16th Century Timeline

PersonClaimDateDetailAge
Richard Southwell SirBirth 1503Windham Manor, Norfolk, England
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Joan ButlerBirth1506Askeaton, Limerick, Ireland
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John PomeroyBirth1510Beaminster, Dorset, England
John Waller SirDeath1510Groombridge, Kent, England
Richard Southwell SirDeathSep 27, 1514Everton, Lancashire, England
Francis BarnhamBirth1516London, Middlesex, England
Henry PomeroyBirth 1518Colquite, St Mabyn, Cornwall, England
Margaret Neville LadyBirth1520Mereworth, Kent, England [50] [59]
Robert SouthwellBirth1520Windham Manor, Norfolk, England [59]
Margart PomeroyDeath1520Devon, England
Agnes PomeroyDeath1520Devon, England
Alice BradbridgeBirthSep 7, 1523Chichester, Sussex, England
Mary DarcyBirth 1524Danbury, Essex, England
John TouchetBirth1524
Sir Thomas BlountDeathJun 4, 1524City of Worcester, Worcestershire, England [50]
George Tuchet, Baron AudleyMarriageAug 30, 1524Elizabeth Tuke, Layer Marney, Hertfordshire, England
Sir Thomas `The White Knight` FitzgibbonBirth1525Limerick, Ireland
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Joane CooBirth1525Gestingthorpe, Essex, England
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Henry Thicknesse-Touchet 7th Baron Touchet 10th Baron AudleyBirth1525Norton, Cheshire, England
James StandishBirth 1525
William NotteBirth 1530Imber Court, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England
Robert SmytheResidence1530In a survey of Imber Court, dated 1544, it is stated that Robert Smyth held a lease of Imber Court for thirty years, granted by Dudley in 1530, and this is repeated in a survey of 1608., Imber Court, Surrey, England
Francis SouthwellDeath1530Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England
Agnes HuckmoreBirth1531Beaminster, Dorset, England
Richard Southwell SirOccupation1531Southwell became a Justice of the Peace for Norfolk and Suffolk. In the same year, he was involved in the murder of Sir William Pennington and the following year he paid a fine of £1000 to obtain a pardon., Norfolk, England
Richard PomeroyDeath1531Devon, England
Humphrey Ambrose SmithBirth1532Withcote, Leicestershire, England
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Joan BourchierDeathMar 3, 1532
Richard Southwell SirPortrait1536His portrait was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger.
Richard Hardres Esq.Birth1537Hardress, Kent, England
William WallerOccupation1537High Sherriff of Kent, Groombridge, Kent, England
Dorothy TendringDeath1537Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Robert SmytheDeath1539Buried in St Nicholas Church, Thames Ditton, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England
Robert Smythe and Kathryn Blount - memorial St Nicholas Thames Ditton, 1539
_____ WylkinsDeath1539
Mabel WrothBirth1542Enfield, Middlesex, England
Thomas FitzJohn (FitzGerald) 13th Knight of GlinTitle 1541Succeeded as the 13th Knight of Glin after 1541
Richard Southwell SirMarriage 1543Mary Darcy, Danbury, Essex, England
Walter Waller SirBirth1544Kent, England
Thomas Harris SirBirth1547Cornworthy, Devon, England
Richard Southwell SirOccupationMar 12, 1547Was appointed to the Privy Council on 12 March 1547, although he was removed from the full council the following year. He was reappointed by Mary I of England, London, England
Anne ChouteBirth1548Bethersden, Kent, England
Alicia FitzgibbonBirth1548Kilballyowen, County Limerick, Ireland
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Anne TuchetBirth1549Cork, Ireland
Sir John `Lusty` PakingtonBirth1549Warwickshire, England
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Katheryn BlountDeath1549Thames Ditton, Surrey, England
Robert Smythe and Kathryn Blount - memorial St Nicholas Thames Ditton, 1539
Anne de CrofteDeath1549
Henry StandishBirth1550Standish Hall, Lancashire, England
⚠️Richard Pomeroy 🧬Birth 1550England
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George Tuchet 1st Earl of CastlehavenBirth1550Staffordshire, England
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Richard SouthwellBirth1550Danbury, Essex, England
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Henry PomeroyMarriage 1550Agnes Huckmore
Thomas PomeroyDeath1550Devon, England
Elizabeth PomeroyDeath1550Devon, England
Elinor CokerDeath1550Devon, England
Dorothy SmithBirth1552Cheapside, London, England
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Alice CornwallisBirth1553Eye, Suffolk, England
James TouchetBirth1553Staffordshire, England
Catherine TuchetBirth1553Cork, Ireland
Joan ButlerDeath1553Askeaton, Limerick, Ireland
Richard PomeroyBirth 1554Cornworthy, Devon, England
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Richard Southwell SirOccupation1554He was Master of the Armoury from 1554 to 1559., London, England
Luke BradyBirth1555Ireland
Richard Southwell SirBirth1555Horsham St Faith, Norfolk, England
