Margaret (or Eleanor) Spencer (1472–1536) was the daughter of Sir Robert Spencer, of Spencer Combe in the parish of Crediton, Devon, by his wife Lady

Eleanor Beaufort Lady Eleanor Beaufort (1431 – 16 August 1501) was the daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406-1455), KG, and was a sister of the 3rd and 4th Dukes of Somerset. Origins She was the daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somer ...

, the daughter of

Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, KG (140622 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War. His rival ...

and Lady

Eleanor Beauchamp Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, Baroness de Ros and Duchess of Somerset (September 1408 – 6 March 1467) was the second daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley, daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkele ...

Marriage and issue

In 1490 she married Sir Thomas Cary or Carey (1455-1500), of

Chilton Foliat Chilton Foliat is a village and civil parish on the River Kennet in Wiltshire, England. The parish is in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is on the county boundary with West Berkshire and is about northwest of the ...

, in

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, second son of Sir William Cary (1437-1471) of

Cockington Cockington is a village near Torquay in the English county of Devon. It has old cottages within its boundaries, and is about a half a mile away from Torquay. Bus service 62 (Torquay circular) calls at the village five times per day (Mon-Fri) an ...

, Devon, by his second wife, Alice (or Anna) Fulford, a daughter of Sir Baldwin Fulford (d. 1476) of

Great Fulford Great Fulford is an historic estate in the parish of Dunsford, Devon. The grade I listed manor house, known as Great Fulford House, is about 9 miles west of Exeter. Its site was said in 1810 to be "probably the most ancient in the county". T ...

, Devon. They had eight children: * Sir John Carey, of Plashey (1491–1552), married

Joyce Denny Joyce Denny (1507–1560) was an English courtier. Family and court connections She was a daughter of Edmund Denny, a Baron of the Exchequer, and Mary Troutbeck. Princess Elizabeth was lodged with her brother Anthony Denny at Cheshunt, a former ...

(1495–1559). She was the daughter of Sir Edmund Denny, of Cheshunt by his second wife, Mary Troutbeck. * Anne Carey (1493–1550) * William Carey (1500–1528), Gentleman of the

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and Esquire of the Body to King

Henry VIII of England Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...

, married Mary Boleyn. It is thought that shortly after the marriage, Henry VIII began an affair with Mary, and around this time she gave birth to two children whose parentage is questioned by historians,

Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon KG PC (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596), was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the patron of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, William Shakespeare's playing company. The son of Mary Boleyn, he was a cousin of E ...

and

Catherine Carey Catherine Carey, after her marriage Catherine Knollys and later known as both Lady Knollys and Dame Catherine Knollys, (c. 1522 – 15 January 1569), was chief Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I, who was her first cousin. Biograph ...

. * Margaret Carey (1496–1560) * Eleanor Carey (died after 1528). She was a nun at Wilton Abbey. * Daughter Carey. She was a nun at Wilton Abbey. * Edward Carey (after 1500According to ''Michael Riordan, 'Carey, William (c.1496–1528)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2009'', William Carey was the second son.–1560) * Mary Carey (1501–1560), married John Delaval,

Sheriff of Northumberland This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of Northumberland. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries ...

(1493–1562).

References

* ''The royal descent of Nelson and Wellington, from Edward the first'', George Russell French, 1853, page 28 * ''The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn: Family Politics at the Court of Henry VIII'',

Retha Marvine Warnicke Retha Marvine Warnicke (born 1939) is an American historian and Professor of History at Arizona State University. Career Warnicke graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, BA from Indiana University, magna cum laude, in 1961. She then moved on to Harvard ...

, 1984, page 36 * ''The Baronetage of England: containing a genealogical and historical account of all the English'', Edward Kimber, 1771, Page 221 {{DEFAULTSORT:Spencer, Margaret 1472 births 1536 deaths People from Crediton People from Wiltshire 16th-century English women 15th-century English women 15th-century English people Margaret