Elizabeth Bryan |
Elizabeth Bryan<br>Gender: Female<br>Birth: 1495 - Whichford, Warwickshire, England<br>Marriage: 1514 - Surrey, England<br>Death: July 17 1546 - Whichford, Warwickshire, England<br>Burial: June 16 1546 - St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex, England<br>Parents: Thomas Bryan, Margaret Bourchier<br>Spouses: Sir Nicholas Carew, Thomas Annis<br>Children: Mary Darcy (born Carew), ;Anne Carew, Elizabeth Carew, Isabel Saunders (born Carew), Lord Francis Carew<br>Siblings: Edmund Bryan, Thomas Knight Bryan, Lady Alice Bryan, Joan Bryan, Sir Francis Bryan I Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, "The Vicar of Hell", Margaret Guildford (born Bryan), Lady Mary Bryan, John Bryant<br> Additional information:
TitleOfNobility: Lady
LifeSketch: Elisabeth Alice Bryan was a first half-cousin of both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard and a second half-cousin of Jane Seymour, which increased her standing at court. Her only brother was Sir Francis Bryan, called "the Vicar of Hell" for his lack of principles. She is said to have been friends with Bessie Blount, Henry's mistress who produced an illegitimate son in 1519. Her mother, Margaret Bourchier, was a half-sister of Anne Boleyn's mother, Elizabeth Howard, and also of Catherine Howard's father, Edmund Howard, sharing the same mother but different fathers. With Jane Seymour they both shared a great-grandmother; their grandmothers were half-sisters who shared the same mother but had different fathers. The king made huge presents to her over the years, including royal jewels. halcyon days of the reign, Elizabeth and her future husband were members of the king's inner social circle and performed regularly in the masques and dances that were among his favorite pastimes. Henry almost certainly arranged their marriage: he attended their wedding and endowed them with a gift of 50 marks' worth of land. In those years, the king showered Elizabeth Bryan with "beautiful diamonds and pearls and innumerable jewels."
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