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Lady Helen Ellen Preston 1515 – 1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Cunswick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 November 1571

Death Location: Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Prest

Mother: Anne Saunders

Spouse(s): James Cunswick

Children(s): Lady Norfolk

Lady Helen Ellen Preston was born in 1515 in Cunswick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Thomas Jermyn Prest and Anne Thornburgh Saunders. Lady Helen Ellen Preston married James Lord Leybourne van Cunswick, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Margret Leybourne, Duchess of Norfolk. Lady Helen Ellen Preston passed away in 1571 in Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Lady Helen Ellen Preston was born in 1515 in Cunswick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Thomas Jermyn Prest and Anne Thornburgh Saunders.
  • Lady Helen Ellen Preston married James Lord Leybourne van Cunswick, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Margret Leybourne, Duchess of Norfolk.
  • Lady Helen Ellen Preston passed away in 1571 in Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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Lady Preston's Ancestors

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Lady Preston
1515 – 1571
Birth Place: Cunswick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Thomas Jermyn Prest
1480 – 1552
Rushbrooke Hall, Suffolk, England
Anne (Thornburgh) Saunders
1480 – 1524
Hampsfield, Lancastershire, England
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Lady Preston's Descendants

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Lady (Helen Ellen) Preston (1515 – 14 November 1571) m. James (Lord Leybourne van) Cunswick (1490 – 1580)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Margret Leybourne, Duchess of) Norfolk (01 Jan 1536 – 4 Sep 1567) m. Knight (Baron Thomas IV Dacre, Baron VIII of Greystoke, Baron X of Wem, Capt. of Norham) Castle (1530 – 1 July 1566)
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of) Sussex (17 Nov 1564 – 9 Oct 1639) m. Lord (William "Belted Will" Howard, Earl of) Sussex (19 Dec 1563 – 07 Oct 1640)
      1. 1. Sir (Philips Howard Van) Naworth (6 Dec 1581 – 1612) m. Lady (Margaretha) Carryl (6 Feb 1578 – 1648)
        1. 1. (Knight) (Sir Willem or William Howard van) Naworth (1603 – 28 Jan 1643) m. Lady (Mary) Eure (16 Sep 1602 – 28 Jan 1638)

Lady Preston's Timeline

4 Records

1512
1512
Birth of Lady Helen Ellen Preston in Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
1515
1515
Birth of Lady Helen Ellen Preston in Cunswick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Cunswick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
1571
14 Nov 1571
Age 56
Death of Lady Helen Ellen Preston in Preston Patrick, Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
Preston Patrick, Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
1571
14 November 1571
Age 56
Death of Lady Helen Ellen Preston in Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1512
    Event Place: Cunswick, Westmoreland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Cunswick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Nov 1571
    Event Place: Preston Patrick, Cunswick, Westmoreland, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 November 1571
    Event Place: Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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