Anne Sackville was the daughter of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset,[1][2] and his first wife, Margaret, the daughter of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk.[3][4]
There is no direct evidence of Anne's date of birth, however, her parents's marriage licence was dated 4 February 1580, and her mother Margaret died on 19 August 1591, so she was born between those dates.[3]
Edward Seymour, esq, the son of Edward Lord Beauchamp eldest son of Edward, Earl of Hertford, at Westminster on 1 July James I [1609].[2] He died on 20 January 17 James I [1620] at Great Bedwyn, according to his grandfather's Inquisition post mortem,[5] however, Anne's sister-in-law, Lady Anne Clifford says in her diary that Anne Seymour, their daughter, died five months after her father, and another version says 2 months,[6] and the inscription on the coffin of the child Ann Semer says "1618".[7] On the death of Edward's father in 1612, her husband became heir presumptive to his grandfather, the Earl of Hertford and became known by the honorific title of Lord Beauchamp. Anne apparently continued to use her 'title' Lady Beauchamp for the rest of her life. Anne and Edward had children:
Anne Semer, an inscription on a very small child's coffin cased close in lead the shape of a body in the Sackville vault at Withyam, Sussex, says "Ann Semer, 1618";[7] Her death was recorded in the diary of Anne Clifford, wife of Anne's brother Richard Sackville:[8]
The 29th in the morning died my sister Beauchamp’s daughter Mrs Anne Seymour in the same house her father died five months before. The child was opened, it having a corrupt body, so it was put in lead and the day following Legge brought it to Knole which day was my birthday I, being now 29 years old. February 1619 ( ]1619 or 1619/20?)
The lst carried my Lord Beauchamp’s child from Knole where it had stood in his chamber to Withyham where it was buried in the vault so that now there was an end of the issue of that marriage which was concluded presently after mine
After the death of her first husband, Anne married Sir Edward Lewis of Edington Priory (Wiltshire) and The Van[1] or Vane, Glamorgan.[4] Together they had several children of which 5 were living at the time of his death, 10 October 1630:[4]
Edward;
William Lewis, second son, born circa 1625, married Margaret, the daughter and heir of Lawrence Banastre of Boarstall, Buckinghamshire on 24 June 1649;[1][9]
Richard, third son, born circa 1627, died 1 October 1706, in his 83rd year, buried at Corsham, succeeded his nephew, Edward Lewis, in his Glamorgan estate in 1674, married Mary, the daughter and heir of Giles James of Sherston, Wiltshire;[1]
Anne outlived her second husband by thirty years. She commissioned a magnificent tomb for him and eventually herself at Edington Priory. The Inscription on the tomb reads:[4]
Here lye the Bodyes of the Right Worshipful Sir Edward Lewis late of the Vane in the County of Glamorgan Knight one of the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber to Prince Henry and after to King Charles: and of the Right Hon’ble Anne Lady Beauchampe, His Wife, the Widow of Edward Lord Beauchampe Daughter of Robert Earle of Dorset, by the Lady Margaret Howard, Sole Daughter of Thomas Duke of Norfolk. They had issue Living Fower Sonnes, Edward, William, Richard and Robert, and One Daughter, Anne Lewys, He Departed this Life the 10 October 1630. In Memory of whom his Mournful Lady erected this Monument for Him and Her Selfe, who deceased the.. [remainder missing] - 25th of September 1664.
Research Notes
According to the History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley Counties of Frederick, Berkeley, Jefferson and Clarke edited by Norris, J R C Lewis, born 1834 in the county of Clarke, was a descendant of Kydnor Lewis of Wales and his wife, Wentson, the daughter of Lord of Miskin, then twelve generation later, Sir Edmond Lewis of Van. of Edington, County Wiltz, knighted by King James I of England in 1603, died 1630, with a tomb at Edington, married Lady Ann, daughter of Earl of Dorset, widow of Robert Jacob Beauchamp, and they had four sons including Robert, styled the Emigrant, born in 1607, migrated in 1635, settled in Gloucester county, Virginia, and married Isabella Warner.[11] Gloucester County was created in 1651 from York County.[12]
Jorge H Castelli's Tudorplace says Anne Sackville, born in 1586 at Brecon, Wales, married Edward Seymour at St Bride's London, and married her second husband, Sir Edward Lewis, the son of Sir Edward Lewis and his wife, Blanche Morgan, on 7 October 1622, and had a third husband, Sir Henry Glenham, son of Sir Thomas Glenham and Amy Parker, with whom Anne had two sons and three daughters.[13] However, this is not correct, as William Robinson, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Tottenham, (G.S. Coventry: Tottenham, 1818), 52, digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com : accessed 10 January 2016).
The Dictionary of Welsh Biography says Sir Edward Lewis (1560-1628), eldest son of Thomas Lewis, knighted in 1603, was sheriff of Glamorgan in 1601 and 1612, died 9 January 1628. Sir Edward Lewis (died 1630) the second, also knighted in 1603, was lessee of Edington, Wiltshire, where he lived, and was Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to prince Henry, 1610, and to prince Charles, died 10 October 1630 at Edington. William Lewis succeeded Sir Edward Lewis the second, married Margaret heiress of Brill and Boarstal, and died in 1661, after which Edward Lewis, born 30 July 1650, died 1674, left the Glamorgan estate to his uncle Richard Lewis in tail male. Richard Lewis born 1623, died 1706, purchased the manor of Corsham, died 7 October 1706. Thomas, son of Richard, last Lewis of Van, born before 1668, member of Parliament for many years, died at Soberton, Hants, 22 November 1736, leaving an only daughter, Elizabeth, who married Other Windsor, third earl of Plymouth of the first creation.[14]
↑ 2.02.12.2 George S Fry and Edw Alex Fry, eds, "Abstracts of Wiltshire Inquisitiones Post Mortem, Returned into the Court of Chancery in the Reign of King Charles the First", The Index Library, XXIII, (London: The British Record Society, 1901), 24, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/abstractswiltsh00frygoog#page/n42/mode/2up : accessed 3 June 2016). Edward, Earl of Hertford.
