The Ancestors of Lucy Walter



by William Addams Reitwiesner

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Lucy Walter, alias "Mrs Barlow", the "browne, beautiful bold but insipid creature" of Evelyn, was from a good family in Pembrokeshire. Her ancestry is given in Lord George Scott, Lucy Walter, Wife or Mistress [London: Harrap, 1947], chart facing p. 34 (see also J. F. Rees, "The parents of Lucy Walter", in Studies in Welsh History [Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1965], pp.121-129; Francis Green, "Walter of Roch Castle", West Wales Historical Review, Vol. V [1915], pp. 271-290; and F. Jones, "The Squires of Hawksbrook", The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, Session 1937, pp. 339-355 for further details) as follows:


Ancestry of Lucy Walter
1 Lucy Walter
* ... [ca. 1630]
+ ... [bur. Huguenot Cemetery, Paris, Letters of Administration granted 6 Dec. 1658]
Her issue:
A.          (by Charles Prince of Wales, later King Charles II) James Crofts, later Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (b. Rotterdam 9 Apr. 1649, beheaded on Tower Hill, London, 15 July 1685).
For arguments that Charles II had married Lucy Walter, and that therefor Monmouth was legitimate, see Lord George Scott, Lucy Walter, Wife or Mistress [London: Harrap, 1947]; D. J. Porritt, Duke of Monmouth [Elms Court: Stockwell, 1950], pp. 15-24, and J. N. P. Watson, Captain-General and Rebel Chief [London: George Allen, 1979], pp. 275-277. See also T. G. Lamford, The Defence of Lucy Walter: putting to right a towering injustice [Ammanford: Salus, 2001]. Twice during the Exclusion Crisis, on both 6 January and 3 March 1679, Charles II formally denied, at the privy council, that he had ever been married to Lucy.

