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Sir Thomas Richard Harper 1534 – 1608 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1534

Birth Location: St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 6 Jul 1608

Death Location: Bermondsey, Surrey, England

Father: Sir Chinnor

Mother: Lady Essex,

Spouse(s): Cecilia Collier

Children(s): Thomas Harper

Sir Thomas Richard Harper was born in 1534 in St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, the child of Sir Walter Harpur of Chinnor and Lady Mary Blount, Countess of Essex,. Sir Thomas Richard Harper married Cecilia Scrimshire Collier, and had children including Thomas D Harper. Sir Thomas Richard Harper passed away in 1608 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Thomas Richard Harper was born in 1534 in St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, the child of Sir Walter Harpur of Chinnor and Lady Mary Blount, Countess of Essex,.
  • Sir Thomas Richard Harper married Cecilia Scrimshire Collier, and had children including Thomas D Harper.
  • Sir Thomas Richard Harper passed away in 1608 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Chinnor
1500 – 1573
Birth Location: Chinnor, Oxford, England
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Lady Essex,
1506 – 1551
Birth Location: Thornbury (Gloucestershire) England
LE

Spouses(s)

Cecilia Collier
1538 – 1612
Birth Location: Darloston, Staffs, England
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Children(s)

Thomas Harper
1561 – 1600
Birth Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
TH

Sir Harper's Ancestors

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Sir Harper
1534 – 1608
Birth Place: St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Parents
Sir Walter Harpur of Chinnor
1500 – 1573
Chinnor, Oxford, England
Lady (Mary Blount, Countess of) Essex,
1506 – 1551
Thornbury (Gloucestershire) England
Grandparents
William Harper
1470 – 1502
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Elizabeth Stokes
1470 – 1535
, Oxford, England, Great Britian
Sir (Lord William 4th Baron Mountjoy Blount Knight of the Garter and) Bath
1478 – 1534
Barton Blount, South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, England
Dorothy (Grey) Willoghby
1480 – 1553
Newport (Devonshire) England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Harper's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Thomas Richard) Harper (1534 – 6 Jul 1608) m. Cecilia (Scrimshire) Collier (1538 – 16 May 1612)
  1. 1. Thomas (D) Harper (1 Mar 1561 – 1600) m. Christine (Ann) Bilmore (1560 – 11 Oct 1641)
    1. 1. Isabel (Brittiane HARPER) * (8 Nov 1594 – 17 Nov 1669) m. John (Peabody\) Pabodie* (7 Sep 1590 – 27 Apr 1667)
      1. 1. Francis Paybody (Apr 1614 – 19 Feb 1698) m. Lydia Perkins (1 Jan 1617 – 4 March 1649)
        1. 1. *Lydia (Jane) PEABODY (30 Aug 1640 – 30 Apr 1715) m. Sgt. (Thomas) Howlett (1 Jan 1637/8 – 23 Dec 1667)

Sir Harper's Timeline

2 Records

1534
1534
Birth of Sir Thomas Richard Harper in St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
1608
6 Jul 1608
Age 74
Death of Sir Thomas Richard Harper in Bermondsey, Surrey, England
Bermondsey, Surrey, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1534
    Event Place: St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Jul 1608
    Event Place: Bermondsey, Surrey, England
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