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Biography of Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer 1554-1626

Paternal Family Tree: Fitzmaldred aka Neville

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Wychingham 1410-1451

Baron Abergavenny is a complex Barony. When [her father] Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny died in 1587 there was some confusion as to whether the Barony descended in the male and female lines ie heirs general, which is considered to be the valid line, or whether it was constrained to male onle. If the former then Henry's daughter Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer should have inherited, if the latter her cousin Edward Neville should have inherited. In the event Edward Neville and his descendants held the Barony, as well as the second creation Baron Abergavenny. If the claim of Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer was valid, she and her descendants, the Earls of Westmoreland, should have been the Barons of the 1st Creation.

In or before 1554 [her father] Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny (age 23) and [her mother] Frances Manners Baroness Bergavenny (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Abergavenny. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland and [her grandmother] Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1554 Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer was born to Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny (age 24) and Frances Manners Baroness Bergavenny (age 24).

Around 1564 [her future husband] Thomas Fane (age 54) and Elizabeth Culpepper (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 36 years.

On 12th December 1574 Thomas Fane (age 64) and Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer (age 20) were married at Birling, Kent [Map]. The difference in their ages was 44 years.

In September 1576 [her mother] Frances Manners Baroness Bergavenny (age 46) died at Birling, Kent [Map].

On 1st February 1580 [her son] Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland was born to [her husband] Thomas Fane (age 70) and Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer (age 26).

In 1581 [her son] George Fane of Burston was born to [her husband] Thomas Fane (age 71) and Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer (age 27).

On 10th February 1587 [her father] Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny (age 57) died. His daughter Mary (age 33) succeeded 7th Baroness Abergavenny, 5th Baroness Abergavenny. The title was, however, was claimed by Edward Neville (age 61) who was summoned to Parliament in 1604; this is now considered to be a new creation - see Baron Abergavenny. On the same day that Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer was restored to the Baron Despencer as compensaton for her loss if the Abergaveen Barony.

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On 12th March 1589 [her husband] Thomas Fane (age 79) died.

On 15th February 1598 [her son] Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 18) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland (age 16) were married.

On 25th May 1604 Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny (age 54) was created 1st Baron Abergavenny. Rachel Lennard Baroness Bergavenny (age 51) by marriage Baroness Abergavenny.

Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer (age 50) was restored 3rd Baroness Despencer with precedence from the Baroness Despencer.

In September 1607 [her son] George Fane of Burston (age 26) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Spencer (age 17) were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.

Masque of Beauty

On 10th January 1608 the Ben Johnson (age 36) Masque of Beauty was performed at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map] to celebrate the completion of its refurburbishment. King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 41) attended.

The performers included:

Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 33).

Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk (age 23).

Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford (age 28).

Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby (age 32).

Susan Vere Countess Montgomery (age 20).

Lettice Perrot Baroness Chichester (age 48).

Audrey Shelton Lady Walsingham (age 39).

Catherine Somerset Baroness Windsor (age 33).

Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 17).

Elizabeth Barkham Lady Garrard (age 15).

Elizabeth Somerset (age 18).

Elizabeth Cecil Lady Hatton (age 30).

Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer (age 54).

Catherine Somerset Baroness Windsor.

Arabella Stewart (age 33).

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After 19th November 1618 [her son] George Fane of Burston (age 37) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Boteler were married.

On 28th June 1626 Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer (age 72) died. She was buried at Mereworth, Kent. Her son [her son] Francis (age 46) succeeded 4th Baron Despencer, 8th Baron Abergavenny, 6th Baron Abergavenny. [her daughter-in-law] Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland (age 44) by marriage Baroness Despencer, Baroness Abergavenny, Baroness Abergavenny.

Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer 1554-1626 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer 1554-1626

Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer 1554-1626

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance York Countess Gloucester Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Fenn

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Fenne Baroness Bergavenny

Father: Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

GrandMother: Mary Stafford Baroness Bergavenny 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury

Mary Neville 7th and 5th Baroness Abergavenny 3rd Baroness Despencer 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Manners

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes aka Anne Middleton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Manners 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ogle

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Ogle 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Grey 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft

Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Tiptoft Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold St Leger 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St Leger 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas St Leger 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Donet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Donet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne York Duchess Exeter 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Frances Manners Baroness Bergavenny 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paston

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Barry

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paston

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mautby

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Mautby

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Paston

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Brewes

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Brewes

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Debenham

GrandMother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Heydon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bracton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England