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Sir Knight Richard Pollard 1505–1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1505

Birth Location: Kings Nympton, Devon, England

Death Date: 10 November 1542

Death Location: Kings Nympton, North Devon District, Devon, England

Father: Lewis Girleston

Mother: Agnes Hext

Spouse(s): Jacquetta Bury, Petronell Chudleigh

Children(s): Alice Pollarde, George Pollarde, John Pollard, Alice Pollard

Sir Knight Richard Pollard was born in 1505 in Kings Nympton, Devon, England, the child of Lewis Sir Pollard Van Girleston And Agnes Hext. Sir Knight Richard Pollard married Jacquetta Bury, Petronell Chudleigh, and had children including Alice Lady Pollard, Alice Pollarde, George Cowlles Pollarde, John Sir Pollard. Sir Knight Richard Pollard passed away in 1542 in Kings Nympton, North Devon District, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Knight Richard Pollard was born in 1505 in Kings Nympton, Devon, England, the child of Lewis Sir Pollard Van Girleston And Agnes Hext.
  • Sir Knight Richard Pollard married Jacquetta Bury, Petronell Chudleigh, and had children including Alice Lady Pollard, Alice Pollarde, George Cowlles Pollarde, John Sir Pollard.
  • Sir Knight Richard Pollard passed away in 1542 in Kings Nympton, North Devon District, Devon, England.

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Sir Pollard's Ancestors

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Sir Pollard
1505–1542
Birth Place: Kings Nympton, Devon, England
Parents
Lewis (Sir) Pollard van Girleston
1465–1526
St Giles in the Wood, Torridge District, Devon, England
Agnes Hext
1475–1540
Staverton, South Hams District, Devon, England
Grandparents
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Pollard's Descendants

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Sir (Knight Richard) Pollard (1505–10 November 1542) m. Jacquetta Bury (1497–1545) m. Petronell Chudleigh (1483–1552)
  1. 1. Alice Pollarde 1540–1571
    1. 1. Samuel Hunt 1560–1656
    2. 2. ROBERT Hunt 1563–1616
    3. 3. Johane Hunt 1562–1635
    4. 4. Angelica Hunt 1564–1603
    5. 5. William Hunt 1563–1640
    6. 6. Margaret Hunt 1573–1590
    7. 7. Eleanor Hunt 1560–1582
    8. 8. Johane Hunt 1565–1635
    9. 9. Richard Hunt 1562–1656
    10. 10. Mary (Ann) Meadows 1570–1613
    11. 11. Alice Hunt 1563–1603
    12. 12. Eunice (Wellington) Hunt 1556–
    13. 13. Stephen Hunt 1557–
    14. 14. Elizabeth Hunt 1566–1616
    15. 15. Enoch Hunt 1554–1653
    16. 16. John HUNT 1558–1582
    17. 17. Anne Hunt 1548–1597
    18. 18. Mary (Ann) Hunt 1570–1613
    19. 19. Johane Hunt 1552–1603
    20. 20. Richard Hunt 1562–1656
    21. 21. Edward Hunt 1561–1622
    22. 22. Richard Hunt 1562–1566
    23. 23. William Hunt 1560–1616
    24. 24. ROBERT Hunt 1565–1616
    25. 25. Rev (Robert First Chaplain of the Jamestown Settlement, Virginia, Anglican Chaplain, Vicar of the Parish Church of Heathfeild,) Hunt 1568–1608
    26. 26. Thomas Hunt 1581–1656
  2. 2. George (Cowlles) Pollarde 1515–1563
  3. 3. John ((Sir)) Pollard 1530–1570
  4. 4. Alice ((Lady)) Pollard 1540–1571

Sir Pollard's Timeline

2 Records

1505
1505
Birth of Sir Knight Richard Pollard in Kings Nympton, Devon, England
Kings Nympton, Devon, England
1542
10 November 1542
Age 37
Death of Sir Knight Richard Pollard in Kings Nympton, Devon, England
Kings Nympton, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Kings Nympton, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 November 1542
    Event Place: Kings Nympton, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kings Nympton, North Devon District, Devon, England

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