Sir John Stanhope (1559 – 1611) was an English

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and landowner, and father of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield.

Career

John Stanhope was the son of Sir Thomas Stanhope (d. 1596) of Shelford Manor,

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, and Margaret Port, the daughter of Sir John Port of

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, and Elizabeth Giffard. Charles Cavendish had a feud with the Stanhope family over issues including a fish weir in the

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. He arranged to fight a duel with John Stanhope at

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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 (d.1656). Stanhope married secondly, Catherine Trentham (1566–1621). Their children included: *John (died 29 May 1638), later Sir,

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in 1629. Married Mary Radcliffe. He was granted

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and its estate, which had once belonged to the dissolved

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, by his father. He was the great-grandfather of the 1st

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. *Cordelia (1585 – buried 2 October 1639), married first Sir

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(died 1612) of Cranford, married second

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*Jane (1606–1683), married first Sir Peter Courten, 1st

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, and married second

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, by whom she had nine children, died 1683/4, buried in the chancel of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham *Catherine (1610–1694), married in 1631 to Sir Thomas Hutchinson (MP). They had three children; Charles Hutchinson, M.P. for Nottingham, Stanhope Hutchinson, and Isabella Hutchinson who married

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. *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

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, ''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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanhope, Sir John 1559 births 1611 deaths People from Rushcliffe (district) 16th-century English people 17th-century English people

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