Born about in England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Ralph Cudworth
— married
18 Jun 1611 (to 1624) in Southwark, London, England
Wife of
John Stoughton
— married
1624 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
James Cudworth, Elizabeth (Cudworth) Beacham, Ralph Cudworth, Mary Cudworth, Jane Cudworth and John Cudworth Esq.
Died about
at about age 52
in London, England [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
This profile is part of the Machell Name Study.
Mary Machell[1]
Mary Machell, nurse to Prince Henry, married, as her first husband, Rev. Ralph Cudworth.[2]
- "On 18 June 1611 at Southwark he [Rev. Ralph Cudworth] married Mary Machell"[3] (marriage at St. Mary, Newington, Surrey[2])
"They had three sons, [Major] James, Gent., Ralph, D.D.,... and John, and three daughters, Elizabeth (wife of [Rev.] Josias Beacham/Beachamp), Mary, and Jane."[2]
The children of Mary and Ralph "were christened at Aller over the following decade." Mary's husband, Ralph Cudworth, "having been awarded Doctor of Divinity in 1619, died at Aller in autumn 1624, and John Stoughton (son of Thomas Stoughton of Coggeshall), also Fellow of Emmanuel College, who succeeded him as Rector, took the widow Mary Cudworth as his own wife."[4]
Dr. Stoughton paid careful attention to the education of his stepchildren, and in 1632 when Stoughton received preferment to St Mary Aldermanbury in the City of London and the family left Aller, Ralph matriculated from Emmanuel to begin his university career. His elder brother James Cudworth married and emigrated permanently to Scituate, Plymouth Colony in New England in 1634.[4]
Mary (Machell) Stoughton was living in December 1634. In 1637, Dr. Stoughton remarried.[2] Mrs. Stroughton "died in 1635, and Dr. Stoughton married a daughter of John Browne of Frampton and Dorchester. Dr. Stoughton died in 1639,"[4] on 4 May (buried 9 May). His will, dated 4 May 1639, was proved 20 May 1639.[2]
Research Notes
Disputed Parents
- Mary's parents are said to be either Matthew Machell and Mary Lewknor or John Machell (Matthew's brother) and Ursula Hynde. Neither has primary sources to clearly show who her parents were. The possible Magna Carta connection is through the wives, not Matthew or John.
- Boaz shows Mary's parents as John Machell and Ursula Hynde.[5] Ursula's Magna Carta connection is through her mother, Jane Verney, as outlined below.
- In a G2G discussion, an argument is made that Mary's parents could not be Matthew and Mary (Lewknor) Machell but instead must be John and Ursula (Hynde) Machell (see this answer). Subsequently, the parents for Mary's WikiTree profile were changed. However, there did not appear to be consensus on this change, so her profile now has no parents attached. Even the post saying the parents could not be Matthew and Mary stated as a conclusion "There is a plausible argument that Mary (Machell) Cudworth was the daughter of not Matthew Machell but rather Matthew's brother John of Hackney, so Matthew Machell should be detached as Mary (Machell) Cudworth's father." While the argument may be plausible, it is not persuasive enough to support attaching John and Ursula as Mary's parents. ~ Noland-165 21:28, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
Birth
A Mary Manchell was baptized on 15 May 1584 at Saint John, Hackney, London, England.[6]
Children's Father
"Mary Machell had two daughters, Jane and Marie Stoughton, and perhaps a son Matthew...."[7] This could be an error in part. The source for this is the will of Rev. John Stoughton, which names his "daughters" Mary and Jane.[8] The quote is from a 1975 publication which supports John a Mary's father (hence the reference to "uncle" Matthew).
Locations
- Sometimes "following the land" helps, so I've listed some of the locations below that are mentioned in the biography.
- Surrey
- St Mary, Newington, Southwark, Surrey, 1611 marriage of "Rodolphe Cudworthe minist[e]r, maried to Mrs. Marie Machell"[3]
- Hackney
- St. John's, Hackney, Middlesex, England, 1584 baptism of Mary (no parents mentioned in record)[6]
- Sussex
Sources
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol II, p 10 CUDWORTH #16. Mary Machell
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol II, pp 363-367 CUDWORTH, p 366 #16. Mary Machell
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812," database with images, Ancestry.com; "Rodolphe Cudworthe minist[e]r, maried to Mrs. Marie Machell ye xviiith [18th] day by lisence," June 1611, parish of St Mary, Newington, Southwark, Surrey, England; citing Reference Number: P92/MRY/002; London Metropolitan Archives, London, England
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Wikipedia: Ralph Cudworth] (son Ralph), with several footnotes.
