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Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence 1500 – 1551 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 January 1500

Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 1551

Death Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Father: Earl Lawrence

Mother: Lady Hacker

Spouse(s): Countess Clair

Children(s): Lady Lawrence, Lady Holmes

In 1500, Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton entered the world in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, born to Earl Robert Lawrence and Lady Frances Elizabeth Hacker. Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton married Countess Elizabeth Holt St. Clair, and had children including Lady Elsabethe "Isabelle" (Holmes) Lawrence, Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes. Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton passed away in 1551 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1500, Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton entered the world in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, born to Earl Robert Lawrence and Lady Frances Elizabeth Hacker.
  • Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton married Countess Elizabeth Holt St. Clair, and had children including Lady Elsabethe "Isabelle" (Holmes) Lawrence, Lady Margaret Agnes Holmes.
  • Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton passed away in 1551 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Earl Lawrence
1474 – 1500
Birth Location: , Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
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Lady Hacker
1475 – 1572
Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Countess Clair
1510 – 1583
Birth Location: Bexley, Hertfordshire, England
CC

Children(s)

Lady Lawrence
1518 – 1570
Birth Location: Cambridge
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Lady Holmes
1523 – 1583
Birth Location: St James, Suffolk, England
LH

Reverend Lawrence's Ancestors

Self
Reverend Lawrence
1500 – 1551
Birth Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Parents
Earl Robert Lawrence
1474 – 1500
, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Lady (Frances Elizabeth) Hacker
1475 – 1572
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Reverend Lawrence's Descendants

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Reverend (Earl John Richard) Lawrence (01 January 1500 – 1551) m. Countess (Elizabeth Holt St.) Clair (20 Nov 1510 – 22 JAN 1583)
  1. 1. Lady (Elsabethe "Isabelle" (Holmes)) Lawrence (1518 – 10 Aug 1570) m. Radus Emerson (1506 – 1552) m. Saville Brasse (1505 – 1542)
    1. 1. Thomas Emerson (1540 – 15 Oct 1595) m. Joanna Brasse (1542 – abt 1607)
      1. 1. Ortus (Robert) Emersone (25 Oct 1561 – 1621) m. Susanna ("Anna") Crabbe (24 Nov 1556 – 20 Nov 1626)
        1. 1. Thomas (Frederic) Emerson (1591 – Jan 1660) m. Elizabeth Brewster (26 July 1584 – About 1666) m. Margaret Froe (1591 – 1656)
      2. 2. Robert Emerson ( – abt 1620) m. Susan Crabb (1556 – abt 1626)
    2. 2. Joanna Brasse (1542 – abt 1607) m. Thomas Emerson (1540 – 15 Oct 1595)
  2. 2. Lady (Margaret Agnes) Holmes (1 Jan 1523 – 22 Jan 1583) m. Lord (John) Lawrence (1 Jan 1520 – 27 Apr 1590)
    1. 1. Susan (Renee) Lawrence (21 May 1548 – 13 September 1610) m. Lord (Sir Henry Butler) Sherman (8 Jun 1548 – 28 Aug 1610)
      1. 1. Anne Sherman (7 Mar 1581 – 1638) m. Anthony Whiting (1575 – 26 August 1629)
        1. 1. Phebe Whiting (3 Sep 1606 – Aug 1662) m. Thomas Barnard (28 Sep – 24 May 1621)
      2. 2. Ezekiel Sherman (25 January 1587 – 21 January 1654) m. Anna Stevens (1595 – 1654)
        1. 1. Ann Sherman (1630 – 1665) m. Edward Watts (1620 – 1690)
    2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth Rachel) Lawrence (1552 – 6 Apr 1621) m. Lord (Sir Knight Thomas Rhys Rice Davis) I (Feb 1550 – 6 Nov 1622)
      1. 1. Governor (James I) Davis (1578 – 6 Mar 1633) m. Racheal ('Rachel') Keys (abt 1585 – 1 Jan 1633)
        1. 1. Major (John) Davis (1610 – 1 Jan 1665) m. Mary Green (21 Jan 1615 – 1648)

Reverend Lawrence's Timeline

13 Records

1500
01 January 1500
Birth of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in Ashton Hall, Lancashire Hill, Lancashire, England
Ashton Hall, Lancashire Hill, Lancashire, England
1500
1 Jan 1500
Birth of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in Ashton Hall, Lancashire Hill, Lancashire, England
Ashton Hall, Lancashire Hill, Lancashire, England
1500
1 Jan 1500
Birth of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1500
01 January 1500
Birth of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1500
01 January 1500
Birth of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1500
01 January 1500
Birth of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1500
01 January 1500
Birth of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1505
1505
Age 5
Birth of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1549
1549
Age 49
Death of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1551
1551
Age 51
Death of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1559
21 May 1559
Age 59
Death of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1565
1565
Age 65
Death of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1606
2 Jun 1606
Age 106
Death of Reverend Earl John Richard Lawrence , IV, Earl of Ashton in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 January 1500
    Event Place: Ashton Hall, Lancashire Hill, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1500
    Event Place: Ashton Hall, Lancashire Hill, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1500
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 January 1500
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 January 1500
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 January 1500
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 January 1500
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 May 1559
    Event Place: Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1549
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Jun 1606
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1551
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
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