Mary Browne (1593–1692) was an English aristocrat. She was a daughter of

Anthony-Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu Anthony-Maria Browne (1574 – 23 October 1629) was an English peer during the Tudor and Stuart period. He was born in 1574, the son of Anthony Browne (22 July 1552 – 29 June 1592), eldest son of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, and ...

and Jane Sackville, a daughter of

Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (153619 April 1608) was an English statesman, poet, and dramatist. He was the son of Richard Sackville, a cousin to Anne Boleyn. He was a Member of Parliament and Lord High Treasurer. Biography Early life ...

. In 1597 her father, a Catholic, wrote an "Instruction to my daughter Marie Browne, in the principall groundes, and moste necessarie pointes of the Catholique faithe", possibly directing her towards the idea of becoming a nun. She married firstly, William Paulet (d. 1621), Lord St John, eldest son of

William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester (bef. 1560 – 4 February 1629) was an English nobleman, the son of William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester and Anne or Agnes Howard. He was styled Lord St. John from 1576 to 1598. He was summone ...

. The letter writer John Chamberlain described the end of her first marriage in 1616. He heard that she hoped to get the marriage annulled because of her husband's impotence. Chamberlain thought that she would renounce the Catholic faith, and might join the household of

Anne of Denmark Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I; as such, she was Queen of Scotland The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional fo ...

as a replacement for the queen's favourite Jean Drummond, Countess of Roxburghe. She attended the funeral of Anne of Denmark in 1619, listed as the Baroness St John. Her second husband was William Arundell (d. 1653) of

Horningsham Horningsham is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the county border with Somerset. The village lies about southwest of the town of Warminster and southeast of Frome, Somerset. The parish forms part of the Longleat es ...

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...

, the second son of

Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 15607 November 1639) was the eldest son of Matthew Arundell, Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (ca. 1532/1534 – 24 December 1598), and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir ...

, and Mary Wriothesley, the daughter of

Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton (pronunciation uncertain: ''RYE-zlee'' (archaic), ''ROTT-slee'' (present-day) and ''RYE-əths-lee'' have been suggested) (24 April 1545 – 4 October 1581), was an English peer. Family Henry Wrioth ...

. His sister-in-law

Lady Blanche Arundell Lady Blanche Arundell (née Lady Blanche Somerset; 1583 or – 28 October 1649) was an English noblewoman, known as the defender of Wardour Castle, where she defended the castle for nearly a week with just 25 men and her maidservants against a ...

was a prominent member of the queen's household. Sir Henry Tichborne 1670

After her second marriage, Mary continued to be known as "Lady St John". Her children included: * Charles Arundell (1621 – 28 October 1649), who married Mary Talbot, a daughter of

John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, 10th Earl of Waterford (1601 – 8 February 1654), was an English nobleman. Life He was the only child and son of John Talbot of Longford, Newport, Shropshire (died London, 1607 or c. 1607), and his wife El ...

* Mary Arundell (1622 – 1698), who married

Sir Henry Tichborne Sir Henry Tichborne PC (Ire) (1581–1667) was an English soldier and politician. He excelled at the Siege of Drogheda during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. He governed Ireland as one of the two Lord Justices from 1642 to 1644. In 1647, he fou ...

* Katherine Arundell (1625 – 4 Mar 1641) London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 * Mark Arundell (b. 1628) She died on 13 November 1692 aged 99.

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