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Danny Dyer

As it turned out …

Dec 3, 2016

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Bartholomew Gosnold, Cromwells, Danny Dyer, Edward III, executions, Frank Gardner, Gosnolds, Helmingham Hall, Ipswich, Jane Seymour, John Gosnold, Lionel of Antwerp, MacCullough, Michael Stanhope, Mortimers, Otley Hall, Percies, Robert Gosnold V, Seymours, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Wolsey, Tollemaches, Who do you think you are?

Last week, just hours before the actor Danny Dyer appeared on “Who do you think you are?” to reveal his descent from Thomas Cromwell and Edward III – in the latter case, via the Mortimer, Percy, Seymour (Jane’s sister), Cromwell (Thomas’ grandson Henry), Tollemache (of Helmingham hall) and Gosnold (Robert Gosnold V, 1611-58) of Otley…
Another celebrity with royal descent …

Nov 24, 2016

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Danny Dyer, Dukes of Norfolk, Edward I, Edward III, genealogy, General Anson, Sir Matthew Pinsent, Thomas Cromwell, Who do you think you are?, William I

… is the actor Danny Dyer. In the new series of “Who do you think you are?” , he will be shown to have Edward III and William I as ancestors. In a previous series, Sir Matthew Pinsent was shown to be descended from Edward I via the Howards of Norfolk and an eighteenth century…