Elizabeth (Petre) Radcliffe (abt. 1535 - abt. 1593)

Born about 1535 in Ingatestone, Essex, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Gostwick — married about 1559 in Willington, Bedfordshire, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1593 at about age 58 in Ingatestone, Essex, England

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Biography

Elizabeth Petre was born in Essex. She was the daughter of Sir William Petre and Gertrude Tyrrell .^{[1] [2]}

Marriages & Children

Between 1558-1561, 1st marriage, Willington, Bedfordshire, England

John Gostwick, Esq. marries Elizabeth Petre, daughter of Sir William Petre and Gertrude Tyrrell.

Prior to their marriage, Elizabeth held Willington, John had been in Cambridge at School the years she ruled court.

abt 1582, 2nd marriage, England

Edward Radcliffe to widow Elizabeth (Petre) Gostwick, daughter of Sir William Petre and Gertrude Tyrrell, relict of John Gostwick, Esq.

23-Oct-1556, Willington Court Roll, Willington, Bedfordshire, England^[3]

Willington, view of frankpledge and court roll. Manor of Elizabeth Petre, daughter of Sir William Petre [of Ingatestone]

View of Frankpledge with Court of Elizabeth petre, first daughter of William petre, Knight, held there the 23rd day of October in the third and fourth year of the reigns of Philip and Mary, by the grace of God King and Queen of England, Spain, France, also Sicily, Jerusalem and Ireland, defenders of the faith, Archdukes of Austria, Dukes of Burgundy, Medina, Brabant, Count of Hapsburg, Flanders and the Tyrol, and Ireland (1556)

25-Oct-1557, Willington Court Roll, Willington, Bedfordshire, England^[4]

2nd and last year where Elizabeth is Lady of the Manor of Willington.

note: this provides evidence of two dates:

• that her marriage to John Gostwick was after Oct-1557 (but before 1561)
• that her birth date was more like 1535, age 21, Lady of Willington Court, unmarried.

1582, Widowed, Willington, Bedfordshire, England

Husband John Gostwick died.

Research Notes

re: Parentage: John Gostwick was son of Edmund Gostwick and Anne Hardin was removed as incorrect. The correct parentage is already presently linked to John Gostwick's profile.

Death at age 112 looks dubious. corrected. She died abt 1593, we know because Edward Radcliffe remarries in May 1594 to his 3rd wife as widow

Re: Death Location I have no evidence one way or the other, but put her at Goldington, Bedfordshire, England when she died; her home in Beds., where she married, where her relic remarried.

The Visitations of Bedfordshire. ^[5]

To Do

• Answer how Elizabeth came to be Lady of Willington in 1556

Sources

1. ↑ [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 100. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
2. ↑ .[S3268] Hans Harmsen, "re: Chester Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 21 August 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Chester Family."
3. ↑ "Bedfordshire Archive Catalog Service (BEDCAT)" [database on-line]. bedsarchivescat.Bedford.gov. Entry for Elizabeth Petre, 23 Oct 1556, Court Roll of Willington Manor (accessed [21-Sep-2021]); ref: R8/62/1/10(Roll69)
4. ↑ "Bedfordshire Archive Catalog Service (BEDCAT)" [database on-line]. bedsarchivescat.Bedford.gov. Entry for Elizabeth Petre, 25 Oct 1557, Court Roll of Willington Manor (accessed [21-Sep-2021]); ref: R8/62/1/10(Roll70)
5. ↑ The Visitations of Bedfordshire, 1566, 1582 and 1634. The Harnleian Society 1884. https://archive.org/details/visitationsofbed19blay/page/33

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• [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1443. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
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• Luminarium Encyclopedia
• Metcalfe, Walter C., The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634, The Publications of The Harleian Society (The Society, London, 1878) Visitation Series, Vol. 13, Part 1, Page 89.