Monmouth married Anne Scott, suo jure Countess of Buccleuch, by whom he had (in addition to others):
AA.          James Scott, Lord Dalkeith, ancestor of the Dukes of Buccleuch.
Monmouth had several bastards, including:
AB. Capt. Henry Crofts, who "For Debauchery and Irreligion he was one of the vilest Men that has set foot in Boston." Capt. Crofts died in Boston, unmarried, on 14 Dec. 1702 [NCP IX:65 note (f)].
B. Mary Walter, b. 's-Gravenhage 6 May 1651, d. 1693, m. (1) William Sarsfield, m. (2) William Fanshawe. Mary was born after Charles and Lucy had separated, and Charles never acknowledged paternity of Mary. Other possibilities for Mary's father include Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, and (the most likely candidate) Theobald Taaffe, 1st Earl of Carlingford.
Mary's issue by Sarsfield includes:
BA. Charlotte Sarsfield, for whom see Richard K. Evans, The Ancestry of Diana Princess of Wales [Boston: NEHGS, 2007], at numbers 267 and 707.
PARENTS
2 William Walter of Roch Castle
* ... 1605
+ ... 1650 [Letters of Administration granted 13 Sept. 1650]
m.
3 Elizabeth Protheroe
*
+ ... [Will dated 20 Aug. 1655, proved 8 Feb. 1655/6]
GRANDPARENTS
4 Rowland Walter
* ... [ca. 1586]
+ Rhosmarket 15 Nov. 1645
m. [as her first husband]
5 Frances Griffith
*
+
6 John Protheroe of Hawkesbrooke, the astronomer
* ... [ca. 1582]
+ ... [Will dated 22 Aug. 1624, proved 13 Dec. 1624
m. [as her first husband]
7 Eleanor Vaughan
*
+
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 William Walter of Roch Castle
*
+ ... 12 Apr. 1616 [Will dated 10 Apr. 1616, proved 16 May 1616]
m. [as her first husband]
9 Jane Laugharne
*
+
10 Gruffudd ap Thomas ap Rhys
*
+
m.
11 Mary Parry
*
+
12 James Protheroe, High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire 1599
*
+ ... [Will dated 9 Dec. 1607, proved 11 Feb. 1613/4]
[WG2 Ein. ap Ll. 9 (B)]
m. [as his second wife and as her second husband]
13 Bridget Birt
*
+
14 Walter Vaughan of Golden Grove
*
+
m.
15 Mary Rice
*
+
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Morris Walter, Mayor of Haverford West 1579 and 1587
*
+ ... 1593 [bur. at St. Mary's, Haverfordwest, 27 June 1593]
m.
17 Jane Warren
*
+ ... [fl. 1597]
18 Francis Laugharne of St. Bride's, High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire 1577
*
+
[WG2 Lacharn]
m.
19 Jonet Philipps
*
+
[WG2 Cyd. F. 2 (A1)]
20 Thomas ap Rhys ap John
*
+
[WG2 Ein. ap Ll. 12 (A)]
m.
21 Elen f. Huw Fychan ap Gruffudd ap Dafydd Fychan
*
+
[WG2 Bl. ap C. 8 (A2)]
22 Dafydd ap Harry ap Thomas of Cwm Tydu, Cardiganshire
*
+
[WG2 Bleg 2 (E)]
m.
23 Alswn f. Lewys ap Llywelyn Llwyd
*
+
[WG2 Cyd. ap D. 6 (A2)]
26 Robert Birt of Llwyndyrys in Llandygwydd, Alderman of Carmarthen
*
+
m.
27 Elsbeth Ryd
*
+
[WG2 Read 1]
28 John Vaughan of Golden Grove, High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire 1563
*
+
[WG2 Bl. ap C. 8 (A2)]
m.
29 Catrin Morgan
*
+
[WG2 Cyd. F. 15 (A3)]
30 Gruffudd ap Rhys
*
+ ... [ca. 1584]
m.
31 Eleanor Jones
*
+
[WG2 Ein. ap Ll. 7 (A5)]
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 John Walter, Approver and Chancellor of Pembroke and West Haverford until 1509
*
+
m.
33 Alson Mendus of Fishguard
*
+
34 William Warren of Trewern
*
+
[WG2 Gwynf. 5 (A)]
m.
35 Jonet f. Dafydd ap Sir Rhys
*
+
[WG2 Ein. ap Ll. 7 (A4)]
52 - 53 English ancestry ignored.
60 Rhys ap Gruffudd ap Rhys
*
+
[WG2 Ein. ap Ll. 7 (A3)]
m.
61 Lady Catherine Howard
*
+
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 John Walter
*
+
m.
65
*
+
66 Gwilym Mendus
*
+
m.
67
*
+
122 - 123 English ancestry ignored




NOTES






122 & 123 -- Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and his second wife Agnes Tilney. See, for example, Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry [Baltimore: Genealogical, 2004], p. 237, and Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry [Baltimore: Genealogical, 2005], p. 439.











FURTHER NOTES




Both Lucy Walter and King Charles II are descended from Margaret Beauchamp St John Beaufort Welles, Duchess of Somerset, as follows:

Oliver Saint John (1) m. Margaret Beauchamp m. (2) John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset

Sir John St John m. Alice Bradshaw 		Half Siblings
Margaret Beaufort m. Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond

Sir John St John m. Margred ferch Morgan 		Half 1st Cousins
Henry VII, King of England m. Elizabeth Plantagenet

Catherine St John m. Gruffudd ap Rhys 		Half 2nd Cousins
Margaret Tudor m. James IV, King of Scots

Rhys ap Gruffudd m. Catherine Howard 		Half 3rd Cousins
James V, King of Scots m. Mary of Guise

Gruffudd ap Rhys m. Eleanor Jones 		Half 4th Cousins
Mary, Queen of Scots m. Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley

Mary Rice m. Walter Vaughan 		Half 5th Cousins
James I King of England m. Anne of Denmark

Eleanor Vaughan m. John Protheroe 		Half 6th Cousins
Charles I, King of England m. Henrietta Maria of France

Elizabeth Protheroe m. William Walter 		Half 7th Cousins
CHARLES II, KING OF ENGLAND

LUCY WALTER 		Half 7th Cousins
Once Removed
 


So through their shared descent from Margaret Beauchamp, Lucy Walter is a half seventh cousin once removed of King Charles II.







William Addams Reitwiesner


wargs@wargs.com