson Meverell of Married Godfrey Fouljambe m2. (c1508) Elizabeth Trussel Staffordshire 3 sons Buried July 17 1616 b.21 April 1538 Throwley, Staffs of Norton-lees, Derby dau of Sir Edward Trussel of b. circa 1527 who died young at Rocester, buried May 25 1587 at Rocester Cublesdon / Kibblestone) d 15 Aug 1620, buried “Gentilwoman, wid.” Catherine Trentham at Wolstanton 8 daughters 1571-1581: including Mary, MP for County of Stafford. Married Thomas Lane of Hide Thomas Trentham III Freeman of Chester Elizabeth, Anne and Bentley, Staffs Margery Golding m2 = John de Vere & Ralph Sneyd I signatures 1571-1572: Sheriff of Staffs High Sheriff of and Margaret d 02.12.1568 16th Earl of Oxford on a dowry bond for Elizabeth Staffordshire 1576, 1595 1577-1585: JP Joyce Trentham Great Chamberlain Trentham, Countess of Oxford daughter of John Golding of Built Keele Hall in 1581 1579-1580: Sheriff of Staffs Married Edward Minours of Halstead / Belchamp St. Paul b. circa 1516, d. 3 Aug 1562 Uttoxeter, Staffs Owned manors of Keele, 1580: Described as Sister of Arthur Golding m1. 3 July 1536 Dorothy Nevill Bradwell, Tunstall and “Custos Rotulorum” translator of Ovid daughter of Ralph Nevill, Norton, Rectory of Sept 1586: Appointed by Privy Elizabeth Trentham m2. 1 Aug 1548 4th Earl of Westmorland Married Thomas Hacluyt of Wolstanton Parish and was Council to accompany the Issue: Katherine de Vere Eaton Court, Shropshire the dominant fuedal Lord Scottish Queen to her trial at d 17 Jan 1599 Ralph Sneyd I - mentioned as of the ancient borough of Fotheringay married Sir Edward Windsor “Uncle Sneade” in Newcastle-u-Lyme Elizabeth Trentham’s will Felicia, daughter of = Ralph Sneyd II (Captain) Thomas Trentham IV ffrancis Trentham I = Katherine daughter of SirSheldon Ralph Sheldon Elizabeth Trentham m.2 = Edward de Vere m.1 = Anne Cecil of Beoly and Anne Throgmorton Nicholas Archbold armiger, of Keele, Staffordshire bap March 20 1575 armiger, of Rocester Abbey daughter of Sir Ralph Sheldon (Countess of Oxenford) 17th Earl of Oxenford daughter of Sir William Cecil, of Uttoxeter b. 1570, buried 7 April 1643 buried April 25 1605 at Rocester b. c. 1563/4, buried Oct 13 1626 of Beoly and Anne Throgmorton Maid of Honour to Lorde Greate Chamberleyne of Lord Burghley. Maid of at Wolstanton Queen Elizabeth Englande, Viscount Bulbecke, Honour to Queen Elizabeth 1601: Member of Parliament for “et venerabilis vir” at Rocester MarriedWill dated c. 1591 July 4 1633 (see copy) (also found a record that she was and Lorde of Badlesmere and Became heir app. on death of Newcastle-u-Lyme, Staffs JP. Sheriff of Staffs 1592 & 1611 Will dated July 4 1633 (see copy) god-daughter of the Queen) b. 5 Dec 1556 his eldest brother William Scales. Unmarried. 1610: MP for County of Stafford m. 19 Dec 1571 on Aug 29 1613 b. c. 1562/3 at Rocester Classical scholar, adventurer, From the date (1591) of his sister d. 5 June 1588 Is granted the buried 3 Jan 1613 (Hackney?) unbeaten in the tiltyard, poet, Dorothy Trentham Elizabeth’s marriage to at the palace at Greenwich. “custodie wardshippe Will dated 25 Nov 1612 dramatist, patron of arts and b. c 1565 Edward de Vere, ffrancis’ name Were I a king and marriage” of the sciences, impresario, noted married Sir William Cooper appears on most of the legal Were I a king I could command content; 8 year old heir of the ‘Italianate Englishman’ at Queen June 6 1585 at Rocester papers concerning the de Vere Were I obscure, unknown should be my cares; Trentham estate, Elizabeth’s court. estate. Inherits the manor & And were I dead, no thoughts should me torment, ffrancis Trentham II in 1628 b. April 12 1550 Katherine Trentham Castle of Hedigham - then to which, by licence, he grants to Nor words, nor wrongs, nor loves, nor hopes, nor fears. at Castle Hedingham b Aug 16 1569 son and heir Sir Thomas A doubtful choice, of three things one to crave, Sir William Bowyer of Knypersley d 24 June 1604 Trentham. A kingdom, or a cottage, or a grave. Captain Ralph Sneyd II on 9 June 1632. married Sir John Stanhope of at Hackney, intestate painted along with the Pictured left Elvaston, Derbyshire in 1586 Sneyd heraldic shield Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford Also had illegitimate son, - the word ‘sneyd’ Lettice Trentham Author of the works formerly attributed to Sir Edward Vere (militis) being the Medieval b+d. 1573 William Shakespeare (b. 23 March 1581, d 1629) with English word for Katherine Sheldon Elizabethan and Seventeenth-Century Lyrics. Matthew W. Anne Vavasour, (right) Lady of ‘scythe’. Black, Ed. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1938. Edward de Vere Bedchamber to Queen Anne Vavasour

