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The following is taken from "Blissful Notes", Spring 1988, Page 3.
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The name of Mary's father is not known, but she is strongly presumed to have been a granddaughter of Sir Thomas Fienes, whose ancestry is nicely traced through the Fienes (Fiennes, Fenys), Say (Saye, Sele) and Dacre families.
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Sir Thomas Fienes, Lord Dacre (1516-1541) was a juror at the trial of Anne Boleyn (a distant cousin), an attendant at the funeral of Jane Seymour, and an escort of Anne of Cleves. He was hanged in 1541.
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His ancestors include many signers of the Magna Carta, including King John, and many European kings, among whom is counted Charlemagne.
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Mary Fienes was born about 1582. She was the grand-daughter of Lord Dacre, who was executed in 1541. Mary married Frank Wheatleigh and they lived at Maiden Newton, Dorset, England.
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Bibliography:
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The Wheatley Genealogy, 1356 - 1902, by Hannibal P. Wheatley, 1962
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New England Genealogical & Bigraphical Register, Vol. 16, p.194
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Given names Surname Sosa Birth Place Death Age Place Last change
458 7
between 1605 and 1661
419 95 Never