Biography of Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 1444-1497
Paternal Family Tree: Tilney
Maternal Family Tree: Emma de Dinan 1136-1208
1465 Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville
1483 Richard III Rewards his Supporters
In 1422 [her grandmother] Elizabeth Cockayne (age 28) died.
In or before 1444 Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey was born to Frederick Tilney (age 27) and Elizabeth Cheney (age 21) at Ashwellthorpe Hall.
Before 1445 [her father] Frederick Tilney (age 28) and [her mother] Elizabeth Cheney (age 22) were married.
After 1445 [her step-father] John Saye (age 15) and [her mother] Elizabeth Cheney (age 22) were married. They were fourth cousins.
On 31 Oct 1453 [her grandfather] Philip Tilney (age 53) died at Lincoln, Lincolnshire [Map].
In 1461 [her grandfather] Lawrence Cheney (age 65) died.
On 26 May 1465 Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 28) was crowned Queen Consort England by Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (age 47) at Westminster Abbey [Map].
King Edward IV of England (age 23) attended.
John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 23), Anthony Woodville 2nd Earl Rivers (age 25), Richard Woodville 3rd Earl Rivers (age 12) and William Calthorpe (age 55) were created Knight of the Bath.
Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 21) carried her train.
Judge Richard Choke (age 45) was created Knight of the Bath.
In 1466 Humphrey Bourchier (age 31) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 22) were married. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
After 1466 Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 22) was appointed Lady in Waiting to Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 29).
Around 1467 [her son] John Bourchier 2nd Baron Berners was born to [her husband] Humphrey Bourchier (age 32) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 23). He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Around 1468 [her daughter] Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan was born to [her husband] Humphrey Bourchier (age 33) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 24) at Beningborough North Yorkshire. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1470 [her daughter] Anne Bourchier Baroness Dacre of Gilsland was born to [her husband] Humphrey Bourchier (age 35) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 26). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 14 Apr 1471 Edward IV (age 28) commanded at the Battle of Barnet supported by his brothers George (age 21) and Richard (age 18), John Babington (age 48), Wiliam Hastings (age 40) (commanded), Ralph Hastings, William Norreys (age 30), William Parr (age 37), John Savage (age 49), William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier (age 41), Thomas St Leger (age 31), John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 45), Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough (age 40), John Scott (age 48) and Thomas Strickland.
The Yorkists William Blount (age 29), Humphrey Bourchier (age 40), [her husband] Humphrey Bourchier (age 36), Henry Stafford (age 46) and Thomas Parr were killed.
The Lancastrians ...
Warwick the Kingmaker (age 42) was killed. Earl Salisbury forfeit on the assumption he was attainted either before or after his death; the date of his attainder is unknown. If not attainted the Earldom may be in abeyance. Baron Montagu and Baron Montagu abeyant between his two daughters Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence (age 19) and Anne Neville Queen Consort England (age 14).
John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 40) was killed. Marquess Montagu, Baron Montagu forfeit; unclear as to when he was attainted. He was buried at Bisham Abbey [Map].
William Tyrrell was killed.
William Fiennes 2nd Baron Saye and Sele (age 43) was killed. His son Henry Fiennes 3rd Baron Saye and Sele (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Saye and Sele. Anne Harcourt Baroness Saye and Sele by marriage Baroness Saye and Sele.
Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 40) commanded the left flank, was badly wounded and left for dead, Henry Stafford and John Paston (age 27) were wounded, John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 28) commanded, and John Paston (age 29) and William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 33) fought.
Robert Harleston (age 36) was killed.
Thomas Hen Salusbury (age 62) was killed.
Thomas Tresham (age 51) escaped but was subsequently captured and executed on the 6th of May 1471.
On 30 Sep 1472 Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 29) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 28) were married. He the son of John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 47) and Katherine Moleyns. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England.
In 1473 [her son] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 30) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 29).
In 1476 [her son] Edward Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 33) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 32).
Around 1478 [her son] Edmund Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 35) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 34).
In or after 1479 [her son] John Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 36) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 35).
In or after 1479 [her son] Henry Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 36) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 35).
In or after 1479 [her son] Richard Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 36) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 35).
In or after 1479 [her son] Charles Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 36) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 35).
In 1480 [her daughter] Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 37) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 36).
On 05 Jul 1483 [her father-in-law] John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 58) was created 1st Duke Norfolk by King Richard III of England (age 30). Margaret Chedworth Duchess Norfolk (age 47) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
His son [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 40) was created 1st Earl Surrey. Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 39) by marriage Countess Surrey.
