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Sir James Metcalfe 1460–1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1460

Birth Location: Gisburn, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 20 SEP 1539

Death Location: Nappa, Yorkshire, England

Father: Ottiwell Metcalfe

Mother: Jane Seyton

Spouse(s): Margaret Pigot, Elizabeth Scrope

Children(s): Lady Metcalfe, Lady (Thornton)

Sir James Metcalfe was born in 1460 in Gisburn, Yorkshire, England, the child of Ottiwell Metcalfe And Jane Seyton. Sir James Metcalfe married Elizabeth Scrope, Margaret Pigot, and had children including Lady Cecily Metcalfe Thornton, Lady Elizabeth Metcalfe. Sir James Metcalfe passed away in 1539 in Nappa, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir James Metcalfe was born in 1460 in Gisburn, Yorkshire, England, the child of Ottiwell Metcalfe And Jane Seyton.
  • Sir James Metcalfe married Elizabeth Scrope, Margaret Pigot, and had children including Lady Cecily Metcalfe Thornton, Lady Elizabeth Metcalfe.
  • Sir James Metcalfe passed away in 1539 in Nappa, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ottiwell Metcalfe
1452–1500
Birth Location: Nappa, Yorkshire, England
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Jane Seyton
1436–1538
Birth Location: Nappa, Yorkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Pigot
1492–1531
Birth Location: Clotheram, Yorkshire, England
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Elizabeth Scrope
1469–1507
Birth Location: Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
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Children(s)

Lady Metcalfe
1525–1625
Birth Location: Rudby In Cleveland, Yorkshire, England
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Lady (Thornton)
1504–1575
Birth Location: Nappa, Gisburn West Riding, Yorkshire, England
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Sir Metcalfe's Ancestors

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Sir Metcalfe
1460–1539
Birth Place: Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Ottiwell Metcalfe
1452–1500
Nappa, Yorkshire, England
Jane Seyton
1436–1538
Nappa, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Everard Seyton
1443–1477
Maidwell, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Seyton
1390–1436
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Metcalfe's Descendants

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Sir (James) Metcalfe (1460–20 SEP 1539) m. Margaret Pigot (5 AUG 1492–3 FEB 1531) m. Elizabeth Scrope (1469–1507)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Metcalfe 1525–1625 m. Thomas (Sexhow) Layton 1528–1583
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas Layton III) III 1569–1603 m. Clara Thwaites 1570–1599
      1. 1. Frances Layton 1589–1648 m. George Robinson 1585–1634
        1. 1. Sir (John "Lord Mayor ") Robinson**. 1615–1663 m. Lady (Elizabeth Anne) Potter* 1619–1688
  2. 2. Lady (Cecily Metcalfe) (Thornton) 1504–1575 m. Sir (Stephen) Thornton 1504–1539
    1. 1. Sir (Christopher) Thornton 1540–1590 m. Mary Lake 1540–1586
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Thornton 1585–1681 m. Sir (Roger Robert GREGORY III of Stockwich,) Nottinhamshire 1571–1629
        1. 1. Captain (John Gregory (Roger)) {VA}(GGF-PPPMMPP) 1623–1676 m. Elizabeth Bishop 1625–1676

Sir Metcalfe's Timeline

2 Records

1460
1460
Birth of Sir James Metcalfe in Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
Gisburn, Yorkshire, England
1539
20 SEP 1539
Age 79
Death of Sir James Metcalfe in Nappa, Yorkshire, England
Nappa, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1460
    Event Place: Gisburn, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 SEP 1539
    Event Place: Nappa, Yorkshire, England
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