Margery

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Possibly she was buried in Banbury 20 July 1673: “Margery Mumford a stranger buried.”

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: John Baker alias Arnold (buried 12 October 1629 in Horley, Oxfordshire).

This relationship is recorded in the will of John Baker alias Arnold.

Spouse: John Mumford (probably buried 14 March 1667/8 in Horley). Married 11 August 1631 in Horley.

This relationship is recorded in the 1656 indenture cited below.

Children (with John Baker alias Arnold):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

John Arnold alias Baker (baptized November 1624 in Horley)

Nathaniel Arnold alias Baker (baptized 24 February 1627/8 in Horley - buried 29 December 1694 in Southam, Warwickshire) married (1) Mary, who was buried 11 May 1656 in Southam; married (2) Mary.

Children (with John Mumford):

Sarah Mumford (baptized 15 July 1632 in Horley)

Elizabeth Mumford (baptized March 1634/5 in Horley)

Dorcas Mumford (baptized 27 October 1639 in Horley)

Mary Mumford (baptized 23 October 1642 in Horley)

Evidence

From the Horley parish register [marriages, 1631]:

John Mumforde et Margery Arnold Augustij 11^th.

The Shakespeare Trust Archives catalogue (ER3/5363) lists a covenant to levy a fine, dated 25 September 1656 at Wroxton:

Indenture, Richard Graunte the elder of Neithrop in Banbury, yeoman, Thomas Davyes of Hunwell and Alice, his wife, Nathaniel Arnold alias Baker of Sowtham [Southam], baker, John Mumford of Horley, co. Oxon and Margery, his wife, mother of Nathaniel, of the first part, Richard Graunte the younger of the second part, William Baker of Horley, tailor, of the third part, William Keene of Horley, labourer, of the fourth part, and William Dodd of Byfield, of the fifth part, being a Covenant to levy a Fine of lands in Wroxtone [Wroxton]. Signed and sealed. Witnesses: Ambrose Holbech Jun, Ambrose Holbech sen, and Henry Stalworth.

From the 1642 Protestation Returns (Horley):

John: Mumford

References

Banbury, Oxfordshire, parish registers. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 19 February 2018.

Horley, Oxfordshire, parish registers. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 19 February 2018.

Will of John Baker alias Arnold of Horley, Oxfordshire. 1630, Banbury and Thames Peculiars, Pec. 33/1/13. Digital image on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 19 February 2018.