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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: 17 Dec 1564

Birth Location: Gilsland, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 9 Oct 1639

Death Location: Nayworth Castle, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Father: Knight Castle

Mother: Elizabeth Howard

Spouse(s): William Howard

Children(s): Sir Naworth

Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex was born in 1564 in Gilsland, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, the child of Knight Baron Thomas Iv Dacre Baron Viii Of Greystoke Baron X Of Wem Capt Of Norham Castle And Elizabeth Howard. Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex married William Howard, and had children including Sir Philips Howard Van Naworth. Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex passed away in 1639 in Nayworth Castle, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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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 Gilsland, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, the child of Knight Baron Thomas Iv Dacre Baron Viii Of Greystoke Baron X Of Wem Capt Of Norham Castle And Elizabeth Howard.
  • Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex married William Howard, and had children including Sir Philips Howard Van Naworth.
  • Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex passed away in 1639 in Nayworth Castle, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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Lady Sussex's Ancestors

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Lady Sussex
1564–1639
Birth Place: Gilsland, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Knight Baron Thomas IV Dacre, Baron VIII of Greystoke, Baron X of Wem, Capt. of Norham Castle
1526–1566
Gilsland, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Howard
1536–1567
Grandparents
Willem (Lord Dacre van) Gillesland
1500–1563
Gillesland, Northumberland
Lady (Elizabeth Angela de Talbot, Countess of) Kent
1502–1581
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Lady Greystoke
1471–1520
Anne Hastings
1471–1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Sussex's Descendants

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Lady (Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of) Sussex (17 Dec 1564–9 Oct 1639) m. William Howard (19 December 1563–7 October 1640)
  1. 1. Sir (Philips Howard Van) Naworth 1581–1616 m. Lady (Margaretha) Carryl 1578–1648
    1. 1. (Knight) (Sir Willem or William Howard van) Naworth 1603–1643 m. Lady (Mary) Eure 1602–1658
      1. 1. Mary Howard 1631–1660 m. Jonathan ((Colonel, Sir), Gov. of Barbardos) Atkins 1603–1702
        1. 1. Richard (Atkins, Sheriff of) Limerick 1645–1710 m. Barbara Fuller 1650–1710

Lady Sussex's Timeline

2 Records

1564
17 Dec 1564
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Dacre Howard - Bess of the broad apron, Lady of Gilsland, Baroness of Naworth Castle, Countess of Sussex in Gilsland, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Gilsland, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
1639
9 Oct 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 Nayworth Castle, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Nayworth Castle, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Dec 1564
    Event Place: Gilsland, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Oct 1639
    Event Place: Nayworth Castle, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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