William Sneyd II Prudence Eyre = Sir Thomas Sir Christopher William Trentham Francis Richard Henry de Vere of Keele, Staffordshire daughter of Trentham V Kt Trentham Kt bap Oct 19 1609, d. 1651 bap July 6 1598 bap Aug 25 1603, 18th Earl of Oxford Thomas Eyre of Rocester Abbey b. 1592 d 1649 d. Aug 27 1603 Lord Great Chamberlain b. 1612 Succeeded to Rocester Vere of Hassop Hall, Derby Married Winifred, estate c 1649 on death of buried 17 Jan 1695 b. c. 1592 bap Sept 16 1599 Robert b. 24 Feb 1593 b. 1599 daughter of John Biddulph his elder brother Sir at Wolstanton Knighted aged 25 god-daughter of born Aug 27 1604 1 Jan 1623/4: married Succeeded to Rocester Christopher Trentham bap Sept 2 1604 married Elizabeth Audley Buried 10 Feb 1642 m. 17 April 1620 in Elizabeth Trentham Diana Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, at Rocester estate c 1644 after Countess of Oxford 2nd Earl of Exeter Although a royalist, managed to Bakewell, Derby challenging the will of his Anne and Jane Ralph On her marriage, maintain family estates through Same date: £2,200 deceased nephew Sir twins bap July 5 1593 Baptised at Leek 1605 June 1625 died without issue she becomes d 1593, 1596 Anthony and beyond civil war. marriage dowry paid by Francis Trentham II who bap Sept 16 1600 buried at Rocester Cousin Robert de Vere, son of Hugh de Vere, Lady Prudence Nov 7 1605 MP for Staffordshire in first Thomas Eyre to left his estate to his only Grace inherits the Oxford titles as 19th Earl. Trentham ffrancis Trentham I. restoration Parliament of 1660 daughter Elizabeth bap May 18 1597 Katherine On Henry’s death, the manorship and castle of bap Nov 26 1601 Marie Sheriff of Staffordshire 1663 1628 Jan 18 buried at Lived at the Dairy House, m. 1639 Walter Astley bap Aug 23 1607 Hedingham, having been purchased by Rocester, aged 36 “Eques Horton Hay. of Patshull mentioned in Elizabeth Trentham, Countess of Oxford, auratus et venerabilis ille vir” Elizabeth Trentham pass by entail, to ffrancis Trentham I. Captain Richard Sneyd - the Hester = Sir William Bowyer Kt Countess of Oxford will Countess Diana’s sisters petition the House of brother of William Sneyd II. of Knypersley Hall, Staffs Lords for the restitution of Hedingham on Richard fought with Granted wardship in 1632 of Anne 24 Feb 1668. 30 March 1668 Lord and Lady Cullen distinction for Charles I. Sir ffrancis Trentham II bap April 11 1611 reply and the the Lords find in their favour. Edward de Vere from Ralph Sneyd II and signature

Catherine Sir ffrancis Trentham II Kt == Elizabeth Bowyer John Bowyer son Lady Bridget de Vere Lady Elizabeth de Vere Lady Susan de Vere buried of Rocester Abbey, Staffordshire of Biddulph Hall, Staffs b+d May 1583 b. 6 April 1584 b. 2 July 1575, d. 10 March 1627 b. 26 May 1587, Oct 23 1622 baptised 22 Sept 1620 at Rocester Granted wardship of married, May/June 1599, Date of birth is according to bur 1 Feb 1628-9 at Rocester Burghley. Edward de Vere married 21 Oct 1634 (aged 14) at Biddulph Elizabeth Trentham Frances de Vere Francis Norris, 2nd Lord of married, 27 Dec 1604, (Lady Cullen) and Rycote, Earl of Berkshire. initially considers the child Philip Herbert, 1st Earl of Ralph Sneyd III (capt) buried 15 April 1644 at Rocester buried infant illegitimate thus beginning a five negotiates £20,000 12 Sept 1587 Prior to marriage was affianced Montgomery, 4th Earl of of Keele, Staffordshire Is 8 years old on the death of his father, he becomes a estrangement with Anne marriage settlement to William Herbert, (pic below) Pembroke, Knight of the Garter son and heir of above Royal Ward of Court and Ralph Sneyd II of Keele (his with the Cullens in 1653 3rd Earl of Pembroke married, 26 Jan 1594, 1608, brother of William b. 1641, d. 1703 great Uncle) purchases his “custody wardshippe and Lord Chamberlain William Stanley, Herbert (See Bridget) who were marriage” which includes taking care of his education Justice of the Peace Knight of the Garter 6th Earl of Derby the ‘incomparable brethren’ and managing the Trentham estate during ffrancis’ Sir William Cokayne (d. 29 Sept 1642) who financed the First Folio of 1681 MP for Newcastle-u-Lyme of Rushton Hall minority. The boy now moves to Keele while his mother brother of Philip Herbert Knight of the Garter 1601 Shakespeare 