Robert Radcliffe 5th Earl Sussex [58258] 25
- Born: 12 Jun 1573
- Marriage (1): Bridget Morrison Countess Sussex [58259] in 1592
- Marriage (2): Frances Meutas [58261] in Dec 1623
- Died: 22 Sep 1629, Clerkenwell, England at age 56
- Buried: 23 Oct 1629, Boreham, Essex, England
 General Notes:
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/RADCLIFFE1.htm#Robert%20RADCLIFFE%20(5º%20E.%20Sussex)
Knight of the Garter <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm>. 11º B. Fitzwalter The Complete Peerage vol.V, p.488. Viscount FitzWalter 5th. / The Complete Peerage vol.XIIp1,p.526-528. Fought on campaigns under Essex <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RobertDevereux(2EEssex).htm>, being knighted during the taking of Cadiz. He was also writing letters requesting employment from the Secretary of State: "I had much rather make a good end in her Majesty's service than to live in miserable poverty at home". Implicated in the Essex´s Rebellion <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Essex_rebellion.htm>.
Robert, Lord Sussex, and Bridget, Lady Sussex, separated in about 1600, but Lady Sussex refused to grant a divorce. Thereafter, Lord Sussex took up residence with Frances Meutas, the widow of Edward Shute, and to them an illegitimate daughter, Jane, was born. Robert and Frances finally married after Countess Bridget's death in 1624. [Charles B. Hampson, THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES (privately printed Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Ltd., at the University Press, 1940) pp. 102, 104.]
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded, 1593.
Robert married Bridget Morrison Countess Sussex [58259] [MRIN: 551615747], daughter of Charles Morrison Baronet [58260] and Dorothy Clark [58266], in 1592. (Bridget Morrison Countess Sussex [58259] was christened on 11 Mar 1575 in Watford, died in 1623 and was buried on 11 Dec 1623.)
Robert next married Frances Meutas [58261] [MRIN: 551615749], daughter of Hercules Meutas [58262] and Unknown, in Dec 1623.
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