Frances Howard^[1]

1591 - 1632  (41 years)

• Name	Frances Howard
  Born	1591
  Gender	Female
  Died	1632
  Notes	married c. 1605, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex , divorced 1613, married on 26 December 1613 Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset Was the subject of the mocking verse"This Dame was inspected but Fraud interjected A maid of more perfection Whom the midwives did handle whilest the knight held the candle O there was a clear inspection." The reasons for the verse concerned the inability of her first husband to consummate the marriage. Haynes, Alan: Sex in Elizabethan England, page 130. Wrens Park Publishing, 1997 After her second marriage she and her husband were convicted or murder but were not executed.
  Person ID	I740	33B Bassetts of Blore, Hints, Staffordshire & Warwickshire
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2008

  
  

  Father	Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk,   b. 24 Aug 1561,   d. 28 May 1626, London  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Katherine Knyvet,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1583
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1605
  Divorced	1613
  Family ID	F985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	26 Dec 1613
  Family ID	F986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 4 May 2009.