Brief Life History of Lady Elizabeth
When Lady Elizabeth Carew was born in 1528, in Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland, her father, Sir William Carew, was 45 and her mother, Joan Courtenay, was 45. She married Sir Robert Edward Drury in 1579, in County Carlow, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 29 January 1620, in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland, at the age of 92, and was buried in Rougham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Elizabeth Drury Drury, "Find A Grave Index"
- From 'The History of the Family of Drury In the Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk From the Conquest' by Arthur Campling, London, 1937:
Spouse and Children
Children (15)
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World Events (2)
1547
Henry VIII dies, succeeded by the boy king Edward VI. England and Ireland were ruled by the senior nobility of England.
1603
Accession of James I. Surrender of Hugh O'Neill. Enforcement of English Law in Ireland.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Aileen, James Patrick, Kieran.
Welsh (Pembrokeshire): habitational name from any of various minor places in Wales, in particular one near Pembroke with a major castle, named from Welsh caer ‘fort’ + rhiw ‘hill, slope’. The surname was taken to Ireland soon after the Norman invasion of England and was Gaelicized as de Carrún. In the 16th century a family called Carew from Devon played an important part in establishing the Tudor administration in Ireland.
Cornish (Somerset and Devon): from the cognate Cornish word kerrow (plural of ker ‘fort’), which occurs seven times as a placename in Cornwall.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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