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Thomas "the Elder" Pay 1538–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Compton, Sussex, England

Death Date: 29 OCT 1571

Death Location: Cuckfield, Sussex, England

Father: Richard PYE

Mother: Isabella Courtenay

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Thomas "the Elder" Pay was born in 1538 in Compton, Sussex, England, the child of Richard E Pay Pye And Isabella Bella Peddler Courtenay. Thomas "the Elder" Pay passed away in 1571 in Cuckfield, Sussex, England.

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Biography

  • Thomas "the Elder" Pay was born in 1538 in Compton, Sussex, England, the child of Richard E Pay Pye And Isabella Bella Peddler Courtenay.
  • Thomas "the Elder" Pay passed away in 1571 in Cuckfield, Sussex, England.

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Thomas Pay's Ancestors

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Thomas Pay
1538–1571
Birth Place: Compton, Sussex, England
Parents
Richard E. (Pay) PYE
1513–1547
Compton, Sussex, England
Isabella ("Bella" Peddler) Courtenay
1515–1862
Compton, Sussex, england
Grandparents
Bartholomew ((Pay) PYE) II
1490–
Sussex, England
Mary (Jane WESTBY) (Hatton)
1489–1560
Gravesend, Kent, England
Sir (Philip) Courtenay
1469–1514
Powderham, Devon, England
Lady (Margaret (Courtenay)) Carminow
1495–1540
Powderham, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
William Caminow
1477–1535
Margaret Edgecombe
1481–1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Cothele
1475–1562

Thomas Pay's Timeline

2 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Thomas "the Elder" Pay in Compton, Sussex, England
Compton, Sussex, England
1571
29 OCT 1571
Age 33
Death of Thomas "the Elder" Pay in Cuckfield, Sussex, England
Cuckfield, Sussex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Compton, Sussex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 OCT 1571
    Event Place: Cuckfield, Sussex, England

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