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Lucretia / Lucreece Lanier (Bassano)

Also Known As: "Lucreece"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: London, England (family came from, Bassano del Grappa, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Death: January 04, 1634 (80)
Rochester, East Greenwich, Kent, England
Place of Burial: East Greenwich, Kent, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Antonio Bassano and Elena Bassano
Wife of Nicholas Lanier and Nicholas "The Elder" Lanier, Sr.
Mother of Samuell Lanier; Alphonse Lanier; Innocent Lanier; Jerome Lanier; 1574 Lanier and 16 others
Sister of Angelica Slostchan; Margaretta Bassano; Isabella Fusieco (Bassano); Elizabeth Frigera / Grasso; Mark Anthony Bassano and 5 others

Managed by: William Chandler Lanier, Jr.
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About Lucretia / Lucreece Lanier

The name of Lanier's first wife is unknown (he married her some time before 1565), but following the custom that at court, marriages were arranged or at least approved by the Queen, Nicholas Lanier was paired with Lucreece Bassano, daughter of Anthony Bassano. The couple prospered, acquiring a great deal of property in East Greenwich, Blackheath, and nearby. Their home was reportedly fitted up with a theatre. Nicholas Lanier was appointed Musician of the Flutes in 1604.



Lucretia Bassano was born September 24, 1556, in London, England. She is the daughter of Anthony Bassano and Elena De Nazzi.[1][2]

Lucretia married Nicholas Lanier February 13, 1571, at All Hallows Barking Parish in London.[3]

Lucreece (Bassano) Lanier died January 4, 1634, in East Greenwich, England, and was buried at St. Alphege in Greenwich in Kent.[1]

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Lucretia / Lucreece Lanier's Timeline

1553
September 26, 1553
London, England (family came from, Bassano del Grappa, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
1556
September 24, 1556
Age 3
London, England, United Kingdom
1565
July 14, 1565
St Olaves, Hart, London, England
1565
London, England
1571
1571
1572
1572
1572
Greenwich, London, England (United Kingdom)
1573
1573
East Greenwich, Kent
1573