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Rev Edmund Drake, Vicar of Upnor Church 1520–1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Mount Drake, Ashe, Devonshire, England

Death Date: 26 Dec 1566

Death Location: Upchurch, Swale Borough, Kent, England

Father: John Musbury

Mother: Lady "Longshanks"

Spouse(s): Mary (Milway)

Children(s): Thomas Buckland, Sir Earth, Joseph Drake, Thomas Drake, John CAP

The story of Rev Edmund Drake, Vicar of Upnor Church began in 1520 in Mount Drake, Ashe, Devonshire, England. Rev Edmund Drake, Vicar of Upnor Church married Mary Elizabeth Mylwaye Milway, and had children including John Drake Cap, Joseph Drake, Sir Francis Drake Vice Admiral Of British Fleet Under Lord Howard Of Effingham In 1588 Defeat Of The Spanish Armada Circumnavigator Of Earth, Thomas Drake Of Buckland, Thomas I Drake. Rev Edmund Drake, Vicar of Upnor Church passed away in 1566 in Upchurch, Swale Borough, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Rev Edmund Drake, Vicar of Upnor Church began in 1520 in Mount Drake, Ashe, Devonshire, England.
  • Rev Edmund Drake, Vicar of Upnor Church married Mary Elizabeth Mylwaye Milway, and had children including John Drake Cap, Joseph Drake, Sir Francis Drake Vice Admiral Of British Fleet Under Lord Howard Of Effingham In 1588 Defeat Of The Spanish Armada Circumnavigator Of Earth, Thomas Drake Of Buckland, Thomas I Drake.
  • Rev Edmund Drake, Vicar of Upnor Church passed away in 1566 in Upchurch, Swale Borough, Kent, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Rev Church's Ancestors

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Rev Church
1520–1566
Birth Place: Mount Drake, Ashe, Devonshire, England
Parents
John VI Drake, High Sherriff of Devonshire, Lord of Musbury
1502–1558
Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England
Lady (Amy Amye, Anne Grenville, direct decendent to King Edward I) "Longshanks"
1504–1577
Stowe, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Drake, Knight of Ashe & Exmouth, Lord High) Sheriff
1474–1554
Otterton, Devon, England
Lady (Margaret) Cole
1476–1554
Ashe, Dorset, England
Sir (Roger Grenville, knight, High Sheriff of Cornwall, MP of Stowe-connects to Edward) I
1477–1524
Stowe Castle, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Lady (Margaret Whitleigh \) Whitley
1474–1514
Efford, Plymouth, Devonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Cornwall
1447–1513
Lady Gilbert
1455–1494
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Cornwall
1432–1483
Elizabeth Gorges
1400–1470

Rev Church's Descendants

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Rev (Edmund Drake, Vicar of Upnor) Church (1520–26 Dec 1566) m. Mary (Elizabeth Mylwaye) (Milway) (1522–23 September 1573)
  1. 1. Thomas (Drake of) Buckland 1554–1606 m. Elizabeth Gregory 1557–1631
    1. 1. Sir (Francis Drake, 1st) Baronet 1588–1637
    2. 2. Elizabeth Drake 1592–1631
    3. 3. William Drake 1584–1641
  2. 2. Sir (Francis Drake, Vice Admiral of British Fleet, under Lord Howard of Effingham in 1588 defeat of the Spanish Armada, Circumnavigator of) Earth 1540–1596 m. Mary Newman 1548–1581 m. Elizabeth Sydenham 1562–1598
  3. 3. Joseph Drake 1542–1572
  4. 4. Thomas (I) Drake 1533–1587
  5. 5. John (Drake) CAP 1539–1572

Rev Church's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Rev Edmund Drake, Vicar of Upnor Church in Mount Drake, Ashe, Devonshire, England
Mount Drake, Ashe, Devonshire, England
1566
26 Dec 1566
Age 46
Death of Rev Edmund Drake, Vicar of Upnor Church in Upchurch, Swale Borough, Kent, England
Upchurch, Swale Borough, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Mount Drake, Ashe, Devonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Norfolk: Norwich - Minutes of Court of Mayoralty, 1632-1635

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Dec 1566
    Event Place: Upchurch, Swale Borough, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Upchurch, Swale Borough, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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