Sir Robert Southwell

Family and Education b. 1563, o.s. of Thomas Southwell of Wood Rising by his 2nd w. Mary, da. of Sir Richard Mansell. educ. travelled abroad; G. Inn 1580. m. 17 Apr. 1583, Elizabeth, da. of Charles Howard I, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 4s. 4da. suc. fa. 1567. Kntd. 1585.1

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J.p. Norf., Suff. from c.1584; sheriff, Norf. 1589-90; dep. lt. until July 1596, when he became commr. musters; v.-adm. Norf. by 1587-98.2

Biography When he was four years old, Southwell succeeded to extensive properties in Norfolk. He was allied to many Norfolk gentry families, and was brought up under Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, an overseer of his father’s will. As a youth he travelled in Italy, on his return apparently transferring his allegiance from the Norfolk section of the Howard. family to the politically more reputable Effingham branch, marrying Elizabeth Howard, and spending part of his time in Surrey: at least three of his eight children were baptized at Reigate, and he was returned to Parliament for Guildford through the influence of his father-in-law, Charles Howard. Southwell’s name is recorded only once in the journals of the 1597 Parliament, for a committee concerned with armour and weapons, 8 Nov. Southwell fought against the Armada, and eight years later distinguished himself at Cadiz.

In Norfolk he was active in county administration, and in 1588 he was listed as a knight of ‘great possessions’ able to sustain a peerage. He died 12 Oct. 1598 and was buried in the following month at Wood Rising. By his will, dated 2 Oct. 1598, he divided his lands into three parts: one-third to his son Thomas; one-third to his wife; and the remainder to her for the advancement of his daughters. The will was proved by the widow, who in 1604 married Sir John Stewart, Earl of Carrick. Southwell’s surviving son, Thomas, aged two at his father’s death, sold Wood Rising.3

Ref Volumes: 1558-1603 Author: R.C.G. Notes 1. C142/148/58; Norf. and Norwich Arch. Soc. i. 125-8; Surr. Arch. Soc. i. 413; ix. 425-6. 2. APC, xxvi. 53, 351; xxvii. 38, 223; xxviii. 483; xxix. 344. 3. Blomefield, Norf. x. 270, 277; C142/148/58; Coll. of Arms, Talbot mss, transcribed by G. Batho, G, f. 128; CSP Dom. 1595-7, pp. 190-1; D’Ewes, 553; Lansd. 104, ff. 51 seq.; Devereux, Earl of Essex, i. 361; Birch, Mems. ii. 54; HMC Hatfield, vi. 146; APC, xxv. 256; PCC 78 Lewyn; Surr. Arch. Soc. ix. 425-6; Norf. and Norwich Arch. Soc. i. 128.

