Harrington, Sir John^[1]

1525 - 1582  (57 years)

• Name	Harrington, John
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	1525	Stepney, London, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	0603595BFB4607489318AC421CE6D712D112
  Died	1 Jul 1582	Lambeth, London
  Buried	15 Mar 1583	St. Gregory's By, St. Paul, London
  Person ID	I8096	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	29 May 2006

  
  

  Father	Harrington, Sir John,   b. Abt 1500,   d. Abt 1554  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Mother	Moton, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1504, Stepney, London, England
  Married	Abt 1524	Stepney, London, England
  Family ID	F3363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dingley, Ethelreda,   d. 1555  [1]
  Married	Abt 1547
  _STAT	MARRIED
  _UID	1E01562B21FD8540AE5EB9EE3A1183A6AA74
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F3362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Markham, Isabella,   b. 28 Mar 1527, Allerton, Nottinghamshire, England ,   d. 20 May 1579, London, England  (Age 52 years)  [1]
  Married	1554	London, England
  _STAT	MARRIED
  _UID	362EC0DBC5A7DD45AE204E4B739EDCB091D2
  Children	1. Harrington, Elizabeth,   b. 1559, Kelston, Somerset, England + 2. Harrington, Sir Knight John,   b. 1561, Rutlandshire, Somerset, England ,   d. 20 Nov 1612, Kelston Manor, Somerset, England  (Age 51 years)   3. Harrington, Francis,   b. 1564, Kelston, Somerset, England ,   d. 22 Jan 1639  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F2771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  This John Harington, of the eight generation after John of Lancaster, lived in Stepney in the eastern section of London. He was born about 1525. He was know as ?The Poet? since he was one of the minor poets of the Elizabethan Age. He also collected and published the writings of other writers of that period. John made a very profitable marriage to Ethelreda Dingley, an illegitimate daughter of King Henry VIII, and secured from this union the Manor of Kelston and four other manors in Somerset in southwestern England. These properties had been taken from Bath Priory and given to Ethelreda by her father, King Henry. John supported his natural sister-in-law, Queen Elizabeth, and was imprisoned for aiding her cause during the struggle for the throne which followed King Henry?s death. Ethelreda died about 1555 and John then married Isabella Marham, daughter of Sir John Markham. He wooed her with love poems and recorded his attraction toward her ?when first I thought her fair as she stood at the Princess? window in goodly attire, and talked with divers (persons) in the court yard?. With Elizabeth on the throne and John?s position secured, he began the building of one of the great manor houses of that day at Kelston Manor.

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Douglas Wilmot Harnden Ancestors, Daniel Harnden, (daniel_harnden@yahoo.com) (Reliability: 2), 2 May 2009. This Harnden line is proven back to Richard b. 1648 beyond that it's speculative.