Thomas Coningsby 1550-1625

Paternal Family Tree: Coningsby

Before 1546 [his father] Humphrey Coningsby [aged 29] and [his mother] Anne Englefield [aged 30] were married.

On 9th September 1550 Thomas Coningsby was born to Humphrey Coningsby [aged 34] and Anne Englefield [aged 35].

On 3rd April 1558 [his father] Humphrey Coningsby [aged 42] died.

Around 1564 [his mother] Anne Englefield [aged 49] died.

In 1571 Unknown Painter. Portrait of Thomas Coningsby [aged 20].

In 1573 Thomas Coningsby [aged 22] and Philip Sidney [aged 18] visited Aquila.

After 1573 Thomas Coningsby [aged 22] and Philippa Fitzwilliam [aged 29] were married.

In 1591 Thomas Coningsby [aged 40] travelled to Rouen, France [Map] to be in attendance on Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex [aged 25].

On 8th October 1591 Thomas Coningsby [aged 41] was knighted by Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex [aged 25].

In 1596 [his wife] Philippa Fitzwilliam [aged 52] died.

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On 30th May 1625 Thomas Coningsby [aged 74] died.

[his son] Fitzwilliam Coningsbury was born to Thomas Coningsby and Philippa Fitzwilliam. He married Cecily Neville, daughter of Henry Neville 2nd Baron Abergavenny and Mary Sackville, and had issue.