ABT 1485 - England
BEF 2 DEC 1560 - London, England

Dionysia Bodley

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Dionysia Bodley was born about 1485, the daughter of Thomas Bodley and Joan Leech. She had one brother, James. After the death of her father, Dionysia's mother remarried to Sir Thomas Bradbury, Lord Mayor of London in 1509.

Dionysia married Nicholas Leveson, a prominent fine cloth dealer in London and they had many children. In 1535 Nicholas was named High Sheriff of London. Nicholas died in 1539. When Dionysia died in 1560 she was buried alongside her husband at St Andrew Undershaft Church in London. St Andrew Undershaft is one of the few churches in London that survived both the Great Fire and the Blitz, and it still stands today. The present building dates from 1532, but a church has stood at the site since the 12th century. A brass engraving honoring Nicholas and Dionysia is still displayed at the church. The scene displays each of them kneeling with many children pictured behind them. Three coats of arms are also included, one may be a coat of arms for the Bodley family.

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  • The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 43 Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Wills of Selected Famous Persons. Digitized images. Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 1. The National Archives, Kew, England.Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Digitized images. Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11. The National Archives, Kew, England.
  • R.E.C. Waters, Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley, Their Ancestors and Descendants, 2 vols (Robson and Sons, London 1878), I , pp. 226–29
  • Wikipedia contributors. "St Andrew Undershaft." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 15 Feb. 2019. Web. 18 Jun. 2019.
  • Harrison, William Welsh, 1850-. Harrison, Waples And Allied Families: Being the Ancestry of George Leib Harrison of Philadelphia And of His Wife Sarah Ann Waples. Philadelphia: Printed for private circulation only, 1910.

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Parents:

  • Thomas Bodley
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  • Joan Leech
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Spouse & Children:

  • Nicholas Leveson
    • 1485-1539

  • Dorthea Leveson
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  • Mary Leveson
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  • William Leveson
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  • Nicholas Leveson
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  • John Leveson
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  • Thomas Leveson
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  • Alice Leveson
    • 1510-1561
  • Grisell Leveson
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  • Joan Leveson
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  • Dionysia Leveson
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Siblings:

  • James Bodley
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Last Updated: 6/5/2020