BOROUGH of Gainsborough

Notes: died in 'The Hundred Years War' with France, serving with the Bastard of Clarence, who was Deputy Governor of Paris, for his uncle, John, Duke of Bedford. May have drowned in the Seine River along with Thomas, 8th B. Roos (18 Aug 1430), whose daughter, Margaret, would later marry his son Thomas.

Married: Elizabeth PERCY ABT 1429, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland

Children:

1. Thomas BOROUGH (1° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Thomas BOROUGH (1° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Born: ABT 1431, Lincolnshire, England

Died: 18/25 Mar 1495/6, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Thomas BOROUGH of Gainsborough (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth PERCY

Married 1: Margaret De ROS (B. Borough of Gainsborough) ABT May 1462/1464

Children:

1. Edward BOROUGH (2° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

2. Thomas BOROUGH (d. AFT 1496)

3. Margaret BOROUGH

4. Richard BOROUGH (d. AFT 1496)

5. Anne BOROUGH

6. Elizabeth BOROUGH (B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth)

Married 2: Eleanor BEAUCHAMP (B. Borough of Gainsborough) (dau. of William Beauchamp, E. Warwick) (w. of William Botreaux)

Margaret BOROUGH

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (1° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Margaret De ROS (B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Married: George TALBOYS (Sir Knight)

Anne BOROUGH

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (1° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Margaret De ROS (B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Married: Robert TOPCLIFFE

Elizabeth BOROUGH (B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth)

Born: ABT 1457

Died: 1528, Willoughby, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (1° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Margaret De ROS (B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Married 1: Richard FITZHUGH (6° B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth)

Children:

1. George FITZHUGH (7° B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth)

Married 2: Henry WILLOUGHBY of Wollaton (Sir Knight)

Edward BOROUGH (2° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Born: ABT 1461, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Died: 20 Aug 1528 / ABT 1529

Notes: In 1477 Sir Thomas Borough finalised the marriage agreement (having borrowed funds from the Abbot of Thornton, Lincs to clinch it) between his eldest son , Edward (aged 13) and the heiress of the Cobham family, Anne, Lady Mountjoy (aged 9). Lady Anne had been "affianced" to Edward Blount, 2nd Lord Mountjoy, who had died, aged 8, in 1475. Her father Sir Thomas Cobham, died in 1471 leaving his wife, Anne a daughter of Humphrey, Duke of Buckingham, to try and arrange another suitable match. The last Lord Cobham had died in 1446, and the family had been beset with problems. Eleanor Cobham, a daughter of Lord Reginald, married the Duke of Gloucester, brother to Henry V, and caused uproar and scandal when she was discovered to have been using magic and witch craft to forecast the death of King Henry VI - treason. Eleanor was divorced from the Duke (who could do nothing to save her), made to do penance of walking through London in her shift, and then imprisoned for life, being moved from one hell hole castle to another until her death. The Cobhams were also connected to Sir William Oldcastle, the dangerous "lollard" (religious dissenter), who was burned for heresy after escaping the Tower of London and carrying out a terror campaign till finally captured. For Sir Thomas Borough the marriage of his eldest son brought glittering prizes; Starborough Castle, near Lingfield, the Cobhams chief residence, was a major prize in itself, located within beautiful Kentish parklands, with a fairy tale moat and French like towers, the castle, although small, was an ideal southern home for the Burghs. Along with Starborough Castle came other Cobham manors; Cowden Leighton, Chiddinstone, Bogeshill, Tyehurst, and widespread rents in places like Hever, all bringing considerable income from their lands, tenements, parks and courts. Sir Thomas wasted no time at all, and by the end of 1477 (Michaelmas) his Bailiff, Edward Baynebrigge, had supplied a detailed account roll, giving the income of the new estate, down to the last penny. Edward was knighted at the battle of Stoke Field in 1487. Two kings had visited Old Hall, his residence in Gainsborough, Richard III in 1485 and Henry VIII in 1509. In the early 1500's had led to huge fines being imposed by a suspicious Henry VII, for his good behaviour. Although the manor house at Gainsborough in Lincolnshire remained the main family home, Starborough Castle, being closer to court, (Westminster and Windsor) slowly became the preferred southern family residence. Starborough provided excellent hunting for visitors and the neighbours, at Penshurst and Igtham Mote were of the local gentry. A year after Henry's visit, Lord Borough had been described as being 'distracted of memory'; it is not clear whether or not he ever recovered, nor was mental disturbance considered in the sixteenth century to be an impediment to marriage. (Alison Weir, The Wives of Henry VIII, New York: Ballantine Books, 1991). When Lord Edward became ill, Starborough Castle would have ben the ideal place for him to stay. Quiet scented gardens, well appointed and decorated rooms - a secure home cum hospital for keeping Edward safe, and it's proximity to London allowing the doctors and apothcaries to visit and apply their "dreadful" quack remides.

