Biography of Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham 1491-1531

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In or before 1482 [her father] Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 14) and [her mother] Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 12) were married.

Around 1491 Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham was born to [her father] Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 24) and [her mother] Elizabeth Blount Baroness Windsor (age 22).

In 1515 Ralph Scrope 9th Baron Scrope of Masham died. His brother [her future husband] Geoffrey (age 40) succeeded 10th Baron Scrope of Masham. Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham (age 24) by marriage Baroness Scrope of Masham.

Before 1516 Edward Neville (age 44) and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham (age 24) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1516 [her husband] Edward Neville (age 45) was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 24).

In 1516 [her husband] Edward Neville (age 45) was appointed Master of the Hounds to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 24).

In 1517 [her future husband] Geoffrey Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Masham (age 42) died. Baron Scrope of Masham abeyant between his three sisters Alice Scrope, [her future sister-in-law] Margaret Scrope and Elizabeth Scrope (age 62).

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In 1519 [her daughter] Frances Neville was born to [her husband] Edward Neville (age 48) and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham (age 28) at Addington Park, Kent. She married (1) 1548 Edward Waldegrave and had issue (2) 1562 her fourth cousin once removed Chideok Paulett, son of William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester and Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester.

Around 1520 [her son] Henry Neville was born to [her husband] Edward Neville (age 49) and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham (age 29). He married (1) 1553 Winifred Losse (2) before 1561 Frances aka Elizabeth Gresham and had issue (3) May 1578 Elizabeth Bacon.

Around 1522 [her daughter] Katherine Neville was born to [her husband] Edward Neville (age 51) and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham (age 31). She married in or before 1545 her third cousin once removed Clement Throckmorton and had issue.

In or before 1523 [her brother] William Windsor 2nd Baron Windsor (age 24) and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Sambourne Baroness Windsor (age 21) were married.

Around 1526 [her son] Edward Neville was born to [her husband] Edward Neville (age 55) and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham (age 35). He married in or before 1550 Katherine Brome and had issue.

Before 6th April 1529 Geoffrey Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Masham and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham (age 38) were married.

Before 25th March 1531 Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham (age 40) died.

Exeter Conspiracy

                    On 9th December 1538   at Tower Hill [Map]:
                
                    [her former husband] Edward Neville (age 67) was beheaded                

                    Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter (age 42) was beheaded. Marquess Exeter, Earl Devon, Earl Devon, Baron Okehampton forfeit as a consequence of his attainder.
                
                    Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu (age 46) was beheaded

In or before 1545 [her son-in-law] Clement Throckmorton (age 32) and [her daughter] Katherine Neville (age 22) were married. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

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Before 14th December 1573 Clement Throckmorton (age 61) and Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years; she, unusually, being older than him. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 14th December 1573 [her former son-in-law] Clement Throckmorton (age 61) died.