Mary Fiennes, Baroness Dacre
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1524 – 1576
Who was Mary Fiennes, Baroness Dacre?
Mary Fiennes, Baroness Dacre was the daughter of George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny by his third wife, Lady Mary Stafford, youngest daughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham.
She married Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre, who was convicted of the murder of a gamekeeper and hanged as a common criminal at Tyburn in 1541. The family was stripped of its lands and titles by Henry VIII.
In the following years, Mary battled to have the properties restored on behalf of her children, and on her ascension in 1558 Elizabeth restored the title of Baron Dacre to Mary's second son Gregory, her eldest son Thomas having died of the plague at age 15.
By her first husband, Mary Fiennes was the mother of:
Thomas Fiennes
Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre
Margaret Fiennes, 11th Baroness Dacre
Mary Nevill married twice after her first husband's death and had several other children about whom little is known.
Mary Nevill is the sitter in two significant portraits by Hans Eworth.
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- Born
- 1524
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre
(1536 - 1541/06/29)
- Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre
- Children
- Died
- 1576
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on July 23, 2013
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