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Sir Edward De Fiennes Clinton *** 1st Earl Lincoln 1512–1584 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1512

Birth Location: Manor of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 16 January 1584

Death Location: England

Father: Sir **

Mother: Lady Morgan

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Blount, Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Children(s): Katherine Burgh

Sir Edward De Fiennes Clinton *** 1st Earl Lincoln was born in 1512 in Manor of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Sir John Fiennes Clinton And Lady Elizabeth Morgan. Sir Edward De Fiennes Clinton *** 1st Earl Lincoln married Elizabeth Blount, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Ursula Stourton, and had children including Katherine Fiennes De Clinton Baroness Burgh. Sir Edward De Fiennes Clinton *** 1st Earl Lincoln passed away in 1584 in England.

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Biography

  • Sir Edward De Fiennes Clinton *** 1st Earl Lincoln was born in 1512 in Manor of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Sir John Fiennes Clinton And Lady Elizabeth Morgan.
  • Sir Edward De Fiennes Clinton *** 1st Earl Lincoln married Elizabeth Blount, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Ursula Stourton, and had children including Katherine Fiennes De Clinton Baroness Burgh.
  • Sir Edward De Fiennes Clinton *** 1st Earl Lincoln passed away in 1584 in England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir **
1471–1514
Birth Location: Folkestone, Kent, England
S*
Lady Morgan
1474–1502
Birth Location: Tredegyr, Dyffryn, Monmouthshire, England
LM

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Blount
1491–1541
Birth Location: Kinlet, Shropshire, , England
EB
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
1528–1589
Birth Location: –
EF

Children(s)

Katherine Burgh
1528–1621
Birth Location: Tattershal Castle, Lincolnshire, England
KB

Sir Lincoln's Ancestors

Self
Sir Lincoln
1512–1584
Birth Place: Manor of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Sir John Fiennes Clinton **
1471–1514
Folkestone, Kent, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Morgan
1474–1502
Tredegyr, Dyffryn, Monmouthshire, England
Grandparents
Lord (John Clinton 6th Lord) Clinton
1434–1488
Folkestone, Kent, England
Elizabeth Fiennes
1452–1485
Hurstmonceux, Sussex, England
Sir (John Morgan Knight of the Holy) Sepulchre
1428–1492
Tredegar Castle, Bedwellte, Monmouthshire, Wales.
Jonet (Ferch) Mathew
1445–1535
Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales.
Great-Grandparents
Sir Clinton
1410–1464
Joan Ferrers
1408–1483
Sir Dacre
1415–1483
Jevan Morgan
1405–1448
Denise Thomas
1404–1435
John Mathew
1431–1461
Catrin Kermeys
1425–1494
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Ferrers
1386–1435
Lady **
1393–1440
Sir MP
1505–1525
Lady Holland
1505–1525

Sir Lincoln's Descendants

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Sir (Edward De Fiennes Clinton *** 1st Earl) Lincoln (1512–16 January 1584) m. Elizabeth Blount (1491–15 Jun 1541) m. Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1528–1589)
  1. 1. Katherine (Fiennes de Clinton Baroness) Burgh 1528–1621 m. Sir (William de Burgh 4th Baron de Burgh of) Gainsborough 1522–1584
    1. 1. William ((The Brown)) Burgh 1545–1567 m. Mary (Norton) Plantagenet 1545–1626
      1. 1. Lady (Agnes Burgh) Browne 1567–1624 m. Donald MacMillian 1560–1627
        1. 1. Allan (of Glenpean) MacMillan 1580–1662 m. Maolmuire MacMillan 1625– m. Mary (Elizabeth) Corsane 1580–1624 m. Hannah (Hazen) Osgood 1580–1679

Sir Lincoln's Timeline

2 Records

1512
1512
Birth of Sir Edward De Fiennes Clinton *** 1st Earl Lincoln in Manor of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England
Manor of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England
1584
16 January 1584
Age 72
Death of Sir Edward De Fiennes Clinton *** 1st Earl Lincoln in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1512
    Event Place: Manor of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 January 1584
    Event Place: England
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