BOROUGH of Gainsborough

Notes: The family sprang from Sir Hubert de Burgh, younger son of Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent and his wife Beatrix de Warrene. 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.

Father: Hugh BURGH

Mother: Elizabeth De la POLE

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: See his Biography.

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

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 Leighton Bromswold (Sir)

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. Life at Gainsborough, was under an over-bearing father given to violent rages, and the memories of the recently deceased lunatic were prevalent. Thomas ruled his family with an iron hand, requiring absolute obedience. 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 (Sir)

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)

Edward BOROUGH (Sir)

Died: 1533

Notes: Catherine’s full dowry had not been paid by 1531, and perhaps this was the reason for the couple remaining in his parents’ home. Eventually, in Oct 1530, Edward was appointed as Steward, in survivorship with his father, of the Manor of Kirton-in-Lindsey, some 15 miles north-east of Gainsborough and took up residence there. He also sat on the various Commissions of the Peace for that county. Edward and Catherine had no children. Dr. James, in her biography of Catherine, suggests that Edward may have been homosexual, but adduces no evidence. Edward died sometime in early 1533 from unknown causes.

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

Mother: Agnes TYRWHITT (B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

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

Thomas BOROUGH (Sir)

Died: BEF 28 Feb 1550

Notes: Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Owen, is identified as the faithless wife who had children by another person during the marriage. When Elizabeth gave birth to her first child, Margaret, her father-in-law became convinced that she was guilty of adultery and disowned her. Destitute, Elizabeth petitioned Thomas Cromwell for an income. In 1543, matters detriorated further when her father-in-law secured an act of Parliament that declared all three of the children born to Elizabeth during his son’s lifetime to be illegitimate. The summary of this act in "Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII" vol 18, pt. 1 (1543) p. 46 #66 (London: HMSO, 1901) reads: "That whereas Elizabeth Burgh, late wife of Thomas lord Burgh (sic) lived in adultery during her husband's lifetime, and had children Margaret, Humfrey and Arthur by persons other than her husband, as she has partly confessed, these children are to be taken as bastards". Catherine Parr, who was briefly the wife of Edward, second Lord Borough, or perhaps one of Thomas Borough's daughter-in-laws, paid Elizabeth a pension from her own chamber accounts during her tenure as Queen (1543-1547). Ironically, in his will, Lord Borough left Elizabeth's daughter, Margaret, a legacy of 700 marks, an indication that he might have changed his mind. The 3rd baron Borough was a tyrant who ruled his family with an iron hand. There was also a strain of madness in the Borough family, a fact from which one may infer whatever they choose about the charges against Elizabeth Owen.

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. Margaret BOROUGH (b. 1537)

2. Humprey BOROUGH

3. Arthur 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

Died: 1582

Notes: her only child was a considerable heiress, and was betrothed to a son of Sir William Fairfax in 1536, but disputes between the two fathers over the manor of Wigsley in Nottingham and other properties led Bussy to pay Fairfax £450 in 1539 to relinquish his claim to both Agnes and the land. She was then married to Edmund Brudenell of Deene (b. 1521- d. 24 Feb 1585). They were visited there by Queen Elizabeth on her progress of 1566. Agnes and Edmund quarreled over money, Edmund’s unfaithfulness, religion (she was a staunch Protestant; he was sympathetic to Catholic recusants), how long to stay at Deene and how long at Houghham, and (in 1562) over title deeds. As a wife, Agnes had few legal rights. At one point she had to borrow money from her cousin, John Bussy, to pay her dressmaking bill. However, she did apparently have some say in the distribution of Bussy lands after her death and she paid her cousin, Richard Topcliffe (their mothers were sisters and Topcliffe’s sister was married to Brudenell’s brother) an annuity. Because Agnes was childless, there were several cousins with claims on her estate. Early on, Brudenell conspired with John Bussy to defraud the others by taking Agnes to London while another woman pretended to be her in court and surrendered the Bussy lands. The plan was to split the inheritance but Bussy backed out at the last minute. After the death of her second husband, Sir Anthony Neville, Agnes’s mother (Anne) lived with the Brudenells. In the Oct following Anne's death, when Agnes was ailing, Sir Walter Mildmay brokered an agreement for the distribution of the property after Agnes's death. In addition to deciding on her heir, Agnes wished to endow schools. Included was a provision that Brudenell (now Sir Edmund) “banish Kelam’s wife out of his company”. Brudenell, however, had plans of his own. He secretly negotiated a deal with Anthony Mears of Kirton, the principal heir to the seven manors Agnes had brought with her when they married. Two days after Agnes died, Sir Edmund purchased the Bussy inheritance from Mears for an undisclosed amount. This was contested by other Bussy relatives and the lawsuits were still ongoing in 1589, well after Sir Edmund himself had died. At one point he was even accused of giving her “lewd physic” to shorten her life, but there was no basis for this charge. Some three months passed between the date when Sir Edmund was supposed to have poisoned his wife and her death and in the interim she was well enough to have a company of players come to Deene and perform. After Agnes’s death, Sir Edmund remarried, taking as his bride one Audrey Fernley, widow of Anthony Rone of Houndslow. They had one child, a daughter, in 1584. Audrey died soon after she was born. Upon Sir Edmund’s death the following year, the infant inherited an annuity of 100 marks (£55 13s. 4d.) and a marriage portion of £3000.

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 (b. ABT 1523 - d. 8 Jan 1583) (m. Edmund Brudennell of Deene)

Married 2: Anthony NEVILLE (Sir Knight)

Margaret BOROUGH

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

Mother: Agnes TYRWHITT (B. Boroughof Gainsborough)

Married: Robert TOPCLIFFE

Children:

1. Richard TOPCLIFFE (b. ABT 1533 - d. ABT 1604) (m. Jane Willoughby)

2. Dau. 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

3. John BOROUGH (Sir)

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

John BOROUGH (Sir)

Born: 1562, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Died: 1594

Notes: In Mar 1593, Sir John Borough challenged John Gilbert (b. ABT 1575 – d. 1608, son of Sir Humphrey Gilbert). In Aug 1592 Borough had captured the Portuguese carrack The Madre de Dios, with its rich cargo. He had with John Gilbert. A bitter dispute with Gilbert about supposed embezzlement of jewels from it. As duelling was forbidden, negotiations were conducted secretly, concealed from the court.

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

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

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. Borough of Gainsborough) (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(B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Anne BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1583

Died: BEF Jun 1608

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

Mother: Frances VAUGHAN(B. Borough of Gainsborough)

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 (B. Borough of Gainsborough)

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)

Associated with: George BROOKE

Elizabeth BOROUGH

Born: ABT 1578, Gainsborough, Lincoln, England

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

Mother: Frances VAUGHAN (B. Borough of Gainsborough)

Married 1: George BROOKE 1599

Children:

1. William BROOKE (7° B. Cobham)

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