On 22nd June 1801 [her father] John Francis [aged 20] and [her mother] Mary Evetts [aged 21] were married at Thornham, Norfolk.
In 1809 Mary Francis was born to John Francis [aged 28] and Mary Evetts [aged 29].
Before 1840 [her future husband] Thomas Thornycroft [aged 24] became a student of [her father] John Francis [aged 59]. He subsequently married his daughter Mary Francis [aged 30].
In 1840 Thomas Thornycroft [aged 24] and Mary Francis [aged 31] were married. She the daughter of John Francis [aged 59] and Mary Evetts [aged 60].
On 1st February 1843 [her son] John Isaac Thornycroft was born to [her husband] Thomas Thornycroft [aged 27] and Mary Francis [aged 34].
On 9th March 1850 [her son] William Hamo Thornycroft was born to [her husband] Thomas Thornycroft [aged 34] and Mary Francis [aged 41]. He was baptised on 9th June 1850 at St Pancras Old Church [Map]. He married May 1884 Agatha Cox and had issue.
On 29th January 1855 [her mother] Mary Evetts [aged 75] died.
On 30th August 1861 [her father] John Francis [aged 80] died at his home in Albany Street, Regent's Park. He was buried at Plot 3058 at Highgate Cemetery West.
On 21st February 1862 Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye [aged 93] died. Baron Braye abeyant. Monument at St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon [Map] sculpted by Mary Francis [aged 53] and commissioned by her daughter Catherine Otway [aged 53], widow of John Lygon 3rd Earl Beauchamp.
Catherine Otway: Before 1809 she was born to Henry Otway of Castle Otway in Tipperary and Sarah Cave 3rd Baroness Braye. On 19th October 1826 Henry Murray and she were married. He the son of Bishop George Murray. On 11th February 1850 John Lygon 3rd Earl Beauchamp and she were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp. On 4th November 1875 she died without issue.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Around May 1884 William Hamo Thornycroft [aged 34] and Agatha Cox [aged 19] were married at Tonbridge, Kent [Map]. He the son of Thomas Thornycroft [aged 68] and Mary Francis [aged 75].
On 30th August 1885 [her husband] Thomas Thornycroft [aged 70] died.
On 1st February 1895 Mary Francis [aged 86] died.