Frances (Cromwell) Strode (abt. 1544 - 1562)

Born about 1544 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Strode Esq. — married 11 Nov 1560 in Compton, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1562 at about age 18 in England

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Frances Cromwell was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Frances's father was Sir Gregory Cromwell, of Putney, Baron Cromwell of Oakham, who had emerged unsullied (though much poorer) from the catastrophe that befell his father, Thomas Cromwell, aide to Henry VIII and Dissolver of Monasteries.^[1]

Her mother was Elizabeth Seymour, sister of the late Queen Jane and aunt of the future King Edward VI.

Frances married the Devon landowner Richard Strode of Newnham (in Plympton St Mary) Esq on 11 Nov 1560 at Compton, Devon, England.

They had one child, Sir William.

Frances died on 7 Feb 1562 (ambiguous), evidently not long after the birth of her child, and was buried at Plympton St Mary.

Sources

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. II. p. 404-6
• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV. p. 620

1. ↑ Marlyn Lewis calls Gregory the 2nd Baron, but Wikipedia insists that his title was a new creation, not a restoration of his father's forfeited title. Who's to say?

• Wikipedia page for her father
• Marlyn Lewis.
• Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2011), 4 vols, Volume 2, page 32, DAVIE 13. The Magna Carta ancestry of Frances's husband Richard Strode is pursued there.