Biography of Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury 1552-1616
Paternal Family Tree: Talbot
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Wychingham
On 28 Apr 1539 [his father] George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 11) and [his mother] Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland (age 47) and Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland (age 44). He the son of Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 39) and Mary Dacre. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
On 20 Nov 1552 Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury was born to George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 24) and Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 27).
On 25 Sep 1560 [his grandfather] Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 60) died. His son [his father] George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 32) succeeded 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, 6th Earl Waterford, 11th Baron Furnivall, 15th Baron Strange Blackmere, 12th Baron Talbot. [his mother] Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 35) by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford.
On 31 Aug 1565 George Vernon "King of the Peak" (age 57) died. He was buried at All Saint's Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire [Map]. By his will of 18 Aug 1565 he bequeathed six Derbyshire manors and two in Staffordshire to his wife for life. His executors were to take the profits of his manor of Kibblestone, in Staffordshire, and two Cheshire manors for 16 years after his decease to pay his debts, funeral expenses and the fulfilment of his will, which included among numerous bequests the provision of one gold chain worth £20 to his godson, Gilbert Talbot (age 12), the future 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, 'as a remembrance of my good will towards him'. His wife, his son-in-law [his uncle] John Manners (age 38), his brother-in-law Nicholas Longford (age 33) and his 'loving neighbours and faithful friends Thomas Sutton and Richard Wennesley were each to receive £20 for their services as executors, while his 'right worshipful friends' (Sir) John Zouche II and Francis Leke (age 55) were each to have a horse.
Monument with both his wives Margaret Tailboys and Maud aka Magdelan Longford each wearing a French Hood. Man with Two Wives.
On the left the arms of his second wife Margaret Tailboys, middle the arms of George Vernon "King of the Peak" (age 57) and right the arms of his first wife Maud aka Magdelan Longford.
Before 16 Jan 1567 [his mother] Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 42) died. On 16 Jan 1567 she was buried in Sheffield Cathedral [Map].
On 06 Feb 1568 Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 15) and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 12) were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 41). He the son of George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40) and Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford.
Three days later on Gilbert and Mary would become step-siblings when their father and mother respectively George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40) and Bess of Hardwick (age 41) were married. She by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford. It is likely the latter marriage a condition of the former. He the son of Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Dacre. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 09 Feb 1568 [his brother-in-law] Henry Cavendish (age 17) and [his sister] Grace Talbot (age 18) were married. The marriage, unhappy, produced no issue. She being the daughter of his step-father [his father] George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40). She the daughter of George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40) and Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. He the son of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 41).
In 1582 [his daughter] Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent was born to Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 29) and [his wife] Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 25).
Before 1584 Henry Pierrepont (age 38) and [his sister-in-law] Frances Cavendish (age 35) were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 56).
In 1585 [his daughter] Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk was born to Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 32) and [his wife] Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 28) at Sheffield [Map].
On 18 Nov 1590 [his father] George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 62) died. He was buried at Sheffield Cathedral [Map]. His son Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 37) succeeded 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, 7th Earl Waterford, 12th Baron Furnivall, 16th Baron Strange Blackmere, 13th Baron Talbot. [his wife] Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 34) by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford.
In 1592 Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 39) was appointed 376th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 58).
Before 06 Dec 1592 [his brother-in-law] Charles Cavendish (age 39) and Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle (age 22) were married. He the son of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 65). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward IV of England.
Around 1594 [his daughter] Mary Talbot Countess Pembroke was born to Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 41) and [his wife] Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 37).
In 1596 William Segar (age 42) accompanied Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 43) on his trip to invest Henry IV King France (age 42) with the Order of the Garter.
On 16 Nov 1601 [his son-in-law] Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent (age 18) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent (age 19) were married at St Martin in the Fields [Map]. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 48) and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 45). He the son of Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent.
On 04 Nov 1604 [his son-in-law] William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 24) and [his daughter] Mary Talbot Countess Pembroke (age 10) were married at Shrewsbury, Shropshire [Map]. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 51) and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 48). He the son of Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke and Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke (age 43).
