John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland (d. 24 Feb 1587/88) was the son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland and Lady Margaret Neville. He married Elizabeth Charlton, daughter of Francis Charlton.
Children of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton
Bridget Manners
Lady Elizabeth Manners d. c Mar 1653/54
Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland b. 6 Oct 1576, d. 26 Jun 1612
Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland b. 1578, d. 17 Dec 1632
George Manners, 7th Earl of Rutland b. 1580, d. 29 Mar 1641
Sir Oliver Manners b. c 1582
Lady Frances Manners b. 22 Oct 1588, d. c 1643
Sources
Burke, Sir John Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (Name: Pall Mall; Location: London, England; Date: 1883), p. 587.
Brydges, Egerton, Collins's Peerage of England (Name: Name: T. Bensley; Location: London, England; Date: 1812), Family History Library, 1:473, 6:613.
Maddison. Arthur Roland, Lincolnshire Pedigrees v. 55 (Name: Name: Publications of the Harleian Society; Location: London; Date: 1902-1906;;), Los Angles Public Libary, pp. 1021, 1089 v.52.
Treswell, Robert, The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623 (Name: Harleian Society; Location: London, England; Date: 1889), p. 101.
Kimber, E., The Baronetage of England (London: s.n., 1771.), 1:498
John, the fourth Earl of Rutland, was second brother of the last Earl. He was Col. in the Irish wars. In the reign of queen Elizabeth he was constable of Nottingham castle; and, in the thirtieth of the same reign, he was Lord Lieutenant of the same county. His will is dated February the 23rd, 1587; and by that "he ordered his body to be buried in the parish church of Bottesford in the county of Leicester."
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