Frances Palsgrave

Frances Palsgrave (Palgrave/Pagrave) was the daughter of Henry Palsgrave of Little Pagrave, Norfolk (c.1470-October 1516) and Anne Glemham (d.1518+). Through her maternal grandmother, she was a cousin of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk and was a lady in waiting to Brandon’s wife, Mary Tudor, former queen of France. She married Sir William Pennington of Muncaster (1487-April 20, 1532) and had at least two children, Anne (c.1506-1544+) and William (1517-March 5, 1573). Frances's husband was a tenant of the duke of Suffolk, occupying the manor of Costessey, Norfolk. Sir Richard Southwell, a follower of the duke of Norfolk, together with twenty men, including two of his brothers, Robert and Anthony, killed Sir William Pennington in the sanctuary at Westminster Abbey. Details are frustratingly scarce, but Southwell and the others were pardoned. He was fined £1000. In lieu of payment, he ceded two manors, Coggeshall and Fillols Hall, Essex, to the king. He gained both wealth and prominence in the following years. Frances's fate is unknown.