Mary (Shelton) Heveningham (bef. 1518 - 1571)

Born before 1518 in England

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Died 8 Jan 1571 after age 53 in Church of St Margaret, Heveningham, Suffolk

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Anthony Heveningham and Mary may be Arthur's grandparents by son John. See The history and antiquities of the County of Suffolk, Volume 2, p. 386
Bairfield-1 09:21, 30 March 2017 (EDT)

Biography

John Heveningham married Alice, daughter of Sir Ralf Shelton, d. 1530, the younger of Shelton in Norfolk, Knt.) (Hevenyngham)

1. Sir Anthony Heveningham, m. Mary daughter of Sir John Shelton the elder, of Shelton, Knt.^[1][2]

Mary Shelton Heveningham then married Philip Appleyard (Appleyerde).^[1]

Mary has been described as a young girl of great beauty and talent, and her friends at court were a great influence on her, most of them also being highly literate. According to one historian "Rumour twice linked Mary amorously with Henry VIII". She married Anthony Heveningham of Ketteringham, her first cousin. Through Arthur, Mary is thought to be an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales. Mary married Philip Appleyard (b. c.1528) in 1558. She was buried in Heveningham church, Suffolk, on 8 January 1571.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of Humble-Yard: Keteringham', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 5 (London, 1806), pp. 89-97. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol5/pp89-97 [accessed 29 March 2017, amb].
2. ↑ Suckling, Alfred. The history and antiquities of the County of Suffolk, Volume 2, accessed 29 March 2017, amb

• Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of Humble-Yard: Keteringham', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 5 (London, 1806), pp. 89-97. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol5/pp89-97 [accessed 29 March 2017].
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelton