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Sir Thomas Kempe 1513–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1513

Birth Location: Wye, Kent, England

Death Date: 22 Mar 1590

Death Location: Wye, Kent, England

Father: Thomas, Esq.

Mother: Eleanor Fogg

Spouse(s): Joan FERMOR

Children(s): Lady Shirley), Lady Shirley, Elizabeth Levett, William Lovett, John Blood), Thomas Lovet, Alice Lawtie, Elizabeth Lovett, Elizabeth Lovet, Elizabeth Lovett, Baroness Lovett, Thomas Lovett, Ann Lovett, Henry Lovett, Margaret Kempe

In 1513, Sir Thomas Kempe entered the world in Wye, Kent, England, born to Thomas V Of Astwell Lovett Weston Esq And Eleanor Alice Browne Lady Baroness Kempe Fogg. Sir Thomas Kempe married Ann, Joan Elizabeth Fermor, Lovett, and had children including Alice Lawtie, Ann Lovett, Baroness Jane Shirley Lovett, Elizabeth Levett, Elizabeth Lovet, Elizabeth Lovett, Henry Lovett, John Lovett Royal Blood, Lady Baroness Jane Lovett M Shirley, Lady Jane Lovett Shirley, Margaret Kempe, Thomas Lovet, Thomas Lovett, William Lovett. Sir Thomas Kempe passed away in 1590 in Wye, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1513, Sir Thomas Kempe entered the world in Wye, Kent, England, born to Thomas V Of Astwell Lovett Weston Esq And Eleanor Alice Browne Lady Baroness Kempe Fogg.
  • Sir Thomas Kempe married Ann, Joan Elizabeth Fermor, Lovett, and had children including Alice Lawtie, Ann Lovett, Baroness Jane Shirley Lovett, Elizabeth Levett, Elizabeth Lovet, Elizabeth Lovett, Henry Lovett, John Lovett Royal Blood, Lady Baroness Jane Lovett M Shirley, Lady Jane Lovett Shirley, Margaret Kempe, Thomas Lovet, Thomas Lovett, William Lovett.
  • Sir Thomas Kempe passed away in 1590 in Wye, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas, Esq.
1494–1578
Birth Location: Ashwell, Northamptonshire, England
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Eleanor Fogg
1500–1560
Birth Location: Kent, England
EF

Spouses(s)

Joan FERMOR
1519–1586
Birth Location: Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, England
JF

Children(s)

Lady Shirley)
1534–1582
Birth Location: Astwell Co, Northampton, England
LS
Lady Shirley
1537–1582
Birth Location: Staunton Harold, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
LS
Elizabeth Levett
–1666
Birth Location: –
EL
William Lovett
–1721
Birth Location: –
WL
John Blood)
1549–1622
Birth Location: Watford, Herfordshire, England
JB
Thomas Lovet
–1735
Birth Location: –
TL
Alice Lawtie
1530–1610
Birth Location: Northamptonshire, England
AL
Elizabeth Lovett
1534–1612
Birth Location: Worstead, Norfolk, England
EL
Elizabeth Lovet
1550–1579
Birth Location: Astwell, Northamptonshire, England
EL
Elizabeth Lovett
1534–1612
Birth Location: Worstead, Norfolk, England
EL
Baroness Lovett
1537–1582
Birth Location: Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
BL
Thomas Lovett
1539–1590
Birth Location: Astwell, Northamptonshire, England
TL
Ann Lovett
1537–1599
Birth Location: Staunton Harold, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
AL
Henry Lovett
1545–1582
Birth Location: Richmansworth, Hertford, England
HL
Margaret Kempe
–1637
Birth Location: –
MK

Sir Kempe's Ancestors

Self
Sir Kempe
1513–1590
Birth Place: Wye, Kent, England
Parents
Thomas, V, of Astwell Lovett (Weston) Esq.
1494–1578
Ashwell, Northamptonshire, England
Eleanor (Alice Browne Lady Baroness Kempe) Fogg
1500–1560
Kent, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert) Browne
1460–1558
East Church, Kent, England
Lady (Mary) Mallet
1467–1564
Chilham Castle, Chilham, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Kempe's Descendants

