yielded to fate - Croome D'Abitot, Worcestershire
Elaborate monument with the effigy of Mary, wife of the 2nd Lord Coventry, who died 18th October 1634 aged 29 after the birth of her 5th child in six years
"That most illustrious Lady Maria, devoted wife of Thomas Coventry, eldest son of Thomas Baron Coventry of Allesborough, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England. A truly most admirable woman, upon whom God lavished beauty, and what is rarer in her sex, virtue, her loveliness surpassing any woman’s, her generosity surpassing any man’s, of unblemished reputation and purity of life, with a lively mind, strong judgment, an easy eloquence and pleasant speech, calmly in control of her feelings, and finally not just a wise but a calm mistress of all these gifts. A fertile mother of four children, she arrived at the last fatal confinement, bringing forth a son, against nature, rather to death than to life, so that even while trying to share out her life, she lost it, and herself yielded to fate a short time after her child, amid general lamentation".
Mary was the wealthy daughter of Sir William Craven and Elizabeth daughter of alderman Sir William Whitmore 1593 of & Bishops Lydeard , Balmes Manor Hackney & Apley Hall Shropshire a haberdasher of Lombard Street. . by Anne daughter of Alderman William Bond a wealthy merchant & Ann Aldy
She was the niece of Margaret Whitmore Grobham flic.kr/p/5Vhptz 2nd wife of Sir John St John flic.kr/p/5VmZdq at Lydiard Tregoze & Jane Still at Hutton Somerset flic.kr/p/oPbetd
She m (1627) at St. Andrew Undershaft, Thomas 2nd Baron Coventry d1661 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/fZ76bY son of Thomas 1st Baron Coventry , Lord Keeper, of the Privy Seal, by 1st wife Sarah daughter of John Sebright of Besford and Anne Bullingham
Children www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/bki10i
1. George 3rd Baron Coventry 1628-1680 m Margaret daughter of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret coheiress of Richard Sackville 3rd Earl of Dorset
2.Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry 1629-1699 m1 Winifred 1694 daughter of Col. Piers Edgcumbe & Mary Glanville m2 Elizabeth 1724 daughter of Richard Grimes 0f St. Giles's Cripplegate
3. daughter b1631 died young
4. daughter b1633 died young
5. Son b/d 1634 after whose birth his mother died
. - Church of St Mary Magdalene , Croome D'Abitot, Worcestershire
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coventry,_2nd_Baron_Coventry...
yielded to fate - Croome D'Abitot, Worcestershire
Elaborate monument with the effigy of Mary, wife of the 2nd Lord Coventry, who died 18th October 1634 aged 29 after the birth of her 5th child in six years
"That most illustrious Lady Maria, devoted wife of Thomas Coventry, eldest son of Thomas Baron Coventry of Allesborough, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England. A truly most admirable woman, upon whom God lavished beauty, and what is rarer in her sex, virtue, her loveliness surpassing any woman’s, her generosity surpassing any man’s, of unblemished reputation and purity of life, with a lively mind, strong judgment, an easy eloquence and pleasant speech, calmly in control of her feelings, and finally not just a wise but a calm mistress of all these gifts. A fertile mother of four children, she arrived at the last fatal confinement, bringing forth a son, against nature, rather to death than to life, so that even while trying to share out her life, she lost it, and herself yielded to fate a short time after her child, amid general lamentation".
Mary was the wealthy daughter of Sir William Craven and Elizabeth daughter of alderman Sir William Whitmore 1593 of & Bishops Lydeard , Balmes Manor Hackney & Apley Hall Shropshire a haberdasher of Lombard Street. . by Anne daughter of Alderman William Bond a wealthy merchant & Ann Aldy
She was the niece of Margaret Whitmore Grobham flic.kr/p/5Vhptz 2nd wife of Sir John St John flic.kr/p/5VmZdq at Lydiard Tregoze & Jane Still at Hutton Somerset flic.kr/p/oPbetd
She m (1627) at St. Andrew Undershaft, Thomas 2nd Baron Coventry d1661 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/fZ76bY son of Thomas 1st Baron Coventry , Lord Keeper, of the Privy Seal, by 1st wife Sarah daughter of John Sebright of Besford and Anne Bullingham
Children www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/bki10i
1. George 3rd Baron Coventry 1628-1680 m Margaret daughter of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and Margaret coheiress of Richard Sackville 3rd Earl of Dorset
2.Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry 1629-1699 m1 Winifred 1694 daughter of Col. Piers Edgcumbe & Mary Glanville m2 Elizabeth 1724 daughter of Richard Grimes 0f St. Giles's Cripplegate
3. daughter b1631 died young
4. daughter b1633 died young
5. Son b/d 1634 after whose birth his mother died
. - Church of St Mary Magdalene , Croome D'Abitot, Worcestershire
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coventry,_2nd_Baron_Coventry...