1703 Deputy Lieutenant of Staffs Lady Prudence Trentham moves to the 750 acre Lord Mayor of London see Susan de Vere Trentham estate of Westwood Grange near Leek, Staffs (d 20.10.1626, 2nd son) Ralph Sneyd IV 1632 June 9: Ralph Sneyd II, by a special licence grants m. (22.06.1596) Mary Morris of Keele, Staffordshire and assigns the custody and wardship of ffrancis dau of Richard Morris) 3rd son and heir app. of above Trentham II (aged 12) to Sir William Bowyer of Knypersley Hall where the boy now moves. b. 1667, d. 8 April 1695 (Sneyd Papers S1385) Marries (at Lichfield Cathedral): Charles Cokayne 1644 April 11: Date of the Will names 4 year old of Rushton Hall Frances (Lady Chester) daughter Elizabeth (Lady Cullen) his sole heiress (b 04.07.1602, d 1661) b.1673, d. 1750 daughter of Sir William Nöel, 1st Viscount Cullen Frances managed entire Sneyd Irish honour created by estate during the minority of Charles I in 1642 their son and heir: m. (24.06.1627) Mary O'Brien dau of Henry O'Brien, William Herbert Philip Herbert, Earl of Montgomery with his second wife Bryan Cokayne, 5th Earl of Thomond 3rd Earl of Pembroke Anne Clifford and the four children of his first wife Ralph Sneyd V 2nd Viscount Cullen of Rushton Hall Lady Susan de Vere - James, Henry, Charles & Phillip. of Keele, Staffordshire b. 1692, d. 1733 Elizabeth Trentham (Lady Cullen) = Bryan Cokayne 2nd Viscount Cullen Postscript Marries Anna Maria against bap 24 Oct 1640 at Biddulph, d. 30 Nov 1713 second son of Charles Cokayne 1st Viscount Cullen “The issue of this union [Charles Cokayne and Mary O'Brien} was Bryan family wishes - he is aged 26, she Brought up by John Bowyer of Biddulph. Becomes Lady b. 1631, d. July 1687 is aged 16 Cokayne, second Viscount, whose life gives us a little drama. At the age of of Bedchamber to Queen Katherine. Was a noted beauty 24 Sept 1653 - Prenuptial agreement with sixteen he was betrothed to the "beautiful Elizabeth Trentham", whose 1713-1715 MP for Staffordshire at the court of Charles II. Painted by Sir John Lely (left). John Bowyer for £20,000 as follows: father was Lord of Rocester, and whose likeness was painted by Lely, while 1721 High Sheriff of Staffordshire 24 Nov 1673 Manor and estate of Rocester, and “the “if Elizabeth Trentham, fiance of Brien shall her loveliness was a theme for the gallants at Court - after which he went on Sir John Lely’s portrait of honour mannor Castle and Burrough of Hedingham” within 12 months of her reaching 21 yrs, settle on Elizabeth Trentham, Lady Cullen conveyed by way of settlement to William Sneyd and her sons by Brien, her estates in Rocester, Alton, the Continent. While in Italy he jilted an Italian lady (said to have been a Thomas Cokayne by Bryan Lord Viscount Cullen and Denson, Quicksill & Combridge, Staffs, & Countess), who loved him with all the passionate fire of her country. On the Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heiress of Francis Henningham, Essex, then Chas Ld C [Cullen]. very day of his marriage with his affianced, and they with their guests were Trentham [II]. will settle £250 p.a. on East & West Rushton on On her monument at All Saints church Rushton she is Brien & Elizabeth as additional jointure.” sitting down to the banquet in Rushton Hall, the victim of his sports abroad described as heiress of the “rich Lordship of Rocester.” turned up, and, in the midst of the assembly, uttered a terrible curse, prophesying misery and want, clenching her curse by drinking to their perdition. His lady was heiress of the Manors of Rocester and Castle Headingham, besides other lands in Staffordshire, Essex, and Oxon; but Charles Cokayne Trentham Elizabeth circumstances verified the curse. From his dissipation the estates were 3rd Viscount Cullen (b 15.11.1658, d 30.12.1688) George Mary mortgaged to their full value; she sold her own to the last acre.” William Sneyd and his grandson Ralph Sneyd IV were buried within m. (26.12.1678) Katherine Willoughby (d 11.02.1668-9, Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire months of each other in the church at Wolstanton. dau of William Willoughby, 6th Lord of Parham) Volume I, The High Peak Hundred by Joseph Tilley

Copyright 2009 Jeremy Crick. No part of this may be reproduced in any form without permission. www.jeremycrick.info Published to accompany the article, ‘Elizabeth and ffrancis Trentham of Rocester Abbey’ in the November 2006 edition of the De Vere Society newsletter. www.deveresociety.co.uk