Biography of Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk 1536-1567

After 1527 [her future husband] Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke and Elizabeth Neville were married. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland (age 28) and Katherine Stafford Countess of Westmoreland (age 28). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1536 Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk was born to James Leybourne (age 46).

On 29 Nov 1544 Thomas Windsor (age 21) and [her future sister-in-law] Dorothy Dacre (age 11) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 20 Aug 1548 [her father] James Leybourne (age 58) died.

Before 10 Dec 1553 Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 25) and [her future sister-in-law] Magdalen Dacre Viscountess Montague (age 15) were married. They were third 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 25 Aug 1554 Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 81) died at Kenninghall, Norfolk. He was buried at Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. His grandson [her future husband] Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 18) succeeded 4th Duke Norfolk, 3rd Earl Surrey.

In Sep 1554 Henry Berkeley 7th Baron Berkeley (age 19) and [her future sister-in-law] Katherine Howard Baroness Berkeley (age 16) were married at Kenninghall, Norfolk. She by marriage Baroness Berkeley.

In 1556 [her future husband] Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 19) and Mary Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk (age 16) were married. She by marriage Duchess Norfolk, Countess Surrey. She the daughter of Henry Fitzalan 19th Earl Arundel (age 43) and Katherine Grey. They were second cousin once removed.

Before 1557 Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke (age 30) and Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland and Baroness Greystoke. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 21 Mar 1557 [her daughter] Anne Dacre Countess Arundel was born to [her husband] Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke (age 30) and Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk (age 21) at Carlisle, Cumberland [Map].

Henry Machyn's Diary. 02 Jul 1557. The ij day of July the [her future husband] duke of Norfoke('s) (age 21) [her future step-son] sun was crystened at Whytt-hall at after-non, and the kyng (age 30) and my lord chanseler (age 56) was the godfathers, and my old lade the duches of North-foke (age 60) [Note. Assumed to be the dowager duchess of Norfolk since referred to as 'old lade' rather than the current Duchess of Norfolk Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk (age 21)] was the god-mother, and ther wher iiijxx storchys bornyng.

Note. P. 141. Christening of the duke of Norfolk's son. Philip earl of Surrey, as he was called in his infancy, and afterwards the distinguished earl of Arundel of that name, was "borne at Arundell place in London 28. of July [June] 1557." (MS. Harl. 897, f. 79.) Stowe also has recorded his christening "in the queenes chapell at Westminster, in a font of gold." The king and lord chancellor stood godfathers "in proper person."

In 1558 [her future husband] Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 21) and Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk (age 18) were married. She by marriage Duchess Norfolk, Countess Surrey. They were fourth cousins.

After 1558 Henry Scrope 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 24) and [her future sister-in-law] Margaret Howard Baroness Scrope Bolton (age 14) were married. She by marriage Baroness Scrope of Bolton. They were third cousins.

In 1561 [her sister-in-law] Dorothy Dacre (age 28) died.

Around 1561 [her son] George Dacre 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland 9th Baron Greystoke was born to [her husband] Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke (age 34) and Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk (age 25).

On 04 Jul 1563 [her daughter] Mary Dacre was born to [her husband] Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke (age 36) and Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk (age 27).

On 18 Nov 1563 [her father-in-law] William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke (age 70) died. His son [her husband] Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke (age 36) succeeded 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 8th Baron Greystoke.

On 12 Nov 1564 [her daughter] Elizabeth Dacre was born to [her husband] Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke (age 37) and Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk (age 28).

On 01 Jul 1566 [her husband] Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke (age 39) died. His son [her son] George Dacre 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland 9th Baron Greystoke (age 5) succeeded 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 9th Baron Greystoke.

In 1567 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 30) and Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk (age 31) were married. She by marriage Duchess Norfolk, Countess Surrey.

In Sep 1567 Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk (age 31) died.

On 17 May 1569 [her son] George Dacre 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland 9th Baron Greystoke (age 8) died. There was a dispute as to whether his uncle [her former brother-in-law] Leonard Dacre should inherit Baron Dacre Gilsland which would be the case if it was created by letters patent, or whether the Barony was in abeyance between the 5th Baron's (age 8) three sisters which would be the case of the barony had been created through a writ of summons. Such decisions would normally be referred to the [her former husband] Duke of Norfolk (age 33) in his capacity as Earl Marshal but he, Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 33), had married Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk, the mother of the three daughters although she had died in the meantime; he was not impartial - the three daughters were now his step-daughters. The matter was referred to Commissioners who decided the Barony had been created by writ between and was, therefore, abeyant between the three daughters who were now the step-daughters of Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 33). He, Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 33) subsequently married his eldest son [her former step-son] Philip Howard 20th Earl Arundel (age 11) to his eldest step-daughter [her daughter] Anne Dacre Countess Arundel (age 12). After Thomas Howard's (age 33) execution in 1572 the two remaining daughters, [her daughter] Mary Dacre (age 5) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Dacre (age 4) were married to his two remaining sons [her former step-son] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 7) and [her former step-son] William Howard (age 5) respectively ensuring all of the Dacre and Greystoke wealth and estates in Cumberland, Yorkshire and Northumberland would become the property of the Howard family.

On 02 Jun 1572 [her former husband] Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 36) was executed for his involvement in the Ridolphi Plot. He was buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map]. Duke Norfolk forfeit..

[her father] James Leybourne and Helen Preston were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.

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