Mary was the daughter of Thomas Seymour and Catherine Parr. She was born in Sudley Castle, Sudley Manor, Gloucestershire, England. Her mother Catherine died shortly thereafter. Mary's father, the Baron of Sudeley and Lord High Admiral was executed in 1549 for his part in planning to kidnap his nephew King Edward VI.
Mary was then raised by Catherine Willoughby, 11th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby and Duchess of Suffolk. As her mother's wealth was left entirely to her father and later confiscated by the Crown, Mary was left a destitute orphan in the care of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, who appears to have resented this imposition.
After 1550 Mary disappears from historical record completely, and no claim was ever made on her father's meagre estate, leading to the conclusion that she did not live past the age of two. It has only been considered theory what happened to Mary Seymour.
Historian Strype concluded that Mary must have died in childhood, but historian Strickland believes she lived to become a wife and mother, marrying a Sir Edward Bushel, by who she had a daughter through whom her fortune and pedigree eventually descended to the Lawson family who originally came from Westmorland and Cumberland.
Mary was then raised by Catherine Willoughby, 11th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby and Duchess of Suffolk. As her mother's wealth was left entirely to her father and later confiscated by the Crown, Mary was left a destitute orphan in the care of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, who appears to have resented this imposition.
After 1550 Mary disappears from historical record completely, and no claim was ever made on her father's meagre estate, leading to the conclusion that she did not live past the age of two. It has only been considered theory what happened to Mary Seymour.
Historian Strype concluded that Mary must have died in childhood, but historian Strickland believes she lived to become a wife and mother, marrying a Sir Edward Bushel, by who she had a daughter through whom her fortune and pedigree eventually descended to the Lawson family who originally came from Westmorland and Cumberland.
Mary was the daughter of Thomas Seymour and Catherine Parr. She was born in Sudley Castle, Sudley Manor, Gloucestershire, England. Her mother Catherine died shortly thereafter. Mary's father, the Baron of Sudeley and Lord High Admiral was executed in 1549 for his part in planning to kidnap his nephew King Edward VI.
Mary was then raised by Catherine Willoughby, 11th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby and Duchess of Suffolk. As her mother's wealth was left entirely to her father and later confiscated by the Crown, Mary was left a destitute orphan in the care of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, who appears to have resented this imposition.
After 1550 Mary disappears from historical record completely, and no claim was ever made on her father's meagre estate, leading to the conclusion that she did not live past the age of two. It has only been considered theory what happened to Mary Seymour.
Historian Strype concluded that Mary must have died in childhood, but historian Strickland believes she lived to become a wife and mother, marrying a Sir Edward Bushel, by who she had a daughter through whom her fortune and pedigree eventually descended to the Lawson family who originally came from Westmorland and Cumberland.
Mary was then raised by Catherine Willoughby, 11th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby and Duchess of Suffolk. As her mother's wealth was left entirely to her father and later confiscated by the Crown, Mary was left a destitute orphan in the care of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, who appears to have resented this imposition.
After 1550 Mary disappears from historical record completely, and no claim was ever made on her father's meagre estate, leading to the conclusion that she did not live past the age of two. It has only been considered theory what happened to Mary Seymour.
Historian Strype concluded that Mary must have died in childhood, but historian Strickland believes she lived to become a wife and mother, marrying a Sir Edward Bushel, by who she had a daughter through whom her fortune and pedigree eventually descended to the Lawson family who originally came from Westmorland and Cumberland.
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