Katherine Doyley Dyer


Katherine Doyley Dyer notable for the epitaph she placed on her husband's tomb at Colmworth, Bedfordshire, England
Doyley was one of the four daughters of John Doyley and Anne Barnard, and was a co-heir of the Doyley estate at Merton. After the death of John Doyley, in 1601, her sister Margaret Doyley married Edward Harington of Ridlington and her mother Anne Barnard married James Harington (1542–1614), the father of Edward Harington, in a double wedding. Her other sisters were Anne and Elizabeth.
On 25 February 1602 Katherine Doyley married Sir William Dyer, son of Sir Richard Dyer of Great Staughton.
Sir William died on 9 April 1621. In 1641 Katherine placed the epitaph, which she may have composed, known as "My Dearest Dust" on their monument at the Church of St Denys, Colmworth.
In her will, Katherine mentioned, "her losses had become very great since those last troubles" of the Civil War. She died in 1654.

Family

The seven children of Katherine Doyley Dyer and William Dyer commemorated by effigy on the tomb at Colmworth were;