Mary Wheatleigh

Mary (Fiennes) Wheatley, 10th Baroness of Dacre Lady of Honor to Queen Elizabeth I
1566–1595

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178766179/mary-wheatleigh?_gl=1.....

Genealogy of the Wheatley or Wheatleigh family. A history of the family in England and America THE WILL OF MARY W^EATLEIGH, WIDOW.

Hannibal Wheatley's 1902 Genealogy of the Wheatley Family, pp. 10-11. Archive.Org

Body to be bimed by the side of my late husbjind, John Wlieatleigli, Esq. To son Frank, one cow. To bis wife auotber aud to bis (bxuj,^bter Dorotby, one cow. To my (biufj^bter Martba and Olive, each one cow. Residue of my effects to son Kicbard, sole executor.

"Witnesses. Jane Hossington, (alias Wbeatleifij'b) and "Wil- liam Panes.

In tbe visitations of Somerset at Somerset House in Lon- tlon are recorded tbe following cbildi-en of John "Wbeatley.

2. Jobn, b May 31, 1541,

3. Natbaniel, b June 1, 1549,

4. Annie, b October 20, 1553, m Rev. William Barker of Berkshire and raised a large family

5 Jane, b October lo, 1560, m Mr. Hossington of Andover and there was one daughter, Susan Hossington.

(5. Frank, 1) March 1562, lived at Maiden Newton.

7. Richard, b May 3, 1565.

8. Samuel, b April 28, 1568.

9. Martha, b January, 1571, m 1592 to Roger Wingate.

10. Olive, b 1573, m Mr. Barker. The Barkers were one of the most prominent families of Sonning for 300 years. They owning the tine estate of Holmes Park.

2 II 1 John AVheatleigh, Esq. of Tingsboro, Somerset, 1) May 31, 1547, m Dorothy Willoughby of Derbyshire, youngest daughter of Ai-ctic explorer, Hugh AVilloughby. She probably died be- fore 1609, for no mention is made of her in his will. He was one of the 164 gentlemen and sailors who accompanied Sir Francis Drake on his free booting expedition to Spanish America and around the world, home via (^ape of Good Hope, arriving at Ply- mouth November

Disputed Origins

Evidence needed to support as child of Sir Thomas Fiennes, Kt.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fiennes-107

There is no evidence for the maiden name of Mary Wheatleigh. Mary is reported on some secondary sites to be the daughter of Lord Dacre, Thomas Fiennes; others see this as a play to establish royal heritage where none exists.

Possibly father;

Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre

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