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Lady Ann Elizabeth, Countness of Melsham Cheshire, Baroness Jennings Berkshire 1426–1465 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1426

Birth Location: Melksham Castle, Melksham Forest, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 3 Nov 1465

Death Location: Stoke by Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England

Father: Edmund **

Mother: Lady **

Spouse(s): Lord Berkshire, John Howard, WILLIAM BERSHIRE)

Children(s): Sir Berkshire;, William Jennings, Sir Jennings, John Jennings, Margaret Wyndham, Sir Howard, Sir Surrey,

Lady Ann Elizabeth, Countness of Melsham Cheshire, Baroness Jennings Berkshire was born in 1426 in Melksham Castle, Melksham Forest, Wiltshire, England, the child of Edmund Hampden And Lady Anne Whalesborough. Lady Ann Elizabeth, Countness of Melsham Cheshire, Baroness Jennings Berkshire married John Howard, Lord Baron William George Thomas Lord Jennings Of Berkshire, William George Thomas Sir Knight Baron Melksham Jennings Lord Jennings Bershire, and had children including Anne Gorges, George Thomas Jennings, John Jennings, John Thomas Jennings, Margaret Wyndham, Samuel Jennings, Sir Knight Thomas Jennings Lord Berkshire, Sir Knight Thomas William Baron Jennings, Sir Thomas Howard, Sir Thomas I Howard Earl Marshal Of England Lord High Treasurer Of England 2Nd Duke Of Norfolk 1St Earl Of Surrey, Thomas Jennings, Thos Jennings, William Thomas Jennings. Lady Ann Elizabeth, Countness of Melsham Cheshire, Baroness Jennings Berkshire passed away in 1465 in Stoke by Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England.

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  • Lady Ann Elizabeth, Countness of Melsham Cheshire, Baroness Jennings Berkshire was born in 1426 in Melksham Castle, Melksham Forest, Wiltshire, England, the child of Edmund Hampden And Lady Anne Whalesborough.
  • Lady Ann Elizabeth, Countness of Melsham Cheshire, Baroness Jennings Berkshire married John Howard, Lord Baron William George Thomas Lord Jennings Of Berkshire, William George Thomas Sir Knight Baron Melksham Jennings Lord Jennings Bershire, and had children including Anne Gorges, George Thomas Jennings, John Jennings, John Thomas Jennings, Margaret Wyndham, Samuel Jennings, Sir Knight Thomas Jennings Lord Berkshire, Sir Knight Thomas William Baron Jennings, Sir Thomas Howard, Sir Thomas I Howard Earl Marshal Of England Lord High Treasurer Of England 2Nd Duke Of Norfolk 1St Earl Of Surrey, Thomas Jennings, Thos Jennings, William Thomas Jennings.
  • Lady Ann Elizabeth, Countness of Melsham Cheshire, Baroness Jennings Berkshire passed away in 1465 in Stoke by Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England.

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Lady Berkshire's Ancestors

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Lady Berkshire
1426–1465
Birth Place: Melksham Castle, Melksham Forest, Wiltshire, England
Parents
Edmund Hampden **
1378–1425
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Lady (Anne Whalesborough) **
1405–1439
Whalesborough Castle, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
Sir (John De Whalesborough or) Waleburgh
1369–1418
Whalesborough Manor, Stratton, Bude, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Joane or Joan) Raleigh
1366–1435
Nettlecombe, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
Ismania Berkerolles
–1420
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Berkshire's Descendants

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Lady (Ann Elizabeth, Countness of Melsham Cheshire, Baroness Jennings) Berkshire (1426–3 Nov 1465) m. Lord (Baron William George Thomas Lord Jennings of) Berkshire (1408–1492) m. John Howard (1422–22 August 1485) m. WILLIAM (GEORGE THOMAS (SIR, KNIGHT, BARON MELKSHAM) JENNINGS (LORD JENNINGS) BERSHIRE) (1408–1492)
  1. 1. Sir (Knight Thomas Jennings ** Lord) Berkshire; 1443–1530 m. Anne (Mary Elizabeth Countess Dilhorne, Staffordshire, Baroness Jennings Berkshire) Horne 1455–1530
    1. 1. William Jennings 1478–1528 m. Joan Bostock 1470–1540
      1. 1. Katherine (Barbara) Jennings 1524–1597 m. Micheal Berwick, 1525–1602
        1. 1. Richard Berwick 1720–
        2. 2. Margery Berwick 1552–1624
    2. 2. William (Thomas) Jennings 1485–1528
    3. 3. William Jennings 1470–1528
    4. 4. James Jennings –1830
    5. 5. William Jennings 1485–1528
  2. 2. William (Thomas) Jennings 1443–1524
  3. 3. Sir (Knight Thomas William , Baron) Jennings 1443–1524
  4. 4. John Jennings –1636
  5. 5. Margaret Wyndham 1451–
  6. 6. Sir (Thomas) Howard 1443–1524
  7. 7. Sir (Thomas I Howard, Earl Marshal of England, Lord High Treasurer of England, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, 1st Earl of) Surrey, 1443–1530

Lady Berkshire's Timeline

2 Records

1426
1426
Birth of Lady Ann Elizabeth, Countness of Melsham Cheshire, Baroness Jennings Berkshire in Melksham Castle, Melksham Forest, Wiltshire, England
Melksham Castle, Melksham Forest, Wiltshire, England
1465
3 Nov 1465
Age 39
Death of Lady Ann Elizabeth, Countness of Melsham Cheshire, Baroness Jennings Berkshire in Jennings Castle, Berkshire, England
Jennings Castle, Berkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1426
    Event Place: Melksham Castle, Melksham Forest, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Nov 1465
    Event Place: Jennings Castle, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stoke by Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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