Shropshire Tong
Sir Richard Vernon (1517) and wife Margaret Dymoke.(1490-1545) Richard was the son of Henry Vernon 1515 and Anne Talbot 1494 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2220631670/ daughter of John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (1460) and Elizabeth daughter of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde and Joan de Beauchamp.
Margaret Dymoke was the daughter of Sir Robert Dymoke www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8125490008/ of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire and Jane (or Anne) Sparrow. She married Sir Richard Vernon of Haddon c1507
After Richard's death, Margaret was left a wealthy widow, Cardinal Wolsey advocated a match with Sir William Tyrwhitt, but urged by King Henry Vlll, Margaret accepted Sir William Coffyn of Porthledge, Alwington, Devon (died of plague 1538). www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9K1Fj5Tyrs
Margaret attended Catherine of Aragon at the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520 and was at court with her second husband, who was master of horse to both Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour. Margaret was one of the gentlewomen sent to wait (and spy) upon Anne Boleyn in the Tower. Some accounts give the name as “Mistress Cosyns” but this is a mistake for Coffyn. In Jane Seymour’s household, Margaret was a lady of the bedchamber.
Children of Margaret and Richard Vernon
1. George 1508-1567 here on her tomb www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2220719220/ m1Margaret daughter of Sir Gilbert Talboys and Margaret Gascoigne, widow of Philip Bullock m2 Maud Langford www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8262306928/
2. Elizabeth
George died without male heirs and gave Tong to his daughter Margaret wife of Sir Thomas Stanley www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2220628830/ and Haddon to daughter Dorothy www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8261284961/ m Sir John Vernon www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8261285017/
In 1539 Margaret m3 Sir Richard Manners (1551) of Garendon, Leicestershire, by whom she may have had a son John. During this marriage she lived primarily at Haddon Hall..
Richard's sister Elizabeth is at Moreton Corbet with husband Richard Corbet www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/7852471574/
Charles Dymoke - nephew of Margaret www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/1456764537/
Shropshire Tong
Sir Richard Vernon (1517) and wife Margaret Dymoke.(1490-1545) Richard was the son of Henry Vernon 1515 and Anne Talbot 1494 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2220631670/ daughter of John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (1460) and Elizabeth daughter of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde and Joan de Beauchamp.
Margaret Dymoke was the daughter of Sir Robert Dymoke www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8125490008/ of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire and Jane (or Anne) Sparrow. She married Sir Richard Vernon of Haddon c1507
After Richard's death, Margaret was left a wealthy widow, Cardinal Wolsey advocated a match with Sir William Tyrwhitt, but urged by King Henry Vlll, Margaret accepted Sir William Coffyn of Porthledge, Alwington, Devon (died of plague 1538). www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9K1Fj5Tyrs
Margaret attended Catherine of Aragon at the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520 and was at court with her second husband, who was master of horse to both Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour. Margaret was one of the gentlewomen sent to wait (and spy) upon Anne Boleyn in the Tower. Some accounts give the name as “Mistress Cosyns” but this is a mistake for Coffyn. In Jane Seymour’s household, Margaret was a lady of the bedchamber.
Children of Margaret and Richard Vernon
1. George 1508-1567 here on her tomb www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2220719220/ m1Margaret daughter of Sir Gilbert Talboys and Margaret Gascoigne, widow of Philip Bullock m2 Maud Langford www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8262306928/
2. Elizabeth
George died without male heirs and gave Tong to his daughter Margaret wife of Sir Thomas Stanley www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2220628830/ and Haddon to daughter Dorothy www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8261284961/ m Sir John Vernon www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8261285017/
In 1539 Margaret m3 Sir Richard Manners (1551) of Garendon, Leicestershire, by whom she may have had a son John. During this marriage she lived primarily at Haddon Hall..
Richard's sister Elizabeth is at Moreton Corbet with husband Richard Corbet www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/7852471574/
Charles Dymoke - nephew of Margaret www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/1456764537/