Elizabeth Fortescue

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Personal and Family Information

Elizabeth was born about 1530, the daughter of unknown parents. The place is not known.

She died about JUN 1602. The place is not known.

Her husband was Thomas Bromely. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. They had no known children.

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
BirthABT 1530
DeathABT JUN 1602
Burial2 JUN 1602
Place: St MArgaret’s Church, Westminster, London, England

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Note 1

!Source: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/sir-thomas-bromley

Sir Thomas Bromley died on 12th April 1587 and was buried in the chapel of St Paul in Westminster Abbey. He was born in 1530, the second son of George Bromley of Hodnet in the county of Shropshire and Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon.

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Sir Thomas Bromley died on 12th April 1587 and was buried in the chapel of St Paul in Westminster Abbey. He was born in 1530, the second son of George Bromley of Hodnet in the county of Shropshire and Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon. He was descended from an ancient family established since the reign of King John at Bromleghe in Staffordshire. He was educated at Oxford and entered the Inner Temple in London as a lawyer and he was also a Member of Parliament. In 1579 he became Lord Chancellor and presided at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue, and she was buried at St Margaret's Church Westminster on 2nd June 1602 . Thomas' elder brother George was also an eminent lawyer and M.P. and married Joan Wannerton.