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Elizabeth Somerset (nรฉe Browne), 2nd Countess of Worcester
Name and Title: John Beaufort and Margaret Beauchamp, 1st Duke (also 3rd Earl of Somerset) and Duchess of Somerset (also Lady St John and Lady Welles).
Born: John Beaufort b.1404; Margaret Beauchamp c. 1410
Died: John Beaufort Died: 3 May 1444, London. Margaret Beauchamp Died: before 3 June 1482.
Buried: Wimborne Minster, Dorset.
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Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney
Name and Title: Sir Ralph Sadler.
Born: 1507 in Hackney, London.
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Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick
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Name and Title: Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick
Born: c 1530
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Buried: The Beauchamp Chapel, St Mary’s Church, Warwick.
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