Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington 1613-1691

On 25th July 1610 [her father] Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland [aged 19] and [her mother] Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 47] and [her grandmother] Elizabeth Brooke. He the son of Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland [aged 51] and Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland. They were half sixth cousins.

On 18th September 1613 Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington was born to Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland [aged 22] and Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland [aged 20].

On 5th July 1635 Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 22] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 21] were married at Skipton Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Burlington. She the daughter of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland [aged 44] and Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland [aged 42]. He the son of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 68] and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.

On or before 12th December 1639, the date he was baptised, [her son] Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford was born to [her husband] Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 27] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 26]. He married (1) 7th May 1661 his half sixth cousin Jane Seymour, daughter of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset and Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset, and had issue (2) 1679 his fifth cousin once removed Arethusa Berkeley Baroness Clifford, daughter of George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley and Elizabeth Massingberd Couness Berkeley, and had issue.

On 4th January 1641 [her grandfather] Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland [aged 82] died. His son [her father] Henry [aged 49] succeeded 5th Earl of Cumberland. [her mother] Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland [aged 48] by marriage Countess of Cumberland.

On 21st July 1641 Charles Rich 4th Earl Warwick [aged 26] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Boyle Countess Warwick [aged 15] were married at the Church of St Nicholas Shepperton. Her father strongly disapproved due to her husband's lack of fortune. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 74] and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork. He the son of Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 54] and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick.

Before 9th December 1641 Anthony Van Dyck [aged 42]. Portrait of Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 28].

On 15th September 1643 [her father-in-law] Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 76] died. His son [her husband] Richard [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Earl Cork.

On 11th December 1643 Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland [aged 52] died. Earl of Cumberland extinct. His daughter Elizabeth [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Baroness Clifford.

Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke [aged 53] regained the estates she had been legally entitled to since her father died in 1605.

In 1644 [her mother] Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland [aged 51] died.

On 29th September 1644 [her daughter] Mary Anne Boyle was born to [her husband] Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 31] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 31]. She married before 17th March 1668 her half fifth cousin once removed Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Sandwich, son of Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich and Jemima Crew Countess Sandwich, and had issue.

In 1646 [her daughter] Henrietta Boyle Countess Rochester was born to [her husband] Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 33] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 32]. She married 1665 Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester, son of Edward Hyde 1st Earl Clarendon and Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon, and had issue.

In 1657 [her sister-in-law] Joan Boyle Countess Kildare [aged 46] died.

On 29th May 1659 Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 47] died. His brother Charles [aged 44] succeeded 4th Earl Warwick, 6th Baron Rich of Leez. [her sister-in-law] Mary Boyle Countess Warwick [aged 33] by marriage Countess Warwick.

On 7th May 1661 Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford [aged 21] and Jane Seymour [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset and Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset [aged 61]. He the son of Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 48] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 47]. They were half sixth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In April 1662 [her son-in-law] Wentworth Dillon 4th Earl Roscommon [aged 24] and Frances Boyle were married. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 49] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 48]. He the son of James Dillon 3rd Earl Roscommon and Elizabeth Wentworth.

On 11th April 1664 [her son-in-law] Nicholas Tufton 3rd Earl of Thanet [aged 32] and Elizabeth Boyle Countess Isle Thanet were married. She by marriage Countess of Thanet. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 51] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 50]. He the son of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet [aged 55] and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet [aged 49]. They were third cousins.

In 1665 [her son-in-law] Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester [aged 22] and Henrietta Boyle Countess Rochester [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 52] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 51]. He the son of Edward Hyde 1st Earl Clarendon [aged 55] and Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon [aged 47].

In 1667 [her sister-in-law] Alice Boyle Countess Barrymore [aged 60] died.

Before 17th March 1668 [her son-in-law] Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Sandwich [aged 20] and Mary Anne Boyle [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 55] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 54]. He the son of Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich [aged 42] and Jemima Crew Countess Sandwich [aged 43]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th September 1668. By and by comes Sir W. Godolphin [aged 33] to see Mr. Sidney, who, I perceive, is much dissatisfied that he should come to town last night, and not yet be with my Lord Arlington [aged 50], who, and all the town, hear of his being come to town, and he did, it seems, take notice of it to Godolphin this morning: so that I perceive this remissness in affairs do continue in my Lord's managements still, which I am sorry for; but, above all, to see in what a condition my Lord is for money, that I dare swear he do not know where to take up £500 of any man in England at this time, upon his word, but of myself, as I believe by the sequel hereof it will appear. Here I first saw and saluted my Lady Burlington [aged 55], a very fine-speaking lady, and a good woman, but old, and not handsome; but a brave woman in her parts. Here my Lady Hinchingbroke tells me that she hath bought most of the wedding-clothes for Mrs. Pickering [aged 26], so that the thing is gone through, and will soon be ended; which I wonder at, but let them do as they will. Here I also, standing by a candle that was brought for sealing of a letter, do set my periwigg a-fire, which made such an odd noise, nobody could tell what it was till they saw the flame, my back being to the candle.

On 24th September 1671 [her daughter] Mary Anne Boyle [aged 26] died.

In 1678 [her sister-in-law] Mary Boyle Countess Warwick [aged 52] died.

In 1679 Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford [aged 39] and Arethusa Berkeley Baroness Clifford [aged 15] were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. She the daughter of George Berkeley 1st Earl Berkeley [aged 51] and Elizabeth Massingberd Couness Berkeley. He the son of Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 66] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 65]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 16th October 1679 [her brother-in-law] Roger Boyle 1st Earl Orrery [aged 58] died. His son Roger [aged 33] succeeded 2nd Earl Orrery. Mary Sackville Countess Orrery [aged 31] by marriage Countess Orrery.

On 12th April 1687 [her daughter] Henrietta Boyle Countess Rochester [aged 41] died.

On 6th January 1691 Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 77] died. Her son Charles [aged 51] succeeded 3rd Baron Clifford.

On 15th January 1698 [her former husband] Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 85] died. His grandson Charles [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Earl Burlington, 3rd Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky.

[her daughter] Elizabeth Boyle Countess Isle Thanet was born to Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington. She married 11th April 1664 her third cousin Nicholas Tufton 3rd Earl of Thanet, son of John Tufton 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret Sackville Countess Isle Thanet.

[her son] Richard Boyle was born to Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington.

[her daughter] Frances Boyle was born to Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington. She married April 1662 Wentworth Dillon 4th Earl Roscommon, son of James Dillon 3rd Earl Roscommon and Elizabeth Wentworth.