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Lady Helen (Ellen) PRESTON 1515–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Cunswick, Westmoreland, England

Death Date: 14 NOV 1571

Death Location: Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, England, Great Britain

Father: Thomas Preston

Mother: Lady Thornburgh

Spouse(s): Sir Leybourne

Children(s): Lady Leybourne, Frances Leybourne, Margaret Leybourne, Isabel Leybourne, James Leybourne, Elizabeth Greystoke, Anne Leyborne, Elizabeth Leyborne

Lady Helen (Ellen) PRESTON was born in 1515 in Cunswick, Westmoreland, England, the child of Thomas Preston And Lady Ann Thornburgh. Lady Helen (Ellen) PRESTON married Sir James Leybourne, and had children including Anne Leyborne, Elizabeth Greystoke, Elizabeth Leyborne, Frances Leybourne, Isabel Leybourne, James Leybourne, Lady Elizabeth Margret Leybourne, Margaret Leybourne. Lady Helen (Ellen) PRESTON passed away in 1571 in Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, England, Great Britain.

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Biography

  • Lady Helen (Ellen) PRESTON was born in 1515 in Cunswick, Westmoreland, England, the child of Thomas Preston And Lady Ann Thornburgh.
  • Lady Helen (Ellen) PRESTON married Sir James Leybourne, and had children including Anne Leyborne, Elizabeth Greystoke, Elizabeth Leyborne, Frances Leybourne, Isabel Leybourne, James Leybourne, Lady Elizabeth Margret Leybourne, Margaret Leybourne.
  • Lady Helen (Ellen) PRESTON passed away in 1571 in Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, England, Great Britain.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady PRESTON's Ancestors

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Lady PRESTON
1515–1571
Birth Place: Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
Parents
Thomas Preston
1475–1523
Levens, Westmoreland, England
Lady (Ann) Thornburgh
1486–1524
Hampsfield, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
John Preston
1450–1523
Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, England
Margaret Redmayne
1450–1524
Harwood Castle, Yorkshire, England
Willyam (THORNBURGH OF) HAMSFIELD
1450–1531
Hansfield, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Broughton
1450–1521
Broughton, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Preston
1425–
Jacobina Middleton
1400–1435
Richard Redmayne
1417–1500
Ellen Gascoigne
1422–
Henry THORNBOROUGH
1440–1464
Elizabeth BOOTH
1440–1464
Sir Broughton
1442–1479
Lady Denston
1435–1481
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Middleton
1375–
Christina Metcalfe
1382–
Matthew Berwick
1390–1446
Joan Tunstall
1395–1507
Thomas Thornburgh
1420–1440
Jane Dalton
1420–
Matthew Booth
1420–
John Denston
1400–1475
Lady Clopton
1404–1440

Lady PRESTON's Descendants

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Lady (Helen (Ellen)) PRESTON (1515–14 NOV 1571) m. Sir (James) Leybourne (1510–1580)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Margret) Leybourne 1532–1567 m. Thomas ((IV Lord Dacre of Gilsland Baron of Greystoke)) Dacre 1519–1573
    1. 1. Elisabeth Dacre 1564–1639 m. Lord (William Howard Earl of) Greystoke 1563–1640
      1. 1. Sir (Philip) Howard 1581–1612 m. Margaret Carryl 1585–1648
        1. 1. Phillip Howard 1607–1645 m. Elizabeth 1610–
        2. 2. Sir (William Howard 1st Viscount of) Bindon 1603–1643
        3. 3. John Howard 1604–1645
        4. 4. Alethea Howard 1602–1677
        5. 5. Maria Howard 1612–1665
        6. 6. Elizabeth Howard 1609–
      2. 2. Charles Howard 1590–1652
      3. 3. Frances Howard 1623–1683
      4. 4. John Howard 1600–1600
      5. 5. Thomas Howard 1596–1643
      6. 6. Robert Howard 1597–
      7. 7. Anne Howard 1595–1596
      8. 8. Margaret Howard 1593–1625
      9. 9. William Howard 1589–1644
      10. 10. Mary Howard 1604–1652
      11. 11. Mary (Elizabeth) Howard 1587–1637
      12. 12. James Howard 1602–1652
      13. 13. Charles Howard 1583–1665
      14. 14. Francis Howard 1588–1659
      15. 15. Catherine Howard 1585–1586
    2. 2. Philip HOWARD 1556–1595
    3. 3. Mary Dacre 1563–1578
    4. 4. George (Baron of) Dacre 1561–1569
    5. 5. Francis Dacre 1559–
    6. 6. Anne Dacre 1557–1630
  2. 2. Frances Leybourne 1552–
  3. 3. Margaret Leybourne 1550–
  4. 4. Isabel Leybourne 1543–
  5. 5. James Leybourne 1541–
  6. 6. Elizabeth Greystoke 1535–1567
  7. 7. Anne Leyborne 1530–1571
  8. 8. Elizabeth Leyborne 1518–

Lady PRESTON's Timeline

2 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Lady Helen (Ellen) PRESTON in Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
1571
14 NOV 1571
Age 56
Death of Lady Helen (Ellen) PRESTON in Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, England, Great Britain
Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, England, Great Britain

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 NOV 1571
    Event Place: Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, England, Great Britain

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