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Sir John Heydon 1468–1550 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1468

Birth Location: Baconsthorpe Norfolk

Death Date: 16 Jun 1550

Death Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England

Father: Henry Baconsthorpe

Mother: Anna Boleyn

Spouse(s): Lady Willoughby, Catharina Willoughby

Children(s): Margaret Heydon

Sir John Heydon was born in 1468 in Baconsthorpe Norfolk, the child of Henry Sir Heydon Van Baconsthorpe And Anna Boleyn. Sir John Heydon married Catharina Willoughby, Lady Catherine Willoughby, and had children including Margaret Margery Heydon. Sir John Heydon passed away in 1550 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • Sir John Heydon was born in 1468 in Baconsthorpe Norfolk, the child of Henry Sir Heydon Van Baconsthorpe And Anna Boleyn.
  • Sir John Heydon married Catharina Willoughby, Lady Catherine Willoughby, and had children including Margaret Margery Heydon.
  • Sir John Heydon passed away in 1550 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Baconsthorpe
1430–1503
Birth Location: Baconthorpe, Norfolk
HB
Anna Boleyn
1440–1510
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England
AB

Spouses(s)

Lady Willoughby
1476–1542
Birth Location: Ersby, Lincolnshire, England
LW
Catharina Willoughby
1480–1542
Birth Location: –
CW

Children(s)

Margaret Heydon
1485–1554
Birth Location: Heydon, Norfolk, England
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Sir Heydon's Ancestors

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Sir Heydon
1468–1550
Birth Place: Baconsthorpe Norfolk
Parents
Henry Sir Heydon van Baconsthorpe
1430–1503
Baconthorpe, Norfolk
Anna Boleyn
1440–1510
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
John Heydon
1416–1479
Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England
Eleanor WINTER
1423–1516
Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England
Sir (Geoffrey II, Lord Mayor of London) Boleyn
1406–1463
Blicking Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk, England
Lady (Anne Elizabeth) HOO*
1414–1484
Blickling, Aylsham, Norfolk, England, UK
Great-Grandparents
William Heydon
1390–1447
Joan Longford
1402–1450
Edmund Winter
1410–1447
Oliva HAMPTON
1412–1492
Sir Bullen
1333–1411
Lady Bracton
1340–1410
Thomas Hoo
1385–1455
Elisabeth Wychingham
1376–1440
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Longford
1340–1403
Margaret Appleby
1345–1403
John Winter
1375–1442
William Hampton
1386–

Sir Heydon's Descendants

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Sir (John) Heydon (1468–16 Jun 1550) m. Lady (Catherine) Willoughby (abt 1476–abt 1542) m. Catharina Willoughby (1480–1542)
  1. 1. Margaret (Margery) Heydon 1485–1554 m. Sir (Everard) Digby 1475–1540
    1. 1. Kenelm (Rutland MP esq) Digby 1510–1590 m. Mary\Anne(Countess (Dowager)) Cope 1519–1571
      1. 1. Sir (Everard) Digby 1545–1592 m. Mary Neale 1560–1578
        1. 1. Elizabeth Digby 1570–1594 m. Nathan Lynde 1565–1595 m. Nathan Lynde 1532–1619

Sir Heydon's Timeline

2 Records

1468
1468
Birth of Sir John Heydon in Baconsthorpe Norfolk
Baconsthorpe Norfolk
1550
16 Jun 1550
Age 82
Death of Sir John Heydon in Norwich, Norfolk, England
Norwich, Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1468
    Event Place: Baconsthorpe Norfolk
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Jun 1550
    Event Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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