Agnes Tyrwhitt, Baroness Borough of Gainsborough

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Agnes Tyrwhitt

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Birthplace: Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England
Death: 1522 (42-44)
Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir William Tyrwhitt, MP and Lady Anne Tyrwhitt
Wife of Sir Thomas de Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh, 3rd Lord of Gainsborough
Mother of Dorothy de Burgh; Thomas Burgh, II; Eleanor de Burgh; Elizabeth de Burgh; Sir Edward de Burgh and 5 others
Sister of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt, of Kettleby; Katherine Bolle; Elizabeth Skipwith and Elizabeth Mawson

Occupation: Baroness
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About Agnes Tyrwhitt, Baroness Borough of Gainsborough

Agnes, daughter of Sir William Tyrwhitt and Anne Constable, married Thomas Burroughs (later 3rd Baron Burroughs of Gainsborough) in 1496. Of ther numerous children, daughters Dorothy and Elizabeth became nuns.

From 1510, when he was declared a lunatic, Agnes had to deal with an insane father-in-law who lived until 1528. She may have benn at Court with her husband when Anne Boleyn was Queen, as he was Queen Anne's Chamberlain.

Her husband caused a domestic uproar in 1537 when he accused his daughter-in-law (wife of son Thomas) of adultery.



Burgh married three times; firstly in 1496, Agnes Tyrwhitt, a daughter of Sir William Tyrwhitt, with whom he had at least twelve children. He married secondly Alice London, and lastly Margaret de Ros, but had no further issue by either.

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Agnes Tyrwhitt, Baroness Borough of Gainsborough's Timeline

1479
1479
Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England
1496
1496
1496
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom)
1504
1504
Little Saxham, Suffolk, England (United Kingdom)
1506
1506
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom)
1508
1508
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1517
1517
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom)
1519
1519
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
1522
1522
Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England