- ↑ Adrienne Boaz, Specific Ancestral Lines of the Boaz, Paul, Welty & Fishel Families (2014)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPSG-BJZ : 11 February 2018, Mary Manchell, 15 May 1584); citing SAINT JOHN,HACKNEY,LONDON,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 569,924. (image not available)
- ↑ Records of the Cudworth family : a history of the ancestors and descendants of James Cudworth of Scituate, Mass. (pdf), collected and compiled by W. John Calder ; edited and rev. by Arthur G. Cudworth, Sr (1975), p. 6.
- ↑ Will of John Stoughton published in Genealogical Gleanings in England, p. 179.
- ↑ Parish record transcribed as James Harison married Marie Mashall 3 Feb 1617/18 (transcribed by Charlotte Ryan from the parish records of St Julian, Kingston by Sea, Sussex (accessed 29 June 2018).
- ↑ This marriage is posted because it is apparently crucial evidence that Mary m Cudworth is not the daughter of Matthew and Mary (Lewknor) Machell. See this G2G comment, which notes "TWO marriages of two separate women named Mary Machell: In addition to the well-known marriage 1611 of Mary Machell to Ralph Cudworth just outside of London (where the family of John and Ursula Machell was located), there was the 1617 marriage of Mary "Mashall" of Kingston Bowsey, the Lewknor estate far from London where Mary (Lewknor) Machell was buried in 1604." (A citation is needed for Mary's burial.)
- Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol I, pp xxiii-xxix; Vol II, p 10 CUDWORTH #16. Mary Machell
- History and genealogy of the Briggs family, 1254-1937... ... v.1. Briggs, L. Vernon (Lloyd Vernon), 1863-1941. Quotes Boston Transcript 30 Dec 1931 [page 77] which names John Machell as father of Mary.
- Post to gen-medieval, 2009, by Douglas Richardson, announced his intended inclusion of "James James Cudworth, Gent. (died 1682), of Scituate and Barnstable, Massachusetts in the forthcoming 2nd editions of Plantagenet Ancestry and Magna Carta Ancestry. I've copied below a brief overview of the descent." (Entered by Laura Lee Scott, April 8, 2014, but the link is no longer available in Rootsweb, as of 22 June 2018.)
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5Y6-DLZ
Acknowledgements
Magna Carta Project
- Mary (Machell) Stoughton appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor James Cudworth to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod (vol. II, pages 8-12 CUDWORTH). This trail, set out below, is uncertain because of disputes about her parentage, and will not be recognised by the Magna Carta Project unless these uncertainties can be resolved..
- As noted above, researchers disagree on who Mary's parents were and, therefore, on her Magna Carta connections. The following paragraphs discuss her Magna Carta connections through Ursula Hynde (wife of Matthew's brother, John, as traced by John Schmeeckle.
- Mary Machell, as daughter of Ursula Hynde, would be the granddaughter of Jane Verney, granddaughter of Margaret Inwardby (her father's mother). ("JS")
- "Margaret is descended, through her great-grandmother Katherine Missenden (see details on her profile), from Robert FitzWalter the leader of the Magna Carta surety barons, as well as surety barons Henry de Bohun, Hugh le Bigod, his father Roger le Bigod, and Richard de Clare." (From Margaret's profile, accessed 22 June 2018.)
- Jane Verney's maternal great-grandmother, Anne Norbury '("JS") is descended from Magna Carta surety barons Saher de Quincy, Robert de Vere, Henry de Bohun, Hugh le Bigod and his father Roger le Bigod. Anne Norbury also appears to be descended from Geoffrey de Say and Richard de Clare. (See details on Anne Norbury's profile.)
Disputed Possible Magna Carta Trail
- Unbadged Richardson-documented trail to the Bigods (MCA II:8-12 CUDWORTH):
- Gateway Ancestor James Cudworth (no trail)
- 1. James is the son of Mary Machell (no trail))
- 2. Mary is the daughter of Mary Lewknor
- 3. Mary is the daughter of Edward Lewknor
- 4. Edward is the son of Edward Lewknor
- 5. Edward is the son of Edward Lewknor
- 6. Edward is the son of Elizabeth Radmylde
- 7. Elizabeth is the daughter of Margaret Camoys
- 8. Margaret is the daughter of Richard Camoys
- 9. Richard is the son of Thomas Camoys
- 10. Thomas is the son of John de Camoys
- 11. John is the son of Elizabeth le Despenser
- 12. Elizabeth is the daughter of Isabel de Beauchamp (badged/re-reviewed 25 Aug 2021)
- 13. Isabel is the daughter of Maud FitzJohn (badged/re-reviewed 3 Feb 2020)
- 14. Maud is the daughter of Isabel le Bigod (badged/reviewed)
- 15. Isabel is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety Hugh le Bigod
- 16. Hugh is the son of Magna Carta Surety Roger le Bigod
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Shacklewell (in Hackney), Middlesex, Citizen and Haberdasher of London younger son of John Machell, Citizen and Haberdasher of London, Sheriff of London, 1555–6, Alderman of London, 1556–8, by Joan (or Jane), daughter of Henry Luddington, Gent. He was born after 1545. They had one son, John, Gent., and four daughters, Dorothy, Jane, Elizabeth, and Mary. In 1570 Queen Elizabeth I sued Matthew Machell regarding money lent by the said Matthew to Thomas, Lord Wentworth for the supposed sale of sugar to Lord Wentworth agreed upon by the defendant and Robert Savadge to escape the penalties of the statute of usury. MATTHEW MACHELL, Gent., died 23 Aug. 1593. Sussex Arch. Colls. 3 (1850): 89–102. Burke Gen. & Heraldic Hist. of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 2 (1871): 851 (sub Machell). Hawley et al. Vis. of Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 & 1634 1 (H.S.P. 13) (1878): 441–442 (1634 Vis. Essex) (Machell pedigree: “Mathew Machell. = Mary d. of Edward Lewknor of Sussex.”) (Machell arms: Sable, three greyhounds courant in pale argent, collared or, a bordure of the second). Chester Allegations for Marr. Lics.: London 1 (H.S.P. 25) (1887): 39. Sharpe Cal. Wills proved & enrolled in the Court of Husting, London 2 (1890): 655–668 (will of Sir William Laxton, step-father of Joan Luddington). Fry Abs. of IPM Rel. London 1 (Index Lib. 15) (1896): 173–174 (inquisition of John Machell). Benolte et al. Vis. of Sussex 1530 & 1633–4 (H.S.P. 53) (1905): 25–30 (Lewknor pedigree: “Mary [Lewknor] ux. Mathew Machell of Hackney.”). Beaven Alderman of London (1908): 205–215. Philipot et al. Vis. of Buckingham 1634 & 1566 (H.S.P. 58) (1909): 88 (Matchell pedigree: “Mathew Matchell of Hatfield in Hartfordshire 2d
son. = Mary da: of Edward Lewknor of Okeington Bewsey Com. Sussex.”) (Matchell arms: Sable, three greyhounds currant [within a] border Argent). Mundy Middlesex Peds. (H.S.P. 65) (1914): 7 (Machell pedigree: “Mathew Machell hath yssue as in Buckinghamshire.”). Walker Yorkshire Peds. 2 (H.S.P. 95) (1943): 279–280 (Luddington pedigree: “Matthew [Machell] = ... dau. of .... Cotton”). Sussex Notes & Queries 16 (1964): 114–121. VCH Middlesex 10 (1995): 51–59. Boyd Pedigrees with index of London Citizens, #9845 [John Machell] & #9846 [Matthew Machell] [found on FHL Microfilm 94550]. National Archives, E 133/1/94; E 133/10/1588 (abs. of docs. available online at http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp).
MARY MACHELL, nurse to Prince Henry, eldest son of King James I of England. She married (1st) before 1612 [Rev.] RALPH CUDWORTH, D.D., Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. They had three sons, [Major] James, Gent., Ralph, D.D. [Fellow of Emmanuel College, Master of Clare College, Master of Christ’s College], and John, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, and Jane. He was born in 1572. He matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Lent, 1588–9, where he obtained the following degrees: B.A., 1592–3, M.A., 1596, B.D., 1603, and D. D., 1619. He served as Curate of Westley Waterless, Cambridgeshire c.1600, and was also a minister of St. Andrew’s, Cambridge. He was instituted Vicar of Coggeshall, Essex in 1604. He was appointed Rector of Aller, Somerset in 1609. [Rev.] RALPH CUDWORTH, D.D. was buried at Aller, Somerset 30 Aug. 1624. He left a will dated 17 Aug. 1624, proved 29 Oct. 1624 (P.C.C. 116 Byrde). His widow, Mary, married (2nd) [Rev.] JOHN STOUGHTON, D.D., fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, younger son of [Rev.] Thomas Stoughton, of Naughton, Suffolk and Coggeshall, Essex, by his 1st wife, Katherine. He was baptized at Naughton, Suffolk 23 Jan. 1592/3. He was admitted sizar of Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1607, where he obtained the following degrees: B.A., 1610–11, M.A., 1614, B.D., 1621, and D.D., 1626. He was appointed Rector of Aller, Somerset 24 Aug. 1624. In 1632 he was appointed curate of St. Mary, Aldermanbury, London. His wife, Mary, was living in December 1634. He married (2nd) in 1635 JANE BROWNE, widow of [Rev.] Walter Newburgh (died 1632), of Symondsbury, Dorset, and daughter of John Browne, Esq., of Frampton, Dorset. They had two daughters, Jane and Mary. He
