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Christopher Le Grys, gentleman

Christopher Le Grys, gentleman

Male Abt 1579 - 1601  (~ 22 years)

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  • Name Christopher Le Grys 
    Suffix gentleman 
    Birth Abt 1579  of, Billingford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Oct 1601  Billingford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I117798  Whipple Descendants
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2020 

    Father Robert Le Grys,   b. of, Billingford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1583 
    Mother Susanna Ayre,   b. of, Bury, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F47517  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Whipple,   c. 14 Sep 1578, Dickleborough, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 19 Oct 1601 (Age ~ 23 years) 
    Marriage 15 Feb 1591/1592  Dickleburgh, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Frances Le Grys, Dame,   c. 20 Feb 1597/1598, Dickleborough, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1659, Billingford Hall, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years)
    Family ID F47513  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1579 - of, Billingford, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Feb 1591/1592 - Dickleburgh, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Oct 1601 - Billingford, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • !SOURCE: Norman John Le Grice, "Searching for My Ancestors," accessed 9 Dec 2001 at http://www.legrice.co.nz/Genealogy/Searching/searching_for_my_ancestors.htm

      !RESIDENCES: "Having survived his father, he inherited the estate, and was lord and patron of St Leonards, Billingford." --N.J. Le Grice

      !BURIAL: Memorial tablet reads: "Here lyeth buryed the body of Christopher Le Grys Esqr, sometime Lord and Patron of this church, only child to Robert Le Grys Esq and Susanna his wife, daughter and coheir to Tho. Ayre of Bury in Suf, Esqr, 'lineally descended from Sir Robert Le Grys of Langley in Norff, Kt, one of y Querri to King Richard y First. He married Margaret, Daugh & Heir to Tho Whipple of Dickleborough, Gent & Elizab. His wife, Daugh & Coheire to John Garningham of Belton in Suff. Esq and had issue by her only Frances, who marryed with Sir William Platyers, Kt, eldest sonne to Sir Thomas Playters of Slatterly in Suffk & Baronet. He ended his life the 19th of October 1601 and in the 23rd year of his age. Sic Nomen ippus perys" --N.J. Le Grice

      !SOURCE: Papers of the Edson Whipple Family Organization. Family group sheet of Thomas Whipple (husband) and Mrs. Elizabeth Whipple (wife), prepared between 1951 and 1979 by Carrie R. Despain, 60 S.W. 3rd St., Ontario, Oregon. Gives name Francis Le Gris.

      !SOURCE: The Visitacion of Norffolk, Made and Taken by William Herven, Clarencieux King of Arms (London, 1891), p. 309. See http://books.google.com/books?id=HS8EAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA309&dq=William+Whypple). "Xpofer le Grise of Perleston al's Billingford in co. Norfolk."

      !SOURCE: Blaine Whipple, 15 Generations of Whipples (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 2007), vol. 1, pp. 973, 974. "His will, dated October 16, 1601, mentions wife Margaret, father-in-law Thomas Whipple, gentleman, and Thomas' mansion house in Dickleborough. It was proved November 27, 1601."


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