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Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence 1500–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 January 1500

Birth Location: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 21 May 1559

Death Location: Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Father: Robert Ashton

Mother: Lady Lawrence

Spouse(s): Lady Clair

Children(s): Lady Holmes, Lady Holmes

Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence was born in 1500 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robert Lawrence Earl Of Ashton And Lady Frances Elizabeth Hacker Lawrence. Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence married Lady Elizabeth Holt Countess Warburton Holmes Lawrence St Clair, and had children including Lady Agnes Countess Holmes, Lady Elsabethe Isabelle Holmes. Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence passed away in 1559 in Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence was born in 1500 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robert Lawrence Earl Of Ashton And Lady Frances Elizabeth Hacker Lawrence.
  • Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence married Lady Elizabeth Holt Countess Warburton Holmes Lawrence St Clair, and had children including Lady Agnes Countess Holmes, Lady Elsabethe Isabelle Holmes.
  • Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence passed away in 1559 in Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

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Reverend Lawrence's Ancestors

Self
Reverend Lawrence
1500–1559
Birth Place: Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert Lawrence Earl of Ashton
1474–1500
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Frances Elizabeth Hacker) Lawrence
1478–1504
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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 January 1500–21 May 1559) m. Lady (Elizabeth Holt "Countess Warburton" Holmes-Lawrence St.) Clair (1 Jan 1510–22 Jan 1583)
  1. 1. Lady (Elsabethe "Isabelle") Holmes 1518–1570 m. Ralph Emerson 1500–1552
    1. 1. Thomas (Ralph) Emerson 1540–1595 m. Joanna (Brasse Emerson) 1542 1542–1561
      1. 1. Ortus (Robert) Emersone 1561–1620 m. Susanna (Emerson Great-Grandmother of President William Howard) Taft 1556–1626
        1. 1. Thomas Emerson 1584–1666 m. Elizabeth ((Emerson)) Brewster 1584–1638
        2. 2. Alice (Emerson) 1579 1579–1590
        3. 3. Grace (B (Twin John ) Emerson) 1580 1580–1653
        4. 4. John (E (Twin Grace ) Emerson) 1580 1580–1612
        5. 5. Margaret (Mary Ann Emerson) 1582 1582–1605
        6. 6. Annie (Emerson) 1586 1586–1611
        7. 7. Ellis (Emerson) 1588 1588–1626
        8. 8. Robert (Emerson) 1596 1596–1620
        9. 9. Susan (Emerson) 1598 1598–1645
        10. 10. Margaret (Kinerson Emerson Frisbie) 1597 1597–1635
        11. 11. Margaret (Emerson OR Artemisia Welton) 1590 1590–1635
  2. 2. Lady (Agnes Countess) Holmes 1523–1583

Reverend Lawrence's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1 January 1500
Birth of Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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
1579
9 November 1579
Age 79
Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence was married in Saint Andrews, Hertford, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Saint Andrews, Hertford, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 9 November 1579
    Event Place: Saint Andrews, Hertford, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 May 1559
    Event Place: Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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