Edmund Waller
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Edmund Waller (1605 - 1687)

Sir Edmund Waller
Born in Stocks Place, Beaconsfield, Coleshill, Buckinghamshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 5 Jul 1631 in St Margaet's, Westminster, Middlesex, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 82 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Edmund Waller (1606-1687), of Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Bucks.; later of St. James's Street, Westminster (son of Robert Waller of Coleshill, Amersham, Bucks. and Anne Hampden,[1]

Edmund Waller (1606-1689) was an English poet and politician. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. Edmund was married in 1631 to London Socialite Anne Banks, after her death he married Mary Bracey in 1644. Edmund is buried at St Mary and All Saints Church, Beaconsfield.[1]

Birth

Date: 3 MAR 1605[1] Place: Beaconsfield, Coleshill

Marriage

m 1st 1631 Anne Banks (bur. 23 Oct. 1634); only daughter and heir of John Bancks, Mercer, of London (aka Banks Will May 20 1630 [2] pg 90} (1 son)[1] died in childbirth (1634) leaving a surviving daughter Elizabeth or Anne (1631/32-), wife to William Dormer, (Dormer the splendid), (died 1683), son of Sir Robert Dormer, Kt. (d.1649), of Ascot Park, Ascott, Stadhampton, Oxfordshire
  • After Anne Banks died he spent the remainder of the decade unsuccessfully courting Dorothy Sidney (the daughter of the 2nd earl of Leicester Sir Robert Sidney); referred to in many of his poems as ‘Sacharissa’. She married Lord Spencer in 1639
m 2nd 1644 England or France Mary Bracey (d.1677), (or Bressy, Bresse or Breaux) (bur. 2 May 1677), (7 da. of one Bracey of Thame, Oxon., 5 sons)[1] (thirteen children)

Timeline

In 1643 he was involved in an abortive royalist conspiracy to capture London which became known as ‘Waller’s Plot’. After making a full confession, which resulted in the hanging of the other conspirators, including his brother-in-law Tomkins, he was able to buy his own stay of execution at a cost of £10,000.27

(1643-1651} Expelled from Parliament and banished from the realm, he remained exiled in France and Switzerland until pardoned by the Rump in 1651

(1651-1652) return to England) [1]

Death

Date: 21 OCT 1687[1]
Place: Beaconfield, Buckinghamshire, England
He actually died at Hall Barn, with his children and his grandchildren about him, on the 21st of October 1687, and was buried in woollen (in spite of his expressed wish), in the churchyard of Beaconsfield. Find A Grave Memorial 14813118


Will

PROB 11/389, ff. 241v-242 Registered copy of Waller's last will and testament, 19 June 1686, with a separate codicil dated 2 July 1687, and proved 7 November 1687. 1687. WaE 863: Edmund Waller, Will] PROB 11/389, ff. 241v-242 [1]

Children

Identified Children Estimated Births 1631-1634 Banks (2) / 1644-1665 Bracey (12-13)[3]

  • [3]Elizabeth or Anne (1631/32-), [4] wife to William Dormer, (Dormer the splendid), (died 1683), son of Sir Robert Dormer, Kt. (d.1649), of Ascot Park, Ascott, Stadhampton, Oxfordshire and Mary Reade pg 99 Geni Notes
  • [3]Robert Waller (1632/3-1650) was tutored for a time by his father's friend, Thomas Hobbes, and later studied at Lincoln's Inn, died sometime in the 1650s [5]

Identified Children Estimated Births 1644-1665 Bracey

On a flat stone: Here leyeth ye body of Cecilia daughter of Edmund Waller, late of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire Esq. & wife of James Harvey. Obt 6 Jan. 1695. (Aged (3?)5-9. (first figure mutilated) Their arms above) (sourced Gen)
  • More Research Needed -- Waller-3512|Charles Waller (1639-1724) m Martha Holmes (not listed/unsourced) reportedly a brother of William Waller --- Waller-334 (See above William Waller (1643 - 1694) - Either/or --may be attached to wrong Edmund Branch - 3rd Son Edmund (1652–1700) ?? or VA Wallers -- Mary Pomfrett son Edmund)

Sources

[1] [3]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 History of Parliment
  2. Son of Robert Waller, of Beaconsfield and Anne Waller 15 Jul 1631 St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England Ann Banckes "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V526-NHX : 12 March 2020), Edmund Waller, 1631. Husband of Anne Waller
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Descendants of Edmund Waller (1606-1687) (contains partial list of children presumed from Probate Records  ; [[see also Robert (will of 1545) Amersham Buckinghamshire, England
  4. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7QJ-D6L : 20 September 2020), Edmund Waller in entry for Anna Marah Waller, 1634.
  5. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3NV-BH5 : 20 September 2020), Edmund Waller in entry for Robert Waller, 1633.
  6. Edmund "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPHP-FR7 : 20 March 2020), Edmund Waller, 1683. 15 Nov 1683 Event Place: Saint Dunstan and All Saints Church, Stepney, Middlesex, England
    "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJPK-LMZ : 13 March 2020), Edmund Waller, 1686.
    10 Jul 1686 Event Place: St Bride's Church Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom Abigail Tilney m Edmund Waller
  7. https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey- (no children) commemorations/commemorations/peter-birch Peter Birch Bio>

See Also

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edmund Waller (disambiguation)

https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Waller_family_(Kent)

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Waller-335 created through the import of Rhodes 2011_2011-07-09_01_01.ged on Jul 9, 2011 by Tom Rhodes.
  • WikiTree profile Waller-567 created through the import of Longmore.GED on May 7, 2012 by Morley Longmore.
  • Source: #S02222 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.




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HI wife's name is Bracey....who is the woman attached?
posted by Robin Lee
Waller-3538 and Waller-335 appear to represent the same person because: identical dates and information
posted by Robin Lee

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