The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Mary Ashmole (1597 - 1668)
Widow of Sir Thomas Mainwaring, recorder of Reading, who had died in July 1646. Married Ashmole in 1649: "Though disagreements between him and his second wife were to lead to lawsuits in the 1650s, this prudent match provided Ashmole with a steady income which allowed him (in his own words) to 'be enabled to live to my selfe & Studies, without being forced to take paines for a livelyhood in the world'(ODNB). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/764 Relationships: Mary Ashmole was a wife of Elias Ashmole (1617-1692)Mary Ashmole was a visitor to the collection of John Tradescant, the Younger (4 Aug 1608 [bap.]-22 Apr 1662)
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