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Lady Dorothy Heydon 1500–1560 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Baconsthorpe Castle, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 27 Aug 1560

Death Location: Cobham Hall, Kent, England

Father: Sir Heydon

Mother: Lady Boleyn

Spouse(s): Sir Banneret, Sir Brooke

Children(s): George Brookes

In 1500, Lady Dorothy Heydon entered the world in Baconsthorpe Castle, Norfolk, England, born to Sir Henry Heydon And Lady Anne Boleyn. Lady Dorothy Heydon married Sir Robert Brooke, Sir Thomas Brooke 8Th Baron Brooke Of Cobham Knight Banneret, and had children including George Brookes, John Brook, Thomas Brooke. Lady Dorothy Heydon passed away in 1560 in Cobham Hall, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1500, Lady Dorothy Heydon entered the world in Baconsthorpe Castle, Norfolk, England, born to Sir Henry Heydon And Lady Anne Boleyn.
  • Lady Dorothy Heydon married Sir Robert Brooke, Sir Thomas Brooke 8Th Baron Brooke Of Cobham Knight Banneret, and had children including George Brookes, John Brook, Thomas Brooke.
  • Lady Dorothy Heydon passed away in 1560 in Cobham Hall, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Heydon's Ancestors

Self
Lady Heydon
1500–1560
Birth Place: Baconsthorpe Castle, Norfolk, England
Parents
Sir Henry Heydon
1440–1504
Baconthorpe (Norfolk) England
Lady (Anne) Boleyn
1440–1510
Baconthorpe (Norfolk) England
Grandparents
Geoffrey Boleyn
1406–1463
Salle, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Anne (de) HOO
1424–1484
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Heydon's Descendants

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Lady (Dorothy) Heydon (1500–27 Aug 1560) m. Sir (Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Brooke of Cobham, Knight) Banneret (Jan. 1465–19 Jul 1529) m. Sir (Robert) Brooke (1500–6 Sep 1558)
  1. 1. George Brookes 1497–1558 m. Lady (Anne Braye, Baroness Cobham) Braye 1501–1558
    1. 1. Elizabeth Brooke 1526–1565 m. Sir (William Baron Kendal Parr 1st Marquess of Northampton 1st) Ear 1513–1571 m. Edward Potter 1527–1582 m. Thomas Deming 1526–1610
      1. 1. Ann (Margaret) Parye 1516–1612 m. William Marlar 1515–1597
        1. 1. Sara (Elizabeth) Ritchin 1554–1600 m. James (Hampshire) Nettleton 1550–1579
      2. 2. Thomas (Josiah Deming Or De) Ming 1545–1584 m. Honour ((Honora) Lambert) (Yumbert) 1535–1627 m. Abigail Flyer 1551–1589
        1. 1. Jonathan ("John") Deming 1574–1673 m. Elizabeth (Jane (Scarburgh, Bennett)) Gilbert 1575–1654
      3. 3. Elizabeth Kendall 1539–
      4. 4. Robert (PARR declared) illegitimate 1549–1609
      5. 5. Margaret (Ann Lady Parr) Parye 1540–1612
      6. 6. Alice (Anges) Parr 1540–1585
      7. 7. Katheryne Parr 1541–
      8. 8. Mary Parr 1541–
      9. 9. Nicholas Parr 1538–
      10. 10. Richard Parr 1542–1542
      11. 11. Thomas Parr 1535–1633 m. Margaret* ((Ane Wodfall)) Woodfall 1563–1592
      12. 12. William (Thomas) Parr 1545–1571
    2. 2. William Brooke 1527–1597
    3. 3. Frances Jerningham –1616
    4. 4. Anne Brooke 1524–1565
    5. 5. Dorothy Brooke 1539–
    6. 6. Edmund Brooke 1539–1578
    7. 7. Edward Brooke 1535–1594
    8. 8. George Brooke –1569
    9. 9. John Brooke 1535–1594
    10. 10. Thomas Brooke 1533–

Lady Heydon's Timeline

3 Records

1465
1465
Birth of Lady Dorothy Heydon in Baconthorpe, Norfolk, England
Baconthorpe, Norfolk, England
1500
1500
Birth of Lady Dorothy Heydon in Baconsthorpe Castle, Norfolk, England
Baconsthorpe Castle, Norfolk, England
1560
27 Aug 1560
Age 60
Death of Lady Dorothy Heydon in Cobham Hall, Kent, England
Cobham Hall, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1465
    Event Place: Baconthorpe, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Baconsthorpe Castle, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Aug 1560
    Event Place: Cobham Hall, Kent, England

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