Sir John Stanhope (1559 – 1611) was an English
knight
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and landowner, and father of
Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584 – 12 September 1656) was an England, English Nobility, nobleman, Aristocracy (class), aristocrat and royalist, who was created the first Earl of Chesterfield by King Charles I of England, Charles I ...
.
Career
John Stanhope was the son of
Sir Thomas Stanhope
Sir Thomas Stanhope (1540 – 3 August 1596) was the son and heir of Sir Michael Stanhope, and a Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire.
Family
Thomas Stanhope was the eldest son of Sir Michael Stanhope and Anne Rawson (c.1515 – 20 Febru ...
(d. 1596) of
Shelford Manor
Shelford Priory is a former Augustinian Monastery located in the village of Shelford, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. The priory was founded by Ralph Haunselyn around 1160–80 and dissolved in 1536. Little remains of the original priory. Fol ...
,
Nottinghamshire
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, and Margaret Port, the daughter of
Sir John Port of
Etwall
Etwall () is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, southwest of Derby on the A50. The population at the 2011 Census was 2,906.
Geography
Etwall is located between the A516 bypass and the A50 in south Derbyshire. The A516 draws hea ...
,
Derbyshire
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, and Elizabeth Giffard.
Charles Cavendish had a feud with the Stanhope family over issues including a fish weir in the
River Trent
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. He arranged to fight a duel with John Stanhope at
Lambeth
Lambeth () is a district in South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth, historically in the County of Surrey. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area expe ...
choosing rapiers as the weapon. They came to Lambeth bridge by boat. It was discovered that Stanhope was wearing a sword-proof padded doublet. The fight was called off. In November 1599 Cavendish was shot in the backside by Stanhope's followers while visiting Kirkby Hardwick.
Marriages and family
Stanhope married firstly, Cordelia Alington, with whom he had his eldest son and heir,
Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584 – 12 September 1656) was an England, English Nobility, nobleman, Aristocracy (class), aristocrat and royalist, who was created the first Earl of Chesterfield by King Charles I of England, Charles I ...
(d.1656).
Stanhope married secondly, Catherine Trentham (1566–1621). Their children included:
*John (died 29 May 1638), later Sir,
High Sheriff of Derbyshire
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in 1629. Married Mary Radcliffe. He was granted
Elvaston Castle
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and its estate, which had once belonged to the dissolved
Shelford Priory
Shelford Priory is a former Augustinian Canons, Augustinian Monastery located in the village of Shelford, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. The priory was founded by Ralph Haunselyn around 1160–80 and Dissolution of the Monasteries, dissolved i ...
, by his father. He was the great-grandfather of the 1st
Earl of Harrington
Earl of Harrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1742.
History
The earldom of Harrington was granted in 1742 to William Stanhope, 1st Baron Harrington, the former Secretary of State and then Lord President of ...
.
*Cordelia (1585 – buried 2 October 1639), married first Sir
Roger Aston
Sir Roger Aston (died 23 May 1612) of Cranford, Middlesex, was an English courtier and favourite of James VI of Scotland.
Biography
Aston was the illegitimate son of Thomas Aston (died 1553), Thomas Aston (died 1553). Scottish sources spell his n ...
(died 1612) of Cranford, married second
John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton
John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton (1595 – 28 March 1641) was an English politician.
Life
He was the eldest son of Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating in 1608, and joining the Middle ...
*Jane (1606–1683), married first Sir Peter Courten, 1st
baronet
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, and married second
Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia
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, by whom she had nine children, died 1683/4, buried in the chancel of
St. Mary's Church, Nottingham
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest parish churchDomesday Book: A Complete Translation (Penguin Classics) of Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest church after the Cathedral in the city of Nottingham. The church ...
*Catherine (1610–1694), married in 1631 to Sir
Thomas Hutchinson (MP)
Sir Thomas Hutchinson (4 September 1589 – 18 August 1643) was an English MP.
He was born at Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire, the family estate in Nottinghamshire, the son of Thomas Hutchinson of Cropwell Butler and Lady Jane Sacheverell. He became ...
. They had three children;
Charles Hutchinson, M.P. for Nottingham, Stanhope Hutchinson, and Isabella Hutchinson who married
Charles Cotton
Charles Cotton (28 April 1630 – 16 February 1687) was an English poet and writer, best known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from the French, for his contributions to ''The Compleat Angler'', and for the influential ''The Comp ...
.
*Anne or Anna Katherine (1593–1637), who married Thomas Cokain around the year 1607, and was the mother of the author
Aston Cockain or Cockayne. As "Mrs Cokain", she was a correspondent of the poet
John Donne
John Donne ( ; 22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a clergy, cleric in the Church of England. Under royal patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's ...
.
Edmund Gosse
Sir Edmund William Gosse (; 21 September 184916 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic. He was strictly brought up in a small Protestant sect, the Plymouth Brethren, but broke away sharply from that faith. His account of his childhoo ...
, ''The Life and Letters of John Donne'' (London, 1899), pp. 255-262.
*Dorothy (1595–1647)
*Thomas died at birth 1592-1592
References
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External links
Will of Sir John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, National Archives Retrieved 30 March 2013
Will of Lady Catherine Stanhope, widow, of Elvaston, Derbyshire, National Archives Retrieved 30 March 2013
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1559 births
1611 deaths
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