Sir Henry Marney, KG, 1st Baron Marney of Leyre-Marney

Sir Henry Marney was the son of Sir John Marney and wife Joan Throgmorton. He was born c.1447 in Leyre-Marney, Essex, England. He married first, Thomasine Arundell, daughter of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, Cornwall, and his wife Katherine Chideocke.[1] They had three children. He married (2) Elizabeth Wyfold, daughter of Nicholas Wyfold, Lord Mayor of London. They had a daughter. Sir Henry died May 24, 1523 and was succeeded by his son John.

Sir Henry was described as a man of great wisdom, gravity and singular loyalty to his king, Henry VII. He was one of King Henry's privy councillors in the first year of his reign. He commanded troops against John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln, in the Battle of Stoke Field, 1487. He fought against Lord Audley and the Cornish rebels at Blackheath in 1497.

When Henry VIII became king in 1509, Sir Henry once more served as a privy councillor. He was maded Knight of the Garter. He was appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal in 1523. He was elevated to the peerage in 1523 and created Baron Marney of Leyre-Marney

In his will, dated December 22, 1523, he lists: Sir William Marney his grandfather; Dame Catherine, wife of his grandfather, Sir Robert Marney, his great-grandfather; Sir John Marney, his father; Dame Joan, wife of Sir John Marney; his wife Thomasine; his wife Elizabeth; Thomas Marney, his late son; his son-in-law Lord FitzWalter; his son-in-law Edmund Bedingfield; his son-in-law Thomas Bonham; John Bonham, son and heir to Thomas Bonham; William Bonham second son to said Thomas Bonham; William Lathum, husband of his daughter; Anne Bother daughter of Thomas Bonham; Sir John Marney, his son and executor.

Children of Sir Henry Marney and first wife Thomasine Arundell:

• John Marney, the heir
• Thomas Marney, who died young
• Elizabeth Marney, who married Thomas Bonham, Esq.

Child of Sir Henry Marney and second wife Elizabeth Wyfold:

• Katherine Marney

Citations

• 1. [S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 9. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.

Links to additional material:

• http://thepeerage.com/p11654.htm#i116531
• http://www.kateemersonhistoricals.com/tudortitles.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_la_Pole,_Earl_of_Lincoln
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stoke_Field
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_Rebellion_of_1497
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/HenryMarney.htm