A genealogical table of the Walpole family, 1812, 1838.

1 item (2 leaves) ; 122.4 x 100 cm, mounted on cloth to 136.4 x 51 cm.

English

Manuscript on paper, mostly in a single hand, written between 1810 and 1812, with pencil annotations, the last noting an event in the year 1838. Begins with (upper left) Sir Henry de Walpole of Houghton and Isabel with their son Henry (active 1216). In the center, the line begins with King Edward III and follows with his descendants through Thomas of Woodstock. On the right, the line begins at the marriage of Sir. William Fernegan and Isabel, daughter ot Thomas de Aspall. All converge sixteen generations later in the 18th-century and then trace the next five generations, noting the births of descendants in the first decade of the 19th century.

September 18, 2015

A Genealogical Table of the Walpole Family, 1812. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

A Genealogical Table of the Walpole Family, 1812. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Genealogies (histories)