The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Elizabeth Fienes [de Batsford]
Generation No. 1
  1. Elizabeth Fienes [de Batsford] She was born c 1360, daughter and heiress of William de Batsford and his wife Margery
  She married Sir William Fienes on c 1380. He was born 1st Aug 1357; died 18th Jan 1402/03, aged 45 years; buried Feb 1402/03 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iSir Roger who was born 1384 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 14th Sep 1384 All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex; died c 1450
  iiSir James who was born c 1395; died 4th Jul 1450
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Sir Roger Fienes, treasurer of the household of Henry VI was the son of Sir William Fienes and Elizabeth Fienes [de Batsford]. He was born 1384 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 14th Sep 1384 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex; died c 1450
  He married Elizabeth Holland on c 1410. She was born c 1390. They had the following children:
3 iRichard who was born c 1415; died 25th Nov 1483
   
Generation No. 3
  3. Richard Fiennes, 7th Lord Dacre was the son of Sir Roger Fienes, treasurer of the household of Henry VI and Elizabeth Fiennes [Holland]. He was born c 1415; died 25th Nov 1483
  He married Joan Dacre on Jun 1446. She was born c 1420, daughter and heiress of Thomas, Lord Dacre; died 1486. They had the following children:
4 iSir John who was born c 1450; died before 1483
  iiSir Thomas who was born c 1450
  iiiElizabeth who was born c 1450
   
Generation No. 4
  4. Sir John Fiennes was the son of Richard Fiennes, 7th Lord Dacre and Joan Fiennes [Dacre]. He was born c 1450; died before 1483
  He married Alice FitzHugh on c 1470. She was born c 1450, daughter of Henry FitzHugh, 6th Lord Fitzhugh. They had the following children:
5 iSir Thomas who was born 1472; died 1534
  iiAnne who was born c 1475; died 10th Sep 1497
   
Generation No. 5
  5. Sir Thomas Fiennes, 8th Lord Dacre was the son of Sir John Fiennes and Alice Fiennes [FitzHugh]. He was born 1472; died 1534
  He married Anne Bourchier on c 1490. She was born c 1475, daughter of Sir Humphrey Bourchier and Elizabeth Tylney. They had the following children:
6 iSir Thomas who was born c 1495; died 26th Oct 1528
  iiMary who was born c 1500
   
Generation No. 6
  6. Sir Thomas Fiennes was the son of Sir Thomas Fiennes, 8th Lord Dacre and Anne Fiennes [Bourchier]. He was born c 1495; died 26th Oct 1528
  He married Joan de Sutton on 1514. She was born c 1495, daughter of Edward Sutton, 2nd Lord Dudley and Cicely Willoghby; died 1539; buried 9th Aug 1539 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex, recorded as Jane Fynes, Lady mother of Thomas Fynes Lord Dacre. They had the following children:
7 iThomas who was born c 1516; died 29th Jun 1541, hanged; buried after 29th Jun 1541
   
Generation No. 7
  7. Thomas Fiennes, 9th Lord Dacre was the son of Sir Thomas Fiennes and Joan Fiennes [de Sutton]. He was born c 1516; died 29th Jun 1541, hanged; buried after 29th Jun 1541 at St. Sepulchre, Newgate
  He married Lady Mary Neville on c 1535. She was born c 1515, daughter of Sir George Neville, 3rd Lord Abergavenny and Lady Mary Stafford; died 1576. They had the following children:
8 iGregory who was born 1539 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 25th Jun 1539 All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex, recorded as Gregory Fynes; died 25th Sep 1594, aged 55 years
  iiPhilip who was born 1540 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 14th Dec 1540 All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex, recorded as Philip Fynes
9 iiiMargaret who was born 1541; died 16th Mar 1611/12
   
Generation No. 8
  8. Gregory Fiennes, 10th Lord Dacre was the son of Thomas Fiennes, 9th Lord Dacre and Lady Mary Fiennes [Neville]. He was born 1539 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 25th Jun 1539 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex, recorded as Gregory Fynes; died 25th Sep 1594, aged 55 years
  He married Ann Sackville on 1565 at Chevening, Kent. She was born c 1542; died 14th May 1595. They had the following children:
  iElizabeth who was born c 1570
   
