Brief Life History of Cecily
When Lady Cecily Bonville was born on 30 June 1460, in Shute, Devon, England, her father, William Bonville, was 19 and her mother, Catherine Neville, was 18. She married Sir Thomas Grey 1st Marquess of Dorset on 18 July 1474, in Groby, Leicestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 12 May 1529, in Shacklewell, Middlesex, England, at the age of 68, and was buried in Astley, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Cycily Graye en el registro de Dorothie Grey, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
- Cecilia Bonville (1461-1529), The Peerage
- Thomas Grey in Peerage of the United Kingdom and Ireland, Volumes I-IV
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Name Meaning
French: variant of Bonneville and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Cecily Bonville history
According to the website: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/CecilyBonville(MDorset).htm Cecily Bonville was born on or about 30 Jun 1460 at Shute Manor in Shute near Axminster, Devon, England. She wa …
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