Father:Thomas BOROUGH (1° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Margaret De ROS (B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Married 1: Anne COBHAM (B. Cobham) (b. 1467, Sterborough, Surrey, England - d. 26 Jun 1526) (dau. of Thomas, B. Cobham, and Anne Stafford) (w. of Edward Blount, 2° B. Mountjoy) 1477

Children:

1. Thomas BOROUGH (3° B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

2. Humphrey BOROUGH

3. George BOROUGH

4. Henry BOROUGH

5. Elizabeth BOROUGH

Married 2: Catherine PARR (Queen of England)ABT 1526, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Elizabeth BOROUGH

Born: BEF 1529, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Notes: Lady in waiting for Queen Catherine Parr. And for a short time governess to Princess Elizabeth.

Father: Edward BOROUGH (2° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Anne COBHAM (B. Cobham)

Married: Robert TYRWHITT of Kettelby (Sir Knight)

Henry BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1491

Died: AFT 1529

Father: Edward BOROUGH (2° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Anne COBHAM (B. Cobham)

Married: Catherine NEVILLEAFT Sep 1526, Thornton Bridge, Yorkshire, England

Thomas BOROUGH (3° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Born: ABT 1481, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Died: 28 Feb 1549/50

Notes: knighted at Flodden Field in 1513. One of the King's Spears (guards) to Henry VIII. 1529 Member of Parliament. Lord Chamberlain to Queen Anne Boleyn. The Borough family suffered many family problems during Lord Thomas life, including bastardising his eldest sons children, coupled with national events, such as the Pilgrimage of Grace and the reformation, which Thomas found himself heavily involved with. Married Agnes Tyrwhitt in 1496 (another marriage arranged by his astute grand father), and it was Lord Thomas who put the Borough family back on track. Lord Thomas's second marriage to Alice London, a widow twice over, took him away from both Gainsborough and Starborough castle. Lord Borough lived at Euston Hall near Thetfoe.

Father: Edward BOROUGH (2° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Anne COBHAM (B. Cobham)

Married: Agnes TYRWHITT (B. Boroughof Gainsborough) 1496

Children:

1. Edward BOROUGH

2. Thomas BOROUGH (Sir)

3. William BOROUGH (4° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

4. John BOROUGH (Sir)

5. Richard BOROUGH

6. Anne BOROUGH

7. Margaret BOROUGH

8. Agnes BOROUGH

9. Dorothy BOROUGH (Nun)

10. Henry BOROUGH

11. Eleanor BOROUGH

12. Elizabeth BOROUGH (Nun)

Married 2: Alice LONDON (w.1 of Thomas Bedingfield - w.2 of Edmund Rokewood)

Thomas BOROUGH (Sir)

Died: BEF 28 Feb 1550

Notes: Elizabeth, daughter of Sir David Owen, is identified as the faithless wife who had children by another person during the marriage, with her husband obtaining an Act of Parliament to have them bastardised.

