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William Windsor

2nd Baron Windsor

1498 - 1558
Life and Times of William Windsor

2nd son but heir due to George (b. 1492) dying in 1520.

m. (1) Margaret Sambourne of Fernham in Shrivenham in 1527

(2) Elizabeth Cowdray widow of Richard Paulet in 1554

Elected MP for Chipping Wycombe in 1529.

He was present at the signing of the treaty with Carlos V and in 1544 he was present in
the rearguard of the army against France having contributed £1000 (abt. £250,000
today) as a loan for the war. He carried the standard of the lion at the funeral of Henry
VIII and was chief mourner at that of Edward VI.

Edward Windsor

3rd Baron Windsor

1532 - 1574
Life and Times of Edward Windsor

Son of William and Margaret.

m. Lady Katherine de Vere daughter of John 16th earl of
Oxford.

Edward made Hewell his main residence and considerably
enlarged the deer park.

Edward fought at the siege of St Quentin (10th August Edward Windsor - 3rd Baron
1557). The late arriving English army missed the actual Windsor - and family .
battle but stayed on for the siege. Under Pembroke he (Source: Wikipedia)

supported the Habsberg Philip II of Spain who was married to Mary I of England. The
opposition was the French Valois dynasty. Edward fought under the command of the earl
of Bedford.

Also present at the siege was Nicholas Throckmorton 4th son of Sir George Throckmorton
of Coughton Court. Edward like the Throckmortons was a staunch Roman Catholic.
Edward lived for many years on the continent of Europe and is buried in Venice.

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