Penelope Darcy Lady Gage 1593-1661

In or before 1581 Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 15] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 13] were married.

In 1593 Penelope Darcy Lady Gage was born to Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 28] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 25] at St Osyth's, Essex.

Around 1597 [her son] Thomas Gage 2nd Baronet was born to [her future husband] John Gage 1st Baronet [aged 27] and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage [aged 4]. He married before 2nd July 1654 Mary Chamberlain Lady Gage and Goring and had issue.

On 14th May 1602 Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage [aged 16] and Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [her father] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 37] and [her mother] Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 35].

On 28th June 1611 John Gage 1st Baronet [aged 41] and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 46] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 44].

In 1612 [her future husband] William Hervey [aged 25] and Susan Jermyn [aged 21] were married.

In 1613 Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage [aged 27] was created 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche. He the son-in-law of the last Baron of the 1513 creation Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 48].

On 14th July 1615 John Savage 1st Baronet [aged 65] died. His son Thomas [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Baronet Savage of Rocksavage in Cheshire. Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers [aged 34] by marriage Lady Savage of Rocksavage in Cheshire.

Around 1617 Edward Gage 1st Baronet was born to [her husband] John Gage 1st Baronet [aged 47] and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage [aged 24] at Firle, East Sussex. He married 1. 1648 Mary Hervey Lady Gage and had issue 2. before 1669 Anne Watkins Lady Gage 3. before 1669 his fifth cousin once removed Bridget Feilding Lady Gage, daughter of George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond and Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond 4. before 1669 Frances Aston Lady Gage, daughter of Walter Aston 2nd Baronet and Mary Weston 5. before 1680 his fifth cousin once removed Frances Feilding Lady Gage, daughter of George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond and Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond.

On 5th July 1621 Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 56] was created 1st Viscount Colchester with a special remainder to his grandson John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 18]. Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 54] by marriage Viscountess Colchester

On 26th March 1622 [her husband] John Gage 1st Baronet [aged 52] was created 1st Baronet Gage of Firley in Sussex. Penelope Darcy Lady Gage [aged 29] by marriage Lady Gage of Firley in Sussex.

On 4th November 1626 Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 61] was created 1st Earl Rivers with a special remainder to his grandson John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 23]. Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 59] by marriage Countess Rivers.

On 4th November 1626 Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage [aged 40] was created 1st Viscount Savage. Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers [aged 45] by marriage Viscountess Savage.

On 3rd October 1633 [her husband] John Gage 1st Baronet [aged 63] died. His son Thomas [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Baronet Gage of Firley in Sussex.

Before 1639 Lewis Tresham 1st Baronet [aged 63] and [her daughter] Frances Gage Lady Tresham were married.

On 25th February 1640 Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 75] died at Winchester House Broad Street. His grandson John [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Earl Rivers, 2nd Viscount Colchester. Baron Darcy of Chiche extinct.

In 1641 Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers [aged 60] was created 1st Countess Rivers for life by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 40] since she had been passed over when her father's Earldom Countess Rivers passed from her father to her eldest son John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers [aged 37].

In 1642 William Hervey [aged 55] and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage [aged 49] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 74].

On 28th June 1644 Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 77] died.

Before 22nd November 1646 Elizabeth Baker Lady Hamner [aged 36] died. The date based on the date of the second marriage of her husband Thomas Hanmer 2nd Baronet [aged 34] to [her step-daughter] Susan Hervey Lady Hamner [aged 34].

On 22nd November 1646 Thomas Hanmer 2nd Baronet [aged 34] and [her step-daughter] Susan Hervey Lady Hamner [aged 34] were married. She by marriage Lady Hamner of Hamner in Flintshire.

In 1648 Edward Gage 1st Baronet [aged 31] and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Hervey Lady Gage were married.

After 1650 [her step-daughter] Susan Hervey Lady Hamner [deceased] died.

On 9th March 1650 Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers [aged 69] died. Earl Rivers extinct since it was a created for life only.

Before 2nd July 1654 [her son] Thomas Gage 2nd Baronet [aged 57] and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Chamberlain Lady Gage and Goring [aged 34] were married. She by marriage Lady Gage of Firley in Sussex. The difference in their ages was 23 years.

On 2nd July 1654 Thomas Gage 2nd Baronet [aged 57] died. His son Thomas [aged 17] succeeded 3rd Baronet Gage of Firley in Sussex.

On 30th July 1655 James Reynolds [aged 22] and [her step-daughter] Judith Hervey [aged 40] were married.

In 1658 John Hervey [aged 41] and Elizabeth Hervey were married.

In 1660 [her husband] William Hervey [aged 73] died.

On 2nd July 1661 Penelope Darcy Lady Gage [aged 68] died at Firle, East Sussex.

[her daughter] Frances Gage Lady Tresham was born to John Gage 1st Baronet and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage. She married before 1639 Lewis Tresham 1st Baronet.

George Trenchard and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage were married. She the daughter of Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers.