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 1573 - 1629 (56 years)
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| Name |
Robert Radcliffe |
| Suffix |
5th Earl Sussex |
| Birth |
12 Jun 1573 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Acceded |
1593 |
| Death |
22 Sep 1629 |
Clerkenwell, England  |
| Burial |
23 Oct 1629 |
Boreham, Essex, England |
| Notes |
- http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/RADCLIFFE1.htm#Robert%20RADCLIFFE%20(5º%20E.%20Sussex)
«u»Knight of the Garter <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm>«/u». 11º B. Fitzwalter The Complete Peerage vol.V, p.488. Viscount FitzWalter 5th. / The Complete Peerage vol.XIIp1,p.526-528. Fought on campaigns under «u»«b»Essex <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RobertDevereux(2EEssex).htm>«/u»«/b», being knighted during the taking of Cadiz. He was also writing letters requesting employment from the Secretary of State: "«i»I had much rather make a good end in her Majesty's service than to live in miserable poverty at home«/i»". Implicated in the «u»Essex´s Rebellion <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Essex_rebellion.htm>«/u».
«b»Robert, Lord Sussex«/b», and «b»Bridget, Lady Sussex«/b», separated in about 1600, but «b»Lady Sussex«/b» refused to grant a divorce. Thereafter, «b»Lord Sussex«/b» took up residence with «b»Frances Meutas«/b», the widow of «b»Edward Shute«/b», and to them an illegitimate daughter, «b»Jane«/b», was born. «b»Robert«/b» and «b»Frances«/b» finally married after «b»Countess Bridget«/b»'s death in 1624. [Charles B. Hampson, THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES (privately printed Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Ltd., at the University Press, 1940) pp. 102, 104.]
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| Person ID |
I58258 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
7 Mar 2009 |
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