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Sir James, John Burgess 1529 – 1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1529

Birth Location: Brooke House, Sussex, or Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England

Father: Nicholas Burges

Mother: Johana Rotherfield

Spouse(s): Lady Marsh

Children(s): Sarah Kent

1529 marked the beginning of Sir James John Burgess's life in Brooke House, Sussex, or Goudhurst, Kent, England, to parents Nicholas Johane Burges and Johana de Rotherfield. Eventually, Sir James John Burgess married Lady Margaret Marsh, and they welcomed Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent. Sir James John Burgess passed in 1590 at St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England.

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Parents

Nicholas Burges
1500 – 1556
Birth Location: Sterborough, Surrey, England
NB
Johana Rotherfield
1504 – 1558
Birth Location: Brook House, Rotherfield, Sussex, England
JR

Spouses(s)

Lady Marsh
1537 – 1563
Birth Location: Goudhurst, Kent, England
LM

Children(s)

Sarah Kent
1559 – 1635
Birth Location: Goudhurst, Kent, England
SK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1529
    Event Place: Goudhurst, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1529
    Event Place: Brooke House, Sussex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1529
    Event Place: Brooke House, Sussex, or Goudhurst, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 Aug 1594
    Event Place: Goudhurst, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1590
    Event Place: Goudhurst, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1590
    Event Place: St Dunstan and All Saints, London, England
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