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (3° B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Mother: Agnes TYRWHITT (B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

¿Married: Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM?

Associated with: Elizabeth OWEN (dau. of Sir Henry Owen andAnne Devereux)

Children:

1. Son BOROUGH

John BOROUGH (Sir)

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (3° B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Mother: Agnes TYRWHITT (B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Stephen BORORUGH

2. William BOROUGH

Anne BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1500, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (3° B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Mother: Agnes TYRWHITT (B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Married 1: John BUSSY (d. 31 Jan 1542)

Children:

1. Agnes BUSSY (m. Edmund Brudennell)

Married 2: Anthony NEVILLE (Sir Knight)

Margaret BOROUGH

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (3° B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Mother: Agnes TYRWHITT (B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Married: Robert TOPCLIFFE

Agnes BOROUGH

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (3° B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Mother: Agnes TYRWHITT (B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Married: John BASSETT

Henry BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1531

Died: 22 Apr 1557

Buried: Stowe

Notes: ancestor of Burgh of Stowe.

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (3° B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Mother: Agnes TYRWHITT (B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Married: Elizabeth CONSTANTINE (dau. of Richard Constantine of Bewdley)

Children:

1. Son BOROUGH

2. Son BOROUGH

Eleanor BOROUGH

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (3° B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Mother: Agnes TYRWHITT (B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Married 1: William MUSGRAVE

Married 2: Edmund CROFT

William BOROUGH (4° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Born: ABT 1521/2, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Died: 10 Sep 1584

Buried: 2 Oct 1584, Lamsbeth, Lingfield, Surrey, England

Notes: during his lifetime that Gainsborough was abandoned as the main family home and everything moved to Starborough castle. In Oct 1584, a month after his death in London, Lord William was buried in the church at Lingfield, his widow joining him there in Aug 1621 (this burial appears not to be recorded by the Church authorities).

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (3° B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Mother: Agnes TYRWHITT (B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Married: Catherine CLINTON FIENNES (B. Borough of Gainsborough) ABT 1568

Children:

1. Thomas BOROUGH (5° B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

2. Mary BOROUGH

Mary BOROUGH

Father: William BOROUGH (4° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Catherine CLINTON FIENNES (B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Married: Richard BULKELEY of Beaumaris, Anglesey, and Lewisham (d. 1621) (See his Biography) 1577

Children:

1. Catherine BULKELEY (m. Edwin Sandys)

2. Penelope BULKELEY

3. Elizabeth BULKELEY

4. Margaret BULKELEY

5. Dau. BULKELEY

6. Thomas BULKELEY of Cashells

7. Son BULKELEY

Thomas BOROUGH (5° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Born: 1558, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Died: 14 Oct 1597, Newry, Newry, Ireland

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Became a trusted royal servant; soldier, Ambassador, M.A. Oxford, Governor of Brill, Lieutenant of Ireland, and running rapidly out of money. To fund many of these enterprises, which, by rights were his Queen, Lord Thomas had to sell off and mortgage his estates. In 1595 he became indebted to William Bereblock for £3,000, and mortgaged the Lincolnshire estate, including Gainsborough, to him. By the time of his death, in Ireland, in Oct 1597 much of Northumberland, Yorkshire and the Kent/Surrey estates were either sold or mortgaged off. Gainsborough manor and its estate was sold, in 1596, to pay off Bereblock, for £5,200 to William Hickman, a London merchant - and so ended the Burghs long association with Lincolnshire. Died tragically young, serving Queen Elizabeth I as Lord Deputy of Ireland. All this time Lady Frances Borough and the family were living at Starborough castle, trying valiantly to save the finances. The heart rending letters that Lady Frances sent to Elizabeth I, begging for her husbands release from duties, still survive - but to no avail. Elizabeth had Lord Thomas buried, apparently, in St James Chapel, Westminster Abbey. Lady Frances lived on till Jul 1647, living in Westminster after Starborough castle was sold, having arranged marriages for all of the girls. She was buried in St.Margarets Church, Westminster, the same church as her daughter Frances had married Francis Coppinger in 1604. Starborough Castle itself was sold to Richard, Lord Richardson and the Borough families portraits (some full length), letters and heirlooms scattered amongst the four girls families.

