Elizabeth Carey

Elizabeth Danvers

Elizabeth Danvers née Neville, later Elizabeth Carey by remarriage (1545/50–1630), was an English noblewoman. She was the mother of Sir Charles Danvers, executed in 1601 for his part in the rebellion of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and of Sir John Danvers, one of the commissioners who tried King Charles I and signed the King's death warrant.

Elizabeth Neville, born between 1545 and 1550, was the youngest daughter of John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer, and Lucy Somerset, the daughter of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester, by his second wife, Elizabeth Browne, the daughter of Sir Anthony Browne, Lieutenant of Calais, by his second wife, Lucy Neville, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu. She had three elder sisters:[1]

Katherine Neville (1545/6 – 28 October 1596), who married firstly, Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland, and secondly, Francis Fitton of Binfield.

Dorothy Neville (1548-1609), who married Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, eldest son of Lord Burghley.

Lucy Neville (c.1549 – April 1608), who married Sir William Cornwallis (c.1551-1611) of Brome, Suffolk.

The antiquarian and biographer, John Aubrey, whose ancestor she was,[2] describes her in his Brief Lives (1693), stating that she had Chaucer at her fingers' ends:[3]

• Elizabeth Danvers, his mother, an Italian, prodigeous parts for a Woman. I have heard my father’s mother say that she had Chaucer at her fingers' ends. A great Politician; great Witt and spirit, but revengeful: knew how to manage her estate as well as any man; understood Jewels as well as any Jeweller. Very Beautiful, but only short-sighted. To obtain Pardons for her Sonnes she maryed Sir Edmund Carey, cosen-german to Queen Elizabeth, but kept him to hard meate.

Elizabeth married firstly, Sir John Danvers (1540 – 10 December 1594) of Dauntsey, Wiltshire, the son of Sylvester Danvers (1518 – 1549?) and his first wife, Elizabeth Mordaunt, second daughter of John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt of Turvey, and the grandson of Thomas Danvers (d.1532) and Margaret Courtenay, the youngest daughter of Sir William Courtenay (d.1512) of Powderham Castle, Devon, by Cecily Cheney, the daughter of Sir John Cheney of Pincourt.[4]

Elizabeth Neville and Sir John Danvers had three sons and seven daughters:[5]

• Sir Charles Danvers (c.1568-1601), who died without issue.
• Sir Henry Danvers (1573-1644), who died without issue.
• Sir John Danvers (28 June 1588 – 16 April 1655), who married firstly, about 1609, Magdalen Newport (d.1627), the daughter of Sir Richard Newport[6] of High Ercall. At the time of the marriage Magdalen Newport had been for twelve years the widow of Richard Herbert of Montgomery Castle, by whom she had ten children, including Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, and the poet, George Herbert. The year after Magdalen Newport's death Sir John Danvers married secondly, Elizabeth Dauntsey (d.1636), the daughter and coheir of Sir Ambrose Dauntsey, esquire, by whom he had several children. After remaining a widower for twelve years, he married thirdly, in 1648, Grace Hewes (d.1670), the daughter of Thomas Hewes of Kemerton, by whom he had a son, John Danvers.
• Lucy Danvers (1572-1621), who married, before 1545, Sir Henry Baynton of Bromham, Wiltshire.
• Elizabeth Danvers, who married, as his second wife, Sir Edward Hoby of Bisham Abbey.
• Eleanor Danvers (d.1601), who married Sir Thomas Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire, from whom are descended the Dukes of Leeds.
• Anne Danvers, who married, before 1545, Sir Arthur Porter of Lanteney, Gloucestershire.
• Katherine Danvers, who married Sir Richard Gargrave of Nostel, Yorkshire.
• Mary Danvers, who predeceased her father.
• Dorothy Danvers (1590-1650), who married Sir Peter Osborne of Chicksands, Bedfordshire, by whom she was the mother of Dorothy Osborne.

