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, by his mistress Martha Jeanes, or Janes, or Jones, alias San(d)ford. Although sometimes described as "Duchess of Bolton", she died before her husband was created a duke. Her son

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succeeded his father as

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. Mary's first husband was Henry Carey, Lord Leppington, whom she married in about 1646. A Royalist and the son of

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, he died in 1649, and they had no children. On 12 February 1655, she married Charles Paulet at St. Dionis Backchurch, London. It was through his marriage to Mary that Paulet came into possession of the Bolton estates in North Yorkshire. They had four children in all: * Jane Paulet (c.1656–23 May 1716), who married, on 2 April 1673, John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater * Mary Paulet *

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(1661–1722) * William Paulet (1666–1729) Mary died at

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, and was buried at Wensley, Yorkshire.

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