↑ 3.03.1 Alan Davidson / Ben Coates, "SACKVILLE, Robert (c.1561-1609), of Bolebrook, Withyham, Suss. and Dorset House, Fleet Street, London" Commons 1604-1629, John P Ferris and Dr Andrew Thrush, eds, (Cambridge University Press, 2010), The History of Parliament, Crown copyright and The History of Parliament Trust, (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/sackville-robert-1561-1609 : accessed 3 June 2016).
↑ 4.04.14.24.3 Monumental Inscription on the Tomb of Sir Edward Lewys in the Priory church, Edington, transcribed by Mike Searle, published online (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2686136 : accessed 3 June 2016).
↑ Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke & Montgomery, 1590-1676. Her life, letters and work, extracted from all the original documents available, many of which are here printed for the first time by Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942 https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027999014#page/n171/mode/2up
↑ diary of sister in law Lady Clifford Clifford, Lady Anne. The Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford. Ed. D. J. H. Clifford. Gloucestershire: The History Press, 2009
↑ M W Helms / John P Ferris, "LEWIS, William (c.1625-61), of Bletchington, Oxon. and The Van, Glam." Commons 1660-1690, B D Henning, ed, (Boydell and Brewere, 1983), The History of Parliament, Crown copyright and The History of Parliament Trust, (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/lewis-william-1625-61 : accessed 3 June 2016).
↑ J E Norris, ed, History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley, Counties of Frederick, Berkeley, Jefferson and Clarke, Their Early Settlement and Progress to the Present Time; geological features; a description of their historic and interesting localities; cities, towns and villages; portraits of some of the prominent men, and biographies of many of the representative citizens, (Chicago, Illinois: A Warner & Co, Publishers, 1890) 716-7, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/historyoflowersh00norr#page/716/mode/2up : accessed 3 June 2016). This book is cited by Ancestry.com as the origin of the data in their collection The Lewis family of Wales and America : origin, ancestry, and some of the descendants, (Provo, UT: Operations Inc, 2005.)
Edward Simmons Lewis, "The Lewis Family of Wales and America," The Journal of American History, Volume XXII, Third Quarter, Number 3, 1926
Lewises, Meriwethers and Their Kin, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data - Anderson, Sarah Travers Lewis (Scott). Lewises, Meriwethers and Their Kin. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995.
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LEWIS, Richard (c.1627-1706), of Edington Priory, Wilts. and The Van, Glam.
the site also mentions Richard's brother
LEWIS, William (c.1625-61), of Bletchington, Oxon. and The Van, Glam.
and William's son
LEWIS, Edward (1650-74), of The Van, Glam. and Boarstall, Bucks. who was the son of his brother
The arms on the right hand side are for Sir Edward LEWIS who died 1630. As you can see his arms have been quartered.
The first quarter -Is Sable or Azure (black or blue background), a lion rampant, Argent armed Gules ( the lion's claws are red) for the LEWIS family.
The second quarter - Is Sable or Azure (black or blue background) a chevron between three fleu-de- lys Argent (Silver) for COLWYN AP TANGO.
The third quarter - Is Gules(red) three chevronels Argent (Silver) is for GESTYN AP GWRGAN.
The fourth quarter - Is Sable or Azure(blue or black background) a chevron between three spear heads Argent(Silver) embrued Gules for CARADOC VREICHFAR.
Edward LEWIS' wife was actually the daughter of Robert SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset. Her name was therefore Ann SACKVILLE. Her marriage to Edward LEWIS was actually her second marriage as she had previously been married to Edmund Lord BEAUCHAMP.
Therefore the other side of the shield - the left side depicts Ann's arms which are:
Impaling, quarterly Or and Gules (alternate quarters coloured Gold and Red), overall a bend Viar (the band across the quarters which was a type of fur known as Viar) for SACKVILLE.
LEWIS, Richard (c.1627-1706), of Edington Priory, Wilts. and The Van, Glam. the site also mentions Richard's brother
LEWIS, William (c.1625-61), of Bletchington, Oxon. and The Van, Glam. and William's son LEWIS, Edward (1650-74), of The Van, Glam. and Boarstall, Bucks. who was the son of his brother
edited by Wendy Browne
The first quarter -Is Sable or Azure (black or blue background), a lion rampant, Argent armed Gules ( the lion's claws are red) for the LEWIS family.
The second quarter - Is Sable or Azure (black or blue background) a chevron between three fleu-de- lys Argent (Silver) for COLWYN AP TANGO.
The third quarter - Is Gules(red) three chevronels Argent (Silver) is for GESTYN AP GWRGAN.
The fourth quarter - Is Sable or Azure(blue or black background) a chevron between three spear heads Argent(Silver) embrued Gules for CARADOC VREICHFAR.
Edward LEWIS' wife was actually the daughter of Robert SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset. Her name was therefore Ann SACKVILLE. Her marriage to Edward LEWIS was actually her second marriage as she had previously been married to Edmund Lord BEAUCHAMP.
Therefore the other side of the shield - the left side depicts Ann's arms which are:
Impaling, quarterly Or and Gules (alternate quarters coloured Gold and Red), overall a bend Viar (the band across the quarters which was a type of fur known as Viar) for SACKVILLE.
Sources: Sir Thomas PHILLIP'S in his book Monumental Inscriptions in Wiltshire Sources: Heraldy On Line
edited by [Living Lewis]