Maria de Salinas, Lady Willoughby of Eresby (d.1539): Converso ancestry?



Wondering if this has been addressed here before.

Wikipedia states Maria de Salinas, Lady Willoughby of Eresby (d.1539)
[ancestral aunt by marriage to those of us descending from her
sister-in-law, Margaret (Willoughby), Lady Tyrrell) was of Jewish
(Converso) ancestry.

"Maria was the daughter of Martin de Salinas[1] (d. 1503), and Josepha
Gonzaez de Salas, who were employees of the royal household in Castile.
The family were formerly Jewish, but had become converso."

Retha Warnicke in _ODNB_ says:

"Willoughby [née de Salinas], Maria, Lady Willoughby de Eresby (d.
1539), noblewoman and courtier, was the daughter of Martin de Salinas
and Josepha Gonzales de Salas, who were probably related of the
Castilian royal family."

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