ANNE SEYMOUR
LADY ANNE SEYMOUR
ANNE DUDLEY, COUNTESS OF WARWICK
LADY ANNE UNTON
LADY ANNE, COUNTESS OF WARWICK
BIRTH: c.1538
MARRIAGE:
1. (John Dudley) 03 Jun 1550, Richmond Palace/'Sheen'
2. (Edward Unton) 29 Apr 1555, Hatford, Berkshire
DEATH: Feb 1588, Wadley Manor, Faringdon, Berkshire
BURIAL: 17 Feb 1588, All Saints' Church, Faringdon, Berkshire
LINEAGE
PARENTS:
EDWARD SEYMOUR
1st Duke of Somerset
1500-1552
ANNE STANHOPE
Duchess of Somerset
[Seymour]
bef.1512-1587
SIBLINGS:
EDWARD SEYMOUR
Viscount Beauchamp
of Hache
1537-1539
LADY MARGARET SEYMOUR
.
c.1540-?
LORD EDWARD SEYMOUR
.
1548-1578
EDWARD SEYMOUR
1st Earl of Hertford
1539-1621
LADY JANE SEYMOUR
.
c.1541-1561
LADY MARY SEYMOUR
[Cosby/Rogers/Peyton]
c.1550-c.1620
LORD HENRY SEYMOUR
.
c.1540-?
LADY CATHERINE SEYMOUR
.
c.1545-1625
LADY ELIZABETH SEYMOUR
[Knightley]
1552-1602
(HALF-SIBLINGS FROM FATHER EDWARD SEYMOUR'S FIRST MARRIAGE TO CATHERINE FILLOL d. c.1535):
JOHN SEYMOUR
died in Tower of London in Dec 1552
c.1527-1552
LORD EDWARD SEYMOUR
of Berry Pomeroy, Devon
c.1529-1593
SPOUSES:
JOHN DUDLEY
2nd Earl of Warwick
c.1527-1554
SIR EDWARD UNTON
of Wadley House, Faringdon, Berks.
1534-1582
CHILDREN:
(FROM SECOND MARRIAGE TO EDWARD UNTON d.1582):
EDWARD UNTON
.
c.1556-1589
CECILY UNTON
[Wentworth]
1561-1618
SIR HENRY UNTON
of Faringdon, Berks.
1557-1596
ANNE UNTON
[Knightley]
c.1560-1596
KEY EVENTS
c.1538 - Birth of ANNE SEYMOUR, eldest daughter of EDWARD SEYMOUR and ANNE STANHOPE.
28 Jan 1547 - Death of Henry VIII; ascension of 9yo cousin as king EDWARD VI, with father EDWARD SEYMOUR quickly nominated as Head of the Regency Council ('Lord Protector').
Sep 1548 - Death of KATHERINE PARR, aunt by marriage to uncle THOMAS SEYMOUR; their newborn daughter is sent initially to the care of the Seymours at Syon House.
Oct 1549 - c.Feb/Mar 1550 - Arrest and imprisonment of parents EDWARD SEYMOUR and ANNE STANHOPE at Tower of London.
Mar 1550 - Publication of 'Hecatodistochon' - volume of poetry comprised of 104 distichs/couplets, dedicated to the recently deceased Marguerite of Navarre - written by ANNE SEYMOUR and sisters JANE and MARGARET, and published in Paris by their former tutor Nicholas Denisot.
03 Jun 1550 - Marriage of ANNE SEYMOUR and JOHN DUDLEY (son of JOHN DUDLEY and JANE GUILDFORD) at Richmond Palace; EDWARD VI known to have attended.
Oct 1551 - Rearrest of parents EDWARD SEYMOUR and ANNE STANHOPE - both are again imprisoned in the Tower of London.
22 Jan 1552 - Execution of father EDWARD SEYMOUR on Tower Hill, following conviction for treason.
Jul 1553 - Husband JOHN DUDLEY held in Tower of London after attempted coup to make JANE GREY Queen of England; ANNE SEYMOUR known to have been able to visit him.
Aug 1553 - Mother ANNE STANHOPE released from Tower of London, following Mary I's ascension to the throne.
21 Oct 1554 - Death of husband JOHN DUDLEY at Penshurst Place, 10 days following release from Tower of London.
29 Apr 1555 - Marriage of ANNE SEYMOUR to Edward Unton, at Hatford, Berkshire. Marriage likely arranged by Edward's stepfather Robert Keilway, former legal adviser to Anne's father EDWARD SEYMOUR.
c.1556 - Birth of son Edward Unton, at Wadley House, Faringdon.
1557 - Birth of son Henry Unton, at Wadley House, Faringdon.
c.1560 - Birth of daughter Anne Unton, at Wadley House, Faringdon.
1561 - Birth of daughter Cecily Unton, at Wadley House, Faringdon.
1566 - ANNE SEYMOUR documented as suffering from "bouts of madness...a lunatic enjoying lucid intervals".
16 Sep 1582 - Death of husband EDWARD UNTON; highlights care of ANNE SEYMOUR to son Edward in his will.
1582 - ANNE SEYMOUR is declared "a lunatic"; former brother-in-law ROBERT DUDLEY intervenes re: lands property etc, including Cornbury Park (his future place of death) which had been pledged to son Henry Unton in his father's will..
Feb 1588 - Death of ANNE SEYMOUR at Wadley House, Faringdon.
17 Feb 1588 - Burial of ANNE SEYMOUR at All Saints' Church, Faringdon; burial is attended by daughter-in-law Dorothy, to whom eulogy is addressed.
1596 - Death of son Sir Henry Unton; widow Dorothy Unton commissions portrait 'Sir Henry Unton', which portrays ANNE SEYMOUR in role as his mother, as well as highlighting her Seymour ancestry.
