Mary Saunderson [SEP] date of death
Mary Saunderson
Mary Saunderson (1637–1712), later known as Mary Saunderson Betterton after her marriage to Thomas Betterton, was an actress and singer in England during the 1660s and 1690s. She is considered one of the first English actresses.
Stage career.
Her most notable accomplishments are her being the first female actress to portray several of Shakespeare's woman characters on the professional stage. She was the first to portray Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet", Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth", and other female roles in
the Prior, received a pension of twenty marks, and this seems to have been the only pension awarded. The net annual income at the date of the surrender was £180. (equivalent to £ in ).
After the Dissolution the east part of the church was demolished and a tower built at the west end of the nave.
See St Mary and St Martin's Church, Blyth for more information.
History Blyth Hall.
In 1603 Sir Edward Stanhope sold the Blyth estate to Robert Saunderson, of