 1581 - 1670 (89 years)
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| Name |
Tracey, Mary |
| Born |
18 May 1581 |
Of Toddington, Gloucestershire, England  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
25 Dec 1670 |
Kirby Hall, Essex, England |
| Person ID |
I05015 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
17 Jun 2015 |
| Family 2 |
Vere, Horatio, b. Abt 1565, Of Kirby Hall, Essex, England , bur. 2 May 1635, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England (Age ~ 70 years) |
| Married |
Nov 1607 |
England |
| Children |
| + | 1. Vere, Katherine, b. Abt 1608, Of Tilbury, Essex, England , d. Mar 1648, England (Age ~ 40 years) |
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| Family ID |
F01190 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- www.oxford-shakespeare.com
The document below is the Prerogative Court of Canterbury copy of the will, dated 23 March 1670 and proved 15 February 1672, of Lady Mary Vere (1581-1671), widow of ... Horace Vere (1565-1635), Baron Vere of Tilbury, ...
According to The Dictionary of National Biography, Lady Mary Vere was the youngest daughter of Sir John Tracy (d. 1591) of Toddington, Gloucestershire, and his wife, Ann Throckmorton. At nineteen, she married William Hoby (d. 1602?) of Hailes, Gloucestershire, by whom she had two sons, Philip (d. 1617) and William (d. 1623). In November 1607 she married Sir Horace Vere, by whom she had five daughters. Her eldest daughter, Elizabeth (d. 1683), Mary (c.1611-1669) Catharine (b. 1612/13), Anne (1617/-1665) and Dorothy. Lady Mary Vere died on 25 December 1671 and was buried on 10 January 1672.
Will of Lady Mary Vere
In the name of God, Amen. I, Mary, Lady Vere, widow and relict of the right honourable Horace, Lord Vere, Baron of Tilbury, deceased,... Item, I give and bequeath unto my good daughter, Mrs Dorothy Wolstonholme.. Item, I give & bequeath the sum of fifty pounds of like money to my loving grandchild, the Lady Clinton, .... Item, I give and bequeath unto my grandchild, Mrs Katherine Paulet, ... Item, I give unto my loving grandchild Horatio, .... Item, I give and bequeath unto my grandson, Sir James Langham .... I give unto my good daughter Elizabeth, Countess of Clare, whom, and my good daughter Mrs Dorothy Wolstonholme, and the said Sir James Langham, I do make executors of this my last will & testament... In witness whereof I have hereto put my hand and seal the three and twentieth day of March one thousand six hundred sixty-nine. Mary Vere.
The above-written will was proved ...on the fifteenth day of the month of February in the year of the Lord (English style) a thousand six hundred seventy-one...
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