Mary Wriothesley Countess of Southampton (22 July 1552 – 4 November 1607) was born in Cowdray House

Cowdray House

Cowdray House consists of the ruins of one of England's great Tudor houses, architecturally comparable to many of the great palaces and country houses of that time. It is situated just east of Midhurst, West Sussex standing on the north bank of the River Rother...

, Midhurst

Midhurst

Midhurst is a market town and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England, with a population of 4,889 in 2001. The town is situated on the River Rother and is home to the ruin of the Tudor Cowdray House and the stately Victorian Cowdray Park...

, Sussex, England to Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu

Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu

Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu KG PC was an English peer during the Tudor period.He was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Browne...

 and Lady Jane Radcliffe

Jane Browne, Viscountess Montague

Jane Browne , Viscountess Montague was an English noblewoman born in Sussex, England to Sir Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex and Margaret Stanley...

. Mary was married three times first to Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton

Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton

Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton was an English noble.Henry was the only surviving son of the 1st Earl and his wife Jane Cheney. His godparents were Henry VIII, Princess Mary, Charles Brandon, and Henry FitzAlan.After his father's death, he lived with his mother, Jane...

 son of Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton

Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton

Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG , known as The Lord Wriothesley between 1544 and 1547, was a politician of the Tudor period born in London to William Wrythe and Agnes Drayton....

 and Jane Cheney. Mary and Henry had two children:

1. Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
   Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
   Henry Wriothesley , 3rd Earl of Southampton , was the second son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and his wife Mary Browne, Countess of Southampton, daughter of the 1st Viscount Montagu...
   
    (October 6, 1573 – November 10, 1624) married Elizabeth Vernon
   Elizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton
   Elizabeth Wriothesley , Countess of Southampton was one of the chief ladies-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England in the later years of her reign.- Family :...
   
   
2. Lady Mary Wriothesley (b. abt. 1563 – buried 27 June 1607) married Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour
   Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour
   Sir Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire , and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire...
   
   

Nearly fifteen years after Henry's death on 4 October 1581 Mary married a second time to Thomas Heneage

Thomas Heneage

Sir Thomas Heneage PC was an English politician and a courtier at the court of Elizabeth I.-Early and personal life:...

 in 1594/1595. He died within a year. She again married a third time to William Hervey.

Ancestry

Mary Browne, Countess of Southampton's ancestors in three generations

Mary Browne, Countess of Southampton	Father: Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu KG PC was an English peer during the Tudor period.He was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Browne...	Paternal Grandfather: Sir Anthony Browne Sir Anthony Browne (d.1548) Sir Anthony Browne was an English courtier and Knight of the Shire.He was the son of Sir Anthony Browne, Standard Bearer of England and Governor of Queenborough Castle, by his wife Lucy Nevill, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu and widow of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam...	Paternal Great-grandfather: Sir Anthony Browne
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Lucy Neville John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu KG was a Yorkist leader in the Wars of the Roses, best-known for eliminating Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV of England....
		Paternal Grandmother: Alice Gage	Paternal Great-grandfather: Sir John Gage Sir John Gage Sir John Gage KG was an English courtier during the Tudor period. He held a number of offices, including Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , Comptroller of the Household , Constable of the Tower and Lord Chamberlain .-Early life and family:Gage was born in 1479 at Burstow in Surrey...
			Paternal Great-grandmother: ?
	Mother: Jane Radcliffe, Viscountess Montagu	Maternal Grandfather: Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex Robert Radcliffe , 1st Earl of Sussex, KG was a prominent English courtier and soldier of the time of Henry VIII...	Maternal Great-grandfather: John Radcliffe, 9th Baron FitzWalter
			Maternal Great-grandmother: ?
		Maternal Grandmother: Margaret Stanley, Countess of Sussex	Maternal Great-grandfather: Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby was an English peer.-Parents:Derby was the eldest son of George Stanley and Joan Strange, 9th Baroness Strange and 5th Baroness Mohun. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby was his grandfather...
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Anne Hastings