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Devereux, Penelope (1563 - 1607)

Other Last Name

Rich, Blount

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1563-01
Death Date: 1607-07-07

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1581-11-1
    Union ended: exactly 1605-11-14
    Note: Date divorce granted to Rich by Archbishop Bancroft; although they were estranged and living apart since 1590
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly 1605-12-26
    Union ended: exactly
    Note: Union was preceded by an affair known publicly from 17 November 1590; union was considered illegitimate in light of Penelope's divorce from her first husband. Charles' two daughters and second son were raised with surname Rich and are generally included in the Rich pedigree. Charles' eldest son, Mountjoy, is consistently surnamed after his father

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Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.