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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. William LYGON Birth: 1518 Death: 8 Sep 1567 in Madresfield, Worcestershire
  2. Ferdinand LYGON
  3. John LYGON
  4. Henry LYGON Birth: Abt 1525 Death: 31 Jul 1577 in Upton St Leonard, Co Gloucester
  5. Anne LYGON
  6. Ursula LYGON
  7. Elizabeth LYGON
  8. Mary LYGON
  9. Susanna LYGON
  10. Barbara LYGON

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  3. Foljambe, Cecil George Savile, Earl of Liverpool, House of Cornewall, Hereford: Jakeman, 1908. Available at http://archive.org/details/houseofcornewall00live. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foljambe Cornewall p[0-9]*].
  4. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
  5. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p[0-9]*].
  6. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
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  9. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1491 (age 21 in 1512) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576]
before 1491 [Ref: Faris PA2 p217],
parents:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p217, Foljambe Cornewall p132, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p575, Roberts RD600 p314, Weis AR7 #84],
mother:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p151]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576]
1557 [Ref: Faris PA2 p217, Weis AR7 #84]
20 Mar 1557 [Ref: Weis AR7 #209],
place:
of Arle Court [Ref: Weis AR7 #209, Weis AR7 #84]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret GREVELL
date:
before 1511 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p151, Faris PA2 p115, Faris PA2 p217, Faris PA2 p323, Foljambe Cornewall p132, Richardson PA p262, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p411, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p559, Roberts RD600 p314, Weis AR7 #209, Weis AR7 #57, Weis AR7 #84]
Sources with Information about marriage to Joan
date:
second marriage of Richard [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Madresfield and Lower Mitton, Worcestershire, and Giffardes (in Broadwell), Matson and Kernerton, Gloucestershire, and in right of his wife, of Arle Court (in Cheltenham) and Staverton, Gloucestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576]
Knt, of Madrewfield, Worcestershire, and Kemerton, Gloucestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p411]
Knt, of Madresfield and Lower Mitton, co Worcester, and Giffardes in Broadwell, Matson and Kemerton, co Gloucester, and Saverton, co Gloucester [Ref: Faris PA2 p217]
Knt, of Arle Court, Worcestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p559]
Knt, of Madresfield, co Worcester, and Kemerton, co Gloucester [Ref: Faris PA2 p115]
Knight of Arle Court [Ref: Weis AR7 #84]

heir of his father [Ref: Faris PA2 p217, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576]

Sheriff of Worcestershire [Ref: Faris PA2 p115]

1534-5: Sheriff of Gloucestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576]

1547: Sheriff of Worcester [Ref: Weis AR7 #84]

1548-9: Sheriff of Worcetershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p576]



