MARVYN, Sir John (by 1503-66), of Fonthill Gifford, Wilts.

b. by 1503, 1st s. of John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Green of Stotfold, Beds. m. (1) by 1529, Jane, da. of Philip Baskerville of Sherborne, Dorset, wid. of William Peverell of Bradford Peverell, Som., 5s. inc. James 8da.; (2) 1559 or later, Elizabeth, da. of John Mompesson of Bathampton, Wilts., wid. of Richard Perkins of Ufton, Berks. suc. gd.-fa. 12 July 1512. Kntd. 1970.Date of birth estimated from age at gd.-fa.’s i.p.m., C142/27/74. Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 358-65; PCC 16 Crymes, 43 welles; C142/154/116. According to Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 76-77 Marvyn’s mother was a daughter of the 1st Lord Mordaunt, a mistake perhaps arising out of the marriage of his grandmother to Speaker Mordaunt.