Rodney Stoke Somerset
Anna Rodney 1600-dsp 1630
Anne was a co-heiress of Sir Thomas Lake 1630, Secretary of State to James l by Mary daughter of William Ryther
Her sister Elizabeth m Sir William son of Sir Francis Stonor and Martha Southcote and grandson of judge John Southcote of Witham flic.kr/p/dRkJTR
He brother Thomas Lake 1653 m1 Dorothy
www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Px491v4th daughter of Sir George Manners 1573-1623 and wife Grace Pierrepoint www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/35p8S5
She m1 1615 William Cecil 17th Lord de Ros dsp 1618 heir of William Cecil Lord Burghley and 1st wife Elizabeth Manners, 16th Baroness de Ros of Helmsley 1591 heiress of Edward 3rd Earl of Rutland (he was the grandson of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter by Dorothy www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0590mR daughter of John Nevill, 4th Baron Latimer flic.kr/p/4wtb9a by Lucy www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2316107831/ , daughter of Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester and second wife Elizabeth www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/4967231950/ daughter of Sir Anthony Browne
It wasn’t a happy marriage from the outset not least because of William’s belief that Anne had been turned against him by her mother Mary Ryther Lake. It wasn’t long before Anne & her mother were blackmailing William about his alleged impotence in an attempt to get him to sign his land over to the Lakes. By August 1616 Cecil fled to Italy . The couple were separated. Her father Sir Thomas Lake now demanded a settlement for his daughter suggesting lands at Walhamstow that were already mortgaged to him.
Frances Cecil nee Brydges was William’s step-grandmother. She and William were virtually the same age. Mary Lake accused Frances of an incestuous and adulterous affair with William (even though they weren’t related by blood they were related by marriage) adding the Frances had tried to poison Anne because she knew about the relationship.
The matter ended up in front of James I who passed it on to the Star Chamber to deal with. The earl of Exeter, Thomas Cecil – husband of Frances, grandfather of William accused the Lakes of slander.
Anne’s brother Arthur Lake attacked Cecil due to Anne’s wounded honour and there was a plan for the two men to fight a duel but it never happened. Instead, Arthur nearly had to fight a duel with a couple of other nobles on account of hearing them joking about Anne. Ballad mongers and poetry makers of the period had a field day with the scandal. See www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/lake_roos_section/J0.html .
The case was ultimately judged in 1619 after Cecil had died in Italy . The Lakes were found to have forged letters to ‘prove’ the incestuous relationship and a had been leaning on people to get them to support their claims. They were flung into the Tower and Anne Lake’s parents were fined £5000 each and before they were freed they & Anne were required to ask pardon of the king and Frances Cecil. Anne did what was required in 1619 but it was May 1621 before Mary Lake fulfilled the need to ask pardon.
Perhaps Sir Thomas wasn’t overjoyed when his wife was released. His biography on the History of Parliament website imparts the fact that there were rumours that he was the victim of husband battering.
Just when you think it can’t get any more scandalous her bother Arthur found himself being accused of incest with Anne
Anne m2 George son of Sir John Rodney and Jane daughter of Sir Henry Seymour & Barbara Wolfe (George was the brother of Sir Edward Rodney www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/kV08t3 )
Having married George Rodney, she made over her estate, which consisted of the Manors of Walthamstow, High Hall and Low Hall by three deeds to her husband before she died in early September, 1630, at the age of 30. It seems that after her death certain of her relatives made an attempt to challenge the legitimacy of these deeds. From his Deposition it is clear that Posthumus Kirton had been a member of George Rodney and his wife's household for some time, at least during the period of their marriage, and so was an important witness as to what had occurred. Three witnesses, including evidently two servants and an attendant, also gave testimony, while young Posthumus Kirton, of Westminster, gent., aged twenty one, stated that he knew Lady Ann Ros, and had heard her say several times that she was minded to settle all her property on George Rodney. Furthermore that he had actually seen the signing of two of the three deeds by her, and had served as a witness to them, and had seen the deeds actually sealed by her...............
Her effigy is thought to be the work of Dutch masons.
