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Christopher (Sir) Risbridge Suffolk Pickering 1506–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1506

Birth Location: Sedbergh, Yorkshire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1597

Death Location: Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

Father: James Knight

Mother: Anne Moresby

Spouse(s): Jane Lewknor

Children(s): Henry Pickering, Anne Pickering

The story of Christopher (Sir) Risbridge Suffolk Pickering began in 1506 in Sedbergh, Yorkshire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. Christopher (Sir) Risbridge Suffolk Pickering married Jane Lewknor, and had children including Anne Pickering, Henry Pickering. Christopher (Sir) Risbridge Suffolk Pickering passed away in 1597 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Christopher (Sir) Risbridge Suffolk Pickering began in 1506 in Sedbergh, Yorkshire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.
  • Christopher (Sir) Risbridge Suffolk Pickering married Jane Lewknor, and had children including Anne Pickering, Henry Pickering.
  • Christopher (Sir) Risbridge Suffolk Pickering passed away in 1597 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Knight
1454–1519
Birth Location: Ellerton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Anne Moresby
1452–1523
Birth Location: Trotton, Chichester District, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Jane Lewknor
1506–1540
Birth Location: Dedham Hall, Risbridge, England, United Kingdom
JL

Children(s)

Henry Pickering
1538–
Birth Location: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
HP
Anne Pickering
1520–1583
Birth Location: Suffolk, England
AP

Christopher Pickering's Ancestors

Self
Christopher Pickering
1506–1597
Birth Place: Sedbergh, Yorkshire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Parents
James Pickering III of Killington Sir Knight
1454–1519
Ellerton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Anne Moresby
1452–1523
Trotton, Chichester District, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Christopher Pickering's Descendants

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Christopher ((Sir) Risbridge Suffolk) Pickering (1506–1597) m. Jane Lewknor (1506–1540)
  1. 1. Henry Pickering 1538–
  2. 2. Anne Pickering 1520–1583 m. Sir (Hendrik (Henry) Knyvett (Sir of Charlton, Wiltshire)) * 1506–1574
    1. 1. Sir (Knight Henry, Esq, Knyvett, of) Charlton 1537–1598
      1. 1. Catharina Knyvett 1565–1633 m. Thomas (Lord Howard van) Walden 1561–1626
        1. 1. Frances Howard 1589–1632 m. Sir (James Robert Kerr Carr, Earl of Somerset, 1st Viscount Rochester, Keeper of Westminster Palace,Privy Counsellor, Treasurer of) Scotland 1585–1645

Christopher Pickering's Timeline

2 Records

1506
1506
Birth of Christopher (Sir) Risbridge Suffolk Pickering in Sedbergh, Yorkshire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Sedbergh, Yorkshire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
1597
1597
Age 91
Death of Christopher (Sir) Risbridge Suffolk Pickering in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1506
    Event Place: Sedbergh, Yorkshire, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Niederlande, GenealogieOnline Stammbaumindex, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1597
    Event Place: Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Niederlande, GenealogieOnline Stammbaumindex, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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