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About Anne Winter


Sir Edward Winter (d. 3 March 1619), eldest son and heir, mentioned in the will below, and in the will, supra, of his grandmother, Dame Mary Judde, TNA PROB 11/99/135. He married, on 11 August 1595, Anne Somerset, daughter of Edward Somerset (c.1550–1628), 4th Earl of Worcester, by whom he had seven sons and three daughters. In 1585 he played a prominent role in the capture of Cartagena during Sir Francis Drake’s voyage to the West Indies.

References

  • Maclean, John and W.C. Heane, eds., The Visitation of the County of Gloucester Taken in the Year 1623, Vol. XXI, (London: Harleian Society, 1885), “Wynter.” Page 273. Archive.Org Children of William Winter and Maria Langton: 1. Edwardus (miles) = Anna, filia Edw. comitis Wigorniae [Worcester] 2. Nicholaus & 3. Jacobus ob. s. p’le. 4. William. Maria ux Thomas Baynham. Elianora ux George Huntley.
  • Will of William Winter, 1589. http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-73-383.pdf