d. TWO LINES FROM KING EDWARD I OF ENGLAND (1239-1307); MATERNAL
TWO LINES OF DESCENT FROM EDWARD I, KING OF ENGLAND (d. 1307 CE) AND HIS TWO QUEENS TO DIANA (SKIPWITH) DALE, d. JULY 31, 1696, 2ND WIFE OF MAJ. EDWARD DALE OF LANCASTER CO., VIRGINIA.
Edward I is the king in the film “Braveheart.” He was the great-grandson of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. The motto on his tomb says “Pactum Serva:” Keep Your Word.
Prestwich (1997) gives an account of the early life of Thomas of Brotherton. Margaret of France bore Edward I three children: Thomas, Edmund, and Eleanor. Edmund was the father of Joan of Kent, who married as her second husband Edward the Black Prince; they were the parents of the ill-fated Richard II.
1. Edward I, King of England; m. (2) Margaret of France (half-sister of Philip IV, King of France)
2. Thomas of Brotherton (half-brother of Edward II, King of England), Earl of Norfolk; m. (1) Alice de Hales, d. by 12 Oct 1330, dau. of Sir Roger Hales of Harwich, co. Norfolk coroner [a]
3. Margaret Plantagenet (“Mareschal”), Duchess of Norfolk, b. ca. 1320, d. 1398/9; m. (1) John de Segrave
4. Elizabeth de Segrave, b. 25 Oct 1338, d. bef. husband; m. John de Mowbray, 4th Lord Mowbray, b. 25 Jun 1340, d. 9 Oct 1368
5. Eleanor (Alianor) de Mowbray, b. ca. 25 Mar 1364; m. John de Welles, b. 20 Apr 1352, d. 26 Aug 1421
6. Eudes (or Eudo or Ives) de Welles, liv. 1407, d. via patris (before father); m. Maude de Greystoke
7. Lionel de Welles, d. 29 Mar 1461; m. (1) 15 Aug 1417 Joan de Waterton
8. Margaret de Welles; m. (1) Thomas Dymoke, b. ca. 1428
9. Lionel Dymoke, d. ca. 1519; m. (1) Joan (or Johanne) Griffith
10. Alice Dymoke, d. ca. 1550; m. (his 2nd) Sir William Skipwith, d. 7 Jul 1547 [b]
11. Henry Skipwith, d. 1588; m. Jane Hall
12. Sir William Skipwith, d. 1610; m. (1) Margaret Cave
13. Sir Henry Skipwith; m. (1) Amy Kempe
14. Diana Skipwith, d. 31 Jul 1696; m. (his 2nd) Edward Dale, d. 2 Feb 1695/6
15. Elizabeth Dale, b. ca. 1659/60; m. (his 1st) ca. 1677/8 William Rogers*, b. ca. 1655, d. 1714, son of Capt. John Rogers and Ellen of Northumberland Co., VA
Living descendants, as follows: Hannah Rogers m. (2) Edward Blackmore; Joseph Blakemore m. Anne Sanders; Hannah Blakemore m. (1) William Duncan; Joseph Duncan m. Elizabeth Peters; Minerva Jane Duncan m. Peyton Milton Wilcox; Nancy Theodocia Wilcox m. (2) Thomas Calvin McMillen; Nora Ann McMillen m. (1) Eric Lyman Vaughan; etc.
[*William Rogers m. (2) Mrs. Mary (Stott) Pullen, will probated 8 Sep 1731 (W.B. 12, p. 206); no issue of the marriage. She was the widow of Henry Pullen, who d. 1698 (W.B. 8, p. 79). Mary Pullen was named in will of Brian Stott, her father, whose will was undated but probated 14 Mar 1704/5 (WB 8, pp. 236-237). Stott was living as late as May 1703 when he granted power of attorney to Steph: Tomlin.
The exact date of William Rogers' marriage to Mary (Stott) Pullen is unknown, but the "Widow Pullen" is mentioned in a deed dated 2 Aug 1708 between Andrew Jackson and Gawin Corbin of Lancaster County. Since Mary (Stott) Pullen is the only "Widow Pullen" of record at this time, it's safe to conclude Rogers married her after 2 Aug 1708.
William Rogers was a Churchwarden at St. Mary's White Chapel. He died intestate by 14 Apr 1714, when Mary Rogers was granted administration on his estate (Lancaster Co., VA Order Book 1713-1721, p. 47). He shouldn't be confused with his son William Rogers, who m. Margaret (Margarite) --, and appears in the deed books in 1715; see Farish, p.57.]
[a] Douglas Richardson questions that Thomas of Brotherton’s first wife was the daughter of Sir Roger Hales, co. Norfolk coroner, but since The Complete Peerage and UK The National Archives support the identification, I’ve listed it. The a2a article “The Brotherton Inheritance” is informative on the descendants of Thomas.
