Portrait of a Lady (probably Mary Hungate)

The association of this painting with either Anne Catesby or Mary Hungate was not clear from the museum’s documentation. However, it has now been proved that Mrs Mostyn, the 1946 donor, was connected through her husband’s family to the Brownes of Kiddington, Oxfordshire. Sir Henry Browne (c.1562-1628) married twice. His first wife was Anne Catesby, daughter of Sir William Catesby of Ashby St. Legers, Northamptonshire, while his second wife was Mary Hungate, daughter of Sir Philip Hungate of Saxton, Yorkshire.