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Sir Walter Thomas Thorne 1521 – 1563 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 March 1521

Birth Location: Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England

Death Date: abt 1563

Death Location: Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Sir Thorne

Mother: Alice Denton

Spouse(s): Katherine Purefoy

Children(s): Susannah Thorne, Lady Wood

Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England was born in 1521 in Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England, the child of Sir Thomas Richard Thorne and Alice Maud Denton. Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England married Katherine Mary Purefoy, and had children including Susannah 'Susan' Thorne, Lady Anne Guildford Wood. Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England passed away in 1563 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England was born in 1521 in Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England, the child of Sir Thomas Richard Thorne and Alice Maud Denton.
  • Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England married Katherine Mary Purefoy, and had children including Susannah 'Susan' Thorne, Lady Anne Guildford Wood.
  • Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England passed away in 1563 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Thorne
1505 – 1578
Birth Location: Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
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Alice Denton
1500 – 1570
Birth Location: Caversfield, Buckinghamshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Katherine Purefoy
1522 – 1579
Birth Location: Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, , England
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Children(s)

Susannah Thorne
1558 – 1588
Birth Location: Yardley Hastings, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
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Lady Wood
1558 – 1580
Birth Location: Guildford, Surrey, , England
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Sir Thorne's Ancestors

Self
Sir Thorne
1521 – 1563
Birth Place: Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Richard Thorne
1505 – 1578
Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Alice (Maud) Denton
1500 – 1570
Caversfield, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
John Thornes
1482 – 1535
Myddle Castle, Myddle, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Astley
1486 – 1660
Patshull Hall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Sir (Thomas) Denton
1464 – 1560
49, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Jane) Brome
1468 – 1560
Caversfield, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Lord ASTLEY
1470 – 1532
Lady OTELEY
1460 – 1531
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Thorne's Descendants

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Sir (Walter Thomas) Thorne (8 March 1521 – abt 1563) m. Katherine (Mary) Purefoy (1522 – 9 May 1579)
  1. 1. Susannah ('Susan') Thorne (5 Mar 1558 – 29 Oct 1588) m. Captain (Sir Knight Roger) Sutton-Dudley (24 Jun 1535 – 1586)
    1. 1. Hon. (Rev. Captain Thomas) Dudley (12 October 1576 – 31 Jul 1653) m. Dorothy Yorke-Sutton (25 April 1582 – 27 December 1643) m. Katherine Deighton (16 Jan 1614 – 29 June 1671)
      1. 1. Anne Dudley (20 Mar 1612 – 16 Sep 1672) m. Governor (Simon) Bradstreet (18 Mar 1604 – Mar. 27, 1697)
        1. 1. Hannah ('Ann') Bradstreet (1640 – 18 Apr 1707) m. Colonel (Honorable Andrew) Wiggins (3 Jun 1635 – 9 January 1708)
  2. 2. Lady (Anne Guildford) Wood (1558 – 1580) m. Sir (Robert) Dudley (24 June 1533 – 1653)
    1. 1. Sir (Robert) Dudley (1575 – Sep 1639) m. Lady (Bridget) Green (1574 – 1674)
      1. 1. Lord (Edward) Dudley (1584 – 1654) m. Elizabeth Pritchard (Jan 1599 – 2 Oct 1691)
        1. 1. Richard Dudley (1616 – 5 Jun 1695) m. Mary Seawell (1628 – 07 Aug 1716)

Sir Thorne's Timeline

12 Records

1521
8 May 1521
Birth of Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England in Yardley Hastings, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Yardley Hastings, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
1521
8 May 1521
Birth of Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England in Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England
Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England
1521
8 March 1521
Birth of Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England in Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England
Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England
1536
8 Mar 1536
Age 15
Birth of Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England in Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England
Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England
1537
8 Mar 1537
Age 16
Birth of Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England in Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England
Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England
1563
abt 1563
Age 42
Death of Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
1588
29 Oct 1588
Age 67
Death of Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
1588
29 Oct 1588
Age 67
Death of Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
1589
9 May 1589
Age 68
Death of Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
1636
abt 1636
Age 115
Death of Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
1636
abt 1636
Age 115
Death of Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
1636
16 Apr 1636
Age 115
Burial of Sir Walter Thomas Thorne , of Durham, Church of England in Yardley Hastings, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Yardley Hastings, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Mar 1536
    Event Place: Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Mar 1537
    Event Place: Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 May 1521
    Event Place: Yardley Hastings, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 May 1521
    Event Place: Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 March 1521
    Event Place: Yardley-Hastings, Northamptons, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Bridgewater, Somerset, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Oct 1588
    Event Place: Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 May 1589
    Event Place: Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Oct 1588
    Event Place: Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1636
    Event Place: Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1636
    Event Place: Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Shropshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1812

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1563
    Event Place: Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1636
    Event Place: Yardley Hastings, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
    [4] Shropshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1812
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