Elizabeth was born about 1530, the daughter of Adrian Fortescue but her mother is unknown. The place is not known.
She died about JUN 1602. The place is not known.
Her husband was Thomas Bromely. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their eight known children were Ann (c1555-?), Murell (c1557-?), Jane (c1559-?), Henry (c1560-c1615), Elizabeth (c1562-?), Thomas (c1563-?), George (c1564-?) and Edward (c1566-?).
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| Birth | ABT 1530 | ||||||
| Death | ABT JUN 1602 | ||||||
| Burial | 2 JUN 1602 |
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Note 1
!Source: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/sir-thomas-bromley
Sir Thomas Bromley died on 12th April 1587 and was buried in the chapel of St Paul in Westminster Abbey. He was born in 1530, the second son of George Bromley of Hodnet in the county of Shropshire and Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon.
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Sir Thomas Bromley died on 12th April 1587 and was buried in the chapel of St Paul in Westminster Abbey. He was born in 1530, the second son of George Bromley of Hodnet in the county of Shropshire and Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon. He was descended from an ancient family established since the reign of King John at Bromleghe in Staffordshire. He was educated at Oxford and entered the Inner Temple in London as a lawyer and he was also a Member of Parliament. In 1579 he became Lord Chancellor and presided at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue, and she was buried at St Margaret's Church Westminster on 2nd June 1602 . Thomas' elder brother George was also an eminent lawyer and M.P. and married Joan Wannerton.
!Source: The Visitation of Shropshire, TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1623, BY ROBERT TRESSWELL, SOMERSET HERALD, AND AUGUSTINE VINCENT, ROUGE CROIX PURSUIVANT OF ARMS;
Marshals and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms. WITH ADDITIONA FROM THE PEDIGREES OF SHROPSHIRE GENTRY TAKEN BY THE HERALDS IN THE YEARS 1569 AND 1584, AND OTHER SOURCES. EDITED BY GEORGE GRAZEBROOK, F.S.A. AND JOHN PAUL RYLANDS, F.S.A.,OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARR1STER-AT-LAW. PART I. LONDON: 1889. page 77
Bromley.
Will'm Bromley of Mitley = Beatrix da. of Humfry Hill of
Esqr son and heire. Blore and Buntingsdale.
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George Bromley of = Jane da. of Sr Tho.
Hodnett sonne and Lacon of Willily
heire [Sheriff [Willey] in com.
1522]. Salop Kt.
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Sr Thomas Bromley Kt Chauncellor of = Elizabeth da. of Sr Adrian
England a 1581, 2 sonne. Fortescue Kt.