Mary (Flint) Donne

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Biography

Mary Flynt, was the daughter of the Rev Roger Flynt of Ludham and Rector of Runton, both co. Norfolk, and Margaret Trendle.^[1]

Mary married William Donne of Letheringsett, co Norfolk, gent, born 1645, the son of Thomas Donne of Holt, co Norfolk, gent, and Anne.^[1]

Mary and William had children:^[1]

1. Thomas Donne of Letheringsett, gent., his will was dated 19 May 1704, and proved at Norwich, 30 October, 1710, by John Brereton, Archbishop of Norwich.
2. Mary, married John Brereton of Brinton, co Norfolk, gent, was a widow by 1 August, 1691;
3. Anne,
4. Roger Donne of Ludham, gent, born at Letheringsett, 17 April, 1678, died 9 November, 1722, buried at Ludham; heir to his grandfather, Roger Flynt, married Catherine Clench, died aged 58, 29 May 1733, buried at Great Berhamsted, co Herford. daughter of Bruin Clench of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, Citizen of London, and Catherine, the daughter of William Hippisley of Throughley, co Sussex

Mary's husband died, aged 39, on 8 November, 1684 and was buried at Letheringsett. His will was made 1 November, 1684, and proved at Norwich 18 November, 1684 by the Archbishop of Norwich. Mary was the executrix.^[1] Mary was also the executrix to mother's will, 17 December, 1690.^[1]

On William Donne's gravestone, impaled with his Arms "sable, on a chevron engrailed or, between three crescents ermine two lions combatant gules"^[2]

Sources

Donne Family Tree

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Frederich Arthur Crisp, ed., Visitation of England and Wales, 6, (S.E.: Grove Park Press, 1906), https://archive.org/stream/visitationengla02unkngoog#page/n41/mode/2up pp.23.
2. ↑ Entered by Charles Michael Manning.

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