Margaret (or Eleanor) Spencer (1472–1536) was the daughter of Sir Robert Spencer, of Spencer Combe in the parish of Crediton, Devon,[1] by his wife Lady Eleanor Beaufort, the daughter of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Eleanor Beauchamp.

Margaret Spencer
Born1472
Died1536
Spouse(s)Sir Thomas Carey
IssueJohn Carey
Anne Carey
William Carey
Margaret Carey
Eleanor Carey
Edward Carey
Mary Carey
FatherRobert Spencer of Spencer Combe
MotherEleanor Beaufort

Marriage and issue

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In 1490 she married Sir Thomas Cary or Carey (1455-1500),[2] of Chilton Foliat, in Wiltshire, second son of Sir William Cary (1437-1471) of Cockington, Devon, by his second wife, Alice (or Anna) Fulford,[3] a daughter of Sir Baldwin Fulford (d. 1476) of Great Fulford, Devon.[4] They had eight children:

References

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  1. ^ Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, pp.100-101 [1]
  2. ^ Weis, Frederick Lewis (2004). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who came to America before 1700 (8th ed.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-8063-1752-6.
  3. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 150, pedigree of Cary
  4. ^ Vivian, p.378, pedigree of Fulford. Date of death per Prince, John, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London, p. 394
  5. ^ According 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.
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