Lady Mary Boys

• 'The Wentworth genealogy: English and American (1878) Vol. 1
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgeneal02wentgoog#page/n79/mo...
• (16) Nicholas Wentworth, who became Sir Nicholas, being knighted by King Henry VIII in person during his expedition to Boulogne, in August 1544. For many years he was "Chief Porter of Calais," then an important government post. He possessed numerous estates in the counties of Oxford, Bucks, Northampton, Warwick, and Lincoln, but his chief residence was at Lillingstone Lovell, co. Oxford, which manor was given to him by the king in 1546, in exchange for certain lands in Northamptonshire. His Will, dated 7 February 1551-2, was proved 24 June 1557, and he probably died not long before the latter date. He married, before 1525, Jane, daughter of John Josselyn, Esq., of Newhall-Josselyn, co. Essex, and of Sabridgeworth, co. Herts, and sister of Sir Thomas Josselyn, Kt. She survived him, and was buried at Burnham, co. Bucks, 26 August 1659. Their issue were are follows: --
  • 1. Peter, of whom hereafter.
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  • 5. Clare, only daughter, who married, before her father's death, Edward Boys, Esq., of Fredville, in Nonington, co. Kent, sheriff of that county in 1577. She died before 1586, and he remarried twice, dying 15 February 1598-9, aged 71.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgeneal02wentgoog#page/n81/mo...
  • The eldest son and heir
  • (17) Peter Wentworth, Esq., of Lillingstone Darrell, co. Bucks (adjoining Lillingstone Lovell, co. Oxford), was M. P. for Tamworth, and leader, with his brother Paul, of the Puritan party in the time of Elizabeth; was twenty-eight years in Parliament, and was six times committed to the Tower. He died in 1600. He married, first, Lettice, daughter of Sir Ralph Lane, Kt., of Horton, co. Northampton, by whom he had no issue; and secondly, Elizabeth, sister of Sir Francis Walsingham, Kt. (the well-known Principal Secretary of State under Queen Elizabeth), by whom he had issue, as follows: --
    • 1. Nicholas, of whom hereafter.
    • 2. Walter Wentworth, Esq., of Catle Bytham, co. Lincoln, where he was buried 13 October 1627. He married, first, Mary, daughter of Griffith Hampden, Esq. She was buried at St. Margaret's, Lothbury, London, 3 May 1614. He married, secondly, the widow of __ Russell, who survived him, but by whom he had no issue. By his first wife he had a daughter Mary, who was living in 1637, the wife of John Browne; and Samuel, only son, who was admitted to Gray's Inn, London, 14 March 1627-8, and who died, apparently unmarried and certainly without issue. His Will, dated the 1st, was proved 9 January 1637-8.
    • 3. Thomas Wentworth, Esq., who became a Barrister of Lincoln's Inn, and was sometime Recorder of the City of Oxford. He died before 16 April 1628, but his Will (without date) was not proved until 9 December 1629. He married the daughter and co-heir of __ Keble (or Kebell), of co. Northampton, who died before him. They had issue as follows: --
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    • 4. Frances, who married Walter Strickland, Esq., of Boynton, co. York. Their son William was crated a Baronet 31 July 1641. The Baronetcy still exists, although the last possessor of the title, in 1865, obtained the royal license to abandon the surname of Strickland, and assume that of Cholmley, and also to quarter the arms of Wentworth.
    • 5. 'Mary, who married, 15 September 1578, Sir Edward Boys, Kt., of Nonington, co. Kent. She was buried at Nonington, 17 October 1616. He remarried, and died 8 January 1634-5.
    • 6. A daughter, who married __ Amies, of Shropshire.
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• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#Mary WENTWORTH2
• 'Mary WENTWORTH
• Born: ABT 1557, Lillingstone, Lovell, Kent, England
• Died: 17 Oct 1616, Nonington, Kent, England
• Father: Peter WENTWORTH (Sir Knight)
• Mother: Elizabeth WALSINGHAM
• 'Married: Edward BOYS 15 Sep 1578
• Children:
  • 1. Dorothy BOYS (m. Francis Swann)
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https://familysearch.org/tree/person/LJRQ-P1C/details?spouse=LKX1-XPJ Legacy NFS Source: Mary Wentworth - birth: about 1550; Lillingstone Dayrell, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

<i>International Genealogical Index [IGI]</i> (Salt Lake City: Family History Library) Notes birth: about 1550; Lillingstone Dayrell, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

burial: 17 October 1616; Nonington, Kent, England, United Kingdom