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Sir Roger Yorke, Esq., Bencher of Gray's Inn Esq 1500–1535 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Wellington, Somerset, England

Death Date: 2 Feb 1535

Death Location: Wellington, Somerset, England

Father: Walter Yorke

Mother: Weltian Yarde

Spouse(s): Lady Yorke, Joan Darcy

Children(s): Elsbeth York, Andrew Yorke, Thomas Yorke, Edward Percivall, Philippa Yorke, William Yorke, Richard Yorke, Elsbeth York, Sarah Staffordshire, Thomas Yorke, Philippa Yorke, Thomas Yorke

In 1500, Sir Roger Yorke, Esq., Bencher of Gray's Inn Esq entered the world in Wellington, Somerset, England, born to Walter Yorke And Weltian Yarde. Sir Roger Yorke, Esq., Bencher of Gray's Inn Esq married Joan Darcy, Lady Eleanor Luttrell Yorke, and had children including Andrew Yorke, Edward Percivall, Elsbeth Marie York, Elsbeth Marie York, Philippa Yorke, Richard Yorke, Sarah Richards Of Staffordshire, Thomas Yorke, William Yorke. Sir Roger Yorke, Esq., Bencher of Gray's Inn Esq passed away in 1535 in Wellington, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • In 1500, Sir Roger Yorke, Esq., Bencher of Gray's Inn Esq entered the world in Wellington, Somerset, England, born to Walter Yorke And Weltian Yarde.
  • Sir Roger Yorke, Esq., Bencher of Gray's Inn Esq married Joan Darcy, Lady Eleanor Luttrell Yorke, and had children including Andrew Yorke, Edward Percivall, Elsbeth Marie York, Elsbeth Marie York, Philippa Yorke, Richard Yorke, Sarah Richards Of Staffordshire, Thomas Yorke, William Yorke.
  • Sir Roger Yorke, Esq., Bencher of Gray's Inn Esq passed away in 1535 in Wellington, Somerset, England.

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Sir Esq's Ancestors

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Sir Esq
1500–1535
Birth Place: Wellington, Somerset, England
Parents
Walter Yorke
1460–1508
Plumpton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Weltian Yarde
1469–1508
Dunster, Somerset, , England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Esq's Descendants

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Sir (Roger Yorke, Esq., Bencher of Gray's Inn) Esq (1500–2 Feb 1535) m. Lady (Eleanor Luttrell) Yorke (1498–1531) m. Joan Darcy (1498–)
  1. 1. Elsbeth (Marie) York 1513–1601 m. Sir (Gregory Frye) II 1510–1539 m. Edmund Perceval 1495–1551
    1. 1. Thomasine (or Thomazine) Frye 1529–1588 m. John Jourdain 1529–1588 m. William Hill 1519–1600 m. Robert Jordan 1545–1589 m. John (Robert Ryves of Damory) Court 1499–1578 m. Robert (Maybe) Jourdaine 1499–1569
      1. 1. Judith Jourdain 1550–1649 m. James (Hill "Mayor of Lyme) Regis" 1545–1621
        1. 1. William (Hill Sr.) 1 1576–1649 m. Sarah (Melissa) Jurdaine 1578–1649 m. Sarah Jourdaine 1599–1671 m. Agnes Hill –1620
        2. 2. Sarah Hill 1572–
        3. 3. Judith Hill 1570–
        4. 4. Mary Goodwin 1582–1665
        5. 5. Benjamin Hill 1580–1708
        6. 6. Elizabeth Hill 1586–1665
        7. 7. Sarah Hill 1594–
        8. 8. James Hill 1578–1649
        9. 9. John Hill 1580–1647
      2. 2. Robarte Jurdane 1554–1628
      3. 3. Robert 1554–1568
      4. 4. Judith Jourdan 1550–1620
      5. 5. Charles Jourdaine 1567–
      6. 6. John Jourdaine 1564–1620
      7. 7. Mary Jourdaine 1571–
      8. 8. Silvester Jourdaine 1564–
      9. 9. Susan Jourdaine 1547–1622
      10. 10. Susan Jordaine 1547–1588
      11. 11. Robert Jorden 1568–1568
      12. 12. Rev. (Robert) jordan 1556–1620
      13. 13. Samuel Jordan 1559–1623
      14. 14. Mary (Jane) Halstead 1540–
      15. 15. Christopher Jourdaine 1580–1581
      16. 16. Sarah Jourdain 1580–
      17. 17. Silvester Jourdaine 1568–1620
      18. 18. Robert (Reverend) Jordan 1559–1632
      19. 19. Ignatius Jourdaine 1561–1640
      20. 20. CECILY JORDAN 1559–1603
      21. 21. Nicholas Jordan 1550–1596
      22. 22. Charles Jourdain 1546–1620
      23. 23. Susan JOURDAINE 1547–1588
    2. 2. John Fry 1526–1562
    3. 3. Gregory Frye 1534–1596
    4. 4. William Fry 1531–1591
    5. 5. Alice Frye 1564–1583
    6. 6. Sir (John) Frye 1526–1618
    7. 7. Elizabeth (Lizzy) Turner 1533–1593
  2. 2. Andrew Yorke 1524–1547
  3. 3. Thomas Yorke 1515–1574
  4. 4. Edward Percivall 1520–1560
  5. 5. Philippa Yorke 1510–1601
  6. 6. William Yorke 1527–1547
  7. 7. Richard Yorke 1520–1560
  8. 8. Elsbeth (Marie) York 1513–1601
  9. 9. Sarah (Richards of) Staffordshire 1510–1601
  10. 10. Thomas Yorke 1520–1574
  11. 11. Philippa Yorke 1522–1598
  12. 12. Thomas Yorke 1505–1574

Sir Esq's Timeline

4 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir Roger Yorke, Esq., Bencher of Gray's Inn Esq in Wellington, Somerset, England
Wellington, Somerset, England
1510
1510
Age 10
Sir Roger Yorke, Esq., Bencher of Gray's Inn Esq was married in Wellington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Wellington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1514
Abt. 1514
Age 14
Sir Roger Yorke, Esq., Bencher of Gray's Inn Esq was married in Wellington, , Somerset, England
Wellington, , Somerset, England
1535
2 Feb 1535
Age 35
Death of Sir Roger Yorke, Esq., Bencher of Gray's Inn Esq in Wellington, Somerset, England
Wellington, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Wellington, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Wellington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Abt. 1514
    Event Place: Wellington, , Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Feb 1535
    Event Place: Wellington, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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