Gateways to Royal Descents c1550

This page lists people, who were born in about 1550, and have well documented descents from Alfred the Great that are shown in Wikitree. Other pages do the same for 950, 1050, 1150, 1250, 1350 and 1450.

One can show, with statistics, that, if one has any UK based ancestors atall, then one is almost certainly (more than 99% probability) descended from King Edward 1 (sometimes referred to as the father of the nation). Tracing back from him takes one to many interesting historical figures such as William the Conquerer, Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Clovis, numerous saints, El Cid, etc.

A corollory of the above statistics tells us that, given any 20 people who were born in about 1350 and who are known to have left descendants, one is almost certainly (more than 99% probability) descended from one of these 20. Similar results are true for later dates but with larger groups than 20. For instance, 200 people is sufficient for 1450, 2000 for 1550 and 20,000 for 1650.

The ultimate aim of later pages, is to produce a list of at least 2000 people, who were born in the British Isles in about 1550, who left descendants, and who were descended from Alfred the Great. This list of people is arranged according to the counties (of the British Isles) in which the people were born. The list provides a useful gateway into medieval descents - if researchers can trace a descent from one of the 2000 in the list, they will have an entry point into medieval descents.

It would be nice to produce the list of 20,000 people for 1650, but this would be a daunting task. 1650 would be desirable, because it would reach people who lived after the chaos of the Civil Wars and would reach the time when record keeping was improving.

Each entry, in the lists points to the Wikitree page, for the relevant person, and to the Wikitree family tree that shows his or her descent from an earlier person in the lists.

The following xxx people were descended from Alfred the Great, were born in about 1550, and left descendants (other pages will provide similar lists for 950, 1050, 1150, 1250, 1350 and 1450).

England

BEDFORDSHIRE BDF

BERKSHIRE BRK

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BKM

CAMBRIDGESHIRE CAM

CHESHIRE CHS

CORNWALL CON

CUMBERLAND CUL

DERBYSHIRE DBY

DEVON DEV

DORSET DOR

DURHAM DUR

ESSEX ESS

GLOUCESTERSHIRE GLS

William Stafford was great-great-grandson of George Plantagenet

John Meaux was great-great-grandson of Anne (Plantagenet) St-Leger

Thomas Berkeley was great-grandson of Thomas Berkeley

Giles Brydges was great-great-grandson of Anne (Grey) Grey

William Brydges was great-great-grandson of Anne (Grey) Grey

Edmund Brydges was great-great-grandson of Anne (Grey) Grey

John Tracy was great-great-grandson of Anne (Grey) Grey

Elizabeth (Sydenham) Poyntz was great-granddaughter of Elizabeth (Audley) Sydenham

Mary (Poyntz) Sydenham was great-granddaughter of Thomas Berkeley

John Poyntz was great-grandson of Thomas Berkeley

John Berkeley was great-grandson of Thomas Berkeley

Henry Berkeley was great-grandson of Ann (Berkeley) Dennis

Henry Walsh was great-grandson of Ann (Berkeley) Dennis

Arnold Lygon was great-grandson of Ann (Berkeley) Dennis

Elizabeth (Lygon) Smithe was great-granddaughter of Ann (Berkeley) Dennis

Richard Norwood was great-grandson of Ann (Berkeley) Dennis

Henry Norwood was great-grandson of Ann (Berkeley) Dennis

John Trye was great-grandson of William Trye

William Guise was great-great-grandson of Anne (Berkeley) Guise

Elizabeth (Guise) Haviland was great-great-granddaughter of Anne (Berkeley) Guise

Anne (Savage) Daston was great-great-granddaughter of Anne (Beauchamp) Lygon

Richard Rogers was grandson of Richard Rogers

Silvestor (Poyntz) Kingscote was great-great-granddaughter of Margaret (Woodville) Poyntz

Alis (Poyntz) Burton was great-great-granddaughter of Margaret (Woodville) Poyntz

Joan (Baynham) Vaughan was great-great-granddaughter of William Gage

Cecilia (Baynham) Throckmorton was great-great-granddaughter of William Gage

Edmund Porter was great-grandson of Margaret (Giffard) Porter

Elizabeth (Porter) Catesby was granddaughter of Margaret (Giffard) Porter

John Hungerford was great-great-grandson of John Hungerford

William Throckmorton was great-great-grandson of Robert Needham

Henry Poole was great-grandson of Robert Needham

HAMPSHIRE HAM

HEREFORDSHIRE HEF

HERTFORDSHIRE HRT

HUNTINGDONSHIRE HUN

KENT KEN

LANCASHIRE LAN

LEICESTERSHIRE LEI

LINCOLNSHIRE LIN

LONDON LND

MIDDLESEX MDX

NORFOLK NFK

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (With RUTLAND) NTH

NORTHUMBERLAND NBL

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NTT

OXFORDSHIRE OXF

SHROPSHIRE SAL

SOMERSET SOM

STAFFORDSHIRE STS

SUFFOLK SFK

SURREY SRY

SUSSEX SSX

WARWICKSHIRE WAR

WESTMORELAND WES

WILTSHIRE WIL

WORCESTESHIRE WOR

YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING ERY

YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING WRY

YORKSHIRE NORTH RIDING NRY

Wales

ANGLESEY AGY

BRECONSHIRE BRE

CAERNAVONSHIRE CAE

CARDIGANSHIRE CGN

CARMARTHENSHIRE CMN

DENBIGHSHIRE DEN

FLINT FLN

GLAMORGAN GLA

MERIONETHSHIRE MER

MONMOUTHSHIRE MON

MONTGOMERYSHIRE MGY

PEMBROKESHIRE PEM

RADNORSHIRE RAD

Scotland

ABERDEENSHIRE ABD

ANGUS (or FORFAR) ANS

ARGYLLSHIRE ARL

AYRSHIRE AYR

BANFFSHIRE BAN

BERWICKSHIRE BEW

BUTE BUT

CAITHNESS=SHIRE CAI

CLACKMANNANSHIRE CLK

DUMFRIESSHIRE DFS

DUNBARTONSHIRE DNB

EAST LOTHIAN (or HADDINGTON) ELN

FIFE FIF

INVERNESS-SHIRE INV

KINCARDINESHIRE (or MEARNS) KCD

KINROSS-SHIRE KRS

KIRCUDBRIGHTSHIRE KKD

LANARKSHIRE LKS

MIDLOTHIAN (or EDINBURGH) MLN

MORAY MOR

NAIRNSHIRE NAI

ORKNEY ISLES OKI

PEEBLESHIRE PEE

PERTHSHIRE PER

RENFREWSHIRE RFW

ROSS AND CROMARTY ROC

ROXBURGHSHIRE ROX

SELKIRKSHIRE SEL

SHETLAND ISLES (or ZERLAND) SHI

STIRLINGSHIRE STI

SUTHERLAND SUT

WEST LOTHIAN WLN

WIGTOWNSHIRE (or WEST GALLOWAY) WIG