Mary (Browne) Grey (abt. 1525 - abt. 1617)

Born about 1525 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John (Grey) of Pirgo — married 3 Nov 1541 in Essex, England

Wife of Henry Capell MP — married after 19 Nov 1564 in Pirgo, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, England

Descendants

Died about 4 Feb 1617 at about age 92 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Browne (d. 04 Feb 1616/7), was the daughter of:

• Sir Anthony Browne, KG, 1st Viscount of Montagu,^[1]
• and his first wife Alice, dau. of Sir John Gage, KG.^[1][2]

She was named in her brother Anthony's 1592 will.^[3]

Marriages and Children

She married twice.^[4]

Her first husband was Lord John Grey of Pirgo,^[1] (d. 1564).^[4] He was the 4th son of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset.

Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), states that Mary and John had eight (8) children, including four (4) sons and four (4) daughters.^[2]

1. Sir Henry, 1st Lord Grey of Groby,^[2]
2. Thomas,^[2]
3. John^[2]
4. Edward, Esq.^[2]
5. Frances m. Sir William Cooke,^[2]
6. Elizabeth,^[2]
7. Anne,^[2]
8. Margaret m. Sir Arthur Capell.^[2][4]

She remarried to Henry Capell (d. 22 June 1588) as his second wife. She was his widow in 1588, and was the defendant in a lawsuit in 1616 and finally died 4 Feb 1616/7.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Hasler, P.W. (1981). "Grey, Sir Henry (1547-1614), of Pirgo, Essex; later of Groby, Leics.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603. HOP. Web.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Ed., v.3, pp.311- 312
3. ↑ West Sussex Record Office, ref. SAS-BA/67, catalogue entry
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Richardson, D. (2008). Mary Browne, widow of Lord John Grey, of Pirgo, Essex and her alleged 2nd marriage to Henry Capel. soc.genealogy.medieval.narkive.com.

See also:

• "Burke’s Family Records (Indexed)", Burke, Ashworth P. Burke’s Family Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Clearfield Company (Genealogical Publishing Co.), 1994, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access); Ancestry Record 1860 #5547 ($).
• Visitations of Hertfordshire: Capell [1]
• Marlyn Lewis
• 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 83.