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Heiress-Heraldic? As a widow she was the first wife of John Tyrringham whose second wife was Elizabeth Gatesby. These families had connections with the Gunpowder Plot. reference: Berry's Directory held at Buckinghamshire Records Office at Aylesbury page 21- Great grandmother of Sir Anthony Tyrringham with his wife Elizabeth daughter of Sir Robert Throckmorton,who was grandfather of Robert Gatesby Reading; Antonia Fraser,s The Gunpowder Plot isbn o-297-81348-x Berry,s also shows the connection between Lawrance Cheney (his father Sir William Cheney)whose daughter Elizabeth married firstly Frederick Tylney whose daughter married Thomas Duke of Norfolk whose grand-daughter was Anne Bulleyne N.B. Thomas Cheney d.1446 had set a family precedent by being incarcerated in theTower of London for supporting the Lollards unlike the Amersham Martyrs who were burnt at the stake he bought his way out of captivity.