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Henry of Childehay ( Esq) Drake 1555 – 1609 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1555

Birth Location: South Leigh, Devon, , England

Death Date: 31 Dec 1609

Death Location: Reigate, Surrey, , England

Father: Sir Wiscombe

Mother: Lady Prideaux

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Henry of Childehay ( Esq) Drake Esq was born in 1555 in South Leigh, Devon, , England, the child of Sir Robert DRAKE I, Esq, Lord of Wiscombe and Lady Elizabeth Prideaux. Henry of Childehay ( Esq) Drake Esq passed away in 1609 in Reigate, Surrey, , England.

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Biography

  • Henry of Childehay ( Esq) Drake Esq was born in 1555 in South Leigh, Devon, , England, the child of Sir Robert DRAKE I, Esq, Lord of Wiscombe and Lady Elizabeth Prideaux.
  • Henry of Childehay ( Esq) Drake Esq passed away in 1609 in Reigate, Surrey, , England.

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Henry Drake's Ancestors

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Henry Drake
1555 – 1609
Birth Place: South Leigh, Devon, , England
Parents
Sir Robert DRAKE I, Esq, Lord of Wiscombe
1528 – 1600
Wiscombe, South Leigh, Devon, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Prideaux
1523 – 1578
Theuborough House, Sutcombe, Devonshire, England
Grandparents
John (The Elder) DRAKE
1500 – 1558
Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England
Amy Clarke
1504 – 1577
Kilkhampton Manor, Stowe, Cornwall, England
Humphrey (Prideaux, of) Thuborough
1487 – 1550
Sutcombe, Torridge District, Devon, England
Edith (Elizabeth) Hatch
1470 – 1562
Aller, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
John Sheriff
1474 – 1554
Lady Drake
1476 – 1554
Sir Stowe
1477 – 1524
Lady Whitleigh,
1474 – 1514
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Musbury
1448 – 1533
Agnes Kellaway
1396 – 1591

Henry Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1555
1555
Birth of Henry of Childehay ( Esq) Drake Esq in South Leigh, Devon, , England
South Leigh, Devon, , England
1609
31 Dec 1609
Age 54
Death of Henry of Childehay ( Esq) Drake Esq in Reigate, Surrey, , England
Reigate, Surrey, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: South Leigh, Devon, , England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Dec 1609
    Event Place: Reigate, Surrey, , England

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