On 4 October 1594 Lady Danvers' second son, Henry Danvers, killed Henry Long, the younger brother of Sir Walter Long, in the course of a local feud. Accounts of the murder conflict in some details. According to Lady Danvers' version of events, her husband, Sir John Danvers, in his capacity as a justice of the peace, had learned of two robberies and a murder committed by the servants of Sir Walter Long. Sir Walter, his brothers and his followers had then turned against Danvers, and members of the Long faction had murdered one of Sir John Danvers' men and committed a number of other outrages. Letters were exchanged between members of the Danvers and Long families, and in a letter to Sir Charles Danvers, Henry Long threatened to whip him, and called him 'Asse, Puppie, ffoole & Boy'. Sir Charles and others sought out Henry Long at an 'ordinary' or inn in Corsham, and cudgelled him, but found the door locked when they were ready to leave. Long drew his sword against Sir Charles, dangerously wounding him, and Sir Henry Danvers shot Long. The Danvers brothers fled to Whitley Lodge near Titchfield Abbey, where their friend, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, sheltered them. They were outlawed, and eventually escaped to the continent where they took refuge at the court of King Henri IV.[7]

The disaster which had befallen his sons may have hastened the death of Sir John Danvers, who died only two months later, on 19 December 1594, and was buried in Dauntsey church. He is memorialized in verses composed by relative by marriage, the poet George Herbert, after viewing his portrait:[8]

• Passe not by.
• Search and you may
• Find a treasure
• Worth your stay.
• What makes a Danvers
• Would you find?
• In a fayre bodie
• A fayre mind.
• Sir John Danvers' earthly part
• Here is copied out by art;
• But his heavenly and divine,
• In his progenie doth shine....

In 1598 the widowed Lady Danvers married Sir Edmund Carey (c.1557-September 12, 1637), son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth. It was generally considered she did so in order to obtain a pardon for her sons. Other efforts were made on their behalf as well, and at the end of June 1598 Queen Elizabeth relented, and pardoned both the Danvers brothers on condition that they pay Sir Walter Long £1500 damages for the murder of his brother. On 30 August 1598 John Chamberlain noted that Sir Charles and Sir Henry Danvers had arrived in London.[9]

In February 1601 Sir Charles Danvers took part in Essex' short-lived rebellion, and was convicted of treason. He offered to pay £10,000 for his life, but to no avail. He was beheaded on Tower Hill on 18 March 1601.[10]

After Essex's execution Sir Henry Danvers served with the English forces in Ireland under Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, and on 21 July 1603, shortly after his accession, King James I created him Baron Danvers of Dauntsey ‘for his valiant service at Kinsale in Ireland’. In 1604 the verdict of outlawry against the Danvers brothers was reversed.[11]

Lady Carey's third son, Sir John Danvers, was a regicide after the First English Civil War.

Lady Carey died in 1630, aged 84, and was buried under an altar tomb in St. Michael’s Church at Church Stowe in Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire. The monument by Nicholas Stone, master mason to King James I, was installed about 1620 during her lifetime, and is said to be 'one of the finest pieces of sculpture of the age'.[12]

