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Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex 1564–1639 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 November 1564

Birth Location: Gisleham, Suffolk

Death Date: 9 October 1639

Death Location: Naworth/Nayworth Castle, Cumberland, England

Father: Knight Castle

Mother: Elizabeth Norfolk

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Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex was born in 1564 in Gisleham, Suffolk, the child of Knight Baron Thomas Iv Dacre Baron Viii Of Greystoke Baron X Of Wem Capt Of Norham Castle And Elizabeth Leybourne X Duchess Of Norfolk. Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex passed away in 1639 in Naworth/Nayworth Castle, Cumberland, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex was born in 1564 in Gisleham, Suffolk, the child of Knight Baron Thomas Iv Dacre Baron Viii Of Greystoke Baron X Of Wem Capt Of Norham Castle And Elizabeth Leybourne X Duchess Of Norfolk.
  • Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex passed away in 1639 in Naworth/Nayworth Castle, Cumberland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Knight Castle
1526–1566
Birth Location: Gilsland, Cumberland, England
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Elizabeth Norfolk
1536–1567
Birth Location: Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
EN

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Sussex's Ancestors

Self
Lady Sussex
1564–1639
Birth Place: Gisleham, Suffolk
Parents
Knight Baron Thomas IV Dacre, Baron VIII of Greystoke, Baron X of Wem, Capt. of Norham Castle
1526–1566
Gilsland, Cumberland, England
Elizabeth (Leybourne(X), Duchess of) Norfolk
1536–1567
Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
Grandparents
Willem (Lord Dacre van) Gillesland
1500–1563
Gillesland, Northumberland
Elizabeth (Bateman) Talbot
1502–1552
Grafton, Worcestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas D'Acre
1467–1525
Elizabeth Greystoke
1471–1516
George *
1468–1542
Anne Talbot)
1472–1542
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir D'Acre
1424–1485
Lady Dacre
–1508
Robert Baron
1438–1482
Elizabeth Lisle
1448–1472

Lady Sussex's Timeline

2 Records

1564
12 November 1564
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex in Gisleham, Suffolk
Gisleham, Suffolk
1639
9 October 1639
Age 75
Death of Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex in Naworth/Nayworth Castle, Cumberland, England
Naworth/Nayworth Castle, Cumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 November 1564
    Event Place: Gisleham, Suffolk

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 October 1639
    Event Place: Naworth/Nayworth Castle, Cumberland, England
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