- Rodney Stoke church, Somerset
www.geni.com/people/Anne-Rodney/6000000002135468804 thehistoryjar.com/tag/sir-thomas-lake/
Rodney Stoke Somerset
Anna Rodney 1600-dsp 1630
Anne was a co-heiress of Sir Thomas Lake 1630, Secretary of State to James l by Mary daughter of William Ryther
Her sister Elizabeth m Sir William son of Sir Francis Stonor and Martha Southcote and grandson of judge John Southcote of Witham flic.kr/p/dRkJTR
He brother Thomas Lake 1653 m1 Dorothy
www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Px491v4th daughter of Sir George Manners 1573-1623 and wife Grace Pierrepoint www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/35p8S5
She m1 1615 William Cecil 17th Lord de Ros dsp 1618 heir of William Cecil Lord Burghley and 1st wife Elizabeth Manners, 16th Baroness de Ros of Helmsley 1591 heiress of Edward 3rd Earl of Rutland (he was the grandson of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter by Dorothy www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0590mR daughter of John Nevill, 4th Baron Latimer flic.kr/p/4wtb9a by Lucy www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2316107831/ , daughter of Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester and second wife Elizabeth www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/4967231950/ daughter of Sir Anthony Browne
It wasn’t a happy marriage from the outset not least because of William’s belief that Anne had been turned against him by her mother Mary Ryther Lake. It wasn’t long before Anne & her mother were blackmailing William about his alleged impotence in an attempt to get him to sign his land over to the Lakes. By August 1616 Cecil fled to Italy . The couple were separated. Her father Sir Thomas Lake now demanded a settlement for his daughter suggesting lands at Walhamstow that were already mortgaged to him.
Frances Cecil nee Brydges was William’s step-grandmother. She and William were virtually the same age. Mary Lake accused Frances of an incestuous and adulterous affair with William (even though they weren’t related by blood they were related by marriage) adding the Frances had tried to poison Anne because she knew about the relationship.
The matter ended up in front of James I who passed it on to the Star Chamber to deal with. The earl of Exeter, Thomas Cecil – husband of Frances, grandfather of William accused the Lakes of slander.
Anne’s brother Arthur Lake attacked Cecil due to Anne’s wounded honour and there was a plan for the two men to fight a duel but it never happened. Instead, Arthur nearly had to fight a duel with a couple of other nobles on account of hearing them joking about Anne. Ballad mongers and poetry makers of the period had a field day with the scandal. See www.earlystuartlibels.net/htdocs/lake_roos_section/J0.html .
The case was ultimately judged in 1619 after Cecil had died in Italy . The Lakes were found to have forged letters to ‘prove’ the incestuous relationship and a had been leaning on people to get them to support their claims. They were flung into the Tower and Anne Lake’s parents were fined £5000 each and before they were freed they & Anne were required to ask pardon of the king and Frances Cecil. Anne did what was required in 1619 but it was May 1621 before Mary Lake fulfilled the need to ask pardon.
Perhaps Sir Thomas wasn’t overjoyed when his wife was released. His biography on the History of Parliament website imparts the fact that there were rumours that he was the victim of husband battering.
Just when you think it can’t get any more scandalous her bother Arthur found himself being accused of incest with Anne
Anne m2 George son of Sir John Rodney and Jane daughter of Sir Henry Seymour & Barbara Wolfe (George was the brother of Sir Edward Rodney www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/kV08t3 )
Having married George Rodney, she made over her estate, which consisted of the Manors of Walthamstow, High Hall and Low Hall by three deeds to her husband before she died in early September, 1630, at the age of 30. It seems that after her death certain of her relatives made an attempt to challenge the legitimacy of these deeds. From his Deposition it is clear that Posthumus Kirton had been a member of George Rodney and his wife's household for some time, at least during the period of their marriage, and so was an important witness as to what had occurred. Three witnesses, including evidently two servants and an attendant, also gave testimony, while young Posthumus Kirton, of Westminster, gent., aged twenty one, stated that he knew Lady Ann Ros, and had heard her say several times that she was minded to settle all her property on George Rodney. Furthermore that he had actually seen the signing of two of the three deeds by her, and had served as a witness to them, and had seen the deeds actually sealed by her...............
Her effigy is thought to be the work of Dutch masons.
- Rodney Stoke church, Somerset
www.geni.com/people/Anne-Rodney/6000000002135468804 thehistoryjar.com/tag/sir-thomas-lake/