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Sir Richard Thorpe 1500 – 1565 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Wanswell, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 30 Dec 1565

Death Location: Plowland, Yorkshire, England

Father: Richard Thorpe

Mother: Margaret Loffe

Spouse(s): Lady Brooke

Children(s): Elizabeth Thorpe

In 1500, Sir Richard Thorpe entered the world in Wanswell, Gloucestershire, England, born to Richard Thorpe and Margaret Loffe. Sir Richard Thorpe married Lady Elizabeth de Vere Brooke, and had children including Elizabeth Thorpe. Sir Richard Thorpe passed away in 1565 in Plowland, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1500, Sir Richard Thorpe entered the world in Wanswell, Gloucestershire, England, born to Richard Thorpe and Margaret Loffe.
  • Sir Richard Thorpe married Lady Elizabeth de Vere Brooke, and had children including Elizabeth Thorpe.
  • Sir Richard Thorpe passed away in 1565 in Plowland, Yorkshire, England.

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Sir Thorpe's Ancestors

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Sir Thorpe
1500 – 1565
Birth Place: Wanswell, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Richard Thorpe
1460 – 1514
Wanswell, Glouchestershire, England
Margaret Loffe
1465 – 1514
Wanswell, Gloucestershire, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Thorpe's Descendants

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Sir (Richard) Thorpe (1500 – 30 Dec 1565) m. Lady (Elizabeth de Vere) Brooke (1500 – 10 Oct 1542)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Thorpe (1530 – 18 Jan 1611) m. John Wright (1529-1532 – 1564)
    1. 1. Elizabethe Wright (1540 – 29 Mar 1598) m. William Sherman (1540 – abt 1602)
      1. 1. ELIZABETH (SHERMAN) (immigrant) (17 Jan 1560 – 24 Jan 1657) m. JAMES (BUCK) 10GGF (1555 – 24 Jan 1657)
        1. 1. William (Wilton) Buck (1585 – 24 January 1658) m. Alice Taylor (1590 – 1640)

Sir Thorpe's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir Richard Thorpe in Wanswell, Gloucestershire, England
Wanswell, Gloucestershire, England
1565
30 Dec 1565
Age 65
Death of Sir Richard Thorpe in Plowland, Yorkshire, England
Plowland, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Wanswell, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Dec 1565
    Event Place: Plowland, Yorkshire, England

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