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Paternal Family Tree: Spencer
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath 1509-1561
Before October 1545 [her father] John Spencer (age 21) and [her mother] Katherine Kitson (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas Kitson and [her grandmother] Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 36).
On 29th June 1552 Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure was born to John Spencer (age 28) and Katherine Kitson (age 28) at Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Map].
On 29th December 1574 George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 27) and Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 22) were married.
On 24th April 1576 [her daughter] Elizabeth Carey was born to [her husband] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 29) and Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 23). She was baptised on the 7th June 1576 at St Dunstan's Church, Hunsdon; her godmothers were Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 42) and Elizabeth Tailboys Countess Warwick.
In or before 1578 [her future husband] Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure (age 19) and Mary Dawnay Baroness Eure (age 20) were married. They were half fourth cousins.
On 8th November 1586 [her mother] Katherine Kitson (age 62) died.
On 8th November 1586 [her father] John Spencer (age 62) died. He was buried at St Mary and All Saints Church, Fotheringhay [Map].
On 20th August 1593 [her brother-in-law] Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth (age 33) and Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth (age 30) were married.
On 23rd July 1596 [her father-in-law] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 70) died at Somerset House [Map]. Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 62) was present. She, apparently, proposed he be made Earl of Wiltshire. He refused saying ... "Madam, as you did not count me worthy of this honour in life, then I shall account myself not worthy of it in death". His son [her husband] George (age 49) succeeded 2nd Baron Hunsdon. Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 44) by marriage Baroness Hunsdon.
On 22nd October 1597 Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 61) was created 1st Earl Nottingham. [her sister-in-law] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 47) by marriage Countess Nottingham.
Before 1601 [her son-in-law] Thomas Berkeley (age 25) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Carey (age 24) were married. They were third cousin once removed.
On 25th February 1603 [her sister-in-law] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 53) died at Arundel House [Map]. She was buried in Chelsea Old Church on 25th April 1603.
On 8th September 1603 [her husband] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 56) died. His brother [her brother-in-law] John (age 53) succeeded 3rd Baron Hunsdon. Mary Hyde Baroness Hunsdon (age 49) by marriage Baroness Hunsdon.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
After 1612 Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure (age 53) and Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 59) were married. She by marriage Baroness Eure.
On 1st April 1617 [her husband] Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure (age 58) died. He was buried at St Laurence's Church, Ludlow [Map]. His son [her step-son] William (age 38) succeeded 4th Baron Eure.
On 25th February 1618 Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 65) died.
On 2nd March 1618 Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (deceased) was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Spencer
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Empson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Empson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Empson
GrandFather: William Spencer
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Graunt
Father: John Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
GrandMother: Susan Knightley
Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure
GrandFather: Thomas Kitson
Mother: Katherine Kitson
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
GrandMother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath