John Egerton, third Earl of Bridgewater

Of the ten children borne by Elizabeth (both as Lady Brackley and as Lady Bridgewater), seven outlived her although only four seem to have lived long enough to reach modern records: John , born on...

In May 1663 an orphan heiress aged about fifteen, Lady Elizabeth Cranfield , ran away from her grandmother, who had been appointed her guardian. (Her father, the second Earl of Middlesex, had died when she...