Re: James Cudworth's Machell connection now published in Jewels of the Crown...

[WJho...@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/9/2009 9:30:22 AM Pacific Standard Time,
jhigg...@yahoo.com writes:

> Keep looking...there are many more royal descents to be found here.
> For Elizabeth Trenchard, I currently have 5 descents from Edward I -
> all through her grandmother Elizabeth Luttrell. But if you go back to
> the first Plantagenet king, Henry II, Elizabeth Trenchard has 52
> descents from him - 5 through her father and 47 through her mother.>>

What I meant was just that through her 16 great-great-grandparents I have 6
royal ascents. I didn't mean to indicate that this was a comprehensive
listing of all her ascents, just the number of great-great-grandparents who
each have royal blood of some kind. How many of her 16
great-great-grandparents do you have identified?

[WJho...@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/9/2009 10:23:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
WJho...@aol.com writes:

> What I meant was just that through her 16 great-great-grandparents I have
> 6
> royal ascents. I didn't mean to indicate that this was a comprehensive
> listing of all her ascents, just the number of great-great-grandparents
> who
> each have royal blood of some kind. How many of her 16
> great-great-grandparents do you have identified?>>

I see again that I made no sense. Let me try this again.
"SIX of her 16 great-grand-parents have royal ascents". That's really what
I meant to say. At least I have have six of them who have royal blood. I
have others, who do not AFAIK. Perhaps they all do, I don't even have them
all filled in yet.

Will

[John]

On Dec 9, 11:39 am, WJhon...@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/9/2009 10:23:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>

Okay, this formulation of what you're saying does make more sense. I
can identify 14 of the 16 great-grandparents (missing the parents of
Joan Mawdley of Croscombe, wife of Sir John Horsey - who appear to be
unknown). Of the 14, 6 have descents from Henry II, the first
Plantagenet king - a total of 52 descents among the 6 of them. I
suppose it's possible that the other 8 known great-grandparents have
descents from earlier English monarchs (or continental rulers), but I
haven't traced them and it seems unlikely.