Anne Greene

Family/Spouse: Thomas Pinchbeck. Thomas (son of Richard Pinchbeck and Margaret Tailboys) was born in of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England; died before 4 Nov 1492; was buried in Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Hardwick. John (son of John Hardwick and Elizabeth Bakewell) was born about 1470 in of Hardwick in Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire, England; died on 22 Feb 1507. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1487

John married Elizabeth Leeke in 1512. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Leeke and Margaret Foxe) died about 1570. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Bess of Hardwick," later Countess of Shrewsbury.

From Wikipedia:

[A] notable figure of Elizabethan English society. By a series of well-made marriages, she rose to the highest levels of English nobility and became enormously wealthy. Bess was a shrewd business woman, increasing her assets with business interests including mines and glass making workshops.

She was married four times, firstly to Robert Barlow, who died aged about 14 or 15 on 24 December 1544; secondly to the courtier Sir William Cavendish; thirdly to Sir William St Loe; and lastly to George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, sometime keeper to the captive Mary, Queen of Scots. An accomplished needlewoman, Bess joined her husband's captive charge at Chatsworth House for extended periods in 1569, 1570, and 1571, during which time they worked together on the Oxburgh Hangings.

In 1601, Bess ordered an inventory of the household furnishings including textiles at her three properties at Chatsworth, Hardwick and Chelsea, which survives, and in her will she bequeathed these items to her heirs to be preserved in perpetuity. The 400-year-old collection, now known as the Hardwick Hall textiles, is the largest collection of tapestry, embroidery, canvaswork, and other textiles to have been preserved by a single private family. Bess is also well known for her building projects, the most famous of which are: Chatsworth, now the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire (whose family name is Cavendish as they descend from the children of her second marriage), and Hardwick Hall.

Family/Spouse: George Talbot. George died in 1590. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married William Cavendish on 20 Aug 1547 in Bradgate, Leicestershire, England. William (son of Thomas Cavendish and Alice Smyth) was born on 1 May 1508; died on 25 Oct 1557; was buried on 30 Oct 1557. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]