Mary (Dormer) Gerard (abt. 1555 - bef. 1637)

Born about 1555 in Ethorp(now Eythrope), Buckinghamshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Anthony Browne — married about 1572 in England

Descendants

Died before 23 Nov 1637 before about age 82 in Midhurst, Sussex, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Dormer was born around 1555 at Ethorp (since spelt Eythrope), Buckinghamshire. ^[1][2][3]

Marriage & Children

She married 1st, circa 1573, Anthony Brown (1552–1592) ^[4][5]

Thence 3 sons and 3 daughters:

1. Anthony, 2nd Viscount Montague
2. John
3. William
4. Dorothy
5. Jane
6. Katherine

In reference to tombs of the Dormer family: "On the front of the tomb are the coats of Dormer impaling Browne, for Robert (afterwards Sir Robert) Dormer, of St. John impaling Dormer, for John Lord St. John of Bletsoe, who married Katherine Dormer, and of Browne impaling Dormer, for Anthony Browne, who married Mary Dormer. "^[6]

She married 2nd, after 29 Jun 1592, Sir Edmund Uvedale. No issue.

She married 3rd, after 6 Apr 1606, Sir Thomas Gerard. No issue. ^{[1] [2] [7]}

Will and Death

• Will dated: 20 July 1637
• Probate: 23 Nov 1637
• Requested burial at Midhurst, Sussex near Anthony Browne, her 1st husband. ^{[1] [2] [7]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families.
3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "William Dormer," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Dormer&oldid=951870731 (accessed October 1, 2020).
4. ↑ *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 84.
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Anthony Browne (1552–1592)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Browne_(1552%E2%80%931592)&oldid=975447830 (accessed October 1, 2020).
6. ↑ 'Parishes: Wing', in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1925), pp. 449-458.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families.

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• Visitation of Buckinghamshire 1546 Page 12: Dormer

• Visitation of Hampshire Page 48: Uvedale

• Stopes, Charlotte Carmichael (1922). The Life of Henry, Third Earl of Southampton, Shakespeare's Patron. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; p. 3.
• The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. IX
• A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, by John Burke, Esq. and John Bernard Burke, Esq.