Cecily BONVILLE

1461 - 1530  (69 years)

• Name	Cecily BONVILLE
  Born	1461	Chewton, Somersetshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Marchioness of Dorset, 7th Baroness Harington, 2nd Baroness Bonville
  Died	12 May 1530	Shacklewell, Hackney, Middlesex, England
  Person ID	I43307	Main
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Lord William BONVILLE,   b. 1442, Chewton, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 31 Dec 1460, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England  (Age 18 years)
  Mother	Lady Katherine NEVILLE,   b. Abt 1435, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. Bef 25 Mar 1504, Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Family ID	F30521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sir Thomas GRAY,   b. 22 Jun 1457, Castle Groby, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Abt 20 Sep 1501, Astley, Warwickshire, England  (Age 44 years)
  Children	+ 1. Sir Thomas GRAY,   b. 22 Jun 1477, Bashall, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 10 Oct 1530, Bashall, Yorkshire, England  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F30520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Her Grandson Henry eventually became the father of Lady Jane Grey, born in 1537, who was also granddaughter of Mary, sister of Henry VIII. Edward VI died in July 1553, and power politics saw Lady Jane Grey, at age 16, become Queen of England for less than 2 weeks before being imprisoned and executed in 1554, a year after her father had met the same fate. Mary I became the rightful Queen under her father Henry VIII's will. In the same year, 1554, the estate in Merriott was seized by the Crown and granted to William & Barbara Rice. Their lease fell to Sir Jerome Bowes in 1575, and stayed in the Bowes family until sold to James Hooper in 1587. James' nephew Henry Hooper inherited in 1598, and he enfranchised much of the estate and granted parts of the manor by three conveyances. The manor was heavily mortgaged by the Hoopers. It was eventually sold in 1686 to Thomas Rodbard, a London fishmonger, who left it to a succession of Rodbards, including the illegitimate children of Mary Butcher. Eventually the Whitley family inherited the lordship into the 20th century. Queen Mary bestowed the Manor of Merriott on one family; her successor Queen Elizabeth I on another. Since then the lordship of the manor changed hands many times; eventually no title remained. The Victoria County History has more detail.