Father: William BOROUGH (4° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Catherine CLINTON FIENNES (B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Married: Frances VAUGHAN (b. ABT 1562 - bur. 19 Jul 1647, St Margaret's, Westminster) ABT 1582

Children:

1. Anne BOROUGH

2. Frances BOROUGH

3. Thomas BOROUGH (b. ABT 1587 - d. 19 Mar 1602)

4. Robert BOROUGH (6° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

5. Elizabeth BOROUGH

6. Catherine BOROUGH (B. Berners)

Robert BOROUGH (6° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Born: ABT 1594

Died: 26 Feb 1602/3

Buried: Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England

Notes: named after Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, the Queen favourite, was only 3 years old in 1597, and was "in the care" of Thomas Bilson, Bishop of Winchester. Lord Robert died on the 26 Feb 1602/3 after a long illness. He left behind, through no personal fault, a ruined barony and four sisters to inherit it. The barony and the precious little that went with it descended to the girls, Elizabeth, Anne, Frances and Catherine. It was Elizabeth Burghs marriage to a distant relative, George Brooke, that eventually bought the barony to the Leith family by a complicated path of descent.

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (5° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Frances VAUGHAN

Anne BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1583

Died: BEF Jun 1508

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (5° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Frances VAUGHAN

Married: Dru DRURY (Sir Bt.) 11 Oct 1604, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Frances BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1586

Died: BEF 24 Nov 1619

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (5° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Frances VAUGHAN

Married: Francis COPPINGER (Sir Knight) (b. ABT 1585, St. Giles in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, England - d. AFT 15 Oct 1626) (son of Thomas Coppinger and Frances Brooke) ABT 1608

Children:

1. Lettice COPPINGER

2. Nicholas COPPINGER (m. Elizabeth Anderson)

Elizabeth BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1578, Gainsborough, Lincoln, England

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (5° B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Mother: Frances VAUGHAN

Married 1: George BROOKE 1599

Children:

1. William BROOKE (7° B. Cobham)

2. Frances BROOKE (b. ABT 1603, Cobham, Kent, England)

3. Elizabeth BROOKE (b. ABT 1605, Cobham, Kent, England)

Married 2: Francis REDE (b. 1574)

Catherine BOROUGH (B. Berners)

Born: ABT 1600, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Buried: 1 May 1646, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Father: Thomas BOROUGH (5° B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Mother: Frances VAUGHAN

Married: Thomas KNYVETT (3° B. Berners) 28 Feb 1620, St Mary Le Strand

Children:

1. Elizabeth KNYVETT (b. ABT 1621, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England) (m. Sir John Rous, Knight)

2. Thomas KNYVETT (chr. 3 Apr 1622, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England - bur. 9 Nov 1622, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England)

3. John KNYVETT (4° B. Berners) (m. Mary Bedingfield)

4. Thomas KNYVETT

5. Nathaniel KNYVETT (chr. 17 Feb 1625, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England - bur. 18 Feb 1628. Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England)

6. Muriel KNYVETT (chr. 22 May 1627, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England) (m. Robert Legard 21 Jun 1655, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England)

7. Elizabeth KNYVETT

John BOROUGH (Sir)

Born: ABT 1548

Married: Margaret BABINGTON (dau. of Thomas Babington and Eleanor Humphrey) 23 Jul 1576, Crossington, Leicestershire, England

Margaret BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1544

Married: Matthew BABINGTON (son of Thomas Babington and Eleanor Humphrey)

Henry BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1540, Broad Clist, Devonshire, England

Married: Elizabeth REYNELL (dau. of George Reynell and Joan Fortescue)

Anne BOROUGH

Born: 1548

Married: Henry ASHLEY

Richard BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1390, Yorkshire, England

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Jane BOROUGH

Jane BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1419, Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard BOROUGH

Mother: ¿?

