Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Hardwick was born on 27 July 1527, in Hardwick, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Sir John Hardwick of Derbyshire, was 32 and her mother, ELIZABETH Milk Hardwick Leake Leiche, was 30. She married Robert BARLEY BARLOW in May 1543. She died on 13 February 1608, in her hometown, at the age of 80, and was buried in Derby, Derbyshire, England.
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- Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, "Find A Grave Index"
- Crosswhite, A.E., (n.d.). Women and Land: Aristocratic Ownership of Property in Early Modern England | NY Law Review
- Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
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1549 · Book of Common Prayer
Book of Common Prayer, a product of the English Reformation, was published in 1549 for assistance in the administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England. The book outlined morning, evening, and communion prayers and orders for baptism and marriage, thus making England a truly Protestant state.
1558 · Act of Uniformity
The Act of Uniformity was passed by the Parliament of England and required all people to go to church once a week. The consequence of not attending church was a fine of 12 pence, which was a considerable amount for a poor person.
1571 · The Royal Exchange is Organized
The Royal Exchange was organized in January 1571 by Sir Thomas Gresham. Gresham is known as the father of English banking.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Derbyshire): habitational name from Hardwick Hall in Ault Hucknall (Derbyshire) or any of numerous other places called with Old English heorde-wīc ‘herd farm’ (from heord ‘herd’ + wīc ‘specialized farmstead’), such as Hardwick in Yorkshire, Warwickshire, and Cambridgeshire, and Hardwicke in Gloucestershire and Shropshire.
Americanized form of German Hartwig .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Elizabeth Hardwick 4 Marriages and parents
Robert Barlow 1530–1543 • LRQ4-DK9 Marriage: May 1543 Codnor, Derbyshire, England Elizabeth Hardwick Countess of Shrewsbury 1520–1608 • L5KT-Z1C Preferred Childrenof Elizabeth Hardwick Co …
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