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The Descent of Broughton

This chart shows the ownership of Broughton Castle through the ages, from the de Broughtons to the Wykeham-Fiennes-Twisleton families. Owners are highlighted in yellow, as shown, and the passing on of the Barony of Saye and Sele is indicated with a chess knight icon Chess knight icon indicates Barony of Saye and Sele, you can find out which barony by hovering over the icon with your mouse. When hovered over, underlined names also generate tooltips - usually snippets of history about the individual or about his role in the building of the house. A more thorough discussion of the house's architectural history can be read in the article by H.Gordon Slade, on which this chart is based.

The Barony of Saye and Sele lapsed from 1471, after the death of William, second Lord Saye and Sele, until it was revived in 1603, in favour of Richard Fiennes, seventh Lord Saye and Sele. It lapsed again after the death of James Fiennes second Viscount and ninth Baron, in 1674, and was revived in 1781 in favour of Thomas Twisleton, thirteenth Baron. There is considerable confusion over the tenth Baron, as Thomas Twisleton's claim was recognised before the death of Richard, sixth and last Viscount.

 

The de Broughton Descent

The Descent of Broughton in the Wykeham Family

The Descent of Broughton in the Fiennes Family

  • Margaret Wykeham d. 1457 m. Sir William FiennesSecond Baron Saye and Sele d. 1471
    • Richard
    • Henry Fiennes Third Baron Saye and Sele d. 1475 m. Ann daughter of Richard Harcourt
      • Richard Fiennes Fourth Baron Saye and Sele d. 1500 (1502) m. Elizabeth Crofts
        • Edward Fiennes Fifth Baron Saye and Sele d. 1528 m. Margaret Danvers
          • Richard Fiennes Sixth Baron Saye and Sele d. 1573 m. Ursula Fermor
            • Richard Fiennes Seventh Baron Saye and Sele d. 1613
              m. (1)Constance Kingsmill;
              m. (2) Elizabeth (Codingham) Pawlett

The Fiennes Family (continued)

  • Richard Fiennes Seventh Baron Saye and Sele d. 1613 m. (1)Constance Kingsmill; (2) Elizabeth (Codingham) Pawlett
    • William Fiennes First Viscount and Eighth Baron Saye and Sele d. 1662 m. Elizabeth Temple of Stowe
      • James Fiennes Second Viscount and Ninth Baron Saye and Sele d. 1674 m. Elizabeth Cecil
        • Elizabeth Fiennes d. 1674 m. Sir John Twisleton
      • Nathaniel Fiennes
      • William Fiennes
      • John Fiennes d. 1692
        • Lawrence Fiennes Fifth Viscount Saye and Sele
        • Susannah m. Thomas Filmer
          • Mary Filmer m. Edward Trotman
            • Susannah Trotman m. Sanderson Miller d. 1780
      • Richard Fiennes
        • Richard Fiennes
          • Richard Fiennes Sixth and Last Viscount Saye and Sele d. 1781

The Descent of Broughton in the Twisleton-Fiennes Family

The Descent of Broughton in the Twisleton-Fiennes Family (continued)

  • Frederick Benjamin Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes Sixteenth Baron Saye and Sele d. 1887 m. (1) Hon. Emily Wingfield, (2) Hon. Caroline Leigh of Adlestrop
    • John Fiennes Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes Seventeenth Baron Saye and Sele d. 1907 m. Lady Augusta Hay
      • Geoffrey Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes Eighteenth Baron Saye and Seled. 1937 m. Marion Murray
        • Geoffrey Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes Nineteenth Baron Saye and Sele d. 1949
        • Ivo Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes Twentieth Baron Saye and Sele d. 1968 m. Hersey Cecilia Hester Butler
          • Nathaniel Fiennes Twenty-first Baron Saye and Sele b. 1920 m. Mariette Salisbury-Jones
  • (* my father gave up the Twisleton-Wykeham bit by deed poll at a cost of £5 at the Post Office in the late 1960s on the basis that it was all a bit unecessary – and hard to fit the whole lot on school name-tapes!)

The Descent of Broughton in the Fiennes Family

  • Nathaniel Fiennes Twenty-first Baron Saye and Sele b. 1920 m. Mariette Salisbury-Jones

    • Richard Fiennes b. 1958 d. 2001

    • Martin Fiennes b. 1961 m. Pauline Kang

      • Guy Fiennes b. 1997

      • Ned Fiennes b. 1999

      • Ivo Fiennes b. 2000

    • Susannah Fiennes b. 1961

    • Thomas Fiennes b. 1965 d. 1968

    • William Fiennes b. 1970





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