Mary (Browne) Hervey (bef. 1552 - 1607)

Born before 1552 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Wriothesley — married 19 Feb 1566 in London, England

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1607 after age 55 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England

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Biography

Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton (died October/November 1607), previously Mary Browne, became the wife of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton,^[1] at the age of thirteen and the mother of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. Widowed in 1581, she was Dowager Countess of Southampton until 1595, when for a few months until his death she was married to the courtier Sir Thomas Heneage, becoming Lady Heneage. In 1598 she married lastly Sir William Hervey, so was known as Lady Hervey until her death.

I. Mary [Browne], m. 1st, to Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton; 2ndly, to Sir Thomas Heneage, Knt.; and 3rdly, to Sir William Harvey, Bart., created Lord Ross in Ireland, and Baron Kidbrook, in England."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 84.
2. ↑ Burke's EXTINCT PEERAGE (1883), p. 79

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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 October 2020), memorial page for Mary Browne Hervey (22 Jul 1552–1607), Find a Grave Memorial no. 120049545, citing St. Peter's Churchyard, Titchfield, Fareham Borough, Hampshire, England ; Maintained by Todd Whitesides (contributor 47553735) .
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