Mary Finch

[5] Henry VIII gave Mary jewels which may include a diamond cross depicted in her portraits.

[7] Mary gave a gold brooch with a balas ruby depicting the story of Susannah and the Elders, and another with the History of David, to Margaret Douglas.

[9] In 1557 she gave the queen a red satin purse containing twelve gold half sovereign coins as a New Years Day gift.

[11] Henry Machyn noted in his Diary that Mistress Finch was "one of the privy chamber to the Queen".

[12] She bequeathed a pair of gold bracelets, and left money to make 25 memento mori rings with "the figure of death's head in every of them" for her friends at court, including the Countess of Kildare, Mary Bassett, Susan Clarencieux, and Jane Dormer.