Mnbrnkmi IGtup of BtBcmt frnm King lEgbi^rt In proof of the unbroken chain alogists have disaereed on certain from Egbert, the first Saxon ; king, points but the main contention is so i down twenty-eight generations to Wil- well established that these exhibits are Ham <strong>Tracy</strong> (28) of Hayles Abbey, conclusive proof. (Exhibits 2 and 3.) who married Mary, the daughter of The <strong>Tracy</strong> lineage, as given by Sir John Conway, of Arrow, , County former genealogists of the family, of Warwick, sister of Lord Conway, I was ! substantially correct, down to the present a photographic reproduction children of Sir William <strong>Tracy</strong>, of the two pages from Britton's Tod- Knight {24), who married Margaret dington, published in 1840, and an Throckmorton. They (the genealo- English authority. In investigating gists), aj.yi/;«t'(f that the line from this these lines I find that the gene- Sir William (24) was through his Thk 1 uliUlNf.ToN. ur Tbacy <strong>Family</strong>, IS descended, on the paternal side, from Ethelred. whose daughter, Goda, inaiTicd Walter. Karl of Mauiitz, a noMt Nonnau. From this marriage came Ralph, who was created Earl of Hereford bv his uncle, Edward the (:ontf>snr. Harold, son of Italph, niairied Maud, dan_'hter of Hugh Lupus, Ear! of Chester, arid nephew to V.'illiain the Conrjueror. Tkis Harold, who settled at Sudeley and Todiliiigtou, had two sons, lUlph and John; llie latter of whom married Ciim-e, daughter of William ,1,. Traci, natural son of King Henry the First. Their offspring were Ralph and William ; the last assiimeil his mother's iiaiiie of Thai i, ami rctaineil tlie fiuiily arms of Sudeley, with an escalop-slieli for difference. King Ethelreq. T Ralph, Ear! of Herpford, lived in tlie reign of Kiii({ EJwaid the Coiifeiio OLD," Baron of Siiilelcy, Juiis deSvdelev, Lnrdnf tit.dfipy=pGnAt E.ditit({li;er of William de <strong>Tracy</strong>, or Traci, Uaron ut Barnsta^ile. K,u.ni, lUnoN o» ^Si DEtEV, romiHed the Priory William oe Track lieM Toddincion, Ac. of liis Broihei RalpL, of EitTiBi'RT, ill tlie Coiiixy of Warwick. hy lliesertiLe of one kiiitrlit's fee. leiiip. Henry II + /'or thix y^Jiffret, vilii,e. Sill U'lLl lAM TliACv, VlGOi made Hipli Slieriff of the C.'iintv nf GloticfSter tiv the Baroin of the Earl of Leicester's iii parly, opjiosilion lo i»I. de Uesaile. h F.i-mli kiiiglit, wl,u «« put into tlmt olfice l.v the kiiij:'* j.artv. He nin, me .>f the Koi^jht* of GhmceMcrshir;;. 12(J!); commanded in Pcoilaud • under Kd.i-ard the First, whiilier he was nmimpaiiied l>y his kim'man, Kalpli de Sudeley; ajid was ibrirt High Slicriff of Ghmcesiersliue. .Sill M'li.i i.oi TbaCVi (rented in nr-rd to Lanreiire Tre«hnm. I2un. was piTWtit at ilie loHrimment held nt Uimisiitple by Ldward lUc Setuud : made High ShenlF ol the County of Ghnu'ester. V.l\0. Hekhv TllAiY, ;ilargerji=j.ilin Artlier. of I'm'iershide. Tiif..MAS TnACY, High Slieriff of Cloucestershire from I.'130 to I3lli». ( .!f.nM TnACY, Knitrhl. Ilii^h ShciifTof the County of 0!nu«^ter, lUllS. (18,71); Kni(iht of the Shire. :i2,a7, Jll, and l3il of Edward III., hy nliom l>e t kniuhted, niid .lupninled ti> seiure the low landa bet»*-eeii Bfintol and Olnncester. He gave iho advowjoii i>f Toddinfton to the Ahlwy ol Halleo, 27tliEd«;.fd III. .toiiN Tracv, Higli Sheriff of ibe County of CI jncester, 137!>. V, High Sl.eriff of the County of Glo, { Conli:iurd next pagt. ) • -W lh» ii.ncorih*< on.iutrnti lurvcv. lla'aM. um to Rali>h. EMlof Httrfnnt nhtilninc E-^at. in Hcrd'aT'lihlrF. (oundnl ihrre a IKilc fiUay tit monki at M. I«Tm n. KtHfi Ert««il ihr Canft^af, Jivi .ultWwl ih» WriOi lu .iittr Iftat cliy uU Dtiicilicri.'rrtei."— Ouf.DAi..« tt.,.jiniT. »t.t. ,. r. 4M. At*\ret llliT fl«l.l»inc ..f [.o»*«»iil Ih* Umlrfilpof flortcnlMi. in Bb>> Jiltn HKtw. , ^ „,^ ,,, 1,ir\. nth Filmft*. Mnn.>. iixl BtltO, 0« BdttoH, i.rjrJrtnl MNEAGE OF THE TRACYS IN ENGLAXD PROM ROYAL LINE OP SAXOM KINGS E.Thibit 2— Photograpliic Reproductioti from Genealogical Chart by J. Britton of London in 1840
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