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Sir Bernard Drake, Knight of Mount Drake and Ashe 1528–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1528

Birth Location: Ashe, Stourpaine, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 April 1586

Death Location: Crediton, shire, adjacent Exeter Castle Parish Church, Musbu, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Ashe

Mother: Lady Grenville

Spouse(s): Lady Fortescue

Children(s): Sir Ashe

Sir Bernard Drake, Knight of Mount Drake and Ashe was born in 1528 in Ashe, Stourpaine, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Drake Of Ashe And Lady Amy Anne Grenville. Sir Bernard Drake, Knight of Mount Drake and Ashe married Amye Greenville, Lady Gertrude Elizabeth Fortescue, and had children including Sir John Francis Fortesque Drake Vi Mp Vice Admiral Pirate Explorer Of Mt Drake And Ashe. Sir Bernard Drake, Knight of Mount Drake and Ashe passed away in 1586 in Crediton, shire, adjacent Exeter Castle Parish Church, Musbu, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir Bernard Drake, Knight of Mount Drake and Ashe was born in 1528 in Ashe, Stourpaine, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Drake Of Ashe And Lady Amy Anne Grenville.
  • Sir Bernard Drake, Knight of Mount Drake and Ashe married Amye Greenville, Lady Gertrude Elizabeth Fortescue, and had children including Sir John Francis Fortesque Drake Vi Mp Vice Admiral Pirate Explorer Of Mt Drake And Ashe.
  • Sir Bernard Drake, Knight of Mount Drake and Ashe passed away in 1586 in Crediton, shire, adjacent Exeter Castle Parish Church, Musbu, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

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Sir Ashe's Ancestors

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Sir Ashe
1528–1586
Birth Place: Ashe, Stourpaine, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Drake- of Ashe
1500–1588
Ashe (Dorsetshire) England
Lady (Amy Anne) Grenville
1504–1577
Kilkhampton Manor, Stowe, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Drake
1474–1554
Otterton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Cole
1476–1554
Ashe, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Sir (Knt. Roger Grenville High Sheriff of Cornwall, MP) O
1477–1524
Stowe Castle, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret) Whitleigh
1474–1514
Efford, Plymouth, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Ashe's Descendants

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Sir (Bernard Drake, Knight of Mount Drake and) Ashe (1528–10 April 1586) m. Lady (Gertrude Elizabeth) Fortescue (1538–10 February 1601)
  1. 1. Sir (John Francis\Fortesque Drake VI, MP, Vice Admiral, Pirate Explorer, ❤️ of Mt Drake and) Ashe 1566–1628 m. Lady (Dorothea (Drake)) Button 1568–1631
    1. 1. John Drake 1620–1689 m. Anne Wright 1623–1666
      1. 1. Margaret Drake 1640–1682 m. John Revill 1640–
        1. 1. Margaret Revell 1672–1732 m. William Harvy 1669–1711
    2. 2. Mary (Drake (OR Grove) ?) 1600–1636
    3. 3. Mary (Christian) Drake, 1594–1643
    4. 4. William Drake, 1596–1640

Sir Ashe's Timeline

2 Records

1528
1528
Birth of Sir Bernard Drake, Knight of Mount Drake and Ashe in Ashe, Stourpaine, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Ashe, Stourpaine, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
1586
10 April 1586
Age 58
Death of Sir Bernard Drake, Knight of Mount Drake and Ashe in Crediton, shire, adjacent Exeter Castle Parish Church, Musbu, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Crediton, shire, adjacent Exeter Castle Parish Church, Musbu, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Ashe, Stourpaine, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 April 1586
    Event Place: Crediton, shire, adjacent Exeter Castle Parish Church, Musbu, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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