In August 1596 Mary Fitz was born.
Around 1608 Alan Percy and Mary Fitz [aged 11] were married. He the son of Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland and Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland.
Around 1613 Charles Howard [aged 22] and Mary Fitz [aged 16] were married. He the son of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 51] and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk [aged 49].
Around 1613 Thomas Darcy [aged 27] and Mary Fitz [aged 16] were married. He the son of Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 48] and Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 45].
Around 1613 [her husband] Thomas Darcy [aged 27] died.
In 1613 [her husband] Alan Percy died.
On 25th September 1613 Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex [aged 22] and [her sister-in-law] Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset [aged 23] marriage annulled by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 47]. She married Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset [aged 26] three months later.
On 26th December 1613 Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset [aged 26] and [her sister-in-law] Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Somerset. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 52] and [her mother-in-law] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk [aged 49].
Her marriage with her first husband Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex [aged 22] had been annulled on the grounds of his impotence three months before causing something of a scandal.
In 1614 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire [aged 26] and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter [aged 48] and Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter [aged 35]. He the son of [her father-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 52] and [her mother-in-law] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk [aged 50]. They were fourth cousins.
In 1616 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 72] was created 1st Viscount Wallingford. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 33] by marriage Viscountess Wallingford.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Letters of John Chamberlain Volume 2.315. [30th January 1619] Our new bride-groome Sir John Smith1 is arrested by the small pockes, and his Lady Isabella forgetting her late promise of better or worse in sicknes and in health is fled to save her faire skin. That disease hath likewise seased on Sir Charles Howard [aged 28] Lady [aged 22] that was Sir Alan Percy widow. Her husband and she were upon termes of parting before, and yt is like this will put them quite of.
Note 1. Cf. Letters 305, 306, 309.
In 1621 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire [aged 33] was created 1st Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 1st Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire. Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire [aged 25] by marriage Baroness Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
In 1626 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 82] was created 1st Earl Banbury. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 43] by marriage Countess Banbury.
On 7th February 1626 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire [aged 38] was created 1st Earl Berkshire. Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire [aged 30] by marriage Countess Berkshire.
On 28th May 1626 [her father-in-law] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 64] died at Charing Cross [Map]. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His succeeded son [her brother-in-law] Theophilus [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Earl Suffolk. Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk [aged 27] by marriage Countess Suffolk.
On 21st June 1626 [her husband] Charles Howard [aged 35] died.
In 1672 Mary Fitz [aged 75] died.