Twenty eight generations of
The Arden Family
by James Frederick Bell
Table Of Contents
Index to the Ardens ...................................... …....………..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
