Ursula St Barbe

She was the daughter of Henry St Barbe, of Ashington, Somerset, by his wife, Eleanor Lewknor.

[5] During Walsingham's time as an ambassador to France, in 1572, the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Huguenots took place.

[6] As soon as it was deemed safe, Ursula and her daughter fled to England,[7] where she was reunited with her husband in April 1573.

[9] Ursula's sister, Edith, was the wife of Robert Beale, clerk of the Privy Council.

[10] Lady Walsingham died at her home in Barn Elms on 18 June 1602, and was buried the following night in Old St Paul's Cathedral, London.

Portrait said to be of Ursula St Barbe, by an unknown artist, 1583 [ 1 ]