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Danvers

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• Elizabeth Neville1
• F, #52370, b. circa 1550
• Father Sir John Neville, 4th Lord Latimer b. c 1520, d. 23 Apr 1577
• Mother Lucy Somerset1 b. c 1524, d. 23 Feb 1583
• Elizabeth Neville was born circa 1550 at of Latimer, Yorkshire, England; Age 27 in 1577.1 She married Sir John Danvers, son of Silvester Danvers and Elizabeth Mordaunt, circa 1570.2 Elizabeth Neville married Sir Edmund Carey, son of Sir Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, Governor of Berwick, Keeper of Hyde Park and Anne Morgan, after 1594.2,3 Elizabeth Neville was buried on 24 June 1630 at Stowe, Northamptonshire, England.2
• Family 1 Sir John Danvers b. c 1540, d. 19 Dec 1594
• Family 2 Sir Edmund Carey b. c 1557, d. 12 Sep 1637
• Citations
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VII, p. 485.
• [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VII, p. 485-486.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1743.htm#... ___________________________
• Elizabeth Neville
• F, #173066, b. 1545, d. circa 21 June 1630
• Last Edited=18 Feb 2014
• Index=0.28%
• Elizabeth Neville was born in 1545.1 She was the daughter of John Neville, 4th Lord Latymer and Lady Lucy Somerset.2 She married, firstly, Sir John Danvers.3 She married, secondly, Sir Edmund Carey, son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon and Ann Morgan, after 1594.2 She died circa 21 June 1630.1 She was buried on 24 June 1630.2
• Her married name became Carey.2 Her married name became Danvers.3
• Children of Elizabeth Neville and Sir John Danvers
  • Eleanor Danvers+ d. c Aug 1666
  • Catharine Danvers+
  • Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby4
  • Dorothy Danvers+
  • Lucy Danvers5 d. 1621
• Citations
• [S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2247. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 154. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
• [S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 174. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.
• [S3268] Hans Harmsen, "re: Chester Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 21 August 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Chester Family."
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p17307.htm#i173066 ______________________
• Elizabeth NEVILLE
• Born: ABT 1550
• Died: 1630
• Notes: he was an ancestor of the biographer John Aubrey who recorded that she “had Chaucer at her fingers’ ends” and “understood jewels as well as any jeweler” as well as being about to “manage her estate as well as any man”. Elizabeth married Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey, Wiltshire. Their children were Sir Charles, Lucy, Sir Henry, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Anne, Catherine, Mary, John, and Dorothy. In Oct 1595, Charles and Henry were forced to flee the country following the murder of Henry Long, a member of the family with whom the Danvers family had been feuding for some time. In order to facilitate obtaining pardons for them, Elizabeth married Sir Edmund Carey, Queen Elizabeth’s cousin. Shortly thereafter, Sir Charles was allowed to return to England. Sir Henry was pardoned a bit later. In 1601, however, Charles was again in need of a pardon, but this time his crime was conspiring with the Earl of Essex and although his mother offered to pay £10,000 for his release, he was executed for treason.
• Father: John NEVILLE (4º B. Latimer)
• Mother: Lucy SOMERSET (B. Latimer)
• Married 1: John DANVERS of Dauntsey (Sir Knight) (See his Biography) (son of Sylvester Danvers of Dauntsey and Elizabeth Mordaunt)
• Children:
  • 1. Charles DANVERS (Sir) (See his Biography)
  • 2. Henry DANVERS (1º E. Danby) (See his Biography)
  • 3. John DANVERS (Sir MP) (b. 28 Jun 1585 - d. 16 Apr 1655) (m.1 Magdalen Newport - m.2 Elizabeth Dauntesey - m.3 Grace Hewes)
  • 4. Elizabeth DANVERS (m. Sir Edward Hoby)
  • 5. Eleanor DANVERS (d. 1601) (m. Sir Thomas Walmesley)
  • 6. Lucy DANVERS (b. 1572 - d. 1621) (m. Sir Henry Bayntun)
  • 7. Anne DANVERS
  • 8. Catherine DANVERS
  • 9. Mary DANVERS
  • 10. Dorothy DANVERS (b. 1590 - d. 1650) (m. Peter Osborne)
• Married 2: Edmund CAREY (Sir Knight)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/NEVILLE3.htm#Elizabeth NEVILLE2 ______________
• Lady Elizabeth Neville Carey
• Birth: unknown
• Death: 1630
• Family links:
• Parents:
• John Neville (1520 - 1577)
• Lucy Somerset Neville (1524 - 1583)
• Spouse:
• John Danvers (1540 - 1593)
• Children:
  • Lucy Danvers Baynton (____ - 1621)*
  • Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby (1573 - 1643)*
  • John Danvers (1585 - 1655)*
• Siblings:
• Dorothy Neville Cecil (____ - 1608)*
• Elizabeth Neville Carey (____ - 1630)
• Katherine Neville Percy (1546 - 1596)*
• Burial: St Michael's Church, Stowe Nine Churches, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
• Find A Grave Memorial# 119670091
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119670091 __________
• DANVERS, John (1540-94), of Dauntsey, Wilts. and Cirencester, Glos.
• b. 1540, 1st s. of Sylvester Danvers of Dauntsey. m. Elizabeth, 4th da. and coh. of John Nevill, 4th Lord Latimer, 3s. inc. Charles 6da. suc. fa. 1551. Kntd. 1574.1
• .... etc.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/da... ______________
• CAREY, Edmund (d.1637), of Culham, Oxon.
• 6th s. of Henry Carey†, 1st Baron Hunsdon, by Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Morgan of Arkestone, Herefs.; bro. of Sir George, Henry, John, Robert and William. educ. G. Inn 1580. m. (1) Mary, da. and h. of Christopher Coker of Croft, Devon, 3s. 2 or 3da.; (2) c.1596, Elizabeth (d.1630), da. and coh. of John Neville, 4th Lord Latimer, wid. of John Danvers of Dauntsey, Wilts.; (3) Judith, da. of Laurence Humphrey of Winchester, Hants, wid. of ?Thomas Bury of Culhampton and Sir George Rivers of Chafford, Kent. Kntd. 1586.3
• .... etc.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/ca... ____________
• Links
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Danvers
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Danvers
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Somerset
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/da...
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/da...
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/JohnDanvers.htm
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Neville,_4th_Baron_Latimer
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Danvers,_1st_Earl_of_Danby
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Carey
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Danvers,_Charles_(DNB00)
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Danvers,_Henry_(1573-1644)_(DNB00)
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Danvers,_John_(DNB00)

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