Lot Essay
The sitter is probably one of the three wives of John Tyrell of Springfield, Barney, Essex, who was created a Baronet in 1666. His first wife was Lettice, daughter of Thomas Coppen of Mircatsal, Hertfordshire, his second Anne, widow of Richard Jeand of London, who died in 1664. His last wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Alderman John Allen of London. After the death of John Tyrell in 1673 she married Sir Thomas Stamp, Lord Mayor of London. After the death of old Essex family descended from Sir Walter Tyrell, the knight who is reputed to have killed King William II in 1100.