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Sir Richard Burre The Elder 1500 – 1569 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England

Death Date: 11 Dec 1569

Death Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England

Father: Sir Bures

Mother: Alice Smithe

Spouse(s): Lady Bishops

Children(s): Symonde Burre

Sir Richard Burre The Elder of Halway Manor was born in 1500 in Great Canfield, Essex, England, the child of Sir Robert de Bures and Alice Smithe. Sir Richard Burre The Elder of Halway Manor married Lady Agnes (Baroness Chandler) De Bishops, and had children including Symonde Simond Burre. Sir Richard Burre The Elder of Halway Manor passed away in 1569 in Great Canfield, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Richard Burre The Elder of Halway Manor was born in 1500 in Great Canfield, Essex, England, the child of Sir Robert de Bures and Alice Smithe.
  • Sir Richard Burre The Elder of Halway Manor married Lady Agnes (Baroness Chandler) De Bishops, and had children including Symonde Simond Burre.
  • Sir Richard Burre The Elder of Halway Manor passed away in 1569 in Great Canfield, Essex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Bures
1477 – 1524
Birth Location: Acton, Bures, Suffolk, England
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Alice Smithe
1480 – 1520
Birth Location: Bures, Suffolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Bishops
1502 – 1569
Birth Location: Holway Manor, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
LB

Children(s)

Symonde Burre
1530 – 1598
Birth Location: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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Sir Elder's Ancestors

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Sir Elder
1500 – 1569
Birth Place: Great Canfield, Essex, England
Parents
Sir Robert de Bures
1477 – 1524
Acton, Bures, Suffolk, England
Alice Smithe
1480 – 1520
Bures, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Elder's Descendants

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Sir (Richard Burre The) Elder (1500 – 11 Dec 1569) m. Lady (Agnes (Baroness Chandler) De) Bishops (1502/1504 – 1569)
  1. 1. Symonde (Simond) Burre (02 May 1530 – 18 Dec 1598) m. Joan ((Johan)) Saunder (1531 – 24 June 1647)
    1. 1. Joanna Burr (29 Mar 1555 – 1624) m. John Curtis (1546 – December 1607) m. Thomas Cotton (20 August 1561 – Abt. 1640)
      1. 1. Esther (Mary) Curtis (1576 – 1626) m. John (Daniel) Hotten (1575 – 1625)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Joanne) Hotten (30 Mar 1596 – 1683) m. (Rev) (William Thomas) Laramore (28 May 1592 – 5 Sep 1652)

Sir Elder's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir Richard Burre The Elder of Halway Manor in Great Canfield, Essex, England
Great Canfield, Essex, England
1569
11 Dec 1569
Age 69
Death of Sir Richard Burre The Elder of Halway Manor in Great Canfield, Essex, England
Great Canfield, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Great Canfield, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Gt. Canfield, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Gt. Canfield, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Dec 1569
    Event Place: Great Canfield, Essex, England
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