Pedigree of Sir Richard LYGON
          /-----Thomas LYGON
 /-----Sir Richard LYGON
|        |         /-----Nigholas GIFFARD
|         \-----Anne GIFFARD
Sir Richard LYGON
|                                                               /-----William BEAUCHAMP, Baron Of Elmsley Castle
|                                                      /-----Sir Walter De BEAUCHAMP
|                                                     |         \-----Isabel MAUDUIT
|                                             /-----Sir Giles De BEAUCHAMP
|                                            |        |         /-----Roger V De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
|                                            |         \-----Alice De TONI
|                                            |                  \-----Alice De BOHUN
|                                    /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir John De BURES
|                                   |         \-----Catherine De BURES
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir Robert De MUSCEGROS
|                                   |                  \-----Hawise MUSCEGROS
|                           /-----Sir William De BEAUCHAMP
|                          |        |                           /-----Robert CHERLETON
|                          |        |                  /-----John CHERLETON, Lord Cherleton
|                          |        |         /-----John CHERLETON, Lord Cherleton
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Owain Ap GRIFFITH De La POLE, Prince Of Powys
|                          |        |        |         \-----Hawise FERCH OWAIN De La POLE
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Joan CORBET
|                          |         \-----Joan CHERLETON
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Edmund De MORTIMER, Lord Mortimer
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Roger MORTIMER, Earl Of March
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Margaret FIENNES
|                          |                  \-----Maud De MORTIMER
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir Piers De GENEVILLE, Baron Of Trim
|                          |                           \-----Joan De GENEVILLE, Countess Of March
|                          |                                    \-----Joan De LUSIGNAN
|                  /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Lord Beauchamp
|                 |        |                                    /-----Walter De USFLETE
|                 |        |                           /-----John De USFLETE
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Gerard De USFLETE
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Gerard De FURNIVAL
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Lorette De FURNIVAL
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Gerard De USFLETE
|                 |        |        |         \-----Ada
|                 |         \-----Catharine De USFLETE
|                 |                 |                           /-----Richard De THORNHILL
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John De THORNHILL
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Brian De THORNHILL
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Beatrice TALBONER
|                 |                  \-----Margaret De THORNHILL
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir William FITZ THOMAS
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir William FITZWILLIAM, Lord Of Emley And Sprotbrou
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Agnes GREY
|                 |                           \-----Joan FITZWILLIAM
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Edmund DEINCOURT, Lord Deincourt
|                 |                                    \-----Isabel DEINCOURT
|                 |                                             \-----Isabel De MOHUN
|         /-----Sir Richard De BEAUCHAMP, Lord Beauchamp
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir John De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Hawise MUSCEGROS
|        |        |                           /-----Sir John De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
|        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Edmund De STAFFORD, Lord Stafford
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Ralph De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret BASSET
|        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth De STAFFORD
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh AUDLEY, Earl Of Gloucester
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret De AUDLEY, Baroness Audley
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret De CLARE
|        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Hugh Le DESPENSER, Lord Despenser
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Edward DESPENSER
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Alianore DeCLARE
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edward DESPENSER, K.G., Lord Of Glamorgan
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Anne De FERRERS
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Ellen De SEGRAVE
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Le DESPENSER
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Bartholomew De BURGHERSH, Lord Burghersh
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Bartholomew De BURGHERSH, Orig K.G., Lord Burghersh
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth De VERDUN
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De BURGHERSH, Baroness Burghersh
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard De WEYLAND
|        |        |        |                           \-----Cicely De WEYLAND
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Joan De UFFORD
|        |         \-----Margaret FERRERS
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir David De La ROCHE
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert De La ROCHE
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Joan De La ROCHE
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir John De La ROCHE
|        |                 |         /-----Thomas De La ROCHE
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Anselm De BROMWICH
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Henry De BROMWICH
|        |                 |        |         \-----Isabel De BROMWICH
|        |                  \-----Alienor De La ROCHE
|        |                          |                           /-----William BERMINGHAM
|        |                          |                  /-----Fulk BERMINGHAM
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas BERMINGHAM
|        |                          |        |         \-----Joan
|        |                           \-----Elizabeth BERMINGHAM
|        |                                    \-----Isabel WHITACRE
 \-----Anne De BEAUCHAMP
         |                                                      /-----Sir William De STAFFORD
         |                                             /-----Sir William De STAFFORD
         |                                            |         \-----Cecily WAURE
         |                                    /-----Sir John De STAFFORD
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Robert De STAFFORD
         |                                   |         \-----Isabella De STAFFORD
         |                                   |                  \-----Gundrada De STAFFORD
         |                           /-----Ralph De STAFFORD
         |                          |        |                  /-----Edmund De STAFFORD, Lord Stafford
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir Ralph De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret BASSET
         |                          |         \-----Margaret STAFFORD
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir John HASTING
         |                          |                  \-----Katharine De HASTING
         |                          |                           \-----Eve
         |                  /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas HASTANG
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John HASTANG
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth
         |                 |        |         /-----John HASTANG
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Blanche
         |                 |         \-----Maud De HASTANG
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William TRUSSELL
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Warin TRUSSELL
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Matilda MAINWARING
         |                 |                  \-----Maud TRUSSELL
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir John De St PHILIBERT
         |                 |                           \-----Maud De ST PHILIBERT
         |                 |                                    \-----Ada De BOTETOURTE
         |         /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir Robert BURDET
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert BURDET
         |        |        |         /-----Sir John BURDET
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Thomas GARSHILL
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert GARSHILL
         |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GARSHILL
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Amice
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth BURDET
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir John ARDERN
         |        |                  \-----Katherine ARDERN
         |        |                           \-----Ellen WASTENEYS
          \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
                  |                                             /-----Sir Walter De AYLESBURY
                  |                                    /-----Sir Philip AYLESBURY
                  |                                   |         \-----Isolda De PYN
                  |                           /-----Sir Thomas De AYLESBURY
                  |                          |        |         /-----Robert KEYNES
                  |                          |         \-----Margaret KEYNES
                  |                  /-----Sir John De AYLESBURY
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Richard BASSET, Lord Basset Of Weldon
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir Ralph BASSET
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan De HUNTINGFIELD
                  |                 |         \-----Joan BASSET
                  |                 |                 |         /-----William Le LATIMER, Lord Latimer
                  |                 |                  \-----Joan Le LATIMER
                  |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth De BOTETOURTE
                  |         /-----Sir Thomas AYLESBURY
                  |        |        |         /-----Ebles Le STRANGE
                  |        |         \-----Isabel STRANGE
                   \-----Eleanor AYLESBURY
                           |                           /-----Sir John De PABENHAM
                           |                  /-----Thomas De PABENHAM
                           |                 |        |         /-----(Unk) De CLIFFORD
                           |                 |         \-----Elizabeth De CRIOL
                           |                 |                  \-----Margery De CRAY
                           |         /-----Sir Lawrence De PABENHAM
                           |        |        |         /-----(Unk) De OFFARD
                           |        |         \-----Alice De OFFARD
                            \-----Katherine PABENHAM
                                    |                           /-----Sir John ENGAINE
                                    |                  /-----Sir Nicholas ENGAINE
                                    |                 |         \-----Joan GREINVILLE
                                    |         /-----Sir John ENGAINE, Lord Engaine
                                    |        |        |         /-----Walter De FAUCOMBERGE, Lord Faucomberge
                                    |        |         \-----Anice De FAUCOMBERGER
                                    |        |                  \-----Isabel De ROS
                                     \-----Elizabeth ENGAINE
                                             |                  /-----Simon PEVEREL
                                             |         /-----Sir Robert PEVEREL
                                             |        |         \-----Amicia
                                              \-----Joan PEVEREL
                                                       \-----Alice



