James Marvyn

Amy also had a daughter Elizabeth by her first husband, a Mr Horne of Sarsden, Oxfordshire.

Early in the reign of Elizabeth I he was appointed an Esquire of the body, and received other Court offices which assured him of a comfortable income.

A feud with Sir John Thynne lasted 15 years, and ended in an armed affray and a Star Chamber hearing.

[2] His will certainly gives evidence of a kindly enough nature, making provision for several nephews and nieces, his impoverished brother Ambrose, his tenants and family servants.

He settled the principal family estate on his granddaughter Christian and her husband Sir Henry Mervyn, who promptly sold them to her brother Lord Castlehaven.