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John Chichester 1516–1569 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1516

Birth Location: Raleigh Devon Gb

Death Date: 1569

Death Location: Pilton, Devon, England

Father: Sir Hounditon

Mother: Lady Bourchier

Spouse(s): Marchioness Exeter

Children(s): John Chichester, Elizabeth Chichester, Urith Chichester, Amyas Chichester, Eleanor Chichester, Cecilia Chichester

John Chichester was born in 1516 in Raleigh Devon Gb, the child of Sir Edward Earl Chichester Of Hounditon And Lady Elizabeth Bourchier. John Chichester married Joan Gifford, Marchioness Gertrude Courtney Lady Exeter, and had children including Amyas Chichester, Cecilia Chichester, Eleanor Chichester, Elizabeth Chichester, John Chichester, Urith Chichester. John Chichester passed away in 1569 in Pilton, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • John Chichester was born in 1516 in Raleigh Devon Gb, the child of Sir Edward Earl Chichester Of Hounditon And Lady Elizabeth Bourchier.
  • John Chichester married Joan Gifford, Marchioness Gertrude Courtney Lady Exeter, and had children including Amyas Chichester, Cecilia Chichester, Eleanor Chichester, Elizabeth Chichester, John Chichester, Urith Chichester.
  • John Chichester passed away in 1569 in Pilton, Devon, England.

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John Chichester's Ancestors

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John Chichester
1516–1569
Birth Place: Raleigh Devon Gb
Parents
Sir Edward Earl Chichester of Hounditon
1496–1522
Raleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth) Bourchier
1500–1548
Baunton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (I Bourchier Lord Fitz-Warin Earl van) Bath
1470–1539
Halstead, Essex
Jane Hungerford
1446–1517
Heytesbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Chichester's Descendants

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John Chichester (1516–1569) m. Marchioness (Gertrude Courtney Lady) Exeter (1 January 1521–1566)
  1. 1. John Chichester 1548–1586 m. Ann Dennis 1546–1586
    1. 1. Robert Chichester 1574–1627
  2. 2. Elizabeth Chichester 1545–1630
  3. 3. Urith Chichester 1558–1591
  4. 4. Amyas Chichester –1577
  5. 5. Eleanor Chichester 1547–1585 m. William ("Lord of Uley Manor") Bassett 1538–1626 m. Lewis Pollard 1553– m. Arthur (Edward (Viscount of Lisle) Bassett (also Desc of King Henri 1 Carpet-France) Sir MP Knight of) Heaton 1536–1586 m. Edmond Hatch 1557–1584
    1. 1. William Bassett 1581–1646 m. Anne Dickinson 1608–1671
      1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth Bassett Foster) Scott 1623–1688 m. Joseph Foster 1632–1660 m. John Proctor –1692
        1. 1. COL. (JOHN WILLIAM) SCOTT 1672–1731
        2. 2. Anne (Judith) Foster 1656–1701
        3. 3. Joseph Foster 1655–1715
        4. 4. Mary Foster 1658–
        5. 5. Edwin (Bedine) Scott 1886–1943 m. Ethel (Mae) Scott 1906–1995 m. Susie (Way Rife) Scott 1893–
        6. 6. Sarah (Elisabeth) Bassett 1651–1707 m. Thomas ELWELL 1654–1706
    2. 2. Arthur Hatch 1577–1625
  6. 6. Cecilia Chichester 1547–1584 m. Edmond Hatch 1557–1584 m. Lewis Pollard 1553–
    1. 1. Arthur Hatch 1577–1625
    2. 2. John Hatch 1575–1642
    3. 3. Thomas Hatch 1577–1625

John Chichester's Timeline

3 Records

1516
1516
Birth of John Chichester in Raleigh Devon Gb
Raleigh Devon Gb
1568
30 November 1568
Age 52
Death of John Chichester in Raleigh Devon Gb
Raleigh Devon Gb
1569
1569
Age 53
Burial of John Chichester in Pilton, Devon, England
Pilton, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1516
    Event Place: Raleigh Devon Gb
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 November 1568
    Event Place: Raleigh Devon Gb
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Gravestone Photograph Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1569
    Event Place: Pilton, Devon, England
    Record Source: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index

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