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Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence 1500 – 1551 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1500

Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 1 Jan 1551

Death Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Father: Sir Ashton"

Mother: Lady Lawrence

Spouse(s): Lady Clair

Children(s): Margaret Lawrence, Lady Lawrence

The story of Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence began in 1500 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England. Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence married Lady Elizabeth Holt "Countess Warburton" Holmes-Lawrence St. Clair, and had children including Margaret Beaumont Lawrence, Lady Joanna Lawrence. Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence passed away in 1551 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence began in 1500 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.
  • Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence married Lady Elizabeth Holt "Countess Warburton" Holmes-Lawrence St. Clair, and had children including Margaret Beaumont Lawrence, Lady Joanna Lawrence.
  • Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence passed away in 1551 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Ashton"
1474 – 1500
Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
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Lady Lawrence
1478 – 1504
Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Clair
1510 – 1583
Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
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Children(s)

Margaret Lawrence
1528 – 1630
Birth Location: Great Livermore, Suffolk, England
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Lady Lawrence
1543 – 1610
Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
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Reverend Lawrence's Ancestors

Self
Reverend Lawrence
1500 – 1551
Birth Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Parents
Sir Robert Lawrence "Earl of Ashton"
1474 – 1500
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Lady (Frances Elizabeth Hacker) Lawrence
1478 – 1504
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Reverend Lawrence's Descendants

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Reverend (Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton) Lawrence (1 Jan 1500 – 1 Jan 1551) m. Lady (Elizabeth Holt "Countess Warburton" Holmes-Lawrence St.) Clair (1 Jan 1510 – 22 Jan 1583)
  1. 1. Margaret (Beaumont) Lawrence (abt 1528 – 6 Nov 1630) m. John (I) Ward (abt 1524 – 7 Jun 1586)
    1. 1. Lancelot (Barrington Ward) Xlll (11 Jan 1551 – 25 Dec 1587) m. Lady (Margaret Lee, Countess of) Yaxley (7 Mar 1541 – 4 Apr 1598) m. Anne Annis (Oct 1555 – 1598)
      1. 1. Richard Sherman (4 Sep 1577 – 30 May 1660) m. Elizabeth Whiting (2 Jan 1581 – 26 Oct 1667)
        1. 1. Ann (Thomas) Smythe (1554 – 6 Dec 1664) m. Capt (Thomas FitzHenry Cromwell) (Privateer) (1552 – 9 Oct 1649)
      2. 2. Captain (John Ward (Jamestown) Settler) (1570 – 1 Jun 1636) m. Elizabeth (Isabell) Brewster (11 Jan 1574 – 26 Dec 1644)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Joan Warde de) Grey (13 Feb 1589 – 20 Mar 1671) m. John (Gray) Sr. (2 Feb 1588 – 28 May 1658)
  2. 2. Lady (Joanna) Lawrence (1543 – 2 Jan 1610) m. Bartholomew\Bartholomei Tassell (1540 – Feb 1576)
    1. 1. Alice Tassell (19 Feb 1575 – Jan 1636) m. Robert Shelley (17 May 1586 – 26 Sep 1636)
      1. 1. Lt (Robert) Shelley (1600 – 06 Sep 1692) m. Susanna Cook (1635 – 06 Sep 1692)
        1. 1. Benjamin Shelley (12 Mar 1679 – 1718) m. Jane Wilcox (1668 – 1748)

Reverend Lawrence's Timeline

8 Records

1500
1 Jan 1500
Birth of Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1500
1 Jan 1500
Birth of Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence in Ashton Hall, Lancashire Hill, Lancashire, England
Ashton Hall, Lancashire Hill, Lancashire, England
1500
1 Jan 1500
Birth of Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1519
1519
Age 19
Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence was married in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1551
1 Jan 1551
Age 51
Death of Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1551
1551
Age 51
Death of Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1551
1 Jan 1551
Age 51
Death of Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
1559
21 May 1559
Age 59
Death of Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence in Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1500
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    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: Marriage
    Event Date: 1519
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1551
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 May 1559
    Event Place: Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1551
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1551
    Event Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
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