MY ANCESTORS:
Ancient Line starting at d’Aubigny
Primary Residences: England
My Dad’s Birth Line
Oldest known
ancestor
24th Great
Grandfather
d‘Aubigny
England
Born in late
1200s
Line that goes to
Charlemagne
16th Great
Grandmother
Isabel Dutton
who married Sir
Christopher de
Southworth,
Knight
England
Born in late
1400s
“Military”
Service
15th and
14th Great
Grandfathers
Sir John de
Southworth and
his son Sir
Thomas de
Southworth
Battle of Flodden
Scottish versus the English
Family History:
My oldest known ancestor in this line is d’Aubigny, my 24th Great Grandfather in the
line that eventually leads to the Alden/Southworth lines and the landing of the Mayflower
at Plymouth Rock in 1620. D’Aubigny had a daughter, Isabel D’Aubigny of Belvoir
Castle. She was also born in the 1200s and died in 1301. Isabel married Sir Robert de
Ros, 1st Baron, Leicestershire, England
Belvoir Castle Leicestershire, England
as it looks today – original Norman
castle was destroyed.
Family History:
My 19th Great Grandfather was Sir William de Ros, was the 6th generation “Lord Ros”
and became the Treasurer of England in 1403 and 1404. Lord Ros’ granddaughter Ann
Tuchet de Audley married Sir Thomas Dutton, my 17th Great Grandfather. Ann and
Thomas’ daughter, Isabel Dutton, my 16th Great Grandmother, married Sir Christopher
de Southworth, who was knighted by King Edward IV in 1482. Christopher was Lord of
Samlesbury Manor in England.
My Grandmother Donna Cator does not have this line in her computer database on
Family Tree Maker, but has it stored in written form. She told me that the if that material
were available for this project it would show that Isabel Dutton’s ancestry connects to
Charlemagne and Alexander the Great … and beyond. She has researched this line back
to about 400 A.D.
Charlemagne was the “The Great Charlemagne of Franks,” the “Emperor Charlemagne.”
Family History:
My 15th Great Grandfather was Sir John de Southworth, also a Knight (about 1503) and
the Sheriff of Lancashire, England; sometimes referred to as the Sheriff of Lancaster.
John was born about 1478 and died in his late 30s around 1517. He fought with he
English in the 1513 Battle of Flodden Field, as did his son, Thomas de Southworth,
Knight, who lived from 1496 to 1546 (died around age 50). Both survived the battle.
Thomas was the High Sheriff
of Lancashire. Both were the
Lords of Southworth Hall
and Samlesbury Hall.
Thomas built the Ancient
Hall at Samlesbury Hall in
1532.
Below is Ancient or Great Hall:
Samlesbury Hall as it looks today:
Battle of Flodden / Military History: The Battle of Flodden occurred on September 9th,
1513 in Branxton, Northumberland, Scotland (on the borders of Scotland and England).
The Scots were battling under King James IV of Scotland (king of Scotland from 1488 to
1513) and the English (my family) under the Earl of Surrey. King James was married to
Margaret, the sister of King Henry VIII of England. King James wanted to resume the
“auld” alliance with France, but King Henry had joined the Holy League against France.
In 1513 King Henry invaded France. King James, for the French, wanted Henry out of
France, so he arranged a battle which he hoped would draw King Henry back from
France. His intent was not even conquest – just diversion! James battled against the
Earl of Surrey at their agreed upon place and time – a practice of chivalrous times. James
took his army to a good defensive position on Flodden Hill, rather than the agreed upon
spot. The Earl was furious and boldly marched his men between James and Scotland.
James moved his men to Branxton Hill. Ultimately, King James and his Scotsmen lost
due to their poor choice of weaponry (the long pike given to the Scots by the French) and
the valor of the English. The long pike was good for a cavalry battle, but not for close
hand-to-hand combat. The Scots were cuts to shreds by the English. As many as 5000
Scotsmen died that day. The Scots no longer were able to oppose Henry VIII.
Flodden was the last major battle in which the longbow played a part, and one of the first
in which artillery played a major role.”
Source: www.britainexpress.com/History/battles/flodden.htm
Family History:
My 13th Great Grandfather, son of Sir Thomas, was Sir John de Southworth, Knight. He
became known as Sir John Southworth. John was born in Samlesbury, Lancashire,
England about 1526 and died November 3, 1595 at the age of 69. John married Mary
Asheton in 1547 and one year later they had their firstborn child, Thomas Southworth,
born about 1548. Thomas and his wife Rosamond Lister (my 12th Great Grandparents
gave birth to Edward Southworth in 1590. Edward Southworth married Alice Carpenter.
He died in Holland; Alice came to America and married Governor Bradford of the
Plymouth Colonies. Their sons followed to America soon thereafter.
See the Alden and the Southworth Lines.