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Sir John Frye 1476–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1476

Birth Location: Fry Hall, Devon, England

Death Date: 1559

Death Location: Fryes Hele, Hatherleigh, Devon, England

Father: Robert Howth

Mother: Lady Beaufort

Spouse(s): Johanna Braye

Children(s): William Frye

Sir John Frye was born in 1476 in Fry Hall, Devon, England, the child of Robert St Lawrence 3Rd Baron Howth And Lady Joan Beaufort. Sir John Frye married Johanna Braye, and had children including William Frye. Sir John Frye passed away in 1559 in Fryes Hele, Hatherleigh, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • Sir John Frye was born in 1476 in Fry Hall, Devon, England, the child of Robert St Lawrence 3Rd Baron Howth And Lady Joan Beaufort.
  • Sir John Frye married Johanna Braye, and had children including William Frye.
  • Sir John Frye passed away in 1559 in Fryes Hele, Hatherleigh, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Howth
1435–1485
Birth Location: Howth Castle, Fingal, Ireland
RH
Lady Beaufort
1433–1518
Birth Location: London, England
LB

Spouses(s)

Johanna Braye
1480–1551
Birth Location: Cornwall, England
JB

Children(s)

William Frye
1505–1545
Birth Location: Penshurst, Kent, , England
WF

Sir Frye's Ancestors

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Sir Frye
1476–1559
Birth Place: Fry Hall, Devon, England
Parents
Robert St Lawrence 3rd Baron Howth
1435–1485
Howth Castle, Fingal, Ireland
Lady (Joan) Beaufort
1433–1518
London, England
Grandparents
Christopher (St.) Lawrence
1406–1462
Howth Castle, Dublin, Ireland
Anne (Plunkett (St. Lawrence) of Ratoath) *
1410–
Rathmore, Meath, Ireland
Edmund (Beaufort 2nd Duke of) Somerset
1406–1455
London, England
Duchess (of Somerset Eleanor de) Beauchamp
1407–1467
Walthamstow, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Somerset
1372–1410
Margaret Dorset
1385–1439
Earl Beauchamp
1382–1439
Countess Berkeley
1386–1422
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Lancaster
1340–1399
Catherine Roet
1350–1403

Sir Frye's Descendants

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Sir (John) Frye (1476–1559) m. Johanna Braye (1480–1551)
  1. 1. William Frye 1505–1545 m. Joanne Frye 1500–1579 m. Lady (Cicely) Warner 1516–1576
    1. 1. Nicholas Frye 1520–1552 m. Isabell Waterhouse 1525–1603
      1. 1. George Frye 1545–1594 m. Edith 1550–1597
        1. 1. Nicholas Frye 1565–1614 m. Mary Betterton 1570–1610

Sir Frye's Timeline

2 Records

1476
1476
Birth of Sir John Frye in Fry Hall, Devon, England
Fry Hall, Devon, England
1559
1559
Age 83
Death of Sir John Frye in Fryes Hele, Hatherleigh, Devon, England
Fryes Hele, Hatherleigh, Devon, 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: 1559
    Event Place: Fryes Hele, Hatherleigh, Devon, England
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