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Sir John Frye 1476–1544 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1476

Birth Location: Fry Hall, Devon, England

Death Date: 1544

Death Location: Fryes Hele, Hatherleigh, Devonshire, England

Father: Richard Fry

Mother: Joan Frye)

Spouse(s): Lady Bray

Children(s): Elizabeth Frye, Richard Frye, Sir Frye, John Frye

Sir John Frye was born in 1476 in Fry Hall, Devon, England, the child of Richard William Fry And Joan Beaufort De Somerset Baroness Howth Lady Frye. Sir John Frye married Lady Johanna Bray, and had children including Elizabeth Frye, John Frye, Richard Frye, Sir William Gregory Frye. Sir John Frye passed away in 1544 in Fryes Hele, Hatherleigh, Devonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir John Frye was born in 1476 in Fry Hall, Devon, England, the child of Richard William Fry And Joan Beaufort De Somerset Baroness Howth Lady Frye.
  • Sir John Frye married Lady Johanna Bray, and had children including Elizabeth Frye, John Frye, Richard Frye, Sir William Gregory Frye.
  • Sir John Frye passed away in 1544 in Fryes Hele, Hatherleigh, Devonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Fry
1431–1504
Birth Location: London, City of London, Greater London, England
RF
Joan Frye)
1433–1518
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Bray
1480–1557
Birth Location: Cornwall, England
LB

Children(s)

Elizabeth Frye
1500–1525
Birth Location: Ebgland, Devon, England
EF
Richard Frye
1500–1549
Birth Location: Farnham, Surrey, England
RF
Sir Frye
1500–1539
Birth Location: Weymouth, Dorset, England
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John Frye
1500–1556
Birth Location: Corston, Wiltshire, England
JF

Sir Frye's Ancestors

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Sir Frye
1476–1544
Birth Place: Fry Hall, Devon, England
Parents
Richard William Fry
1431–1504
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Joan (Beaufort De Somerset (Baroness Howth & Lady) Frye)
1433–1518
London, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Edmund (Beaufort (2nd Duke Of) Somerset)
1406–1455
Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
Eleanor (de Beauchamp (Duchess of Somerset and Baroness de) Ros)
1407–1466
Wedgenock, Warwick
Great-Grandparents
John Beaufort
1373–1410
Margaret Holland
1385–1440
Sir Warwick)
1382–1439
Elizabeth Berkeley
1387–1422
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Gaunt
1340–1399
Katherine Lancaster)
1350–1403
Thomas Holland
1355–1397
Alice FitzAlan
1350–1416
Thomas Beauchamp
1338–1401
Margaret Warwick)
1356–1407

Sir Frye's Descendants

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Sir (John) Frye (1476–1544) m. Lady (Johanna) Bray (1480–3 May 1557)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Frye 1500–1525 m. Lord (Thomas Parker ( Of Great Burstead Manor)) II 1490–1525
    1. 1. Joan Parker 1511–1552 m. Nicholas Shattuck 1515–1559
      1. 1. Samuel Shattuck 1539–1593 m. Chloe Field 1517–1581 m. Alice Staggs 1556–1593
        1. 1. Rebecca Shattuck 1561–1585 m. Joseph (Underwood (10th) Gg) 1555–1589
        2. 2. Daniel Shattuck 1570–1642
        3. 3. William (Samuel) Shattuck 1590–1641
        4. 4. Samuel Shattuck 1554–1630
  2. 2. Richard Frye 1500–1549
  3. 3. Sir (William Gregory) Frye 1500–1539
  4. 4. John Frye 1500–1556

Sir Frye's Timeline

2 Records

1476
1476
Birth of Sir John Frye in Fry Hall, Devon, England
Fry Hall, Devon, England
1544
1544
Age 68
Death of Sir John Frye in Fryes Hele, Hatherleigh, Devonshire, England
Fryes Hele, Hatherleigh, Devonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1476
    Event Place: Fry Hall, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1544
    Event Place: Fryes Hele, Hatherleigh, Devonshire, England
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