Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Coningsby 1542-1569
In June 1589 [her father] William Newport aka Hatton [aged 29] and [her mother] Elizabeth Gawdy [aged 20] were married.
In 1590 Frances Hatton Countess Warwick was born to William Newport aka Hatton [aged 30] and Elizabeth Gawdy [aged 21].
In 1591 [her mother] Elizabeth Gawdy [aged 22] died.
On 20th November 1591 Christopher Hatton [aged 51] died. His estates were inherited by his nephew [her father] William Newport aka Hatton [aged 31] who took the name Hatton.
Around 1593 [her father] William Newport aka Hatton [aged 33] and [her step-mother] Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 50] and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 45].
On 12th March 1597 [her father] William Newport aka Hatton [aged 37] died.
In 1604 [her daughter] Anne Rich Viscountess Mandeville was born to [her future husband] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 16] and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick [aged 14]. She married 1st July 1625 Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester, son of Henry Montagu 1st Earl Manchester and Catherine Spencer, and had issue.
In February 1605 Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 17] and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick [aged 15] were married. He the son of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick [aged 45] and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire [aged 42].
On 28th June 1611 [her son] Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick was born to [her husband] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 24] and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick [aged 21]. He married 1. 9th April 1632 Anne Cavendish Countess Warwick, daughter of William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire and Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire, and had issue 2. after 1638 his first cousin Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick and had issue.
In 1615 [her daughter] Lucy Rich Baroness Robartes was born to [her husband] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 27] and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick [aged 25]. She married before 7th February 1634 John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor, son of John Robartes 1st Baron Robartes, and had issue.
In 1615 [her son] Charles Rich 4th Earl Warwick was born to [her husband] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 27] and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick [aged 25]. He married 21st July 1641 Mary Boyle Countess Warwick, daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.
In 1616 [her brother-in-law] Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 25] and Isabel Cope Countess Holland were married. He the son of [her father-in-law] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick [aged 56] and [her mother-in-law] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
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In March 1617 [her son] Henry Rich was born to [her husband] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 29] and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick [aged 27]. See Diary of Anne Clifford.
Diary of Anne Clifford. April 1617. About this time the Marquis Damse was slain in France, which bred great alterations there.
About this time Lady Robert Rich was brought to bed of a 3rd son called Henry [aged 27] which was her fifth child.
On 20th March 1619 [her father-in-law] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick [aged 59] died. His son [her husband] Robert [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Earl Warwick, 4th Baron Rich of Leez. Frances Hatton Countess Warwick [aged 29] by marriage Countess Warwick.
He was buried at St Lawrence's Church, Snarford [Map]. Unusual head and shoulder portrait sculpture of deceased full face, with a profile of his wife Frances Wray Countess Warwick behind, set in a circular medallion. To either side are pelleted Pilasters supporting an entablature with scrolled Cartouche of arms and flanked by heraldic supporters. The whole is painted and gilded and beneath is a panel containing an inscribed poem. Above his Arms implaled with hers. His are quartered 1&4
Rich Arms 2&3 Baldry Arms (his mother), hers quartered 1&4 Wray 2&3 Unknown. the monument is perhaps the work of Epiphanius Evesham. Sculpted by Epiphanius Evesham.


Diary of Anne Clifford. 20th March 1619. The 20th my [her father-in-law] Lord of Warwick [aged 59] died at Arlington House leaving a great estate to [her husband] Lord Rich [aged 31]1 and my good friend his Lady [aged 29], and leaving his wife which was my Lady Lampwell a widow the second time. This day Wat. Coniston made an end of reading Mr Saragol's Book of the Supplication of the Saints which my Lord [aged 30] gave me.
Note 1. 2nd Earl of Warwick, the Parliament's Admiral.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 18th April 1619. Sunday the 18th I went to Warwick House to see my young Lady of Warwick [aged 29] where I met my [her husband] Lord of Warwick [aged 31], Mr [her brother-in-law] Charles Rich, Mr Nathaniel Rich, Lady Harriet Rich. After all the company were gone to Sermon my Lord [aged 30] came in thither. This day I put on my black mourning attire and went to my Sister Beauchamp where I spake with Mrs Bathurst and told her I did both forget and forgive anything she had done against me and that I had spoken to Lady Warwick in her behalf.
Diary of Anne Clifford. 13th May 1619. The 13th I was one of the mourners at the Queen's funeral. I attended the corpse from Somerset House to the Abbey at Westminster. My Lord [aged 30] was also one of the Earls that mourned. I went all the way hand in hand. with my Lady Lincoln after the sermon, and, all the ceremonies ended, my Lord, myself, and the [her husband] Earl of Warwick [aged 31] and his Lady [aged 29] came home by barges, being come home I went to my Sister Beauchamp to shew her my mourning attire. At the funeral I met with my old Lady Pembroke [aged 57] and divers others of my acquaintance with whom I had much talk. My Coz. Clifford was also a mourner and bare the banner after the Lords. When all the company was gone and the Church door shut up the Dean of Westminster, the Prebends, Sir Edward Zouch [aged 31], who was Knight Marshall, came up a private way and buried the corpse at the east end of Henry the 7th Chapel about 7 o'clock at night. There was 180 poor women mourners. I went to see Lord Hertford (which was the last time I ever saw him) in Channel Row and spake very earnestly in Wood's behalf, but I could not prevail and his answer was that he would not pay any of his grandchildren's debts after his death.
This night my Lord made a great supper to two or three of the Frenchmen that came over with the embassador. After supper there was a play and then a banquet at which my Lady Penniston [aged 24] and a great many of Lords and Ladies there.
The 13th. It is past 13 years and a month since my Father's funeral was kept and solemnized in the Church at Skipton as Queen Ann's Body was this night buried in the Abbey Church at Westminster.
In 1623 Frances Hatton Countess Warwick [aged 33] died.
Before 20th January 1626 [her former husband] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 38] and Susan Rowe Countess Warwick [aged 44] were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. He the son of [her former father-in-law] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and [her former mother-in-law] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
After 1646 [her former husband] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 58] and Eleanor Wortley Countess Sussex Warwick Manchester were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. She the daughter of Richard Wortley and Elizabeth Boughton Countess Devonshire. He the son of [her former father-in-law] Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and [her former mother-in-law] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 19th April 1658 [her former husband] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 70] died. His son Robert [aged 46] succeeded 3rd Earl Warwick, 5th Baron Rich of Leez.
[her daughter] Frances Rich Countess Scarsdale was born to Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick. She married her third cousin twice removed Nicholas Leke 2nd Earl Scarsdale, son of Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale and Anne Carey Lady Leke, and had issue.
Father: William Newport aka Hatton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Hatton
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Hatton
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hatton
Grandmother: Dorothy Hatton
Frances Hatton Countess Warwick
Grandfather: Thomas aka Francis Gawdy
Mother: Elizabeth Gawdy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Coningsby
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Coningsby
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Coningsby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Ferriby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Christopher Coningsby
Grandmother: Elizabeth Coningsby