William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 57) was created 1st Earl Nottingham.
John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk and William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley were heirs to the vast Mowbray estates that had been inherited by Anne Mowbray 8th Countess Norfolk who had been married to Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke of York (age 9).
Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke York 1473-'s father King Edward IV of England had legislated that in the event of Anne's death his son Richard would continue to benefit from the inheritance; she died in 1481.
Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 27) was created 1st Viscount Lovell. Anne Fitzhugh Viscountess Lovell by marriage Viscountess Lovell. [Note. Some sources place his created on 01 Jan 1483 although the source for that is unknown. ]
In 1485 [her daughter] Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle was born to [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 42) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 41).
After 1486 Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 42) was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 19).
Before 13 May 1490 [her son] John Bourchier 2nd Baron Berners (age 23) and [her daughter-in-law] Katherine Howard Baroness Berners were married. She by marriage Baroness Berners. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk and Margaret Chedworth Duchess Norfolk (age 54). He the son of [her former husband] Humphrey Bourchier and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 46). He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1492 [her son-in-law] Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 20) and [her daughter] Anne Bourchier Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. She the daughter of [her former husband] Humphrey Bourchier and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 48). He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 04 Feb 1495 [her son] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne York (age 19) were married. She the daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England. He the son of [her husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 52) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 51).
On 04 Apr 1497 Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 53) died.
On 17 Aug 1497 [her former husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 54) and Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk (age 20) were married some four months after the death of his first wife. She by marriage Countess Surrey. She, Agnes, was a first cousin of his former wife Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey for which he was given dispensation on 17 Aug 1497. The difference in their ages was 34 years. He the son of [her former father-in-law] John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk and Katherine Moleyns. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 21 May 1524 [her former husband] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 81) died at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk [Map]. He was buried at Thetford Priory, Norfolk [Map] and subsequently reburied at the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. His son [her son] Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 51) succeeded 3rd Duke Norfolk, 2nd Earl Surrey. [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk (age 27) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
Letters and Papers 1541. That afternoon [Chapus appears here to have the wrong day; other sources say 29 Jun 1541 i.e. St Peter's Day] two gentlemen were hung [A reference to two of John Mantell, John Frowds, George Roidon, Thomas Isleie, and two yeomen Richard Middleton and John Goldwell], one of whom had an income of over 12,000 ducats a year, and was the handsomest and best bred man in England, only 25 years old and married to a niece of the [her son] Duke of Norfolk (age 68). He was sentenced for having belonged to a set of eight rakish youths, one of whom had killed a poor old man in an unpremeditated fray. For the same cause [her great grandson] lord Dacres (age 26) also, son1 of the Duke of Norfolk's [her daughter] sister, and cousin of this [her granddaughter] Queen (age 18), 23 years old and possessing a property of about 5,000 ducats a year, was hung from the most ignominious gibbet, and for greater shame dragged through the streets to the place of execution, to the great pity of many people, and even of his very judges, who wept when they sentenced him, and in a body asked his pardon of the King. But the thing which astonished people most was, that, the same day lord Dacres was hung, another young man (age 28), son of the Treasurer of the Royal household (age 56), who was one of those present at the old man's death, was freely pardoned, though he had been already tried for some like misdemeanour.
At the same time in the North, Sir John Neville (deceased) and about 60 more, among whom at least 25 were ecclesiastics, were executed for the conspiracy of which Chapuys wrote some time ago. Has just heard of the arrival of a Polish gentleman with eight or ten servants. Will endeavour to discover who he is and what he comes for. London, 2 July 1541. Original at Vienna.
Note 1. Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland, Lord Dacre, was the grandson of Anne Bourchier Baroness Dacre of Gilsland who was the maternal half-sister of Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk; Anne and Thomas' mother was Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.
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Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Tilney
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney
GrandFather: Philip Tilney
Father: Frederick Tilney
Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cheney
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cheney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Shurland
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Henry Cheney
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cheney
GrandFather: Lawrence Cheney
Mother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cockayne
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cockayne
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Cockayne
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Vernon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Vernon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecilia Vernon
GrandMother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Grey 1st Baron Grey Ruthyn 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Basset Baroness Grey Wilton 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hastings 13th Baron Bergavenny 1st Baron Hastings 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
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Great x 3 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Giffard Baroness Strange Blackmere 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boteler 1st Baron Wem and Oversley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
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