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unusual facts about Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln


Edward Fiennes

Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, Edward Fiennes, Lord Clinton, husband of Bessie Blount, Henry VIII's long-term mistress


Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln

Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, KG (1512 – 16 January 1584/85) was an English nobleman and Lord High Admiral.

Thomas Poynings, 1st Baron Poynings

He had two brothers, Edward Poynings (d.1546) and Sir Adrian Poynings, and four sisters, including Jane (or Joan) Poynings, who married firstly Thomas Clinton, 8th Baron Clinton (d.1517), by whom she was the mother of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (d.1585), Lord Admiral of England, and secondly, as his second wife, Sir Robert Wingfield (d.1539), by whom she had no issue.


see also

Elizabeth Clinton

Elizabeth Blount, married name Elizabeth Clinton, mistress of Henry VIII, first wife of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln

Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln (1527-1589), aka The Fair Geraldine, Irish noblewoman; 3rd wife of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln