Mary (Bruce) de Tony (1260 - aft. 1283)

Born 1260 in Scotland

Descendants

Died after 1283 after age 23 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England

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Mary (Bruce) de Tony is a member of House of Bruce.

Mary Bruce was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Note: Per Douglas Richardson in Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. V p. 176, the surname of Mary, wife of Ralph de Tony, was unknown. Noted on page 176 as: Ralph married before 1276 Mary ____.

Parentage Unknown

Mary de Brus was born at Scotland; Relationship to the Brus family is suggested, but not proved:^[1][2][3][4]

Some accounts show Mary as the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and his wife Eleanor de Brewes. No documentation has been found for such a relationship.

Douglas Richardson in Royal Ancestry shows four children only, none named Mary, issuing from the marriage of Humphrey and Eleanor:

1. Humphrey (VII), Knt [7th Earl of Hereford, 8th Earl of Essex]. Son and Heir of Humphrey de Bohun and Eleanor de Brewes. ^[5]
2. Gilbert, Knt, Son of Humphrey de Bohun and Eleanor de Brewes. ^[5]
3. Eleanor Daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Eleanor de Brewes. ^[5]
4. Margery (or Margaret). Daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Eleanor de Brewes. ^[5]

Kathryn Warner, an historian who authored Edward II states of Alice de Toeni that "her mother Mary's parentage is unknown."^[6]

Dear Newsgroup, Douglas Richardson and John Ravilious have postulated that Mary , wife of Ralph VII , Baron of Toeni was a Brus based on the fact that Sir Richard de Brus, a son of Robert VI de Brus by Isabel de Clare was granted Ralph VII de Toeni`s guardianship and marriage and also because Mary gave birth to Robert de Toeni in April, 1276 at Turnberry Castle, Scotland which had been in the hands of Robert VII de Brus since 1273 when He married Margaret / Marjorie, eldest daughter and heir to Neil, Earl of Carrick d 1256 who according to AR 7 line 121 C generation 30 citing SP II pp 426-27 is said to have been one of four daughters. As Turnberry Castle belonged to the Earls of Carrick rather than the Brus family (see Alan Young : Robert Bruce`s Rivals: The Comyns , 1212-1314 p 97) Thus the possibility exists that Mary Toeni was Mary of Carrick, which was a cadet line of the Lords of Galloway ( AR 7 121 C) rather than Mary Brus. Sincerely, James W Cummings Dixmont, Maine USA

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 712-713.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 201-202.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 174-175.
4. ↑ Richardson, in footnote 11 on page 176 in Royal Ancestry, volume IV, notes that circumstantial evidence suggests that "the possibility exists that Mary de Tony was the sister of Richard and Robert de Brus [sons of Robert de Brus and Isabel, daughter of Gilbert de Clare]. Conclusive evidence of Mary's parentage, however, is lacking."
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, I:409-418.
6. ↑ Kathryn Warner, "Alice de Toeni and Juliana de Leyburne" Edward the Second Blogspot, 17 March, 2007

Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume V, pages 175-178 TONY 9.