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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 Blount

Mother: Elizabeth Ford

Spouse(s): Lady Brooke

Children(s): Elizabeth Tharp, Richard Thorpe, William Thorp

In 1500, Sir Richard Thorpe entered the world in Wanswell, Gloucestershire, England, born to Richard Blount And Elizabeth La Ford. Sir Richard Thorpe married Lady Elizabeth De Vere Brooke, and had children including Elizabeth Grace Thorpe Tharp, Elizabeth Thorpe, Richard Thorpe, William Thorp. 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 Blount And Elizabeth La Ford.
  • Sir Richard Thorpe married Lady Elizabeth De Vere Brooke, and had children including Elizabeth Grace Thorpe Tharp, Elizabeth Thorpe, Richard Thorpe, William Thorp.
  • Sir Richard Thorpe passed away in 1565 in Plowland, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Blount
1470–1508
Birth Location: Maple Durham (Oxford) England
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Elizabeth Ford
1480–1532
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Lady Brooke
1503–1542
Birth Location: Cobham Hall , Kent, England
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Tharp
1530–1611
Birth Location: Plowland, Yorkshire, England
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Richard Thorpe
1525–1561
Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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William Thorp
–1716
Birth Location: –
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Sir Thorpe's Ancestors

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Sir Thorpe
1500–1565
Birth Place: Wanswell, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Richard Blount
1470–1508
Maple Durham (Oxford) England
Elizabeth (La) Ford
1480–1532
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Thorpe's Descendants

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Sir (Richard) Thorpe (1500–30 Dec 1565) m. Lady (Elizabeth de Vere) Brooke (1503–10 Oct 1542)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Grace Thorpe) Tharp 1530–1611 m. Robte Wrighte –1598 m. Lord (Johnathon 'John the Elder') Wright 1529–1564
    1. 1. Countess (Elizabeth) Wright 1551–1598 m. Earl (William II 'the Elder' Fitzhenry) Sherman 1538–1602
      1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Sherman 1570–1657 m. James Buck 1555–1657
        1. 1. William (P.) Buck 1585–1658 m. Elizabeth (Malyme Mileham) Leach 1585–1674
    2. 2. Robert Wright 1556–1556
    3. 3. Alice (Bancroft Wright) Overton 1549–1647
    4. 4. ELIZABETH (Grace Wright ^ Overton,) Sherman 1560–1647
    5. 5. Anne ((Margaret)) Wright 1549–1647
    6. 6. Alice (Bancroft) Wright 1549–1647
    7. 7. Mary Wright 1560–1647
    8. 8. Robert Wright 1535–
    9. 9. Thomas Wright –1637
    10. 10. Elizabeth Wright –1741
    11. 11. Elizabeth Wright –1741
  2. 2. Richard Thorpe 1525–1561
  3. 3. William Thorp –1716

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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