Frances Howard, Countess of Surrey was the second daughter and third child of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth Trussell. She first married Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and second Thomas Steyning.
Frances' husband ‘The Poet Earl of Surrey’, 1546, a rare English Mannerist portrait by a Flemish immigrant.
Frances' daughter Margaret with her son Lord Scrope, painting Englisch School, late 16th century
Tomb of Henry Howard and Frances de Vere displaying the Howard and De Vere families coats of arms. Their two sons and three daughters kneel at the Head and foot of the tomb. Painted alabaster, 1614
Lady Elizabeth Stafford was an English aristocrat. She was the eldest daughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Lady Eleanor Percy. By marriage she became Duchess of Norfolk. Her abusive marriage to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, created a public scandal.
Elizabeth Stafford's husband, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
Framlingham Church, burial place of Elizabeth Stafford's husband