Mary Southwell

Mary Southwell was the daughter of Sir Francis Southwell of Wyndham Hall, Norfolk (d.1582) and Barbara Spencer. She apparently married four times, although not all genealogies list Thomas Sydney as her first husband. She was married to Nicholas Gorges of Alderton (d.1594), then Sir Conyers Clifford, Governor of Connaught (1566-c.1599), by whom she had Conyers (d.1625), Henry, and Frances. Her last husband was Sir Anthony St. Leger (d.1612/13), Master of Rolls for Ireland, as his second wife. His first wife, Eleanor Markham, died on February 2, 1598. By St. Leger, to whom she brought Bobbing Court, Kent, she had two further children, another Frances and Anthony (c.1599-1661).

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