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Lady Catherine Ashby 1511–1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1511

Birth Location: Quenby, Leicestershire, England

Death Date: 8 Aug 1574

Death Location: Burnley, Lancashire, England

Father: George Ashby

Mother: Parnel Digby

Spouse(s): William Smith

Children(s): Humphry Smith

Lady Catherine Ashby was born in 1511 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England, the child of George Ashby And Parnel Digby. Lady Catherine Ashby married William Harris Smith, and had children including Humphry Ambrose Smith. Lady Catherine Ashby passed away in 1574 in Burnley, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Catherine Ashby was born in 1511 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England, the child of George Ashby And Parnel Digby.
  • Lady Catherine Ashby married William Harris Smith, and had children including Humphry Ambrose Smith.
  • Lady Catherine Ashby passed away in 1574 in Burnley, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Ashby
1480–1518
Birth Location: England
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Parnel Digby
1501–1518
Birth Location: Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire, England
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Spouses(s)

William Smith
1507–1554
Birth Location: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
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Children(s)

Humphry Smith
1532–1584
Birth Location: Withcote, Leicestershire, England
HS

Lady Ashby's Ancestors

Self
Lady Ashby
1511–1574
Birth Place: Quenby, Leicestershire, England
Parents
George Ashby
1480–1518
England
Parnel Digby
1501–1518
Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Ashby's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Catherine) Ashby (1511–8 Aug 1574) m. William (Harris) Smith (6 JAN 1507–11 Nov 1554)
  1. 1. Humphry (Ambrose) Smith 1532–1584 m. Johanna Coe 1525–1601
    1. 1. Henry, (Sir (Lord of Whitcote)) Smith 1570–1653 m. Anne Skipwith 1569–1623
      1. 1. Dorothy (Dorothie) Smith 1588–1653 m. Thomas (Brudenell Sir, earl of) Cardigan 1585–1661
        1. 1. Lucy Brudenell 1620–1680 m. Charles (Agard) Egard 1625–1680

Lady Ashby's Timeline

2 Records

1511
1511
Birth of Lady Catherine Ashby in Quenby, Leicestershire, England
Quenby, Leicestershire, England
1574
8 Aug 1574
Age 63
Death of Lady Catherine Ashby in Burnley, Lancashire, England
Burnley, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Quenby, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Aug 1574
    Event Place: Burnley, Lancashire, England
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