Katherine Edgcumbe
Katherine Edgcumbe (died 1553) was an English aristocrat.
She was a daughter of John St John of Bletsoe.
She first married Griffith Rhys. She married secondly Piers or Peter Edgecumbe of Cotehele in Cornwall.
In 1543 Henry VIII wanted English servants to join the household of the infant Mary, Queen of Scots, who he hoped would marry his son Prince Edward. The diplomat Ralph Sadler recommended his friend "Lady Edongcomb", now a widow.[1]
Katherine Edgcumbe made her will at Cotehele on 4 December 1553. She left household goods, some of which had belonged to Griffith Rhys, to her daughter Mary Luttrell at Dunster Castle. She left the rest of her goods and her tin mines to the care of her executors. Mary Luttrell was the wife of the soldier John Luttrell.[2]