Elizabeth Hussey, Baroness Hungerford

Not to be confused with Elizabeth Hussey.

Elizabeth Hussey, Baroness Hungerford
Bornc. 1510
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
Died23 January 1554
BuriedSt. Laurence's Church, Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England
SpousesWalter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury, Sir Robert Throckmorton
FatherJohn Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford
MotherAnne Grey, Baroness Hussey

Elizabeth Hussey, Baroness Hungerford (c. 1510 – 1554) was an English noblewoman who was allegedly imprisoned by her first husband for four years. She was married to Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury until his execution, then to Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton. Through her daughters she was grandmother to two of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, Robert Catesby and Francis Tresham.

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