Isham of PytchleyA documentary genealogy

Generation XII

Mary Isham

1584–1655

Life

Mary Isham, daughter of Sir Euseby Isham and Dame Anne Borlase, was christened on 24 May 1584 at Braunston, Northamptonshire.?

Her first husband, Edward Reade of Cottesbrooke, son of John Reade by Isabel, daughter and coheir of William Lane of Cottesbrooke, was buried on 21 September 1603 at Pytchley.? She married secondly Sir Fleetwood Dormer of Lee Grange and Shipton Lee, Buckinghamshire, knight.? She was living as his wife in 1627, when she received a legacy under the will of her mother, Dame Anne Isham.1,2

Sir Fleetwood Dormer died in February 1638/9, aged sixty-eight, and was buried at Quainton. His will of 17 June 1638, which gave legacies to Mary, was proved on 9 February 1638/9 by Thomas Isham and Thomas Tirrell, the executors.? Mary left issue by both husbands.?

She died in June 1655 and was buried on 18 June 1655 at Oxendon, Northamptonshire.?

  1. Will of Dame Anne Isham (Borlase), 3 Dec 1627, proved 1 Jan 1627/8 (TNA PROB 11/153/2)
  2. Northamptonshire Families (1906): Sir Euseby Isham (1552/3–1626) and Anne Borlase (will 1627)

? marks 6 statements for which no attached source was found.

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Records

  1. 1552
    Secondary

    Date: 1553–1627 (Sir Euseby life and Dame Anne will); published 1906.

  2. 1627
    RecordPROB 11/153

    Date: 3 December 1627 (will); proved 1 January 1627/8.