Margaret bryan

Margaret Bryan, Baroness Bryan c. The position of lady governess in her day resembled less that of the popular modern idea of a governess , more that of a nanny. Her mother was Elizabeth Tilney and her father was Sir Humphrey Bourchier, who was killed at the Battle of Barnet on 14 April during the series of dynastic civil wars now known as the Wars of the Roses.

Humphrey Bourchier was heir to the title Baron Berners but having predeceased his father John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, Margaret's brother John instead succeeded to the title as second Baron Berners. Humphrey Bourchier and Elizabeth Tilney had one further daughter who survived to adulthood. Their son, also Thomas, was the 9th Lord Dacre who was executed for murder in Margaret Bourchier was married three times.

Margaret Bryan, Baroness Bryan (c. –

Her first husband, with whom there may only have been a marriage agreement a 'pre-contract' , was Sir John Sandys, son of Sir William Sandys of the Vyne. The marriage agreement was signed when Margaret was 10 or 11 years old on 11 November They had one child. She married Sir Thomas Bryan before Margaret Bryan claimed to have been made Baroness Bryan suo jure on 18 February , upon the birth of Henry and Catherine's daughter Mary , when she was appointed the infant's lady governess.

Sir Thomas Bryan died around , and his widow married her final husband, David Zouche before Margaret Bryan became the lady governess for Mary in February More well known primary evidence exists to connect her with Henry's younger children, Elizabeth and Edward. From August , there is a widely quoted letter from her to Thomas Cromwell , Henry VIII's chief minister, in which she complains of the economic difficulties of the household of "lady Elizabeth" since the change in her status from legitimate to illegitimate following the annulment of the King's marriage to her mother Anne Boleyn , and Anne's execution in May.

Now, as my lady Elizabeth is put from that degree she was in, and what degree she is at now I know not but by hearsay, I know not how to order her or myself, or her women or grooms.