Based on her marriage date, Elizabeth Dale was born about 1525.[1] She was the daughter of Mathew Dale of Bristol and the City of London, a wealthy haberdasher.[2][3] (Mathew wrote his Will on 20 July 1549 and signed and sealed it on 4 April 1550. In it he mentioned sons Henry, James, John, and Matthew; son and heir William; daughter Mary Marler; my cousin Robert Dale; Henry Wyott, my sister’s son; sons in law Walter Marler and Gregory Isham, and to each of their wives I give a black gown; my cousin Elizabeth Dale, my brother William’s daughter a black gown; Roger Dale my cousin.[4])
Elizabeth married, first, Gregory Isham, on 16 Dec 1548 at Saint Pancras Soper Lane, London, London, England.[1][2][5] He was born about 1520 and died 4 Sept 1558. Elizabeth and Gregory had 4 children:[3]
(Sir) Euseby Isham of Pychtley, b. 26 Feb 1552/3: Kt., of Pytchley and Braunston, Northamptonshire, Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1584-5; m. Anne Borlase; d. Pytchley 11 June 1626[6]
Thomas
Mary; m. as 2nd wife, Thomas Andrew; d. 4 April 1589
Elizabeth. b. posthumous in 1558; m. Henry Cave; bur'd. Old Warden, Bedfordshire 15 Nov 1630
After her first husband's death, Elizabeth Dale married, 25 June 1562 at St. Michael, Paternoster Royal, London, Middlesex, England[7], William Rosewell of Ford Abbey who later became the Solicitor-General to Queen Elizabeth. [3] William and Elizabeth had three children:[8]
Parry (d. 1573)
William (1561–1593)
Philippa, m Sir George Speke of Whitelackington, Somerset in 1584.
Elizabeth is not mentioned in William Rosewell's will, dated 10 June 1566 and probated 6 Nov 1566.[9] She died before 30 March 1568 with a burial date of 30 March 1568 at St. Michael, Paternoster Royal, London, Middlesex, England[7]. See her listing at Find a Grave for further family details.
↑ Will of Mathew Dale: The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 33. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL4B-CXB : 10 December 2014), Gregory Isham and Elizabeth Dale, 16 Dec 1548; citing Saint Pancras Soper Lane,London,London,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 94,512.
↑ Richardson, Douglas Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families Author Salt Lake CIty, Utah 2011. 2nd Ed. Vol. II, Pages 461-462
↑ Will of William Rosewell: The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 48 Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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