Henry Manners KG (1526 - 1563)

Born 23 Sep 1526 in Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Neville) Manners — married 2 Jul 1536 in Holywell, Shoreditch, London, England

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1563 at age 36 in Holywell, Middlesex, England

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Henry Manners was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, was the son of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland and Eleanor Paston.^[1] He died on 17 September 1563. His widow Bridget went on to remarry Francis Russell, 2nd earl of Bedford.^[2]

Marriage

Henry's first wife is Margaret Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland and Lady Catherine Stafford. They married 02 or 03 July 1536 when Henry was about nine-years-old.^[3] They had the following children:

1. Edward, 3rd Earl of Rutland d. 14 Apr 1587
2. John, 4th Earl of Rutland d. 24 Feb 1587/
3. Elizabeth (c. 1553 – c. 1590), m. Sir William V Courtenay (1553–1630), de jure 3rd Earl of Devon

He married his second wife Bridget Hussey before 1563. She was the widow of Sir Richard Morison (b. by 1516 - d. 20 Mar 1556) of Casiobury.^[2] Her parents were Sir John Hussey, 1st Lord Hussey and Anne Grey.

Sources

• Bindoff, S.T. (1982). The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509-1558, 2:635. London: Secker & Warburg.

• Brydges, E. (1812). Collins's Peerage of England, 1:469. London: T. Bensley.

• Cole, R.E.G. (1897). History of the Manor and Township of Doddington, p. 84. Lincoln: James Williamson. FHL British Film 962,227 Item 2.

• Fletcher, W. & Dimock, G. (1887). Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents, pp. 4. Leicester: Clarke and Hodgson.

• Lewis, M. (2014, February 10). "Sir Henry Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland #84989, b. 23 Sep 1526, d. 17 Sep 1563," citing: Cokayne (CP:IV, CP:XI); Richardson (2011, 2013). ORTNCA. Web.[3]^[4]

• Lundy, D. (2016, October 1). "Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland #9185, d. 17 Sep1563," citing Mosley, 2003. The Peerage. Web.[4]

• Maddison, A.R. (1902/6). Roland, Lincolnshire Pedigrees, 51, pp. 527. London: Publications of the Harleian Society.

• Nelson, A. (2003). Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, pp. 10. Liverpool University Press. Google Books.[5]

• St. George, H. (1872). The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1620, pp. 76. London: Publications of the Harleian Society.

• King, Richard J., Warsop Parish Registers, with Notes and Illustrations (William Gouk, Mansfield, 1884) Page 12-13. He is burried at Bottesford

• Find A Grave: Memorial #135808593: St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Bottesford, Melton Borough, Leicestershire, England

1. ↑ see: Wikipedia: Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} see: Bindoff, S.T. (1982). "Morison, Richard (by 1514-56), of London and Cassiobury, Herts." The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558. HOP. Web.[1]
3. ↑ m. 02 Jul 1536 in triple marriage ceremony -- festive event that brought out nobility including the king, (Nelson, 2003, p. 10).[2]
4. ↑ see also: Cokayne, G.E. (1910). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant, 2:76, 4:333, 11:108. London: St. Catherine Press; Richardson, D. (2005). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, pp. 709. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.; Richardson, D. (2004). Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, p. 618. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.