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  • Alice de Marney (1327 - 1391)
    Alice le Lacer , daughter of Richard le Lacer, married (1) Sir William le Bruyn (before 1315 - 24 February 1361/1362), who eventually inherited Ockendon. After Sir William's death, she married (2), on ...
  • Anne Tyrell (1402 - 1475)
    Alternate birth date: 1412MARNEY1Anne MARNEYBorn: ABT 1406Died: 1476Father: William MARNEY (Sheriff of Essex)Mother: Elizabeth SERGEAUXMarried: Thomas TYRRELL (Son of John Tyrrell and Alice De Coggesha...
  • Avice de Marney (c.1283 - d.)
    Avice de Gernon (or Guernon) was born c.1283 in Essex County, England. She was the daughter of Ralph de Gernon (or Guernon). She married John de Marney, son of William de Marney of Leyre-Marney. One kn...
  • Bridget Marney (Waldegrave) (c.1493 - 1549)
    ++ Will of 16th September 1549. "My body to be buried at the end of the high altar in the chancel of the parish church of LIttle Horkesey, where I will that a vault of brick be made so large that one b...
  • Catherine Bonham (c.1392 - d.)
    Ancestry unknown: Please see Stirnet (paywall); (Steven Ferry, April 4, 2024.)

About the Marney surname

The de Marney/Marney family came over from Normandy in the wake of William the Conqueror. The earliest record of the family at Layer Marney dates from 1166, when they were under the overlordship of the Bishop of London. Layer Marney Tower was built between 1515 and 1525 and is the tallest Tudor Gatehouse in the country.