Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex 1521-1578

Paternal Family Tree: Calthorpe

Before 1521 [her father] Philip Calthorpe [aged 39] and Jane Boleyn [aged 35] were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1521 Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex was born to Philip Calthorpe [aged 40].

Before 21st May 1524 [her future husband] Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex [aged 17] and Elizabeth Howard [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 81] and Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk [aged 47]. He the son of [her future father-in-law] Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 41] and Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex [aged 45]. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before 21st November 1538 Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex [aged 31] and Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex [aged 17] were married. He the son of Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 55] and Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex.

On 27th November 1542 [her father-in-law] Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 59] died. His son [her husband] Henry [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl of Sussex, 2nd Viscount Fitzwalter, 11th Baron Fitzwalter. Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex [aged 21] by marriage Countess of Sussex.

Between 1547 and 1549 [her husband] Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex [aged 40] expelled his wife Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex [aged 26] from their home. He believed she had married Edmund Knyvet [aged 39] bigamously.

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                    Ellis' Letters. [On or after 28th January 1547] Henry Radclyf [aged 40], Earl of Sussex, to his Countess [aged 26], notifying the death of Henry the Eighth. A. D. 1547.
                
                    MS. COTTON. TITUS B. ii. fol 51. Orig.
                
                    Madame with most lovyng and hertie commendacions, thies be to signifie unto you that our late Soveraigne Lord the King departed at Westminster uppon Friday last the xxviijti. of this instant Januarie about two of the clock in the mornyng. And the Kings Majestie that nowe is proclaymed King this present last day of the same moneth. And lik as for the departure of th'on wee may lament, so for th^establisshment of thother to all our comforts we may rejoyce. The names of his Executours ar th'archbischop of Canterburie, the Lord Wriothesley lord Chauncelor of Englond, the Lord St. John lord president of the Counsaile and Gret Master, the Lord Russell Lord Privie Seale, the Erie of Hertford lord Great Chamberlein of Englond, the Viscount Lesley lord Admiral, the bisshop of Derham, Mr. Secretarie Paget, Sir Anthonie Denie, Sir Anthonie Browne, Sir William Herbert, The Chief Justice of the Common Place, Bromley another Justice ther, Sir Thomas Baker Chauncelor of the tenthes, Sir Edward North, and divers other aidours to the same, which for lak of tyme I pretermit. The Parliament is clerely dissolved: the Terme and all writs closed. The Court is nowe at the Tower from whtiis the Kings Majestie tomorrow shalbe receyved and conducted to his Hous Derehamplace. His Hyghnes Coronacion shalbe at Shrovetyme.
                
                    For my oone matiers hetherto, thorough the gret and diligent busines that my lord Chauncelor hath had, I could espye no tyme mete to the purpoos; but shal nevertheles as sone as oportunitie may serve set forth the same. And for your repaire hether in th'end of this weke I shall send unto you Henry Northey, by whom you shal knowe my determynat pleasur. In the meane tyme I require you to put all soch things in order as shalbe mete for you here.
                
                    Thus, good Madame albeit the contents of your Lettres diverslie at length tending to the lak of good wil in me that ought to be in a lovyng husband; the same nevertheles as I think preceding of a good hert might otherwise have bin qualified I wisse to you my owne hert as to my self. From Eliplace in Holborne the last day of January in the first yere of the reigneof our Sqveraigne King Edward the Sixeth.
                
                    Your assured lovyng husbond
                
                    Henry Sussex. To my wief the Countas of Sussex.

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On 7th April 1549 [her father] Philip Calthorpe [aged 68] died.

In September 1552 Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex [aged 31] was imprisoned at the Tower of London [Map] for practising sorcery

Before 1555 [her step-son] Thomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex [aged 29] and Elizabeth Wriothesley [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton and Jane Cheney Countess Southampton [aged 45]. He the son of [her husband] Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex [aged 47] and Elizabeth Howard.

In 1555 [her step-son] Thomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex [aged 30] and Frances Sidney Countess Sussex [aged 24] were married. He the son of [her husband] Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex [aged 48] and Elizabeth Howard.

On 17th February 1557 [her husband] Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex [aged 50] died. He was buried at St Lawrence Pountney Church. His son [her step-son] Thomas [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Earl of Sussex, 3rd Viscount Fitzwalter, 12th Baron Fitzwalter. Frances Sidney Countess Sussex [aged 26] by marriage Countess of Sussex.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.

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In or before 1573 [her son-in-law] Thomas Mildmay [aged 32] and Frances Radclyffe were married. She the daughter of Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex and Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex [aged 51].

In 1578 Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex [aged 57] died.

[her son] Egremont Radclyffe was born to Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex and Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex. His father may have been Edmund Knyvet with whom his mother is believed to have commenced a bigamous marriage.

[her daughter] Frances Radclyffe was born to Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex and Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex. Her father may have been Edmund Knyvet with whom her mother is believed to have commenced a bigamous marriage. She married in or before 1573 Thomas Mildmay and had issue.

Ancestors of Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex 1521-1578

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Calthorpe 6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Calthorpe 7 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Calthorpe 8 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Calthorpe 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Astley 4th Baron Astley 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Astley Baroness Grey Ruthyn 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Willoughby Baroness Astley 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Grandfather: Philip Calthorpe 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Astley 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Astley 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Astley 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Catherine Astley 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

father: Philip Calthorpe 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex 1521-1578

Royal Ancestors of Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex 1521-1578

Ancestors of Anne Calthorpe 2nd Countess Sussex 1521-1578