Margaret Tilney

The testator married firstly Margaret Brewes, the daughter of Sir Thomas Brewes (d. 17 June 1482) by his second wife, Elizabeth Debenham (d.1503). See the will of Elizabeth Debenham, in which she leaves a bequest to ‘Elizabeth Tilney, daughter of Sir Philip Tilney’, TNA PROB 11/13/418, and ‘A Who’s Who of Tudor Women’ at:

http://www.tudorwomen.com/?page_id=646

MARGARET BREWES (d.1495+)

Margaret Brewes was the daughter of Thomas Brewes (Brewse/Brews) of Little Wenham, Suffolk (d. June 17, 1481) and Elizabeth Debenham (d.1503). After July 10, 1479, she married Sir Philip Tylney (Tilney) of Shelley, Suffolk (d. January 8, 1532/3), as his first wife. Their children were Thomas and Philip (d.1541). Tylney was a cousin Elizabeth Tylney, countess of Surrey, and the brother of Surrey’s second wife, Agnes Tylney. According to Alison Weir’s biography of Mary Boleyn, Margaret was one of the ladies attending the countess at Sheriff Hutton in 1495 when John Skelton wrote his poem, “A Goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell,” in their honor.

By Margaret Brewes, the testator had two sons:

• Thomas Tilney of Hadleigh, Suffolk, eldest son, who married Margaret Barrett, by whom he was the father of a son and a daughter mentioned in the will below:
• -Frederick Tilney (d. 26 January 1541) of Kelsale (called ‘Frary’ in the will below), who married Margaret Buck of Long Melford, the daughter of Robert Buck and Jane Heigham, the daughter of Clement Heigham by Joan Cotton. For the Heigham family, see also the will of John Clopton, TNA PROB 11/11/266.

References

• http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-25-71.pdf
• See also the Brewes pedigree in Crisp, Frederick Arthur, Fragmenta Genealogica, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1996), Vol. VIII, pp. 57-60 at: https://archive.org/stream/fragmentagenealo08cris#page/60/mode/2up