Dorothy (Neville) Dawnay (1496 - 1532)

Born 27 Mar 1496 in Snape, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Dawney — married after 9 May 1514 in Snape Hall, Snape, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Biography

Dorothy Neville was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Dorothy Neville was born on Palm Sunday, the 27^th of March 1496 from a manuscript in the Ashmolean Museum giving the dates of birth of all Richard Neville, Lord Latimer's children. ^[1]
Dorothe was borne the xxvij^th day of M'che, being palme sonday A^o Dni M^l iiij^c iiij^xx. xvj.

She was the daughter of Richard Neville, Knight of the Bath and 2nd Lord Latimer of Snape and Anne Stafford.

She married John Dawney after 9 May 1514, when a license was issued to the curate of Well to marry John Dawney par. Snaith, and Dorothy Neville par. Well, in the chapel at Snape.^[2]

Children

1. Anne Dawnay+
2. Sir Thomas Dawnay, of Sessay, b. 1515, d. 1566 (Age 51 years)+
3. John Dawnay
4. George Dawnay

Sources

1. ↑ Book: Collectanea topographica et genealogica
   London J.B. Nichols; 1834; page: 174
   Transcription of (MS. Ashmole 837, fol. 177b.) Internet Archive (accessed 20 January 2024)
2. ↑ Book: James Raine, John William Clay, Testamenta Eboracensia, Or Wills Registered at York: Or, Wills Registered at ...
   J. B. Nichols; 1865; page: (380 of 457)
   Internet Archive (accessed 27 January 2024)

• Magna Carta Ancestry 2nd ed. v.3 p. 3 This link goes to William Berkeley
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p1665.htm#i16646