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Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress 1524–1541 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1524

Birth Location: Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England

Death Date: 15 Jun 1541

Death Location: Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, , England

Father: Thomas Knight

Mother: Catherine Stafford\Stanford

Spouse(s): Sir Navy

Children(s): Henry Clinton

Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress was born in 1524 in Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England, the child of Thomas Blount Sir Knight And Catherine Stafford Stanford. Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress married Sir Lord Adm Edward Fiennes Clinton Knight Of The Garter 9Th Baron Of Clinton Baron Of Saye Constable Of The Tower Lord Lieutenant Of Lincolnshire 1St Earl Of Lincoln Admiral Of The English Navy, and had children including Henry Clinton. Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress passed away in 1541 in Tattershall Castle, 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 1524 in Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England, the child of Thomas Blount Sir Knight And Catherine Stafford Stanford.
  • Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress married Sir Lord Adm Edward Fiennes Clinton Knight Of The Garter 9Th Baron Of Clinton Baron Of Saye Constable Of The Tower Lord Lieutenant Of Lincolnshire 1St Earl Of Lincoln Admiral Of The English Navy, and had children including Henry Clinton.
  • Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress passed away in 1541 in Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, , England.

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Elizabeth mistress's Ancestors

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Elizabeth mistress
1524–1541
Birth Place: Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England
Parents
Thomas Blount Sir, Knight
1486–1564
Worcester, Worcestershire, , England
Catherine Stafford\Stanford
1496–1553
Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Blount of Blounts) Hall
1420–1468
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Blount
1390–1403
Margaret Greseley
1393–1456
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Knt.
1348–1403
sancha Ayala
1360–1418

Elizabeth mistress's Descendants

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Elizabeth (“Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former) mistress (1524–15 Jun 1541) m. Sir (Lord ADM Edward Fiennes Clinton, Knight of the Garter, 9th Baron of Clinton, Baron of Saye, Constable of the Tower, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, 1st Earl of Lincoln, Admiral of the English) Navy (1512–16 Jan 1585)
  1. 1. Henry Clinton 1540–1616

Elizabeth mistress's Timeline

2 Records

1524
1524
Birth of Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress in Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England
Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England
1541
15 Jun 1541
Age 17
Death of Elizabeth “Bessie" Blount Tailboys Fiennes Clinton, Countess of Lincoln , King Henry VIII’s former mistress in Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, , England
Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, , England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1524
    Event Place: Latimer, Buckinghamshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Jun 1541
    Event Place: Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, , England

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