Mary Paulet

Mary Paulet, Lady Cromwell (c. 1540[1] – 10 October 1592) was an English noblewoman, the daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester of Basing, Hampshire and his first wife Elizabeth Willoughby.[2]

Lady Mary Paulet
Born	c. 1540
Died	10 October 1592(1592-10-10) (aged 51–52)
Buried	Launde Abbey, Leicestershire 52.631111°N 0.823056°W / 52.631111; -0.823056
Noble family	Paulet
Spouse(s)	Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell
Issue Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell Katherine Cromwell
Father	John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester
Mother	Elizabeth Willoughby

Marriages and issue

Mary Paulet married, before 1560, Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell, (1538 – 20 November 1592), the son of her father's second wife Elizabeth Seymour and her second husband Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, and had issue:[2][3][4]

• Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, (c. 1560 – 27 April 1607), married firstly, Elizabeth Upton (died 1592/3), of Puslinch, Devon and secondly, Frances Rugge, (died 1631) of Felmingham, Norfolk, by whom he had a son, Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass and two daughters, Frances and Anne. He served with the Earl of Essex in the expedition against Spain and was knighted by him in Dublin 12 July 1599.[2][5][6][7]
• Gregory Cromwell, married Frances, daughter of Sir Edward Griffin of Dingley, Northamptonshire.[8]
• Katharine Cromwell (d. 24 March 1621), married on 10 February 1581 at North Elmham, Norfolk, Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet (1562 - 1612), of Helmingham, Suffolk, son of Sir Lionel Tollemache and Susan Jermyn. They had a son, Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet.[9][10]

Death

Mary died at North Elmham, Norfolk, 10 October 1592, and was buried, on 23 October, at Launde Abbey, Leicestershire.[2] Henry Cromwell died soon after his wife, on 20 November at North Elmham, Norfolk, 1592 and was buried, on 4 December, at Launde Abbey.[2][11]

References

1. "Sir John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire, 2nd Lord St. John, Sheriff of Hampshire, Somersetshire, & Dorsetshire". Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins. Our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
2. Cokayne III 1913, p. 558.
3. "Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell". The Peerage. Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013. Several sources, including Richardson, list a son, Sir Gregory Cromwell, of Huntingdonshire, who was knighted in 1603 and who would have been born before 1582. This Sir Gregory Cromwell is very likely to be a younger son, or grandson, of Henry Williams (alias Cromwell), a descendant of Richard Williams (alias Cromwell), who lived in Huntingdonshire.Metcalfe 1885, p. 140
4. "John Paulet". Family Search: Community Trees. British Isles. Peerage, Baronetage, and Landed Gentry Families with Extended Lineage. Histfam.familysearch.org. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
5. Burke 1831, pp. 152–153
6. Shaw II 1906, p. 96
7. Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Cromwell, Edward" . Dictionary of National Biography. 13. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 151.
8. Carthew 1878, p. 522, 524, Gregory Cromwell is listed in his father's will.
9. Cokayne I 1900, p. 18.
10. "Katherine Cromwell". The Peerage. Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
11. Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry I 2011, p. 605.

Bibliography

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• Carthew, G. A. (1878). The Hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley; in the County of Norfolk; Evidences and Topographical Notes from public records, Heralds' Visitations, Wills, Court Rolls, Old Charters, Parish Registers, Town books, and Other Private Sources; Digested and Arranged as Materials for Parochial, Manorial, and Family History. II. Collected by G.A. Carthew. Norwich: Printed by Miller and Leavins. at HathiTrust
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• Bindoff, S. T. (1982). "CROMWELL, Thomas (by 1485-1540), of London". In Bindoff, S. T. (ed.). Members. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558. Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 21 October 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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• Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. II (2nd ed.). CreateSpace. ISBN 1461045207.
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• Shaw, William A. (1906). The Knights of England. II. London: Sherrat and Hughes.
• "Sir John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire, 2nd Lord St. John, Sheriff of Hampshire, Somersetshire, & Dorsetshire". Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins. Our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
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External links

• Katharine Cromwell Portrait by Robert Peake, 1581