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Sir John Swete of Upton 1501–1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Thorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 20 Aug 1557

Death Location: Hingham, Norfolk, England

Father: John Rysse

Mother: Agnes Cracherode

Spouse(s): Joanna Lady, Elizabeth Standish, Margaret Lady

Children(s): Margaret Sweet

In 1501, Sir John Swete of Upton entered the world in Thorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, born to John De Rysse And Agnes Lady Cracherode. Sir John Swete of Upton married Elizabeth Ashby Standish, Joanna Scoos Lady, Margaret Rose Ingold Lady, and had children including Margaret Clarke Sweet. Sir John Swete of Upton passed away in 1557 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1501, Sir John Swete of Upton entered the world in Thorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, born to John De Rysse And Agnes Lady Cracherode.
  • Sir John Swete of Upton married Elizabeth Ashby Standish, Joanna Scoos Lady, Margaret Rose Ingold Lady, and had children including Margaret Clarke Sweet.
  • Sir John Swete of Upton passed away in 1557 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Rysse
1458–1554
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Bures, St Mary Parish, Suffolk (on the Essex border), England -Bures is a village straddling the Essex/Suffolk border, it is divided into two parishes: Bures Hamlet in Essex and Bures St Mary in Suffolk.
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Agnes Cracherode
1476–1554
Birth Location: Bures, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
AC

Spouses(s)

Joanna Lady
1478–1541
Birth Location: Modbury, Devon, England
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Elizabeth Standish
1482–1558
Birth Location: North Weston, Oxfordshire, England
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Margaret Lady
1501–1617
Birth Location: Westhorpe, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Margaret Sweet
1513–1576
Birth Location: Modbury, South Hams District, Devon, England
MS

Sir Upton's Ancestors

Self
Sir Upton
1501–1557
Birth Place: Thorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John de Rysse
1458–1554
VERIFIED- Bures, St Mary Parish, Suffolk (on the Essex border), England -Bures is a village straddling the Essex/Suffolk border, it is divided into two parishes: Bures Hamlet in Essex and Bures St Mary in Suffolk.
Agnes (Lady) Cracherode
1476–1554
Bures, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Upton's Descendants

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Sir (John Swete of) Upton (1501–20 Aug 1557) m. Joanna (Scoos) Lady (1478–1541) m. Elizabeth (Ashby) Standish (1482–16 Oct 1558) m. Margaret (Rose Ingold) Lady (1501–1617)
  1. 1. Margaret (Clarke) Sweet 1513–1576 m. JOHN (JAMES CLARKE,) Jr. 1541–1559 m. James Clarke 1509–1554 m. George (William) Clark 1503–1559
    1. 1. Brydget (Bell) Clarke 1548–1593 m. William (Noble) Fellows 1546–1630
      1. 1. Robert (Noble Onwiki) Fellowes 1577–1610 m. Elizabeth (Morrick) Moricke 1582–1650 m. Brydget Clarke 1576–1634 m. Margery Fellows 1585–1645 m. Elizabeth Fellows 1582–1650
        1. 1. William (Israel) Fellows 1609–1676 m. Mary Ayres 1618–1992
        2. 2. William (Onwiki) Fellows 1609–1676
        3. 3. Elizabeth Fellows 1614–1650
      2. 2. Agnes (Alice) Fellows 1572–1619
      3. 3. Elizabeth Fellowes –1598
      4. 4. Suzanne Butler –1630
    2. 2. Margaret Clarke 1536–1591

Sir Upton's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir John Swete of Upton in Solihull, Warwickshire, England
Solihull, Warwickshire, England
1501
1501
Birth of Sir John Swete of Upton in Thorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Thorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1557
20 Aug 1557
Age 56
Death of Sir John Swete of Upton in Hingham, Norfolk, England
Hingham, Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Solihull, Warwickshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Thorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Aug 1557
    Event Place: Hingham, Norfolk, England
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