Twenty eight generations of
The Arden Family
by James Frederick Bell
Table Of Contents
Index to the Ardens .... [See below on this Page] …....………..1
PREFACE……………………………………………………………………………………1
CHARTS ………………………………………………………………………….14 - 22
Chapter I The Ardens in Saxon Britain
(ca. 871 to 1066 A.D.)………………….............… 23
Chapter II Turchill of Arden (d, ca. 1100) in the time of
William the Conqueror (1066-1087) ………..… 48
Chapter III The Ardens from William II (1087-1100) of
the House of Normandy through Richard II
(1377-1389) of the House of Plantagenet ..... 71
Chapter IV The Ardens of "Park Hall", Warwickshire,
during the reign of Richard II, the last
of the Plantagenets, and under the Houses
of Lancester and York (1377-1485) …………. 113
Chapter V The Ardens of "Park Hall", Warwickshire,
under the Tudors (1485-1603) ……….………. 136
INTERLUDE - The Arden Family, Arms, Crest
and William Shakespeare …………………………. 176
Chapter VI The Ardens of "Longcroft", Staffordshire,
under Elizabeth I, the Stuarts, and the
Common‑wealth (1558-1714) …………………. 195
Chapter VII The Ardens during the growth of the
British Empire in the 18th and the
19th centuries …………………………………………... 224
Chapter VIII The Ardens (during the 20th century up to
1967 (900 years after Turchill of Arden) .…. 257
APPENDIX A - Biblical Tree of King Alfred the Great
APPENDIX B - Charts
APPENDIX C - Herald's 1619 Visitaion of Warwickshire
APPENDIX D - Bass & Thornewill Trees
Index To The Ardens
Chapter 1 Saxon Ancestors of Turchill of Arden 26
Chapter II I Turchill of Arden (d. ca. 1100) 50
Chapter III II Siward de Arden (ca. Hen. I) 84
IlI Henry de Arden (ca. 1166) 89
IV William de Arden 92
V William de Arden (d.ca.1233) 102
VI Sir Thomas de Ardens (Knt. 1277) 104
VII Ralph de Arden (ca, 1290) 107
VIII Ralph de Arden (m. ca. 1323) 110
Chapter IV IX Sir Henry de Arden (d. ca. 1400) 117
X Sir Ralph Arden (d. ) 124
XI Robert Arden (exec. 1452) 127
Chapter V XII Walter Arden (l450-1502) 141
XIII Sir John Arden (d. 1526) 148
XIV Thomas Arden (I485-l563) 157
Chapter VI XV Simon Arden (d.1600,ca.age 100) 198
XVI Ambrose Arden (d. 1624) 208
XVII Humphrey Arden (m. 1630) 212
XVIII Humphrey Arden (1631-1705) 213
XIX Henry Arden (1665-l728) 2l7
XX John Arden (1693-1734) 219
Chapter VII XXl Henry Arden (1730-1782) 229
XXII Rev. John Arden (1752-l803) 233
XXIII Rev. Edward Thomas Arden (d. 1861) 244
XXIV Rev. Albert H. Arden (m.1867) 247
Chapter VIII XXV Edward Cooper Arden (l868-1939) 259
XXVI Maude/Albert/Edward Turchill/
Philip/Eustace/Ethel 264
XXVlI Eustace/Phylis/John/Betty/John/
Jill/Anne/Mary/Jean/Heather/Philip 269
XXVIII Peter/Roddy/David/Pamela/Eric/
Maureen/Alan/David/Heather/Roger/
Bradley/Sally/Ashley/Amanda/Shawn/
Tanya/Susan/Wendy/Timothy/Jill 270
