Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney

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Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney , KG , PC (alternative spelling: Henry Marny, Baron Marny; * 1447 ; † May 24, 1523 ) was an English statesman who was captain of the Royal Bodyguard from 1509 to 1512 and from 1516 to 1523 ( Captain of the Sovereign's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard ) , 1509-1523 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ( Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ) and in 1523 briefly Lord Privy Seal (Lord Privy Seal) was.

Life

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Keeper of the Lord Seal

Coat of arms of Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney
The Layer Marney Tower , completed in 1525, was named in honor of Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney

Marney came from a family from Normandy who immigrated during the conquest of England by William the Conqueror , and was first mentioned in 1166 in Layer Marney in Essex . He himself took part in the Battle of Bosworth on August 22, 1485 and the Battle of Stoke on June 16, 1487. On October 31, 1494, he was beaten on the occasion of the elevation of the king's son Henry (VIII) to Duke of York to Knight of the Bath . In the repatriation of the supposed pretender Perkin Warbeck and the suppression of the rebels from Cornwall at the Battle of Deptford Bridge on June 17, 1497, he achieved special merits. During the reign of King Henry VII. And Henry VIII. He became a member of the Secret Privy Council ( Privy Council ) appointed.

After the dismissal of Richard Empson Marney was on 15 May 1509, his successor as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ( Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ) and held this post until his replacement by Richard Wingfield on April 6, 1523. At the same time, he was in 1509 successor by Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy Captain of the Royal bodyguard (Captain of the Sovereign's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard ) and has held this function initially until its replacement by Henry Guildford 1512th

On April 23, 1510 he became a Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG). In 1516 he succeeded John Gage as captain of the Royal Bodyguard for the second time and remained in this post until his death.

Last Marney was born on April 6, 1523 successor to Thomas Ruthall as Lord Privy Seal (Lord Privy Seal) . Three days later he was raised to the hereditary nobility of the Peerage of England as Baron Marney by a letters patent dated April 9, 1523 . However, he died six years later on May 24, 1523. His successor as Lord Seal Keeper was then Cuthbert Tunstall .

After his death he was buried at St Mary the Virgin in Layer Marney. The layer Marney Tower , built around 1520 in the Tudor style , was named in his honor.

Marriages and offspring

Marney has been married twice. In his first marriage he married Thomasine Arundell, a daughter of Sir John Arundell. From this marriage came John Marney , who after his death on May 24, 1523 inherited the title of 2nd Baron Marney. However, he died on April 27, 1525 without male descendants, so that the title of nobility of the Barons Marney expired. From the marriage of Henry Marney with Thomasine Arundell, the daughter Catherine Marney was born, who was married to Sir Edmund Bedingfield. Another son, Thomas Marney, died before his siblings.

In his second marriage he married Elizabeth Wyfold, whose father Nicholas Wyfold was Lord Mayor of London between 1450 and 1451 . From this marriage came the daughter Grace Marney, who was also married to a Sir Edmund Bedingfield.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 144.
  2. ↑ KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER in Leigh Rayment Peerage
predecessor Office successor
New title created Baron Marney
1523 		John Marney
personal data
SURNAME Marney, Henry, 1st Baron Marney
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English statesman
DATE OF BIRTH 1447
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1523