  9. Margaret Lennard [Fiennes], 11th Baroness Dacre was the daughter of Thomas Fiennes, 9th Lord Dacre and Lady Mary Fiennes [Neville]. She was born 1541; died 16th Mar 1611/12
  iThomas
  ii, died in infancy
  iii, died in infancy
  iv, died in infancy
  v, died in infancy
  viMargaret
  viiElizabeth
  viiiFrances
  ix, died in infancy
  She married Sampson Lennard, Esq., of Chevening, High Sheriff of Kent on 10th Nov 1564. He was born c 1540; died 20th Sep 1615. They had the following children:
10 iSir Henry who was born 1570 at Chevening, Kent; christened 25th Mar 1570 St Botolph, Chevening, Kent; died 18th Aug 1630 Herstmonceux, Sussex, aged 46 years; buried 21st Aug 1630 Herstmonceux, Sussex
  iiAnne who was born 1572 at Chevening, Kent; christened 1st Aug 1572 St Botolph, Chevening, Kent
  iiiGeorge (Gregory) who was born 1573 at Chevening, Kent; christened 25th Oct 1573 St Botolph, Chevening, Kent; died 1620
  ivMary who was born 1574 at Chevening, Kent; christened 17th Oct 1574 St Botolph, Chevening, Kent
   
Generation No. 9
  10. Sir Henry Lennard, 12th Lord Dacre was the son of Sampson Lennard, Esq., of Chevening, High Sheriff of Kent and Margaret Lennard [Fiennes], 11th Baroness Dacre. He was born 1570 at Chevening, Kent; christened 25th Mar 1570 at St Botolph, Chevening, Kent; died 18th Aug 1630 at Herstmonceux, Sussex, aged 46 years; buried 21st Aug 1630 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex
  iPembroke
  iiPhiladelphia
  iiiMargaret
  ivFynes
  vEdward
  He married Chrysogona Baker on 21st May 1590 at St. Stephen Walbrook and St. Benet, London. She was born c 1570, daughter of Sir Richard Baker and Mary Giffard; died Sep 1616; buried 30th Sep 1616. They had the following children:
11 iRichard who was born Apr 1596; died 18th Aug 1630 Herstmonceux, Sussex; buried 21st Aug 1630 Herstmonceux, Sussex
  iiBarbara who was born 1604 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 1st Apr 1604 All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex
   
Generation No. 10
  11. Richard Lennard, 13th Lord Dacre was the son of Sir Henry Lennard, 12th Lord Dacre and Chrysogona Lennard [Baker]. He was born Apr 1596; died 18th Aug 1630 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; buried 21st Aug 1630 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex
  He married (1) Elizabeth Throckmorton on 14th Jul 1617. She was born c 1600, daughter of Sir Arthur Throckmorton. They had the following children:
12 iFrancis who was born 11th May 1619; died 12th May 1662; buried after 12th May 1662 Chevening, Kent
  He married (2) Dorothy North on 4th Jan 1624/25. She was born 1605; christened 16th Jan 1605 at Hatfield, Hertfordshire; died 21st Apr 1698 at Kirtling, Cambridgeshire. They had the following children:
  iRichard who was born c 1630; died 1696
   
Generation No. 11
  12. Francis Lennard, 14th Lord Dacre was the son of Richard Lennard, 13th Lord Dacre and Elizabeth Lennard [Throckmorton]. He was born 11th May 1619; died 12th May 1662; buried after 12th May 1662 at St Botolph, Chevening, Kent
  He married Elizabeth Bayning on 1641. She was born c 1620, daughter of Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning of Sudbury and Anne Glemham. They had the following children:
  iPhiladelphia who was born 1643/44 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 29th Jan 1643/44 All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex, daughter of Francis Lennard, Lord Dacre; died 1662
  iiElizabeth who was born 1644/45 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 20th Mar 1644/45 All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex, daughter of Francis Lennard, Lord Dacre; died 28th Dec 1701
13 iiiThomas who was born 13th May 1654; christened 18th May 1654 St Paul's, Covent Garden, Westminster, London; died 30th Oct 1715
  ivFrancis who was born 1657; christened 11th Sep 1657
  vMargaret who was born 1659 at Chevening, Kent; christened 25th Jun 1659 St Botolph, Chevening, Kent
  viHenry who was born 1662 at Chevening, Kent; christened 1st Nov 1662 St Martin-in-the Fields, Westminster, London; died 1703
   
Generation No. 12
  13. Thomas Lennard, 15th Lord Dacre and 1st Earl of Sussex was the son of Francis Lennard, 14th Lord Dacre and Elizabeth Lennard [Bayning], Countess of Sheppey. He was born 13th May 1654; christened 18th May 1654 at St Paul's, Covent Garden, Westminster, London; died 30th Oct 1715
  iHenry, died in infancy
  He married Lady Anne Palmer on 16th May 1674. She was born 25th Feb 1660/61; died 16th May 1722, aged 61 years. They had the following children:
  iLady Barbara who was born 12th Jul 1676; died 1741
  iiCharles who was born 3rd Jun 1682; died 13th Mar 1683/84
  iiiAnne who was born 17th Aug 1684; died 26th Jun 1755
   

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