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Richard Lawton 1499–1565 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1499

Birth Location: Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1565

Death Location: Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Leighton

Mother: Arkaret Burgh

Spouse(s): Purrier None

Children(s): Thomas Lawton, Alice Lawton, Elizabeth Lawten, Margery Lawten, Katharine Lawten

Richard Lawton was born in 1499 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Leighton And Arkaret De Burgh. Richard Lawton married Purrier, and had children including Alice Lawton, Elizabeth Lawten, Katharine Lawten, Margery Lawten, Thomas Lawton. Richard Lawton passed away in 1565 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Richard Lawton was born in 1499 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Leighton And Arkaret De Burgh.
  • Richard Lawton married Purrier, and had children including Alice Lawton, Elizabeth Lawten, Katharine Lawten, Margery Lawten, Thomas Lawton.
  • Richard Lawton passed away in 1565 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Richard Lawton's Ancestors

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Richard Lawton
1499–1565
Birth Place: Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Leighton
1430–1493
Church Stretton, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Arkaret (de) Burgh
1434–1498
Merionethshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Richard Leighton
1403–1452
Church Stretton, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Joyce Cornwall
1406–
Burford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
John Burgh
1414–1471
Clapton, Gloucestershire, England
Jane Clopton
1415–
Long Melford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Leighton
1375–
Margareta Drake
1380–1419
Richard Cornwall
1360–1443
Cecilia Marbury
1364–1417
Hugh Burgh
1390–1430
Elizabeth Mowbray
1390–1430
William Clopton
1375–1419
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John L,
1350–1388
Christiana Billett
1354–1388
Geoffrey Cornwall,
1335–1400
Cecily Seymour
1337–1369
John Marbury
1337–1365
Ellen Daniell
1340–
Hugh Burgh
1366–
Hugh Burgh
1367–
John Mowbray
1365–1383
Katherine Corbet
1375–1403
John Clopton
1350–
Mary Charlton
1355–

Richard Lawton's Descendants

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Richard Lawton (1499–1565) m. Purrier (1503–31 DEC 1539)
  1. 1. Thomas Lawton 1524–1565 m. Joan Wheeler 1534–1563
    1. 1. Thomas Laughton 1549–1605 m. Mary 1566–1634 m. Jane Arundell 1552–1603
      1. 1. George Lawton 1581–1641 m. Isabell Smith 1585–1641
        1. 1. Thomas Lawton 1614–1681 m. Elizabeth Salisbury 1616–1654
        2. 2. John Loftin 1596–1616
        3. 3. Nicholas Lawton 1602–1608
        4. 4. George (L.) Lawton 1607–1693 m. Elizabeth Hazard 1620–1711 m. Mary (Cleare) Hopkins 1607–1638
        5. 5. Isabel Lawton 1609–1730
        6. 6. Sarah Lawton 1609–1674 m. Jonathan Hutton 1605–
        7. 7. Mary Lawton 1611–1676 m. William Wodell 1617–
        8. 8. Isaac Lawton 1616–1616
        9. 9. Bennett Lawton 1618–1623 m. Bennett Lawton 1618–
        10. 10. Nicholas Lawton 1621–1621
        11. 11. John Lawton 1630–1690 m. Benedicta 1635–1692
      2. 2. Thomas Lawton 1583–1639 m. Mary 1562–1604 m. Thomas Lawton 1552–
      3. 3. Mary Lawton 1585– m. Richard Deacon 1581–
      4. 4. Joan Lawton 1587–
      5. 5. Richard Lawton 1600–1672 m. Richard Lawton 1600–
      6. 6. Agnes Lawton 1602–
      7. 7. Anne Lawton 1603–
  2. 2. Alice Lawton 1523– m. John Barnwell 1519–
  3. 3. Elizabeth Lawten 1525– m. John Sugar 1521–
  4. 4. Margery Lawten 1535–1560 m. Robert Fuller 1525–
  5. 5. Katharine Lawten 1537–

Richard Lawton's Timeline

2 Records

1499
1499
Birth of Richard Lawton in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1565
1565
Age 66
Death of Richard Lawton in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1499
    Event Place: Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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