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was prosecuted in the high commission at the instigation of Archbishop Laud. [Rev.] JOHN STOUGHTON died 4 May 1639, and was buried 9 May 1639. He left a will dated 4 May 1639, proved 20 May 1639 (P.C.C. 69 Harvey). NEHGR 14 (1860): 101–104 (letter of James Cudworth dated 1634 addressed to his “very Louinge & Kinde ffather Dr. Stoughton at his howse in Aldermanbury”); 21 (1867): 249–250; 30 (1876): 464; 40 (1886): 306–307 (will of John Stoughton, D.D.); 64 (1910): 85–86. Brook Lives of the Puritans 3 (1813): 527 (“Dr. John Stoughton, D.D. was fellow of Emmanuel college, Cambridge ... He is classed among the learned writers and fellows of that college, and is denominated a pious and learned divine.”). Chalmers General Biog. Dict. 11 (1813): 104–111 (biog. of Ralph Cudworth: “[He] was son of Dr. Ralph Cudworth, and born 1617, at Aller, Somerset, of which place his father was rector. His mother was of the family of Machell, and had been nurse to prince Henry, eldest son of James I. His father dying when he was only seven years of age, and his mother marrying again, his education was superintended by his father-in-law, Dr Stoughton”). Chauncy Hist. Antiqs. of Hertfordshire 1 (1826): 77–78. Green Diary of John Rous (Camden Soc. 66) (1856): 79–80 (sub 1635: “In October, Doctor Stoughton, of Aldermanbury, in London, who married Cudworth’s widow, of Emm[anuel] and had the same living given by the colledge in the West country, from when a carrier bringing some monyes for his wives children’s portions, he was traduced (as it seemeth) to be a favourer of New England, and a collector of contributions for those ministers there, &c.”). Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. 7 (1859): 230. Notes & Queries for Somerset & Dorset 7 (1901): 143–144. D.N.B. 5 (1908): 271–272 (biog. of Ralph Cudworth). Weaver Somerset Incumbents (1889): 4. Holman Scott Gen. (1919): 259–262. Venn & Venn Alumni Cantabrigiensis to 1751 1 (1922): 431 (sub Ralph Cudworth); 4(1) (1927): 171 (sub John Stoughton). Calder & Cudworth Recs. of the Cudworth Fam. (1974). Emerson Letters from New England (1976): 138–139, 142–143. Spear Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630 18 (1992): 39–43; 26 (1997): 101–104 (sub Stoughton). Parish Regs. of Aller, Somerset [FHL Microfilm 1517680]. Registered will of John Machell, Gent., of Wonersh, Surrey dated 17 Oct. 1646, codicil dated 14 Jan. 1646/7, proved 16 July 1647, P.C.C. 163 Fines [FHL Microfilm 92165] — brother of Mary Machell, wife of Ralph Cudworth; testator bequeaths his cousin/kinswoman [i.e., niece], Jane Cudworth, £125 at her marriage.
I still think the idea of her being a nurse to Prince Henry is fairly unbelievable. Records for his household staff reveal that they are all male, and with a number of doctors. There are no court sources of payments to her, and the only source is in an introduction to her son's writings published in 1733 or about 100 years after she died, and 45 years after the son died.
update - done with this profile for now. Editing continuing at Space:Magna_Carta_Sandbox.
Hi! I'll be working on an edit for this profile in a Space page. To get the raw coding I need, there will be a bit of upheaval (a couple of "Restore"s), and then I will do an initial edit that will include detaching the parents' profiles. I hope to finish my edit by tonight & will replace whatever is currently the biography with it - so please, no editing here! If you would like to provide comments, please do so at Space:Magna_Carta_Sandbox.
Please contact me with any questions.
Thanks! Liz, co-leader, Magna Carta Project
Added sources for the baptisms of Ralph and Mary Cudworth's children.
Added daughter Jane Cudworth.
Note particularly Joe Cochoit's reply, which I have verified in detail.
The explicit association of the family of Matthew M to Cudworth is a far better argument than that of Boaz. Ideal case? no. But this is 17th century London, with calamaties such as fires, no wonder there are limited records. Frankly, Richardson is a leader in this area, and his unambiguous conclusion that this is a valid line gives it some significant weight.