Lives of the Queens of England (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...evidence that they derive their descent from this lady. The authentic records of this fact appear to have been destroyed among a mass of interesting genealogical papers that were in the possession of a clergyman of the Lawson family, and on his death were consigned to the flames by his widow, "as she had no children to give them to," she said. One precious MS. fragment of the pedigree had, however, fortunately escaped the notice of this destructive dame, who would certainly have been branded by Anthony a-Wood with the epithet of " a clownish woman/' and it contains a family record of the marriage and posterity of the daughter of Katharine Parr. Copy of MS. fragment, entitled "A good account of my Pedigree, given me by my Grandmother, July 26th, 1749." "Paul Johnson, a gentleman of good family and estate, residing at his mansion at Fordwich in the county of Kent, also having another named Nethercourt in the Isle of Thanet, married Margaret Heyman, (of the baronet's family of Kent and Norfolk). "Their son, Sylas Johnson, married the daughter of sir Edward Bushel, ' who had married the only daughter of the duke of Somerset's younger brother, lord Seymour, which daughter the lord Seymour had by queen Katharine Parr, whom he married after the death ot Harry the Eighth, whose queen she was. The above sir Edward Bushel's daughter was a great fortune to Silas Johnson; and their daughter, Mary Johnson, married the rev. Francis Drayton, of LittleChart in Kent, where he and his wife lie buried."--From that marriage the records of the pedigree, down to Lawson, are very clear and certain, and need not lengthen this statement. Whether from any records, or knowledge, or tradition, the old grandmother declared the marriage of Katharin...