Bassett Family Association Database
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
- married c. 1605, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex , divorced 1613, married on 26 December 1613 Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
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Sources - [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 4 May 2009.
- [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 4 May 2009.