Margaret (Dune) Hele (abt. 1515 - 1571)

Born about 1515 in Holsworthy, Devon, England

Descendants

Died Mar 1571 at about age 56 in Cornwood, Devon, England

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Biography

Margaret (sometimes Margery) Downe (or Dune or Down) was the daughter of Richard Downe of Holsworthy in Devon.^[1]

She was the second wife to Nicholas Hele. The marriage, judging by the birth of children, occurring c. 1535. They would have seven children. Based on this it seems probable that she was born c. 1515.

After his death Margaret remarried, to Elizeus Warwick, of Holbeton. She was named in the Will of her son, Hugh, and her Will was dated 5 Feb 1570/1 and proved 31 Mar 1571.^[2]

Sources

Footnotes:

1. ↑ A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, by J. and J.B. Burke - Google Books archive.org Hele starts on page 251.
2. ↑ Vivian: Nicholas Hele appears on Page 461

Publications:

• A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, by J. and J.B. Burke - Google Books archive.org Hele starts on page 251.

• Danmonii orientales illustres: or, The worthies of Devon. John Prince; 1810 archive.org

• Vivian, J. L., The Visitations of the County of Devon Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620 (Henry S. Eland, Exeter, 1895)