Biography of Hans Eworth 1520-1574

Around 1520 Hans Eworth was born.

In 1550 Hans Eworth (age 30). Portrait of Mary Dudley (age 20).

Mary Dudley: Around 1530 she was born to John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 26) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 21). In 1551 Henry Sidney (age 22) and Mary Dudley (age 21) were married. She the daughter of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 47) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 42). On 09 Aug 1586 Mary Dudley (age 56) died. In Nov 1588 she was appointed Lady in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 55).

In 1550 Hans Eworth (age 30). Portrait of Henry Fitzalan 19th Earl Arundel (age 37) with the motto Invidia Torquet Autorem meaning Let envy torment its author.

Around 1556 Hans Eworth (age 36). Portrait of Mary Neville Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 32) with an inset portrait of husband Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland.

Mary Neville Baroness Dacre Gilsland: In 1524 she was born to George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Bergavenny (age 55) and Mary Stafford Baroness Bergavenny (age 28). In 1536 Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 21) and Mary Neville Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 12) were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England 1312-1377. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England 1312-1377. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. In 1576 Mary Neville Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 52) died.

Around 1556 Hans Eworth (age 36). Portrait of Queen Mary I of England and Ireland (age 39).

In 1559 Hans Eworth (age 39). Portrait of Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 30) wearing a Garter Collar and St George Pendant.

In 1559 Hans Eworth (age 39). Portrait of Mary Neville Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 35) and her son Gregory Fiennes 10th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 19).

Gregory Fiennes 10th Baron Dacre Gilsland: Survey London Volume 4 Chelsea Part II. More's estate was granted to Sir William Paulet [See Patent Roll, I Edward VI., pt. 3.] (first Marquess of Winchester): it was inherited by his son the second Marquess, and in 1575 passed to Gregory Fiennes, Lord Dacre of the South, and his wife Anne - the foundress of those charming almshouses, Emmanuel Hospital, Westminster, now destroyed - who was a daughter of the Marchioness of Winchester by her former husband, Sir Robert Sackville. Baroness Dacre, who died in 1595, left the house to Lord Burleigh, who is said to have lived here, and he was followed by his youngest son, Sir Robert Cecil, afterwards Earl of Salisbury, who took possession in 1597. It is to Cecil's passion for building, which was not exhausted until he had parted with his fortune in completing Hatfield, that we owe the earliest representations on paper of the house at Chelsea. In his Chelsea Old Church Mr. Randall Davies published a reproduction of a beautiful plan of the Chelsea Estate, preserved among the Hatfield papers, and the present writer in some further research among Lord Salisbury's MSS. found five plans to a larger scale, all of which have reference to Cecil's schemes for rebuilding Sir Thomas More's house. For a detailed examination of these plans, the reader is referred to the Architectural Review of March and May, 1911, but by the courtesy of the proprietors of the Review, the reproductions are included here. On 25 Jun 1539 he was born to Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 24) and Mary Neville Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 15) at Herstmonceux Castle. In 1558 Gregory Fiennes 10th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 18) was restored 10th Baron Dacre Gilsland. In 1565 Gregory Fiennes 10th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 25) and Anne Sackville Baroness Dacre Gilsland were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England 1312-1377. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. On 25 Dec 1594 Gregory Fiennes 10th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 55) died. He was buried at Chelsea Old Church. His sister Margaret Fiennes 11th Baroness Dacre Gilsland (age 53) succeeded 11th Baroness Dacre Gilsland. Samson Lennard Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 50) by marriage Baron Dacre Gilsland.

In 1561 Hans Eworth (age 41). Portrait of James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 30).

In 1562 Hans Eworth (age 42). Portrait of Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk (age 22). The Arms top left not Audley. Neither is the motto partially showing.

In 1563 Hans Eworth (age 43). Portrait of Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 26).

1563. Hans Eworth (age 43). Portrait of either Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland or her daughter Margaret Clifford Countess Derby (age 23).

Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland: In 1519 she was born to Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 35) and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 22). Around 18 Jun 1525 Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland (age 8) and Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland (age 6) were married at Bridewell Palace. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England 1312-1377. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland 1457-1509. King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 33) was present. She the daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 41) and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 29). He the son of Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 32) and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford (age 25). Calendars. And on the morrow the three masses by three bishops: the first by the bishop of Rochester, with the abbot of Thame as deacon, and the abbot of Walden as sub-deacon; the second by the bishop of Ely, with the abbot of Tournay (age 66) (Thorney) as deacon, and the abbot of Peterborough as sub-deacon; the third by the bishop of Lincoln, with the bishop of Llandaff as deacon, and that of Ely as sub-deacon; the other bishops and abbots aforesaid assisting at the said masses in their pontificals, so the ceremony was very sumptuous. The chief mourner was lady Eleanor (age 17), daughter of the duke of Suffolk (age 52) and the French queen, and niece of king Henry, widower now of the said good Queen. She was conducted to the offering by the Comptroller and Mr. Gust (age 56), new receiver of the moneys the King takes from the Church. Immediately after the offering was completed the bishop of Rochester preached the same as all the preachers of England for two years have not ceased to preach, viz., against the power of the Pope, whom they call bishop of Rome, and against the marriage of the said good Queen and the King, alleging against all truth that in the hour of death she acknowledged she had not been queen of England. I say against all truth, because at that hour she ordered a writing to be made in her name addressed to the King as her husband, and to the ambassador of the Emperor, her nephew, which she signed with these words-Katharine, queen of England-commending her ladies and servants to the favor of the said ambassador. At the end of the mass all the mourning ladies offered in the hands of the heralds each three ells in three pieces of cloth of gold which were upon the body, and of this "accoutrements" will be made for the chapel where the annual service will be performed for her. After the mass the body was buried in a grave at the lowest step of the high altar, over which they put a simple black cloth. In this manner was celebrated the funeral of her who for 27 years has been true queen of England, whose holy soul, as every one must believe, is in eternal rest, after worldly misery borne by her with such patience that there is little need to pray God for her; to whom, nevertheless, we ought incessantly to address prayers for the weal (salut) of her living image whom she has left to us, the most virtuous Princess her daughter, that He may comfort her in her great and infinite adversities, and give her a husband to his pleasure, &c. On 22 Apr 1542 Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 49) died. He was buried at Holy Trinity Church Skipton. His son Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland (age 25) succeeded 2nd Earl of Cumberland, 12th Baron de Clifford, 12th Lord Skipton. Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland (age 23). On 27 Sep 1547 Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland (age 28) died.

Margaret Clifford Countess Derby: In 1540 she was born to Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland (age 23) and Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland (age 21). On 07 Feb 1555 Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby (age 23) and Margaret Clifford Countess Derby (age 15) were married. They were fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland 1457-1509. She the daughter of Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland (age 38) and Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland. He the son of Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby (age 45) and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby (age 44). On 29 Sep 1596 Margaret Clifford Countess Derby (age 56) died.

Around 1565 Hans Eworth (age 45). Portrait of Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 12).

Mary Browne Countess Southampton: On 22 Jul 1552 she was born to Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 23) and Jane Radclyffe. Before 06 Oct 1573 Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton (age 28) and Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess of Southampton. He the son of Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton and Jane Cheney Countess Southampton (age 64). On 02 May 1594 Thomas Heneage (age 62) and Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 41) were married. Her second husband. The difference in their ages was 20 years. Between 05 Nov 1598 and 31 Jan 1599 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey (age 34) and Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 46) were married. Her third husband. Before 05 Feb 1607 Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 54) died.

In 1567 attrbuted to Hans Eworth (age 47). Portrait of Richard Knightley (age 34).

Richard Knightley: In 1533 he was born to Valentine Knightley (age 38) and Anne Ferrers (age 38). In 1566 Richard Knightley (age 33) and Mary Fermor (age 33) were married. They had three sons and three daughters. In 1575 Richard Knightley (age 42) entertained Queen Elizabeth I (age 41) at Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire. The Queen stayed in the Jane Skenard Room at Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire. Around 1578 Richard Knightley (age 45) and Elizabeth Seymour (age 26) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England 1312-1377. They had seven sons and seven daughters.. They had seven sons and seven daughters. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 81). In 1589 Richard Knightley (age 56) was arrested for the printing of the second Marprelate Tract. He was released in Feb 1589 being fined £2000 by the Court of the Star Chamber. On 01 Sep 1615 Richard Knightley (age 82) died in Norton, Northamptonshire. He was buried in St Mary's Church, Fawsley.

1568. Formerly attributed to Hans Eworth (age 48). Portrait of Thomas Wentworth 2nd Baron Wentworth (age 43).

Thomas Wentworth 2nd Baron Wentworth: In 1525 he was born to Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth (age 24) and Margaret Fortescue Baroness Wentworth (age 23). Around 1535 Thomas Wentworth 2nd Baron Wentworth (age 10) educated at St John's College, Cambridge University. On 03 Mar 1551 Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth (age 50) died. He was buried at Chapel of St John the Baptist, Westminster Abbey. His son Thomas Wentworth 2nd Baron Wentworth (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baron Wentworth. On 13 Jan 1584 Thomas Wentworth 2nd Baron Wentworth (age 59) died. His son Henry Wentworth 3rd Baron Wentworth (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Wentworth. Henry Machyn's Diary. After 20 Apr 1599. The (blank) day of Aprell was browth from the Towre unto Westmynster Hall to be reynyd, my lord Wentworth, last depute of Calles, for the lossyng of Calles; and ther wher serten of ys a-cussars; but he quytt hym-seylff, thanke be God, and clen delevered, and whent in-to Wytyngtun colege, and ther he lys.

Around 1570 Hans Eworth (age 50). Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 36).

In 1574 Hans Eworth (age 54) died.