Married: Guy ROCKLIFFE

Children:

1. Bryan ROCKLIFFE

Isabel BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1422

Married: Robert SUTTON

Catherine De BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1296

Died: 1 Nov 1331

Married:Maurice FITZTHOMAS FITZGERALD (1°E. Desmond)5 Aug 1312, Greencastle, Ireland

Children:

1. Maurice FITZMAURICE FITZGERALD (2°E. Desmond)

Elizabeth BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1324, Brough, Yorkshire, England

Father: William De BOROUGH

Mother: ¿?

Married: Richard De RICHMOND (son of Elyas De Richmond)

Children:

1. John (Richmond) BOROUGH

John (Richmond) BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1347, Brough, Yorkshire, England

Died: 1412

Father: Richard De RICHMOND

Mother: Elizabeth BOROUGH

Married: Catherine ASKE (dau. of Roger Aske)

Children:

1. William BOROUGH

William BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1371, Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Died: 1442

Buried: Catterick Church, Yorkshire, England

Father: John (Richmond) BOROUGH

Mother: Catherine ASKE

Married: Matilda La SALLES

Children:

1. Christopher BOROUGH

2. William BOROUGH

Christopher BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1393, Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Died: 1465

Buried: Catterick Church, Yorkshire, England

Father: William BOROUGH

Mother: Matilda La SALLES

Married: Anne CLEDROW

Children:

1. Joan BOROUGH

2. Beatrix BOROUGH

3. Agnes BOROUGH

William BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1396, Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Died: 1465

Buried: Catterick Church, Yorkshire, England

Father: William BOROUGH

Mother: Matilda La SALLES

Married: Ellen PICKERING

Children:

1. William BOROUGH

2. Elizabeth BOROUGH

3. George BOROUGH

4. Thomas BOROUGH

5. Richard BOROUGH

6. Elena BOROUGH

7. John BOROUGH

8. Catherine BOROUGH

9. Alice BOROUGH (Nun)

10. Jacob BOROUGH

George BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1426, Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Father: William BOROUGH

Mother: Ellen PICKERING

Married: Dau. PIRTON (dau. of William Pirton)

Richard BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1430, Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Father: William BOROUGH

Mother: Ellen PICKERING

Married: Eleonor SPENCER

Elena BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1432, Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Father: William BOROUGH

Mother: Ellen PICKERING

Married: Jacob MARSHALL

Catherine BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1436, Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Father: William BOROUGH

Mother: Ellen PICKERING

Married: Alan FULTHORY

Jacob BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1440, Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Father: William BOROUGH

Mother: Ellen PICKERING

Married: Dau. PROCTOR

William BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1435, Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Father: William BOROUGH

Mother: Ellen PICKERING

Married: Elizabeth CONYERS

Children:

1. John BOROUGH

2. Margery BOROUGH

3. Christopher BOROUGH

4. Anne BOROUGH

5. Margaret BOROUGH

6. Lucy BOROUGH

7. Margaret BOROUGH

8. William BOROUGH

Anne BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1454, Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Father: William BOROUGH

Mother: Elizabeth CONYERS

Married: John WALDEN

Lucy BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1458, Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Father: William BOROUGH

Mother: Elizabeth CONYERS

Married: John CATHERICK

William BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1462, Catterick, Yorkshire, England

Father: William BOROUGH

Mother: Elizabeth CONYERS

Married: Cecily METCALFFE

Anne BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1522

Died: 30 Sep 1592

Notes: her father, b. ABT 1498, was of Guildford Park Surrey, in the service of the Earl of Southampton.

Father: Thomas BOROUGH

Mother: ¿?

Married: Richard MYNORS (son of Thomas Mynors and Joan Vaughan) 28 Oct 1538

Children:

1. Richard MYNORS (b. ABT 1545)

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