Ashton, Sir John (c. 1354–c. 1398), soldier and landowner, was the son and heir of Sir John Ashton (d. c.1360) of Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, and of Margaret, a daughter of Robert del Leigh of Adlington, Cheshire. His mother's second marriage, to ...
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Brydges, John, first Baron Chandos (1492–1557), landowner and soldier, was born on 9 March 1492 at Coberley, Gloucestershire, the eldest of three sons and three daughters of Sir Giles Brydges (d. 1511), landowner, and his wife, Isabel (fl. c.1475–1511), daughter of ...
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Sybil M. Jack
Chamberlayne [Chamberlain], Sir Leonard (b. in or before 1504, d. 1561), courtier and soldier, was the eldest son of Sir Edward Chamberlayne (1480–1543) of Shirburn, Oxfordshire, and his wife, Cecily (fl. 1480–1540), daughter of Sir John Verney of Pendley, Hertfordshire. He was said to have spent his early years in riotous living, which may lie behind the pardon he received on 2 September 1529, but once the paternal estates had been entailed on him in 1528, probably on the occasion of his marriage to ...
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Anthony M. McCormack
Fitzgerald, James fitz Maurice (d. 1579), soldier and landowner, was the second son of Maurice fitz John Fitzgerald (d. 1564), called Maurice an Tóiteán (Maurice of the Burnings), and Julia, second daughter of Dermot O'Mulryan of Sulloghade, co. Tipperary. He married Katherine...
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Garneys [Garnesche], Sir Christopher (d. 1534), courtier and soldier, is of unknown origins. A gentleman usher of the king's chamber from the beginning of Henry VIII's reign, attending the coronation in that capacity, he participated in court entertainments and was among those intimates of the king who played cards with him in his chamber. In 1509 the king granted him an annuity of ...
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See Hamilton, James, first earl of Abercorn
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Hastings, Edward, Baron Hastings of Loughborough (1512x15
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Edward Hastings, Baron Hastings of Loughborough (1512x15?15–1572) by unknown artist © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Thomas Howard, third duke of Norfolk (1473–1554) by Hans Holbein the younger, c. 1539–40 The Royal Collection © 2004 HM Queen Elizabeth II
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Michael A. R. Graves
Howard, Thomas, third duke of Norfolk (1473–1554), magnate and soldier, was the eldest son of Thomas Howard, second duke of Norfolk (1443–1524), and his first wife, Elizabeth (d. 1497), the daughter of Frederick Tilney of Ashwellthorpe Hall, Norfolk, and widow of Sir Humphrey Bourchier...
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Margaret H. B. Sanderson
Leslie, Norman, master of Rothes (d. 1554), landowner and soldier, was the eldest son of George Leslie, fourth earl of Rothes (d. 1558), and Margaret Crichton, natural daughter of William, third Lord Crichton and Princess Margaret, daughter of King James II. Norman, who was regarded as an accomplished young man, was for a time a yeoman of the chamber to ...
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Manners, Thomas, first earl of Rutland (c. 1497–1543), courtier and soldier, was the eldest son of Sir George Manners (b. in or before 1470, d. 1513) of Belvoir, Leicestershire, and his wife, Anne (1476–1526), daughter of Sir Thomas St Leger and Anne...
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O'Donnell [Ó Domhnaill], Sir Niall Garbh (1568/9–1626
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John J. Silke
O'Donnell, Rury [Rory] [Ruaidhrí Ó Domhnaill], styled first earl of Tyrconnell (1574/5–1608), magnate and soldier, was the second son of Sir Hugh O'Donnell (b. in or before 1535, d. 1600), lord of Tyrconnell, and his second wife, Fionnuala, called Iníon Dhubh (Dark Girl; ...
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Seton, Alexander, first Viscount Kingston (1621–1691), nobleman and soldier, was born at Seton Palace, Haddingtonshire, the fourth but second surviving son of George Seton, third earl of Winton (1584–1650), and his first wife, Lady Anne Hay (d. 1623×5), eldest daughter of Francis Hay, ...
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See Vaux, Thomas, second Baron Vaux
