Catherine (Trentham) Stanhope (1569 - abt. 1620)

Born 1569 in Rocester, Staffordshire, England

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Died about 1620 at about age 51 in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England

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Biography

Catherine was born in 1569. She was the daughter of Thomas Trentham and Jane Sneyde. Catherine, daughter of Thomas & Jane, was baptised on 16 August 1569 in Rocester, St Michael, Staffordshire, England.^[1]

Catharine married John Stanhope on 18 January 1585 in Rocester, Staffordshire, England.^[2]

In 1617 she was named in the will of her husband's aunt Lady Jane Berkeley.^[3]

Catherine had her will drawn up on 7 Sep 1619, describing herself as being late the wife of Sir John Stanhope.^[4] She made bequests to and mentioned:

• my eldest son Sir John Stanhope, Knt
• his daughter Olive Stanhope
• John Posthumous Stanhope, my youngest son
• my son Francis Stanhope
• my son Thomas Stanhope
• my son William Stanhope
• my daughters Catherine, Dorothy and Jane Stanhope
• the Right Honourable Phillip, Lord Stanhope of Bingham and the Parsonage of Ratcliffe
• my daughter the lady Cordell Aston
• my daughter Anne Cokayne
• her eldest son Aston Cokayne
• my godson Lord Stanhope of Sheford
• my uncle Ralph Snead, esq
• my brothers Francis Trentham and William Cowper
• my cousins Sir Richard Brooke, Sir Richard Delves, the Lady Burdett, Walter Minors, esq and Michael Purefoy, gent
• my sister Mrs Catherine Trentham
• my five wards, the daughters of my brother William Cowper

Her will was probated on 9 jun 1621.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Staffordshire Baptisms"
   Reference: D925/1/1
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 16 November 2022)
   Catherine Trentham baptism on 16 Aug 1569, daughter of Thomas & Jane, in Rocester, St Michael, Staffordshire, England.
2. ↑ Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973"
   England, Marriages, 1538-1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 435831, 873644, 96890
   Ancestry au Record 9852 #8934846 (accessed 16 November 2022)
   Catharine Trentham marriage to John Stanhope on 18 Jan 1585 in Rocester, Stafford, England.
3. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 131
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #909590 (accessed 16 November 2022)
   Will of Dni Jane Berkley, granted probate on 10 Mar 1617. Died about 1617.
4. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 137
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #1012396 (accessed 16 November 2022)
   Will of Catherine Stanhope, granted probate on 9 Jun 1621. Died about 1621 in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England.