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Lucy MervynBirth1555Fonthill, Wiltshire, England
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William WallerDeath1555Groombridge, Kent, England
Elizabeth TouchetBirth1557Staffordshire, England
Elizabeth NotteBirth1557Imber Court, Surrey, England
Ember Court - map
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William NotteResidence1557Sometimes known as Ember Court. The river Ember flows into the Thames between East Molesey and Thames Ditton, Imber Court, Surrey, England
Ember Court - map
James StandishDeathMar 11, 1557Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England
Elizabeth NotteResidence Mar 20, 1558England [102]
Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882
Matthew O’GradyBirth1559Three errors in it, as printed there, may be corrected here : Gilladuff, given by Burke as father of Matthew, who married Alicia Fitzgibbon (recte Fitzgerald), was actually their son ; Matthew’s father, Teig {vide infra), is omitted bv Burke altogether, Kilballyowen, County Limerick, Ireland
The O'Grady Papers
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Elizabeth PomeroyBirth 1559England
Benedict Barnham Sherrif of LondonBirthJun 2, 1559Hollingbourne, Hill, Kent, England [59]
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Robert SouthwellDeathOct 26, 1559Mereworth, Kent, England [59]
Thomas Browne SirBirth 1560some researchers have this Sir Thomas Browne as Sir Thomas Clayton of Rudgwick, Sussex, I don't see any evidence that the two are the same, of Camas, Limerick, Ireland
Agnes EvansBirth1560
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Robert Needham 1st Viscount KilmoreyBirth1560Shavington, Shropshire, England
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Sir Francis BaconBirthJan 22, 1561York House, London, England [19] [50] [98]
Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
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Anne TouchetBirth1562Norton, Cheshire, England
Henry Thicknesse-Touchet 7th Baron Touchet 10th Baron AudleyDeathDec 30, 1563Staffordshire, England
Richard Southwell SirDeathJan 11, 1564Danbury, Essex, England
Mary DarcyDeath 1564
Henry PomeroyDeathJun 31, 1565Totnes, Devon, England
Thomas Erskine Earl of KellieBirth1566
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Sir Thomas WallerBirth1569Groombridge, Kent, England
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Dorothy SmithResidence1569 [97]
Visitation of Worcester, 1569
Luke BradyMarriage1569Agnes Evans, Ireland
Thomas FitzThomasDeath1569Was executed for committing sundry wilful murders and burnings. He was buried at Lislaughton Abbey, Ireland, Limerick, Ireland
Thomas FitzJohn (FitzGerald) 13th Knight of GlinTitleFeb 13, 1569On 13 February 1569 he was attainted by Act of Parliament held at Dublin after the execution of his elder son, Thomas, and his lands were forfeited. Before 1572 many of his lands and castles were restored to him., Dublin, Ireland
Sir John `Lusty` PakingtonMarriageApr 1569Dorothy Smith, Norfolk, England
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Thomas Standish SirBirth 1570Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England
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Nicholas AlenBirth 1570Ireland
Thomas Harris SirMarriageDec 27, 1573Elizabeth Pomeroy, St. Mabyn, Cornwall, England
Richard Southwell SirMarriage1574Alice Cornwallis, Broomfield, Wiltshire, England
Walter Waller SirMarriage1574Anne Choute
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Anne Harris Lady SouthwellBirthAug 22, 1574Cornworthy, Devon, England [50]
Anne Harris Lady SouthwellBaptismAug 22, 1574Source: wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Southwell, Cornworthy, Devon, England
Edward Harris SirBirth1575Cornworthy, Devon, England
George WallerBirth1575Groombridge, Kent, England [59]
Thomas Thynne SirBirth1575Longleat, Wiltshire, England
Thomas SouthwellBirth1575Wood Rising, Norfolk, England
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Margaret Neville LadyDeathDec 25, 1575Mereworth, Kent, England [50] [59]
Sir Francis Ralph BarnhamBirth1576Hill, Kent, England
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Christopher HarrisBirth1576Cornworthy, South Devon England
Faith UptonBirth1576Northolme, Lincolnshire, England
Aminet BarnewallBirth 1576Crickstown, Meath, Ireland
William NotteDeath1576Thames Ditton, Surrey, England [50] [94]
England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 Robert Smythe and Kathryn Blount - memorial St Nicholas Thames Ditton, 1539
Francis BarnhamDeathMay 10, 1576London, England
Henry SouthwellBirth Dec 14, 1576
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Elizabeth SandsBirth1577Groombridge, Kent, England
Randal ClaytonBirth1577Thelwall Cheshire England
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Elizabeth SouthwellBirth Feb 8, 1577
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Elizabeth FowellBirth1578Fowlescombe Manor, Fowlescombe, South Devon
