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Christopher Kit (Gunpowder Plot) Wright 1568–1605 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Jan 1568

Birth Location: Ploughland Hall, Welwick, Yorkshire

Death Date: 8 Nov 1605

Death Location: On Friday 8 November, the Sheriff of Warwick surrounded the house with the intention of arresting the men for a theft of horses from Warwick Castle whilst fleeing, supposedly unaware that within lay most of those who had plotted to blow up the Kin

Father: Sir *

Mother: Anne Garth

Spouse(s): Alice Grundy, Ellen (Wright)

Children(s): Edwarde Wright, Francis Wright, Marmaduke Wright, Elizabeth Wright\Hardcastle, Jonathan VI

Christopher Kit (Gunpowder Plot) Wright was born in 1568 in Ploughland Hall, Welwick, Yorkshire, the child of Sir Knight Robert Wright Sheriff Of Yorkshire And Anne Grimston Of Grimston Garth. Christopher Kit (Gunpowder Plot) Wright married Alice Grundy, Ellen Margaret Warde Wright, and had children including Edwarde Wright, Elizabeth Wright Hardcastle, Francis Wright, Jonathan Wright Vi, Marmaduke Wright. Christopher Kit (Gunpowder Plot) Wright passed away in 1605 in On Friday 8 November, the Sheriff of Warwick surrounded the house with the intention of arresting the men for a theft of horses from Warwick Castle whilst fleeing, supposedly unaware that within lay most of those who had plotted to blow up the Kin.

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Biography

  • Christopher Kit (Gunpowder Plot) Wright was born in 1568 in Ploughland Hall, Welwick, Yorkshire, the child of Sir Knight Robert Wright Sheriff Of Yorkshire And Anne Grimston Of Grimston Garth.
  • Christopher Kit (Gunpowder Plot) Wright married Alice Grundy, Ellen Margaret Warde Wright, and had children including Edwarde Wright, Elizabeth Wright Hardcastle, Francis Wright, Jonathan Wright Vi, Marmaduke Wright.
  • Christopher Kit (Gunpowder Plot) Wright passed away in 1605 in On Friday 8 November, the Sheriff of Warwick surrounded the house with the intention of arresting the men for a theft of horses from Warwick Castle whilst fleeing, supposedly unaware that within lay most of those who had plotted to blow up the Kin.

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Christopher Wright's Ancestors

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Christopher Wright
1568–1605
Birth Place: Ploughland Hall, Welwick, Yorkshire
Parents
Sir Knight Robert Wright Sheriff of Yorkshire *
1501–1597
Plowland Manor, Thorpe, Yorkshire, England
Anne (Grimston, of Grimston) Garth
1504–1594
Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (Wright, of Ploughland) Hall
1476–
Walter (VII FitzMatthew de Rudstone* of) Hayton
1478–1531
Hayton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Dorothy Gunhouse
1482–1541
Hayton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Christopher Wright's Descendants

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Christopher (Kit (Gunpowder Plot)) Wright (23 Jan 1568–8 Nov 1605) m. Alice Grundy (About 1554–17 Feb 1597) m. Ellen (Margaret WARDE) (Wright) (1572–1610)
  1. 1. Edwarde Wright 1589–1701
  2. 2. Francis Wright 1596–
  3. 3. Marmaduke Wright 1601–1606
  4. 4. Elizabeth Wright\Hardcastle 1594–1668
  5. 5. Jonathan (Wright) VI 1599–1643

Christopher Wright's Timeline

2 Records

1568
23 Jan 1568
Birth of Christopher Kit (Gunpowder Plot) Wright in Ploughland Hall, Welwick, Yorkshire
Ploughland Hall, Welwick, Yorkshire
1605
8 Nov 1605
Age 37
Death of Christopher Kit (Gunpowder Plot) Wright in On Friday 8 November, the Sheriff of Warwick surrounded the house with the intention of arresting the men for a theft of horses from Warwick Castle whilst fleeing, supposedly unaware that within lay most of those who had plotted to blow up the Kin
On Friday 8 November, the Sheriff of Warwick surrounded the house with the intention of arresting the men for a theft of horses from Warwick Castle whilst fleeing, supposedly unaware that within lay most of those who had plotted to blow up the Kin

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Jan 1568
    Event Place: Ploughland Hall, Welwick, Yorkshire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Nov 1605
    Event Place: On Friday 8 November, the Sheriff of Warwick surrounded the house with the intention of arresting the men for a theft of horses from Warwick Castle whilst fleeing, supposedly unaware that within lay most of those who had plotted to blow up the Kin

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