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Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress 1502–1541 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Dec 1502

Birth Location: KInlet, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 15 June 1541

Death Location: Lincolnshire, England

Father: George Talboys

Mother: Sarah Pershall

Spouse(s): Sir Admiral, John Blount

Children(s):

Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress was born in 1502 in KInlet, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England, the child of George Sir Knight Talboys And Sarah Katherine Lady In Waiting To Queen Catherine Pershall. Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress married John Blount, Sir Edward Fiennes De Clinton 1St Earl Of Lincoln 9Th Baron Clinton And Say Lord High Admiral. Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress passed away in 1541 in Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress was born in 1502 in KInlet, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England, the child of George Sir Knight Talboys And Sarah Katherine Lady In Waiting To Queen Catherine Pershall.
  • Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress married John Blount, Sir Edward Fiennes De Clinton 1St Earl Of Lincoln 9Th Baron Clinton And Say Lord High Admiral.
  • Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress passed away in 1541 in Lincolnshire, England.

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Elizabeth mistress's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth mistress
1502–1541
Birth Place: KInlet, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England
Parents
George Sir Knight Talboys
–1538
Kyme (Lincolnshire) England
Sarah (Katherine, Lady in Waiting to Queen Catherine,) Pershall
1484–1540
Dovebridge (Derbyshire) Uk
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Elizabeth mistress's Timeline

2 Records

1502
16 Dec 1502
Birth of Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress in KInlet, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England
KInlet, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England
1541
15 June 1541
Age 39
Death of Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress in Lincolnshire, England
Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Dec 1502
    Event Place: KInlet, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 June 1541
    Event Place: Lincolnshire, England

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