Wotton, Margaret ( - 1541)

Biographical Overview

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Parents

Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Other Last Names

Medley, Grey

Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1541-09

Notes

Joint Godmother to Princess Elizabeth

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Grey, Thomas (1477 - 1530)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1509
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced a fourth son, who died young, and a fourth daughter

Offspring

From Grey, Thomas (1477 - 1530)

  1. Male offspring: Grey, Henry (1517 - 1554) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Grey, Catherine (d. 1532)
  3. Female offspring: Grey, Elizabeth (d. 1557)

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Bailiff, Exeter 1533/4-3-2 n.d.
Keeper, Essex 1533/4-3-2 n.d.

General Lands Note

Granted custody of the lands of her late husband during the minority of her son Henry, 14 Sept. 1533

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Gest Hall, Tilty Abbey, Essex
    Leased (for 60 years). House also known as Gestes Hall and the Founder's House. The house stood against the west end of Titley Abbey church
    Acquired: 1535-10-06
  • Shute House, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Residence of 2nd husband
    Acquired: 1509
    Divested: 1541-09

Lands

  • Essex: Tilty Grange, Manor & demense lands
    Acquired: 1535-10-06
    Leased (for 60 years)

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1518-1519 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Marchioness of Dorset's Bearwards

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Marchioness of Dorset's Bearwards Wotton, Margaret (0 - 1541) Performing Animals 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Shute House Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Emerson, Kathy Lynn. Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth-Century England. Troy, NY: Whitston Publishing, 1984.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Essex. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 9 vols and Bibliography and Bibliography Supplement (2 vols). Westminster and London; London and Oxford: Archibald Constable [vols 1–2]; Oxford UP [vols 3–9, Bibliography and Supplement], 1903–94.