Elizabeth D'Oyly, thrice married. First at Stadhampton, 26 June 1597, to Francis Harby, Esq. of Adston, co. Northampton, elder brother of Sir Job Harby, who was created a baronet in 1660, and descended from a very respectable family, which bore, "Gules, a fesse dancettée ermine, between 10 billets, 4 in chief and 6 in base." By him, who died July 1607, she had. with two younger sons, Thomas and Clement, a son and heir,
1. Edward Harby, Esq. of Adston, who is a party to the D'Oylys' settlements of November 1653.[314]
Secondly, she wedded Sir Robert Browne, of Walcott, co. Northampton, created a Baronet in 1621, whose arms were, "Azure, a chevron between three escallops or;" and whose ancestor Sir John Browne was Lord Mayor of London in 1480. By him, who died in 1623, she had issue a son and heir,
1. Sir Thomas Browne, Bart. who married Anne, daughter (by his first wife, a daughter of Sir Edward Stafford, Knt.) of Sir Guy Palmes, of Ashwell, co, Rutland, Knt.; which Anne survived him, and married secondly, Robert Sutton, Lord Lexington, having borne Sir Thomas Browne, however, only daughters, his coheirs; of whom Anne married John Lord Poulett, of Hinton St. George in Somersetshire; while the Browne baronetcy soon after expired.[315]
Thirdly, she became the second wife of the said Sir Guy Palmes, of Ashwell, co. Rutland, and Lindsey, in Yorkshire, Knt., High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1622-3, the heir of an ancient family, which bore, "Gules, three fleurs de lis argent, a chief vair.''[316] She was living his wife in 1633.