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William Thorpe 1529–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1529

Birth Location: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 5 January 1597

Death Location: Kent, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Thorpe

Mother: Beatrice Thorpe

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William Thorpe was born in 1529 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas William Thorpe And Beatrice Alice Thorpe. William Thorpe passed away in 1597 in Kent, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William Thorpe was born in 1529 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas William Thorpe And Beatrice Alice Thorpe.
  • William Thorpe passed away in 1597 in Kent, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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William Thorpe's Ancestors

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William Thorpe
1529–1597
Birth Place: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas William Thorpe
1534–1597
Newgate, Surrey, England
Beatrice (Alice) Thorpe
1517–1582
SLAIGHTHWAITE, HUDDERSFIELD, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
Grandparents
John Thorpe
1488–1549
Holderness, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Sir (William Thomas) Thorpe
1506–1566
Newdigate, Surrey, England
John (Thomas Thorpe, Possibly an Architect for Queen Elizabeth) I
1488–1547
Welwyk, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Ellen) Wells
1482–1560
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John I
1488–1547
Lady Wells
1482–1560
Rev Welles
1480–1558
Elizabeth Dymoke
1482–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Rev Welles
1480–1558
Elizabeth Dymoke
1482–

William Thorpe's Timeline

2 Records

1529
1529
Birth of William Thorpe in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1597
5 January 1597
Age 68
Death of William Thorpe in Kent, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Kent, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 January 1597
    Event Place: Kent, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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