To help me keep track of my emerging Byne family tree, I’ve drawn up a timeline of the births, marriages and deaths of my direct ancestors – and put them in the context of key national events. A reminder: Mary Byne and Joseph Greene were my maternal 7 x great grandparents, John and Alice Byne my 8 x great grandparents, and so on back to William and Joan Byne, my 12 x great grandparents.
1547 Death of Henry VIII, accession of Edward VI
1550 (?) Edward Byne (son of William and Joan) born, Burwash, Sussex
1553 Death of Edward VI, accession of Queen Mary Tudor
1558 Death of Mary, accession of Elizabeth I
1559 William Byne dies, Burwash
1575 Joan Byne, widow of William, dies, Burwash
Edward Byne marries Agnes Fowle, Mayfield, Sussex
1586 Stephen Byne (son of Edward) born, Burwash
1603 Death of Elizabeth I, accession of James I
1611 Stephen Byne marries Mary Manser
1613 Edward Byne dies, Burwash
1615 Magnus Byne (son of Stephen and Mary) born, Burwash
Death of James I, accession of Charles I
1626 Agnes Byne dies, Burwash
1640 Magnus Byne marries Anne Chowne, Clayton, Sussex
1642 Beginning of English Civil War
1649 Execution of Charles I
1651 John Byne (son of Magnus and Anne) born, Clayton
1660 Restoration of monarchy under Charles II
1661 Anne Byne dies, Clayton, aged 50
1662 Magnus Byne marries Sarah Bartlett
1664 Stephen Byne dies, Burwash, aged 77
1671 Magnus Byne dies, Clayton, aged 60
1675 John Byne marries Alice (Forest?)
1683 Mary Byne (daughter of John and Alice) born, London
1685 Death of Charles II, accession of James II
1689 James II deposed, accession of William and Mary
1701 Mary Byne marries Joseph Greene, London
1702 Accession of Queen Anne
