Mary (Pierson) Ley (abt. 1572 - abt. 1618)

Born about 1572 in Westminster, Middlesex, England

Wife of William Bowyer — married 1589 in Westminster, Middlesex, England

Wife of James Ley — married 13 Feb 1618 in London, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died about Oct 1618 at about age 46 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England

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Biography

She was the daughter of Thomas Pierson. She was born about 1572 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. She was married twice firstly to Sir William Bowyer^[1], son of Francis Bowyer and Elizabeth Tillesworth they were married in 1589 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. She married as her second husband James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough in 1592 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England. She died in Sept 1617 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England and was buried on 5 October 1618 at Westbury, Wiltshire, England.

Listed as wife Marie, mother of Henry (deceased) and Robert, in the will of William Bowyer of Denham, Buckinghamshire dated 20 July 1614.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850"
   FindMyPast Transcription
   Mary Pearson marriage to William Bowier in 1584 in London St Bartholomew by the Exchange, London, England.
2. ↑ Will of William Bowyer, one of His Majesty's Tellers in the Exchequer of Denham. National Archives, Kew: PROB 11/128/188

• Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910.), 8:489

• Betham, William, The Baronetage of England, or, The History of the English Baronets (Ipswich: Burrell and Bransby, 1801-1805.), 2:78

• Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 1, page 1090.

See Also:

• Sir Henry St George and Sir Richard St George. Visitation of London anno domini 1633, 1634, and 1635. London: The Harleian Society, 1880. Vol XC, p 94.

• 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 62.

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