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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): Richard Thorpe, Elizabeth Tharp, Elizabeth Thorpe, Elizabeth 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 Richard Thorpe, Elizabeth Grace Thorpe Tharp, Elizabeth Thorpe, Elizabeth 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 Richard Thorpe, Elizabeth Grace Thorpe Tharp, Elizabeth Thorpe, Elizabeth 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)

Richard Thorpe
1525 – 1561
Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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Elizabeth Tharp
1530 – 1611
Birth Location: Plowland, Yorkshire, England
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Elizabeth Thorpe
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Thorpe
Birth Location: –
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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. Richard Thorpe (1525 – 1561)
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Grace Thorpe) Tharp (1530 – 18 Jan 1611) m. Lord (Johnathon 'John the Elder') Wright (1529 – 1564) m. Robte Wrighte ( – abt 1598)
    1. 1. Robert Wright (between 1535 and 1593 – )
    2. 2. William Wright (30 Oct – )
    3. 3. Alice (Bancroft Wright) Overton (1549 – 10 Dec 1647)
    4. 4. Anne ((Margaret)) Wright (1549 – 10 Dec 1647)
    5. 5. Alice (Bancroft) Wright (1549 – 10 Dec 1647)
    6. 6. Robert Wright (1556 – 1556)
    7. 7. Mary Wright (ABT 1560 – 10 Dec 1647)
    8. 8. ELIZABETH (Grace) Wright (9 Nov 1560 – 10 DEC 1647)
    9. 9. Thomas Wright ( – abt 1637)
    10. 10. Elizabeth Wright ( – abt 1741)
    11. 11. Elizabeth Wright ( – abt 1741)
    12. 12. Eliz Wright
    13. 13. Countess (Elizabeth) Wright (1551 – 29 March 1598) m. Earl (William II 'the Elder' Fitzhenry) Sherman (1538 – 1602)
      1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Sherman (17 January 1570 – 24 Jan 1657) m. James Buck (1555 – 24 January 1657)
        1. 1. William (P.) Buck (1585 – 24 January 1658) m. Elizabeth (Malyme Mileham) Leach (1585 – 12 April 1674)
  3. 3. Elizabeth Thorpe
  4. 4. Elizabeth Thorpe
  5. 5. William Thorp ( – abt 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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