Biography of Mary Browne Countess Southampton 1552-1607

Before 22nd July 1552 [her father] Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 23) and [her mother] Jane Radclyffe were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex and [her grandmother] Margaret Stanley Countess Sussex. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 22nd July 1552 twins [her brother] Anthony Browne and Mary Browne Countess Southampton were born to [her father] Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 23) and [her mother] Jane Radclyffe at Cowdray House [Map]. Their mother died in childbirth although Henry Machen's diary reports her death in 1553.

In 1553 [her future husband] Thomas Heneage (age 21) was appointed MP Stamford.

Before 10th December 1553 [her father] Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 25) and [her step-mother] Magdalen Dacre Viscountess Montague (age 15) were married. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1554 [her future husband] Thomas Heneage (age 22) and Anne Poyntz (age 20) were married.

In April 1554 [her father] Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 25) was appointed Master of the Horse.

On 2nd September 1554 [her father] Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 25) was created 1st Viscount Montagu. [her step-mother] Magdalen Dacre Viscountess Montague (age 16) by marriage Viscountess Montagu. See Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom by George Cockayne, Volume 9, Page 340.

On 17th October 1555 [her father] Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 26) was appointed 336th Knight of the Garter by Queen Mary I of England and Ireland (age 39).

In 1559 [her future husband] Thomas Heneage (age 27) was appointed MP Arundel.

Around 1565 Hans Eworth (age 45). Portrait of Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 12).

In 1565 [her future husband] Thomas Heneage (age 33) was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 31).

In or before 1573 [her brother-in-law] Robert Dormer 1st Baron Dormer (age 21) and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Browne Baroness Dormer were married.

Before 6th October 1573 Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton (age 28) and Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess of Southampton. He the son of Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton and Jane Cheney Countess Southampton (age 64).

On 6th October 1573 [her son] Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton was born to [her husband] Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton (age 28) and Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 21) at Cowdray House [Map]. He married 30th August 1598 his third cousin once removed Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton and had issue.

On 4th October 1581 [her husband] Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton (age 36) died. His son [her son] Henry (age 7) succeeded 3rd Earl of Southampton. His wardship was sold by the Queen to her kinsman, Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham (age 45), for £1000. Howard then transferred his wardship to William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 61).

On 18th June 1585 [her son-in-law] Thomas Arundell 1st Baron Arundel (age 25) and [her daughter] Mary Wriothesley Baroness Arundel Wardour were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton and Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 32). They were half fourth cousin once removed.

In 1587 [her future husband] Thomas Heneage (age 55) was appointed Privy Council.

In 1587 [her future husband] Thomas Heneage (age 55) was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household.

In 1590 [her future husband] Thomas Heneage (age 58) was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

On 19th October 1592 [her father] Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu (age 63) died. His grandson Anthony (age 18) succeeded 2nd Viscount Montagu.

On 2nd May 1594 Thomas Heneage (age 62) and Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 41) were married. Her second husband. The difference in their ages was 20 years.

On 17th October 1595 [her husband] Thomas Heneage (age 63) died. He was buried at St Paul's Cathedral [Map].

On 30th August 1598 [her son] Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton (age 24) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess of Southampton. He the son of [her former husband] Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton and Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 46). They were third cousin once removed.

Between 5th November 1598 and 31st January 1599 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey (age 33) and Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 46) were married. Her third husband.

Before 5th February 1607 Mary Browne Countess Southampton (age 54) died.

On 5th February 1608 [her former husband] William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey (age 43) and Cordell Annesley were married.

In 1642 [her former husband] William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey (age 77) died. Baron Hervey of Kidbrooke in Kent, Baron Hervey of Rosse in County Wexford and Baronet Hervey of St Martin in the Fields extinct.

[her daughter] Mary Wriothesley Baroness Arundel Wardour was born to Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton and Mary Browne Countess Southampton. She married 18th June 1585 her half fourth cousin once removed Thomas Arundell 1st Baron Arundel and had issue.