Biography of Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea 1556-1634
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In 1554 [her father] Thomas Heneage (age 22) and [her mother] Anne Poyntz (age 20) were married.
On 09 Jul 1556 Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea was born to Thomas Heneage (age 24) and Anne Poyntz (age 22).
On 14 Nov 1572 Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 22) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 16) were married.
In 1573 [her son] Theophilius Finch 2nd Baronet was born to [her husband] Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 23) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 16).
On 28 Feb 1574 [her daughter] Anne Finch Lady Twysden was born to [her husband] Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 24) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 17).
In 1576 [her son] Heneage Finch was born to [her husband] Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 26) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 19).
On 13 Jun 1578 [her son] Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea was born to [her husband] Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 28) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 21).
In 1580 [her son] Heneage Finch was born to [her husband] Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 30) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 23).
Around 1588 [her daughter] Catherine Finch Lady Wentworth was born to [her husband] Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 38) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 31).
On 30 Nov 1592 [her mother] Anne Poyntz (age 58) died.
On 02 May 1594 [her father] Thomas Heneage (age 62) and [her step-mother] Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 41) were married. Her second husband. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 17 Oct 1595 [her father] Thomas Heneage (age 63) died. He was buried at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].
Before 21 Aug 1597 [her son-in-law] William Twysden 1st Baronet (age 31) and [her daughter] Anne Finch Lady Twysden (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 47) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 41).
In or before 1601 [her son-in-law] John Wentworth 1st Baronet (age 18) and [her daughter] Catherine Finch Lady Wentworth (age 12) were married. She the daughter of Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 50) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 44).
After 1607 [her son] Heneage Finch (age 27) and [her daughter-in-law] Frances Bell were married. He the son of Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 57) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 50).
In 1609 [her son] Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea (age 30) and [her daughter-in-law] Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea (age 15) were married. He the son of Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 59) and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 52).
On 22 May 1611 the first Baronets were created by James I (age 44)
Walter Aston 1st Baronet (age 27) was created 1st Baronet Aston of Tixall.
Nicolas Bacon (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The Premier Baronet being the first creation.
Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
George Booth (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey. Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey (age 43) by marriage Lady Booth of Dunham Massey.
Edward Carr (age 68) was created 1st Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. Anne Dyer Lady Carr by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
[her husband] Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 54) by marriage Lady Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
Thomas Gerard 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet (age 40) was created 1st Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
Phillip Knyvet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam.
Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton (age 47) by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
John Peyton 1st Baronet (age 50) was created 1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham.
George Savile 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Savile of Thornhill.
John Shelley of Mitchelgrove 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.
George Shirley 1st Baronet (age 52) was created 1st Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley (age 41) by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
John St John (age 25) was created 1st Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
John Stradling 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Stradling of St Donats in Glamorganshire.
Thomas Temple 1st Baronet (age 44) was created 1st Baronet Temple of Stowe.
Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
On 18 Dec 1614 [her husband] Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 64) died. His son [her son] Theophilius Finch 2nd Baronet (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
In 1619 [her son] Theophilius Finch 2nd Baronet (age 46) died. His brother [her son] Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea (age 40) succeeded 3rd Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
In 1623 Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 66) was created 1st Viscount Maidstone with a remainder to her heirs male.
In 1628 Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 71) was created 1st Earl Winchilsea.
On 16 Apr 1629 [her son] Heneage Finch (age 49) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Craddock were married. He the son of Moyle Finch 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 72).
On 05 Dec 1631 [her son] Heneage Finch (age 51) died. He was buried at Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire.
On 23 Mar 1634 Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 77) died. Her son [her son] Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea (age 55) succeeded 2nd Earl Winchilsea, 2nd Viscount Maidstone. [her daughter-in-law] Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea (age 40) by marriage Countess Winchilsea.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Philip "Bold" III King France
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Heneage
GrandFather: Robert Heneage
Father: Thomas Heneage
GrandMother: Lucy Buckton
Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Poyntz
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Poyntz
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mill
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Poyntz
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cox
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Cox
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Poyntz 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Woodville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stradling
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gwenllian Stradling
GrandFather: Nicholas Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Huddersfield
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Huddersfield 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Courtenay
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Courtenay 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Champernoun 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Courtenay 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hungerford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor or Catherine Peverell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Mother: Anne Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Berkeley
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Berkeley 11th and 1st Baron Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bluet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Mowbray Baroness Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandMother: Joan Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Constable
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Constable
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Gascoigne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Marmaduke Constable 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Constable Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzhugh 4th Baron Fitzhugh
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Fitzhugh 5th Baron Fitzhugh 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Willoughby Baroness Fitzhugh
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Fitzhugh 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Neville Baroness Fitzhugh
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England