Shute Manor
Countess
Alt. death place cited
Oorzaak: sweating sickness
Sie ist verheiratet mit Thomas Grey.
Sie haben geheiratet.
Kind(er):
Cecily was only 6 months old when her father William, grandfather and great grandfather were all killed. She was the heiress of all and became the wealthiest heiress in all England.
Married first at age 14 to Thomas de Grey. She bore him 14 children. Married second to Henry Stafford with no issue. See the novel "The Summer Queen" by Alice Graham, a fictional novel of Cecily's life.
From the Baronage of England: "In 19H.8, Cecilie, then widow of Henry Earl of Wiltshire, by her testament...bequeathed her body to be buried in the Chappel at Astley, in the tomb where the late Lord Marquess her husband lay, and appointed that soon after her death a thousand masses should be said for her soul, in as convenient haste as might be. Moveover, that a goodly tomb should be made in the chappel of Astley over the Lord her husband, and another over her self, and that her executors should provide two priests, daily to sing in the said chappel of Astley, by the space of 35 years."