Re: Sir John de Hardy
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Re: Sir John de Hardy
barbara oneil 11/11/10
Notes:In mid 1500 Sir John DeHardy was Lord Mayor of London. He was descended from Sir John DeHardy of Bedfordshire and Lady Margaret, d/o Michael de la Pole, a younger s/o the Earl of Suffolk.Sir John, Lord Mayor, m. Lady Mary deStanley, whose ancestry included lords, ladies, the Duke of Earl & of Westmoreland. Through their parentage on the distaff side, the Hardys could thus trace their lineage to King Edward.Sir John DeHardy, Lord Mayor of London, thus gave the future Hardys of this Union claim to royal blood, no matter how distant & diluted. ("Our Fathers' Fields" by James Everett Kibler, 1998 [A Southern Story])