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

Birth Date: 01 January 1500

Birth Location: Ashton Hall, Lancashire Hill, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 21 May 1559

Death Location: Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

Father: Sir Ashton"

Mother: Lady Lawrence

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Gates

Children(s): Lady Choplynge, John Lawrence, Rich Lawrence

Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence was born in 1500 in Ashton Hall, Lancashire Hill, Lancashire, England, the child of Sir Robert Lawrence Earl Of Ashton And Lady Frances Elizabeth Hacker Lawrence. Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence married Elizabeth Gates, and had children including Agnes Holmes, Catherine Lawrence, John Lawrence, Lady Elsabethe Isabella Choplynge, Rich Lawrence, William Lawrence. Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence passed away in 1559 in Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence was born in 1500 in Ashton Hall, Lancashire Hill, Lancashire, England, the child of Sir Robert Lawrence Earl Of Ashton And Lady Frances Elizabeth Hacker Lawrence.
  • Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence married Elizabeth Gates, and had children including Agnes Holmes, Catherine Lawrence, John Lawrence, Lady Elsabethe Isabella Choplynge, Rich Lawrence, William Lawrence.
  • Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence passed away in 1559 in Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England.

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Reverend Lawrence's Ancestors

Self
Reverend Lawrence
1500–1559
Birth Place: Ashton Hall, Lancashire Hill, Lancashire, England
Parents
Sir Robert Lawrence "Earl of Ashton"
1474–1500
, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Lady (Frances Elizabeth Hacker) Lawrence
1478–1504
Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
John Lawrence
1450–1504
Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Lawrence
1420–1471
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Lawrence
1390–1461

Reverend Lawrence's Descendants

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Reverend (Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton) Lawrence (01 January 1500–21 May 1559) m. Elizabeth Gates (1500–1583)
  1. 1. Lady (Elsabethe Isabella) Choplynge 1518–1570 m. Saville Brasse 1515–1542 m. Radus ((Ralf, Raffe or Rauff) Emerson of) Foxton 1500–1545 m. Ralph Holmes 1498–1545 m. Ralph EMERSON 1500–1567 m. Ralfe Emerson 1515–1545 m. Sir (Ralf Radolphus) Emerson 1498–1535
    1. 1. Joan Emerson 1518–1570 m. Ralph (Radolphus of Foxton) Emerson 1500–1545
      1. 1. Ralph (Hale) Emerson 1531–1611 m. Joan Brasse 1534–1570 m. Joan Brasse 1534–1570 m. Isabell Choplynge 1546– m. Susanna Crabbe 1556–1626 m. Elizabeth Brewster 1584–1638
        1. 1. Dorothy (Anne) Emerson 1568–1604 m. Lawrence (WILKINSON of Harperley house,) Durham 1565–1622
  2. 2. John Lawrence –1590
  3. 3. Rich Lawrence –1659

Reverend Lawrence's Timeline

2 Records

1500
01 January 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
1559
21 May 1559
Age 59
Death of Reverend Sir Knight John Richard IV Earl of Ashton Lawrence in Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England
Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 May 1559
    Event Place: Ashton Hall, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England

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