Mary (Fortescue) Englefield (1461 - 1546)

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Died 11 May 1546 at about age 85 in Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, England

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Mary Fortescue was the daughter of Sir John Fortescue of Ponsbourne, near Hatfield, Hertfordshire, and his wife, Alice Boleyn, the daughter of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn.^[1][2]

Mary married three times:

• John Stonor, died 1499, son and heir of Sir William Stonor and his third wife, Anne Neville;^[1]
• Anthony Fettiplace, died 23 December 1510,^[1]
• Sir Thomas Englefield (1455-1514);^[1]

Mary and Anthony had at least five children:

• Alexander
• Ursula
• Giles
• Alice
• William

Dame Mary Englefield, widow, made her last will and testament on 14 September in 37 Henry VIII [1545], which proved 27 November 1546, in which she requested to be buried in the church of Our Lady at Swinbrook where her husband (Anthony) was buried.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Nina Green, "THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES PROB 11/31, ff. 175-6", The Oxford Authorship Site, 2012, ([1] : accessed 3 September 2016).
2. ↑ 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 36, Fortescue