Mary Armine
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Lady Mary Armine, Airmine or Armyne (died 6 March 1676), was a learned English gentlewoman and benefactor.
Mary was the daughter of Henry Talbot, fourth son of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury
. Her first husband was Thomas Holcroft, Esq.; her second was Sir William Armyne, baronet
, of Osgodby, Lincolnshire
. Lady Mary's accomplishments included a good knowledge of French and Latin, and wide reading in divinity and history. Her business capacity is applauded at length by her biographer, and her personal beauty and activity, which characterised her old age no less remarkably than her youth, were frequently commented on by her contemporaries.
She devoted her wealth to many charitable objects. At the time of the 'ejection of the two thousand' ministers' on the fatal Bartholomew day (1662) she gave 500 l. to Mr. Edm. Calamy, to be distributed among the most indigent and necessitous families of them,' and the 'godly ministers' seldom appealed to her in vain for assistance in pecuniary difficulties. She took a similarly practical interest in the missionaries engaged in converting the Indians of North America. At home, she founded three hospitals, one at Barton Grange, in Yorkshire, and by her will left 40l. per annum to be applied to charitable purposes for ninety-nine years. She died 6 March 1676, over eighty years of age. Her portrait was painted by Cornelius Jansen
, and is now at Welbeck
. An elegy "upon the much-lamented death of the truly honourable, very aged, and singularly pious lady, the Lady Mary Armine" was written by John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
.
Mary was the daughter of Henry Talbot, fourth son of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury
George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury
George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, 6th Earl of Waterford, 12th Baron Talbot, KG, Earl Marshal was a 16th century English statesman.-Life:...
. Her first husband was Thomas Holcroft, Esq.; her second was Sir William Armyne, baronet
Sir William Airmine, 1st Baronet
Sir William Airmine, 1st Baronet , of Osgodby in Lincolnshire, was an English Member of Parliament, and a leading member of the Long Parliament during the English Civil War.-Biography:...
, of Osgodby, Lincolnshire
Osgodby, Lincolnshire
Osgodby is a village and civil parish in West Lindsey in the county of Lincolnshire, England.It is near to the A1103 and A46 two miles north-west of Market Rasen. The parish contains the small villages of Kingerby, Kirkby cum Osgodby, Osgodby itself, Usselby, and the hamlet of Bishop Bridge. To the...
. Lady Mary's accomplishments included a good knowledge of French and Latin, and wide reading in divinity and history. Her business capacity is applauded at length by her biographer, and her personal beauty and activity, which characterised her old age no less remarkably than her youth, were frequently commented on by her contemporaries.
She devoted her wealth to many charitable objects. At the time of the 'ejection of the two thousand' ministers' on the fatal Bartholomew day (1662) she gave 500 l. to Mr. Edm. Calamy, to be distributed among the most indigent and necessitous families of them,' and the 'godly ministers' seldom appealed to her in vain for assistance in pecuniary difficulties. She took a similarly practical interest in the missionaries engaged in converting the Indians of North America. At home, she founded three hospitals, one at Barton Grange, in Yorkshire, and by her will left 40l. per annum to be applied to charitable purposes for ninety-nine years. She died 6 March 1676, over eighty years of age. Her portrait was painted by Cornelius Jansen
Cornelius Jansen
Corneille Janssens, commonly known by the Latinized name Cornelius Jansen or Jansenius, was Catholic bishop of Ypres and the father of a theological movement known as Jansenism.-Biography:...
, and is now at Welbeck
Welbeck
Welbeck is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, slightly to the south-west of Worksop.Welbeck became a coal-mining centre in 1912 and has a famous stately home, Welbeck Abbey, home of the Dukes of Portland, and which was founded in the twelfth century as a monastery.Among the famous people from...
. An elegy "upon the much-lamented death of the truly honourable, very aged, and singularly pious lady, the Lady Mary Armine" was written by John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, KG, PC , was a poet and notable Tory politician of the late Stuart period, who served as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council.-Career:...
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