• 'Sir Robert Southwell1
• 'M, #207693, d. before 1604
• Last Edited=2 Nov 2008
• ' Sir Robert Southwell was the son of Francis Southwell and Dorothy Tendring.2 He married Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Katherine Carey, before 1604.1 He died before 1604.1
• ' He held the office of Master of the Rolls.2
• 'Child of Sir Robert Southwell and Lady Elizabeth Howard
  • 1.Sir Richard Southwell+2
• Citations
• 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 60. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3689. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p20770.htm#i207693
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• 'Robert SOUTHWELL (Sir)
• 'Born: ABT 1563
• 'Died: 12 Oct 1599
• Father: Thomas SOUTHWELL
• Mother: Mary MANSELL
• 'Married: Elizabeth HOWARD (C. Carrick) 1583
• Children:
  • 1. Elizabeth SOUTHWELL
  • 2. Catherine SOUTHWELL
  • 3. Thomas SOUTHWELL (Sir)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SOUTHWELL.htm#Robert SOUTHWELL (Sir)2
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• 'SOUTHWELL, Sir Robert (1563-98), of Wood Rising, Norf.
• 'b. 1563, o.s. of Thomas Southwell of Wood Rising by his 2nd w. Mary, da. of Sir Richard Mansell. educ. travelled abroad; G. Inn 1580. m. 17 Apr. 1583, Elizabeth, da. of Charles Howard I, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 4s. 4da. suc. fa. 1567. Kntd. 1585.1
• Offices Held
  • J.p. Norf., Suff. from c.1584; sheriff, Norf. 1589-90; dep. lt. until July 1596, when he became commr. musters; v.-adm. Norf. by 1587-98.2
• Biography
• 'When he was four years old, Southwell succeeded to extensive properties in Norfolk. He was allied to many Norfolk gentry families, and was brought up under Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, an overseer of his father’s will. As a youth he travelled in Italy, on his return apparently transferring his allegiance from the Norfolk section of the Howard. family to the politically more reputable Effingham branch, marrying Elizabeth Howard, and spending part of his time in Surrey: at least three of his eight children were baptized at Reigate, and he was returned to Parliament for Guildford through the influence of his father-in-law, Charles Howard. Southwell’s name is recorded only once in the journals of the 1597 Parliament, for a committee concerned with armour and weapons, 8 Nov. Southwell fought against the Armada, and eight years later distinguished himself at Cadiz.
• 'In Norfolk he was active in county administration, and in 1588 he was listed as a knight of ‘great possessions’ able to sustain a peerage. He died 12 Oct. 1598 and was buried in the following month at Wood Rising. By his will, dated 2 Oct. 1598, he divided his lands into three parts: one-third to his son Thomas; one-third to his wife; and the remainder to her for the advancement of his daughters. The will was proved by the widow, who in 1604 married Sir John Stewart, Earl of Carrick. Southwell’s surviving son, Thomas, aged two at his father’s death, sold Wood Rising.3
• Ref Volumes: 1558-1603
• Author: R.C.G.
• Notes
• 1. C142/148/58; Norf. and Norwich Arch. Soc. i. 125-8; Surr. Arch. Soc. i. 413; ix. 425-6.
• 2. APC, xxvi. 53, 351; xxvii. 38, 223; xxviii. 483; xxix. 344.
• 3. Blomefield, Norf. x. 270, 277; C142/148/58; Coll. of Arms, Talbot mss, transcribed by G. Batho, G, f. 128; CSP Dom. 1595-7, pp. 190-1; D’Ewes, 553; Lansd. 104, ff. 51 seq.; Devereux, Earl of Essex, i. 361; Birch, Mems. ii. 54; HMC Hatfield, vi. 146; APC, xxv. 256; PCC 78 Lewyn; Surr. Arch. Soc. ix. 425-6; Norf. and Norwich Arch. Soc. i. 128.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/so...
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• 'Elizabeth Howard (buried 31 March 1646). Maid of honour to Elizabeth I of England. She was married first to Sir Robert Southwell. One of their daughters, Elizabeth, was a lover and eventually a third wife of Robert Dudley (explorer). Another daughter, Frances, married Edward Rodney.' Elizabeth Howard was secondly married to John Stewart, 1st Earl of Carrick.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howard,_1st_Earl_of_Nottingham
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When he was four years old, Southwell succeeded to extensive properties in Norfolk. He was allied to many Norfolk gentry families, and was brought up under Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, an overseer of his father'b4s will. As a youth he travelled in Italy, on his return apparently transferring his allegiance from the Norfolk section of the Howard. family to the politically more reputable Effingham branch, marrying Elizabeth Howard, and spending part of his time in Surrey: at least three of his eight children were baptized at Reigate, and he was returned to Parliament for Guildford through the influence of his father-in-law, Charles Howard. Southwell'b4s name is recorded only once in the journals of the 1597 Parliament, for a committee concerned with armour and weapons, 8 Nov. Southwell fought against the Armada, and eight years later distinguished himself at Cadiz. In Norfolk he was active in county administration, and in 1588 he was listed as a knight of great possessions'b4 able to sustain a peerage. He died 12 Oct. 1598 and was buried in the following month at Wood Rising. By his will, dated 2 Oct. 1598, he divided his lands into three parts: one-third to his son Thomas; one-third to his wife; and the remainder to her for the advancement of his daughters. The will was proved by the widow, who in 1604 married Sir John Stewart, Earl of Carrick. Southwell'b4s surviving son, Thomas, aged two at his father'b4s death, sold Wood Rising. It is quite likely that Sir Robert died of an infectious disease as his servant, Edmund Green, was buried 3 days before Robert. His wife'b4s servant, Agnes Shepard, was buried 2 days later. It should be noted that smallpox and the Plague were still endemic in England at this time.

Rear Admiral under his father-in-law, Charles Howard, Lord High Admiral of England, during the attack of the Spanish Armada 1588. Little is known of Robert's early life. He was only three when his father died and his wardship was granted to Thomas Hennadge and William Cooke with an annuity of £40 until he reached the age often when it was increased to £50 a year. As a minor he would as yet been uanble to inherit the Woodrising estate and was probably brought up at Woodrising by his father's widow, his stepmother Nazareth, who was still a widow in 1571 and at that time was described as a gentlewoman of the privy chamber. She eventually married Lord Paget. Lord Paget was a known Catholic and at one time was imprisoned for his faith, and in 1583 he fled to Paris to satisfy his conscience and cure his gout. He was not a good husband and banned his wife from keeping any of her Southwell servants. He probably spent little time at Woodrising and he and Nazareth formally separated in 1581. During this period the Southwell family lived in relative obscurity, but do not appear to have been considered a threat in spite of their Catholic links.

In the spring of 1583, Robert made a propitious marriage to Elizabeth the daughter of Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham, Earl of Nottingham and Lord High Admiral of England. They had eleven children, six of whom died at an early age or died unmarried. Two of their daughters married well, Katherine to Sir Geville Verney and Frances to Sir Edward Rodney, and Elizabeth more questionably to Sir Robert Dudley. Their only son to marry, Thomas, was married twice but had just four daughters, so once again there was no direct male heir to the Woodrising estate.

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Sir Robert Southwell

BIRTH 1563 DEATH 12 Oct 1598 (aged 34–35) Norfolk, England BURIAL Saint Nicholas Churchyard Woodrising, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England MEMORIAL ID 149096494 · View Source==