Margaret Spencer
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Margaret Spencer (1472-1536) was the daughter of Sir Robert Spencer of Spencercombe in the English county of Devon, by his wife, Eleanor Beaufort, the daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Eleanor Beauchamp.
In 1490, she was married to Sir Thomas Carey of Chilton Foliat in Wiltshire. 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 Chestnut and Lady Mary Coke.
- Anne Carey (1493-1550)
- William Carey (1495-1528), Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII of England, married Lady Mary Boleyn.
- Margaret Carey (1496-1560)
- Eleanor Carey (died 1526). 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).
[edit] Sources
- "The royal descent of Nelson and Wellington, from Edward the first, George Russell French, 1853, Page 28"
- "The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn: Family Politics at the Court of Henry VIII, Retha Marvine Warnicke, 1984, Page 36"
- "The Baronetage of England: containing a genealogical and historical account of all the English, Edward Kimber, 1771, Page 221"