Before 1607 [his son-in-law] Thomas Howard 21st Earl Arundel 4th Earl Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk (age 21) and [his daughter] Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel Sussex, Countess Surrey. She the daughter of Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 54) and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 50). He the son of Philip Howard 20th Earl Arundel and Anne Dacre Countess Arundel (age 49). They were third cousins.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1616. 03 May 1616. Upon the 3rd came Baskett1 down from London and brought me a letter from my Lord (age 27) by which I might see it was his pleasure that the Child should go the next day to London, which at the first was somewhat grievous to me, but when I considered that it would both make my Lord (age 27) more angry with me and be worse for the Child, I resolved to let her go, after I had sent for Mr Legg and talked with him about that and other matters and wept bitterly.2
Note 1. Mr. Peter Baskett, Gentleman of the Horse.
Note 2. My Lady Margaret lay in the Great Dorset House. For now my Lord (age 27) and his whole company was removed from the Lesser Dorset House where I lay when I was first married.
About this time died my Lord of Shrewsbury (age 63) at his House in Broad Street.
On 08 May 1616 Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 63) died. His daughter [his daughter] Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk (age 31) succeeded 13th Baroness Furnivall, 17th Baroness Strange Blackmere, 14th Baroness Talbot. His brother [his brother] Edward Talbot 8th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 55) succeeded 8th Earl of Shrewsbury, 8th Earl Waterford.
Diary of Anne Clifford 1619. 28 Apr 1619. The 28th my Lord (age 30) and I, my Coz. Sackville and Lady Windsor went to the Tower to see my Lady Somerset (age 28), where we saw her little child (age 3)1. My Lord (age 30) went to see Earl of Northumberland (age 55)2 and I and the Lady Windsor went to see [his former wife] Lady Shrewsbury (age 63)3, and after supper my Lord (age 30) and I went by water to Channel Row to see my Lord of Hertford (age 79)4 and his Lady (age 40) where we found my Lady Beauchamp5, my Lord Essex’s (age 28) Sister, then I went to Arundel House and talked with her about Lords being made Knights of the Garter. 
Note 1. “Her little Child,” Anne Carr (age 3), afterwards married to William 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Bedford (age 2).
Note 2. Henry (age 55), 6th Earl, a Prisoner since the time of the Gunpowder Plot.
Note 3. Mary Cavendish (age 63), wife of Gilbert 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, was sent to the Tower in June 1611, at the same time with her niece the Lady Arabella Stuart first cousin of King James. Lady Arabella died, in the Tower, in 1615.
Note 4. Earl of Hertford (age 79) son of Protector Somerset, and his 3rd wife Frances (age 40), d. of Thomas Viscount Howard of Bindon, widow of Henry Pranell, Esq., and married, 3rdly to Ludovick Stuart Duke of Lenox and Richmond (age 44).
Note 5. Lady Frances Devereux (age 19), and wife of William Lord Beauchamp (age 31), afterwards Marquis of Hertford; daughter of Queen Elizabeth’s favourite, and sister of the Parliament’s General (age 28).
In Apr 1632 [his former wife] Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 76) died.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford
Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland
Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Hastings
Great x 3 Grandfather: Leonard Hastings
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Sutton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Camoys 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Louches Baroness Camoys
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Father: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dacre 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Douglas Baroness Dacre Gilsland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Neville Baroness Dacre Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Parr
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Parr 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Crophull 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mabel Parr Baroness Dacre Gilsland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tunstall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Tunstall
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Harrington
GrandMother: Mary Dacre 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Greystoke 5th Baron Greystoke 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Greystoke 3 x Great Grand Son 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 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Greystoke 7 x Great Grand Daughter 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 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Greystoke 6th Baroness Greystoke Baroness Dacre Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance Holland Countess Norfolk and Nottingham Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Percy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Manners
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes aka Anne Middleton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Manners 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ogle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ogle 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Grey 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Tiptoft Baroness Ros Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandFather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold St Leger
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St Leger 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas St Leger 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Donet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Donet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke York Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne York Duchess Exeter 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paston
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Barry
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paston
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mautby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Mautby
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Brewes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Brewes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Debenham
GrandMother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Heydon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bracton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Hoo
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham
