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William Harris was born on 21 September 1556 in Essex. [4] His parents were Sir Arthur Harris and Dorothy Waldegrave. [5] He made his home at Creeksea Place Manor [6]. Harris Arms of William's grandfather and namesake, presumed to be similar or the same as Sir William's
Essex emerged as a single kingdom during the 6th century. The dates, names and achievements of the Essex kings, like those of most early rulers in the Heptarchy, remain conjectural. The historical identification of the kings of Essex, including the evidence and a reconstructed genealogy are discussed extensively by Yorke. [17]
People from Essex were heavily involved in the colonisation of the Americas. The Mayflower, which carried the first settlers to New England, was a Harwich ship. Five of America's presidents (George Washington, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush) can trace their ancestry to Essex. [55]
The genealogy given for the kings of Deira in both the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Anglian Collection also traces through Wægdæg, followed by Siggar and Swæbdæg. The Prose Edda also gives these names, as Sigarr and Svebdeg alias Svipdagr , but places them a generation farther down the Kent pedigree, as son and grandson of Wihtgils.
The other half is in Essex, known as Bures Hamlet. Hatfield Broad Oak Priory in Essex − there is the tomb of Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford; Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford effigy, St Mary's Church, Hatfield Broad Oak. De Vere House (known as the Harry Potter house [9]) in Lavenham, Suffolk
The most well-known Earls of Essex were Thomas Cromwell (c. 1485 – 1540) (sixth creation), chief minister to King Henry VIII, Sir William Parr (1513-1571) who was brother to Queen Catherine Parr who was the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565–1601) (eighth creation), a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I ...
Mary Capel, Countess of Essex (1679 – 20 August 1726), born Lady Mary Bentinck, was the daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of stadtholder William, Prince of Orange (the future King of England) and his wife Anne Villiers (died 30 November 1688).
Baron Petre (/ ˈ p iː t ə /), of Writtle, in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1603 for Sir John Petre. His family has since been associated with the county of Essex. He represented Essex in parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex.