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Lady Janet Stanhope 1505–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1505

Birth Location: Shelford, Nottinghamshire, , England

Death Date: 16 Apr 1587

Death Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: Edward Stanhope

Mother: Elisabeth Bourchier

Spouse(s): Edward Somerset, Richard Watson

Children(s): Margret Smith, Edward Hertford, Jenet Janet, Johnne Watsone, Alice Watson, James Watson, Richard Watson, Alice Wylney

Lady Janet Stanhope was born in 1505 in Shelford, Nottinghamshire, , England, the child of Edward Sir Stanhope And Elisabeth Bourchier. Lady Janet Stanhope married Edward Seymour Earl Of Hertford Duke Of Somerset, Richard Watson, and had children including Alice Watson, Alice Wylney, Edward Seymour Earl Hertford, Gwendoline St Maur, James Watson, Jenet Janet, Johnne Watsone, Margret Sothern Smith, Richard Watson. Lady Janet Stanhope passed away in 1587 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Janet Stanhope was born in 1505 in Shelford, Nottinghamshire, , England, the child of Edward Sir Stanhope And Elisabeth Bourchier.
  • Lady Janet Stanhope married Edward Seymour Earl Of Hertford Duke Of Somerset, Richard Watson, and had children including Alice Watson, Alice Wylney, Edward Seymour Earl Hertford, Gwendoline St Maur, James Watson, Jenet Janet, Johnne Watsone, Margret Sothern Smith, Richard Watson.
  • Lady Janet Stanhope passed away in 1587 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

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Lady Stanhope's Ancestors

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Lady Stanhope
1505–1587
Birth Place: Shelford, Nottinghamshire, , England
Parents
Edward Sir Stanhope
1472–1512
Rampton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Elisabeth Bourchier
1475–1523
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Stanhope's Descendants

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Lady (Janet) Stanhope (1505–16 Apr 1587) m. Edward (Seymour Earl of Hertford Duke of) Somerset (1506–22 January 1551) m. Richard Watson (1502–1552)
  1. 1. Margret (Sothern) Smith 1535–1568 m. James (William) Watson 1530–1615
    1. 1. Isabel Watson 1561–1634 m. Sir (Richard Ellithorpe I, of Spaulding) Moor 1560–1597
      1. 1. Thomas Ellithorpe 1580–1689 m. Catherine (Chambers) Hampton 1582–1633 m. Abigail Sumner 1600–1656
        1. 1. Thomas (Elithorpe) II 1601–1654 m. Abigail Sumner 1600–1680
        2. 2. Mary (Katherine) Elithorpe 1601–1688
        3. 3. Abigail Elithorpe 1645–
        4. 4. Abigail Elithorpe 1678–1765
        5. 5. John Elithorpe 1643–1719
        6. 6. Nathaniel Elithorpe 1632–1709
  2. 2. Edward (Seymour Earl) Hertford 1539–1621 m. Catherine Grey 1540–1567 m. Frances Howard –1598 m. Frances Howard 1577–1639
    1. 1. Edward Seymour 1561–1612
    2. 2. Thomas Seymour 1563–1600
    3. 3. Katherine Seymour 1565–1565
  3. 3. Jenet Janet 1520–1558
  4. 4. Johnne Watsone 1530–1590
  5. 5. Alice Watson 1544–1597
  6. 6. James Watson 1529–1573
  7. 7. Richard Watson 1529–1573
  8. 8. Alice Wylney 1546–

Lady Stanhope's Timeline

2 Records

1505
1505
Birth of Lady Janet Stanhope in Shelford, Nottinghamshire, , England
Shelford, Nottinghamshire, , England
1587
16 Apr 1587
Age 82
Death of Lady Janet Stanhope in Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland
Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Shelford, Nottinghamshire, , England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] UK, Portraits and Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, London; Dublin, Ireland; People and Portraits
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1587
    Event Place: Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] UK, Portraits and Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, London; Dublin, Ireland; People and Portraits
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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