[b] see the “Endless Knight: Henry Skipwith, son of Alice (Dymoke) Skipwithe, etc.” column.
Margaret (Marguerite) of France, daughter of Philip III, King of France, was a descendant of Stephen I, King of England, d. 25 Oct 1154 (through his daughter Marie of Blois, d. 1182), and Isaac II Angelus, d. 1204, Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Emperor. John 4th Lord Mowbray was the great-grandson of Blanche of Artois, also a descendant of Isaac II Angelus.
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1. Edward I, King of England; m. (1) Eleanor of Castile (dau. of Fernando III, King of Castile and Leon)
2. Joan of England (full sister to Edward II, King of England), b. 1272, d. 7 Apr 1307; m. (1) 1290, Gilbert de Clare, b. 2 Sep 1243, d. 7 Dec 1295
3. Alianor de Clare, b. Oct 1292, d. 30 Jun 1337; m. (1) ca. 14 Jun 1306, Hugh le Despenser the younger (infamous paramour of Edward II), executed 24 Nov 1326
4. Edward le Despenser, slain at Morlaix 30 Sep 1342; m. 20 Apr 1335, Anne de Ferrers
5. Edward le Despenser, b. ca. 1335/6, d. 11 Nov 1375; m. Elizabeth de Burghersh, d. 1409
6. Elizabeth le Despenser, d. Apr 1408; m. (1) John FitzAlan (or Arundel), b. 30 Nov 1364, d. 14 Aug 1390, son of John FitzAlan (Arundel) and Eleanor Mautravers
7. Thomas FitzAlan (or Arundel), d. ca. 1430/1, of Betchworth Castle, Dorking, co. Surrey; m. (her 1st) Joan Moyne, liv. 1443/4
8. Alianor FitzAlan (or Arundel), liv. 1461; m. (1) ca. 1431, Thomas Browne, executed 20 Jul 1460, held Betchworth Castle, Dorking, co. Surrey in right of wife; CCR 1 Edw IV (Claendar of Close Rolls 1461) lists 7 sons, among them
9. Robert Browne, armiger, d. 1511 (will prob 19 May 1511 PCC Fetiplace); m. Anne – (not Mary Malet); one child
10. Eleanor Browne, d. 1560; m. (2) William Kempe, b. 1487, d. 28 Jan 1535
11. Thomas Kempe, d. 7 Mar 1591; m. (2) 19 Jan 1550, Amy Moyle, d. 1557, dau. of Sir Thomas Moyle
12. Thomas Kempe, b. 1551, d. 1607; m. (2) Dorothy Thompson, d. 1629
13. Amy Kempe, d. 1631; m. (his 1st) Henry Skipwith, b. 21 Mar 1589/90, d. 1655
14. Diana Skipwith, d. 31 Jul 1696; m. (his 2nd) Edward Dale, d. 2 Feb 1695/6
15. Elizabeth Dale; m. (his 1st) William Rogers; information same as gen. 15 in above line.
Living descendants.
[Lines exist from Eleanor of Castile's daughter Elizabeth's marriages to Humphrey de Bohun and Ralph de Monthermer. Humphrey de Bohun had a legitimate connection to King David I of Scotland, avoiding the line through an alleged illegitimate daughter of William the Lion. ]
The following diagram, made by A.P. Stanley in the late 19th century, shows the position of the royal tombs in Westminster Abbey in the section where once had been Edward the Confessor’s shrine. The tombs of Eleanor of Castile, Henry III, Edward I, and Edward I’s brother Edmund (Crouchback) are on the north side.
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Two excellent accounts of some descendants of Elizabeth (Dale) Rogers are:
(Dorman and Price give Elizabeth Dale’s descent from Henry III, while Richardson and Roberts give her pedigree from Edward I. Both lines are valid.)
Dale married Diana Skipwith for her social and political connections. She was the sister of the royalist Sir Grey Skipwith, “a British baronet who fled to America after the English Civil War, became part of Governor Berkeley’s cavalier elite, and settled near Petersburg.” (Fischer, 2000). That’s why Thomas Carter termed their marriage ”fortuitous” in his prayer book. Grey Skipwith died ca. 1680, leaving one child: William Skipwith, who inherited the baronetcy and was a justice in Middlesex County.
No description of Diana Skipwith exists. There is nothing to suggest the marriage was happy.
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We are as a River
Winding its great course,
The “mortal coil”
Now past, unwound
Returned anew.
And upon this endless thread
We are borne
Refusing the false and embracing the true.
Child by child and chain by chain, these people are a living link to history. Canned books of pedigrees conceal their flaws and omit their virtues.