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Sir (Thomas) Kempe (1513–22 Mar 1590) m. Joan (Elizabeth) FERMOR (1519–28 Sep 1586)
  1. 1. Lady (Baroness Jane Lovett (m.) Shirley) 1534–1582 m. Sir (John W) Shirley 1533–1570
    1. 1. Dorothy (Shirley (m. Dyer)) C15a7a5a 1561–1644 m. William (George) Dyer 1580–1651 m. John Terry 1555–1625 m. Capt. (William Guillimus Dyer Commanding a scouting detachment VT) Sr 1580–1672
      1. 1. Capt (William Guillimus "George" Dyer (English Milliner, Fishmonger, 1st Rhode Island Attorney General)) Jr 1609–1672 m. Lady (Mary Seymour Stuart Barrett (Quaker Martyr)) C15a7a6a 1611–1660
        1. 1. John (Dyer) GGF 1648–1733 m. Anna (Hannah) Holbrook 1673–1739 m. Sarah Dyer 1647–1683
        2. 2. stillborn (daughter) Dyer 1637–1637
        3. 3. Henry (Levi) Dyer 1647–1690
        4. 4. Charles DYER 1650–1709
        5. 5. Samuel Dyer 1635–1678
        6. 6. Christopher Dyer 1640–1689
        7. 7. Mahershallahashbaz (Marshall) Dyer 1645–1670
        8. 8. Mary Dyer 1647–1679
        9. 9. William Dyer 1634–1634
        10. 10. James Dyer 1641–1689
        11. 11. Edmund Dyer 1631–1738
        12. 12. Nicholas Dyer 1634–1690
        13. 13. Elizabeth Dyer 1640–1662
        14. 14. Sarah Dyer 1633–1679
        15. 15. Anthony DYER 1661–
        16. 16. Giles DYER 1655–
        17. 17. Thomas Dyer 1647–1717
        18. 18. William (Collins) Dyer 1653–1738
        19. 19. Capt. (William Gulielmus Dyer) III 1627–1667
        20. 20. George DYER 1659–
        21. 21. Margaret Dyer 1637–1679
        22. 22. William (Collins) Dyer 1642–1685
        23. 23. Charles Dyer –1777
        24. 24. Mary (Ann Dyer ( m. Bolles & Howells) ) 1624–1723
        25. 25. Roger Dyer –1621
        26. 26. Mary (Ann) DYER 1639–1679
        27. 27. Isacke Dyer –1623
      2. 2. Dorothy Dyer 1604–1676
      3. 3. Richard Dyer 1602–
      4. 4. James Dyer 1600–
      5. 5. John Dyer 1599–1990
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Dyer (Infant) death) 1604–1604
      7. 7. Henry Dyer 1598–
      8. 8. William (George Dyer) III 1596–1661
      9. 9. William (George Dyer) Jr 1603–1672
      10. 10. NICHOLAS DYER 1607–1690
      11. 11. Thomas Dyer 1612–1676
      12. 12. Susanna Dyer 1589–1630
      13. 13. Charles Dyer –1777
      14. 14. Christopher Dyer 1640–1689
      15. 15. MARGARET DYER 1610–1700
    2. 2. Sir (George 1st Baronet) Shirley 1559–1622
    3. 3. John Shirley 1564–1590
    4. 4. Ralph Shirley 1562–1582
    5. 5. Joan (Searles) Shirley 1568–1611
    6. 6. Richard (Searles) Shirley 1567–1567
    7. 7. Josias (Searles) Shirley 1570–1622
    8. 8. Jane (Elizabeth) Shirley 1565–1641
    9. 9. Thomas (Searles) Shirley 1569–1602
    10. 10. Mary (Shirley (m.) Tremaine) 1563–1619
    11. 11. John Shirley 1563–1590
    12. 12. Ellen Shirley 1568–1611
    13. 13. Edward Shirley 1563–1620
    14. 14. Sir (George Shirley, 1st) Baronet 1559–1622
    15. 15. Anne Shirley 1567–1624
  2. 2. Lady (Jane (Lovett)) Shirley 1537–1582
  3. 3. Elizabeth Levett –1666
  4. 4. William Lovett –1721
  5. 5. John (Lovett (Royal) Blood) 1549–1622
  6. 6. Thomas Lovet –1735
  7. 7. Alice Lawtie 1530–1610
  8. 8. Elizabeth Lovett 1534–1612
  9. 9. Elizabeth Lovet 1550–1579
  10. 10. Elizabeth Lovett 1534–1612
  11. 11. Baroness (Jane Shirley) Lovett 1537–1582
  12. 12. Thomas Lovett 1539–1590
  13. 13. Ann Lovett 1537–1599
  14. 14. Henry Lovett 1545–1582
  15. 15. Margaret Kempe –1637

Sir Kempe's Timeline

5 Records

1513
1513
Birth of Sir Thomas Kempe in Wye, Kent, England
Wye, Kent, England
1529
1529
Age 16
Sir Thomas Kempe was married in Northamptonshire, England
Northamptonshire, England
1536
1536
Age 23
Sir Thomas Kempe was married in Breedon, Leicestershire, England
Breedon, Leicestershire, England
1539
1539
Age 26
Sir Thomas Kempe was married in Meiringen, Bern, Berne, Suisse
Meiringen, Bern, Berne, Suisse
1590
22 Mar 1590
Age 77
Death of Sir Thomas Kempe in Wye, Kent, England
Wye, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1513
    Event Place: Wye, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1536
    Event Place: Breedon, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: Meiringen, Bern, Berne, Suisse

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Astwell, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 69

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Kemps of Ollantigh and Kemps of Poole

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Mar 1590
    Event Place: Wye, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 69
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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