Margaret Spencer

Female 1471 - 1536  (~ 64 years)


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  • Name Margaret Spencer 
    Birth ~1471  Spencer Combe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Baptism Spencer Combe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 1536  [2, 3, 4
    Person ID I46188  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2019 

    Father Sir Robert Spencer,   b. ~1430, Spencer Combe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~1510 (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Lady Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Ormonde,   b. 1431, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1501 (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage ~1465  Crediton, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Family ID F13750  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Carey,   b. 0___ 1465, Clovelly, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1548, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Marriage ~1492  [1, 2, 4
    Children 
     1. Sir John Carey, Knight,   b. ~1495, Pleshey, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1552, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 57 years)
     2. William Carey,   b. ~ 1500, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1528 (Age ~ 28 years)
    Family ID F16896  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Margaret (or Eleanor) Spencer (1472–1536) was the daughter of Sir Robert Spencer, of Spencer Combe in the parish of Crediton, Devon,[1] by his wife Lady Eleanor Beaufort, the daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Eleanor Beauchamp.

      Marriage and issue

      In 1490 she married Sir Thomas Carey, of Chilton Foliat, in Wiltshire, second son of Sir William Cary (1437-1471) of Cockington, Devon, by his second wife Alice (or Anna) Fulford,[2] a daughter of Sir Baldwin Fulford (d.1476) of Great Fulford, Devon.[3] They had eight children:

      Sir John Carey, of Plashey (1491–1552), married Joyce Denny (1495–1559). She was the daughter of Sir Edmund Denny, of Cheshunt by his second wife, Mary Troutbeck.
      Anne Carey (1493–1550)
      William Carey (1500–1528), Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII of England, married Mary Boleyn. It is thought that shortly after the marriage, Henry VIII began an affair with Mary, and around this time she gave birth to two children whose parentage is questioned by historians, Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Catherine Carey. If they were Margaret's biological grandchildren, then her descendants include Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Elizabeth II and Diana, Princess of Wales.
      Margaret Carey (1496–1560)
      Eleanor Carey (died after 1528). She was a nun at Wilton Abbey.
      Daughter Carey. She was a nun at Wilton Abbey.
      Edward Carey (1498–1560)
      Mary Carey (1501–1560), married John Delaval, Sheriff of Northumberland (1493–1562).

      * [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S9759] "Edward Cary" 9-Generation Ahnentafel, http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/ahnentafel.php?personID=I16536&tree=00&parentse.

    2. [S10614] "Sir William Cary (1437-1471)" biography, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Thursday, March 9th, 2017 by Da.

    3. [S14887] Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe, died pre 1510, Biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Spencer_of_Spencer_Combe.

    4. [S10613] "Margaret (or Eleanor) Spencer (1472-1536)" biography, which was abstracted, downloaded and published Thursday, March 9t.

    5. [S51509] http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/ahnentafel.php?personID=I133312&tree=00&parentset=0&generations=9.

    6. [S51529] http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I16718&tree=00.

    7. [S7453] "Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clifford,_1st_Earl_of_Cumberland.

    8. [S7458] "Lady Eleanor Beaufort (1431 - 16 August 1501)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Beaufort.