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Sir William Keyes 1518–1563 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1518

Birth Location: Skagelthorpe, East Riding, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 23 September 1563

Death Location: North Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard 1505

Mother: Lady Saunders

Spouse(s): Lady Brown

Children(s): Nicholas Kew

Sir William Keyes was born in 1518 in Skagelthorpe, East Riding, Yorkshire, England, the child of Richard Gilbert Guilbert Keyes Capt Of Sandgate 1505 And Lady Mary Agnes Saunders. Sir William Keyes married Lady Edmonia Brown, and had children including Nicholas Kew. Sir William Keyes passed away in 1563 in North Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Keyes was born in 1518 in Skagelthorpe, East Riding, Yorkshire, England, the child of Richard Gilbert Guilbert Keyes Capt Of Sandgate 1505 And Lady Mary Agnes Saunders.
  • Sir William Keyes married Lady Edmonia Brown, and had children including Nicholas Kew.
  • Sir William Keyes passed away in 1563 in North Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Keyes's Ancestors

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Sir Keyes
1518–1563
Birth Place: Skagelthorpe, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Richard Gilbert \ Guilbert Keyes, Capt of Sandgate 1505
1490–1545
Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Mary Agnes) Saunders
1500–1530
Ewell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas (John Keyes (Royal Gate) Keeper)
1471–1525
Littlewood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Nadem
1472–1525
Somerset, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Sir (Henry Fitzwilliam) Saunders
1455–1518
Ewell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Joan Saunders) Lepton
1455–1519
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Keyes's Descendants

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Sir (William) Keyes (1518–23 September 1563) m. Lady (Edmonia) Brown (1525–1556)
  1. 1. Nicholas Kew 1543–1591 m. Katherine Cawthorne 1551–1639
    1. 1. Nicholas Kew 1580–1625 m. Elizabeth Berie 1585–
      1. 1. Richard ((The Steward)) Kew 1604–1674
        1. 1. John (Kew) Quy 1620–1696 m. Elizabeth Hooke 1642–

Sir Keyes's Timeline

3 Records

1518
1518
Birth of Sir William Keyes in Skagelthorpe, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
Skagelthorpe, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
1542
1542
Age 24
Sir William Keyes was married in Settrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Settrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1563
23 September 1563
Age 45
Death of Sir William Keyes in North Yorkshire, England
North Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: Skagelthorpe, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Settrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 September 1563
    Event Place: North Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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