 Abt 1474 - 1537 (~ 63 years)
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| Name |
Gordon, Katherine |
| Born |
Abt 1474 |
England  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
Oct 1537 |
Fyfield, Wiltshire, England |
| Person ID |
I08365 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
16 May 2015 |
| Family 3 |
Warbeck, Perkin, b. Abt 1474, Of Tournai, Belguim , d. 23 Nov 1499, London, England (Age ~ 25 years) |
| Married |
1496 |
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Family ID |
F02778 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 4 |
Strangways, James, b. Abt 1470, Of Fyfield, Wiltshire, England , d. 09 Jan 1516/17, Southwark, Surrey, England (Age ~ 47 years) |
| Married |
1505 |
England |
| Family ID |
F02530 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Daughter of the Earl of Huntley.
Will of Lady Katherine Gordon, Wife of Fyfeld, Berkshire Date 05 November 1537 Catalogue reference PROB 11/27
The Will of Lady Katherine Gordon. - 7 Oct., 1537. [Note in margin of the Will Register by Mr. J. C. C. Smith. ** Wife of Christopher Assheton, and formerly of Perkin Warbeck (see Wood's ed" of Douglas's Peerage of Scotland - s.v. Huntly), (nd of James Strangwis (Will 26 Holder.), 3rd of Mathew Cradock (Will 7, Thower.)].
Lady Katherine Gorden wife unto Xpofer Assheton of Fyfelde co. Berks, Esq., sometime wife unto James Strangwis, late of Fifeld, Esq., deceased, and his executrix, and also wife unto my dear and well-beloved husband Sr Mathew Cradock of Cardiff in Walys in the countie of Glamorgan, knight, deceased, and his executrix. To be buried in the church of Fifield. Brother-in-law Richard Smith, executor. To my cosyn Margarett Keymes, to my friend Robert Woodleflf, solicitour, to my [female] servant Phillip Hulls, sundry bequests. A chantry in the Monastery of St. Mary Overe in Southwark founded by my late husband James Strangwys and myself in memory of my father the Erie of Huntly and Gorden and my lady and mother his wife. To my sister Alice Smythe a gown. Witnesses, Xpofer Assheton (husband) Phillip Hulls, William Pigott, and Elene Raflfe. Proved 5 Nov., 1537. (10, Dyngeley.)
Who's Who of Tudor Women:
CATHERINE GORDON (c.1474-October 1537)
Lady Catherine Gordon was the daughter of George Gordon, 2nd earl of Huntley (d.1502) by his third wife, Elizabeth Hay. .... Lady Catherine was, however, married to Perkin Warbeck (x.1499) by command of James IV of Scotland as part of the attempt to overthrow Henry VII. ... She was placed in Elizabeth of York’s household, where she became a favored lady-in-waiting. She was an honored guest at the wedding of Margaret Tudor to King James in 1503, and when Henry VIII became king she received several grants of land in Berkshire. She is probably the "Lady Katherine" who received a reward of £40 in July 1509 and definitely the "Lady Kath. Gourdon" paid a half year's wages of £33 6s. 8d. in June 1510, indicating that she was one of Catherine of Aragon's ladies in 1509-1510. In 1510 she married James Strangeways (c.1470-1516), a gentleman usher of the king’s chamber. In his will, written on November 30, 1516, he left most of his estate to his "dear beloved wife." After Strangeways’s death she married Matthew Craddock (d.1531), a Welshman. According to David Loades's biography of Mary Tudor, Catherine Gordon was head of the princess's privy chamber until around 1530. Her last husband was Christopher Ashton or Assheton (1493-1557+), a gentleman of the bedchamber. .. If she had any children by any of her husbands, their names and fates have not been preserved. She was buried at Fyfield, Berkshire. A tomb with her effigy was also erected in the church at Swansea.
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