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Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key 1559–1641 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 09 Dec 1559

Birth Location: Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 1641

Death Location: Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: John *

Mother: Dorothea Mauleverer

Spouse(s): Lady Barnes

Children(s): John Keyes

In 1559, Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key entered the world in Woburn Sands, BuckinghamshireBedfordshire, England, born to John Kaye Or Keyes And Dorothea Dorothy Johanna Mauleverer. Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key married Lady Beatrice Barnes, and had children including John Keyes. Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key/ passed away in 1641 in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1559, Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key entered the world in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, England, born to John Kaye Or Keyes And Dorothea Dorothy Johanna Mauleverer.
  • Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key married Lady Beatrice Barnes, and had children including John Keyes.
  • Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key passed away in 1641 in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John *
1528–1585
Birth Location: Woodsome, Yorkshire, England
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Dorothea Mauleverer
1528–1624
Birth Location: Almondbury, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Barnes
1563–1642
Birth Location: Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
LB

Children(s)

John Keyes
1581–1647
Birth Location: Godalming, Surrey, England
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Sir Key's Ancestors

Self
Sir Key
1559–1641
Birth Place: Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, England
Parents
John Kaye or Keyes *
1528–1585
Woodsome, Yorkshire, England
Dorothea ('Dorothy" Johanna) Mauleverer
1528–1624
Almondbury, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert Mauleverer, Knight of) Yorkshire
1502–1541
Wothersome Hall, Woodsome, Yorkshire, England
Alice Markenfield
1506–1553
Woodsome Hall, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Key's Descendants

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Sir (Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or) Key (09 Dec 1559–1641) m. Lady (Beatrice) Barnes (1563–Apr 1642)
  1. 1. John Keyes 1581–1647 m. Lady (Susan Mewes Newes) Keyes 1585–1632
    1. 1. Robert Keyes 1606–1647 m. Sarah (Keyes) Gage 1600–1681
      1. 1. Phebe ("Mary" Keyes) French 1639–1701
        1. 1. Phebe French 1667–1718

Sir Key's Timeline

2 Records

1559
09 Dec 1559
Birth of Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, England
Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, England
1641
1641
Age 82
Death of Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England
Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 09 Dec 1559
    Event Place: Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1641
    Event Place: Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England
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