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Susan Reynell (Hungerford)

Birthdate:
Death: December 1646 (77-86)
Bishops Canning, Wiltshire, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Wiltshire, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir Walter Hungerford, Kt., MP and Anne Hungerford
Wife of Michael Ernle; John Moring, II and Sir Carew Reynell, Kt., MP
Sister of Edmund Hungerford; Jane Carne; Lucy St. John; John Hungerford and Anne Hungerford
Half sister of Child 1 Hungerford; Child 2 Hungerford; 1st Son Hungerford; 2nd Son Hungerford; 3rd Son Hungerford and 1 other

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About Susan Reynell

Susan Hungerford was the daughter of Walter Hungerford and his second wife Anne Dormer who married in 1558. They divorced 11 years later.

Susan Hungerford married three times;

1. Michael Ernle [died 1593/4]
2. Sir John Marvyn/Marvin of Ashlington, Wiltshire died 1603
3. Sir Carew Reynell

Susan had children with Michael Ernle, including her son Edward and daughter Jane.
Edward Ernle had his will drawn up on 8 Oct 1656; describing himself as being of Etchilhapmton in the County of Wiltshire , Esq. [2]He made bequests to and mentioned:

my son Walter
my late mother, Dame Susan Reynoll
my cousin Jane Fettiplace, daughter of John of (?) Berkshire
my kinsman Frances Wroughton
Edward died 30 November 1656, and was buried on 5 Dec 1656 at Etchilhampton, Wiltshire

Reference: C 8/33/125; Description: Short title: Mervyn v Mervyn.
Plaintiffs: Susan Mervyn, widow.
Defendants: Sir James Mervyn kt, Sir Edward Hungerford kt and Edmund Mervyn.
Subject: property in Fonthill [Gifford], Wiltshire.
Document type: bill and answer. SFP Date: 1603 Held at Kew.

Name: Marvin, Jn. Susan Marvyn Dates: 1604 Place: England Book: Index to Acts of Administration in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1596 - 1608 (Acts of Administration) Collection: England: Canterbury - Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1596-1608 Text: Marvin, Jn., Ashlington, Wilts. To Susan Marvyn, rel., 1604 , p. 196.

Mentioned as "niece Raynall" in the Will of her half uncle, Sir Edward Hungerford, in 1607

Family and Education Carew Reynell b. c.1563, 5th s. of Richard Reynell I of East Ogwell, Devon, by Agnes, da. of John Southcote† of Bovey Tracey, Devon. m. aft. 1593, Susan, da. of Walter Hungerford†, of Farleigh Castle, Som. and Hungerford, Wilts., wid. of Michael Erneley of Bishops Canning, Wilts., and of Sir John Marvyn, s.p. Kntd. 12 July 1599.1
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/r...

Susan wrote her will on 4 Oct 1645, describing herself as Susan Reynell of Bourton in the parish of Canning, Wiltshire, widow. Mentioned: daughter Ann, the Lady Eyre, daughter Jane, the Lady Hungerford, granddaughter Elizabeth Richards, granddaughter Susan Eyre, wife of Mr Henry Eyre, the younger Ann Eyre daughter of Susan, grandson Walter Ernle, grandson Michael Ernle, son Edward Ernle

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/hungerford/998/
Calne parish church, Wiltshire
"Here Lieth the Body of Edward Ernle, of Ichilhampton, Esq., Eldest Sonne of Michael Ernle, of Bourton, Esq. by Susan, his Wife, Eldest Daughter and Coheire of Sir Walter Hungerford, of Farley Castle, in ye County of Somerset, who Departed this Mortal Life the Last Day of November, in the yeare of Or [i.e. O superscript r, for Our] Lord God 1656"

Aubreys Collections for Wiltshire Part I , By John Aubrey pub 1838 page 122
Sir Anthony Hungerford, Knight now living (eldest sonne to this Sir John Hungerford, Knight) was forst married to Elizabeth Lucy, daughter to Sir Thomas Lucy, by whom he had 2 daughters...and afterwards the sayd Sir Anthony married Jane Earnley, daughter to Michael Early, Esqr, by Susan Hungerford, daughter and one of the co-heirs of Sir Walter Hungerford, of Farleigh Castle, Knight. He erected this monument in the 52nd yeare of his age, for the honour of his deare father and in remembrance of his own mortality. September 30, AnnoRegni Caroli, Anno Domini 1637. [At Down Ampney]

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Susan Reynell's Timeline

1564
1564
1646
December 26, 1646
Age 82
Bishops Canning, Wiltshire, England (United Kingdom)
December 1646
Age 82
Bishops Canning, Wiltshire, England (United Kingdom)