George Tuchet 1st Earl of CastlehavenMarriage 1578Lucy Mervyn
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Margaret Barrett LennardBirthSep 25, 1578Chevening, Kent, England
Honor HarrisBirthOct 6, 1578England
Maria TouchetBirth1579Castlehaven, Cork, Ireland [59]
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Anthony SouthwellBirth1579Windham Manor, Norfolk, England
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Margaret WallerBirth1579Groombridge, Kent, England
John Dowdall KnightBirth1579Kilfinny, Limerick, Ireland
Eleanor TouchetBirth1579
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Gillyduff O’GradyBirth 1580Kilballyowen, County Limerick, Ireland
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Mary HardressBirth1580Hardress, Kent, England [59]
Anne Stanley (Touchet)BirthMay 1, 1580In her youth she had been considered heiress to the English throne (as a descendant of King Henry VIII's sister, Princess Mary Tudor), but had been passed over for King James VI of Scotland., Sudeley Manor, Gloucestershire, England [50]
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Robert SouthwellBirth Aug 17, 1580Woodrising, Norfolk, England [89]
Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
Robert SouthwellBaptismAug 17, 1580Norfolk, England [89]
Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
Daniel BradyBirth1581
Elizabeth TuchetBirth1582Staffordshire, England
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Anne BradyBirth1582
Benedict Barnham Sherrif of LondonMarriageApr 28, 1583Dorothy Smith, St Clement's, Eastcheap, London, England
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Elizabeth SouthwellDeathDec 7, 1583
Matthew O’GradyMarriage1584Alicia Fitzgibbon
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Humphrey Ambrose SmithDeathJul 27, 1584Withcote, Leicestershire, England
Lawrence ClaytonBirth1585Cheshire, England
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Margaret BrowneBirth 1585Camas, County Limerick, Ireland
Donogh O’GradyBirth1585Kilballyowen, County Limerick, Ireland
Thomas Harris SirOccupation 1586Offices Held: Burgess, Portsmouth from 1586; Autumn reader, M. Temple 1588, 1589, bencher 1588; serjeant-at-law May 1589; j.p. Devon, ?Herts. from c.1592; of counsel to St. Albans 1596., England
Richard SouthwellDeath 1585At sea
Christian TuchetBirth1587Cork, Ireland
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Elizabeth SmytheDeath1587Thames Ditton, Surrey, England [50]
Robert Smythe and Kathryn Blount - memorial St Nicholas Thames Ditton, 1539
Margaret BarnhamBirth1589England
John PomeroyDeath1589Devon, England
Elizabeth SouthwellBirth1590
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Dorothy Barnham LadyBirthJun 6, 1591St Clement Eastcheap, London, England
Elizabeth BarnhamBaptismJun 24, 1591St Martin Orgar and Saint Clement, Eastcheap, London, England [26]
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John UnderhillBirth1592St Stephen Walbrook, London, England
Elizabeth BarnhamBirth1592Barnham Court, London, England [59]
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Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl of Castlehaven ⭐Birth1592Cork, Ireland [55] [59]
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Alice BarnhamBirthMay 14, 1592St Clement Eastcheap, London, England [50]
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Alice BarnhamBaptismJun 4, 1592St Martin Orgar and Saint Clement Eastcheap, London, England [26]
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Sir Thomas WallerMarriageSep 5, 1593Margaret Barrett Lennard, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
Thomas Standish SirMarriage 1594Faith Upton
Thomas Thynne SirMarriageMay 1594Maria Touchet, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
Thomas SouthwellMarriageJun 24, 1594Anne Harris Lady Southwell, St Clement Danes, London, England
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Lady Dorothy de PakingtonBirth1595Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
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Anne DillonBirth1595Meath, Ireland
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Anne PackingtonBirth1595Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
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Henry StandishDeath1595Lincolnshire, England
Edward Harris SirMarriage1596Elizabeth Fowell
Bridget Barnham LadyBirthMay 25, 1596England
George WallerMarriage1597Elizabeth Sands
Mabel WrothDeath1597Enfield, Middlesex, England
John AnketelBirthJan 20, 1597Compton Bassett, Wiltshire, England [50]
Alice BradyBirth1598Mallow (Moyaloe), County Cork, Munster, Ireland
Benedicta BarnhamBirthMar 11, 1598St Clement, London, England
Benedicta BarnhamDeathMar 27, 1598St Clement, London, England
Benedict Barnham Sherrif of LondonDeathApr 3, 1598St Clements Lane, London, England [59]
Walter Waller SirDeathJul 1599Kent, England