Descendants of Sir Richard LYGON
1. Sir Richard LYGON m1. Margaret GREVELL m2. Joan
m. Margaret GREVELL father: Sir William GREVELL, Judge Of Common Pleas mother: (Unk) ARRELL
m. Joan

2nd generation

2. William LYGON m. Eleanor DENNIS
m. Eleanor DENNIS father: Sir William DENNIS mother: Anne BERKELEY
5. Henry LYGON m. Elizabeth BERKELEY
m. Elizabeth BERKELEY father: Sir John BERKELEY mother: Isabel DENNIS
6. Anne LYGON m. Christopher SAVAGE
m. Christopher SAVAGE father: Sir Christopher SAVAGE mother: Anne STANLEY

3rd generation

15. Thomas LYGON m. Frances DENNIS
m. Frances DENNIS father: Hugh DENNIS mother: Katherine TRYE
19. Cecily LYGON m1. Edward GORGES m2. John VIVIAN
m. Edward GORGES father: Edmund GORGES mother: Anne WALSH
m. John VIVIAN
20. Margaret LYGON m1. Sir Thomas RUSSELL m2. Sir Henry BERKELEY
m. Sir Thomas RUSSELL
m. Sir Henry BERKELEY
21. Katherine LYGON m. Thomas FOLIOT
m. Thomas FOLIOT father: John FOLIOT mother: Eleanor MOORE
22. Elizabeth LYGON m. William NORWOOD
m. William NORWOOD father: Henry NORWOOD mother: Katherine THROCKMORTON
26. Elizabeth LYGON m. Edward BASSET
m. Edward BASSET father: William BASSET mother: Jane ASHE
28. Francis SAVAGE m. Anne SHELDON
m. Anne SHELDON father: William SHELDON mother: Mary WILLINGTON
29. Bridget SAVAGE m. Anthony BONNER
m. Anthony BONNER father: Thomas BONNER mother: Joan SKINNER

4th generation

30. Thomas LYGON m. Elizabeth PRATT
m. Elizabeth PRATT father: Dennis PRATT mother: Anne (PRATT)
38. Sir Edward GORGES m. Dorothy SPOKE
m. Dorothy SPOKE
39. Sir Ferdinando GORGES m1. Anne BELL m2. Mary FULFORD m3. Elizabeth COFFIN m4. Elizabeth GORGES m5. Elizabeth GORGES
m. Anne BELL father: Edward BELL mother: Margaret BARLEY
m. Mary FULFORD father: Sir Thomas FULFORD mother: Ursula BAMFIELD
m. Elizabeth COFFIN
m. Elizabeth GORGES father: Tristram GORGES mother: Elizabeth COLE
m. Elizabeth GORGES father: Sir Thomas GORGES mother: Helen BAAT
41. Sir Maurice BERKELEY m. Elizabeth KILLIGREW
m. Elizabeth KILLIGREW father: Sir William KILLIGREW mother: Margaret SAUNDERS
42. Sir Henry FOLLIOTT, Lord Folliott m. Anne STRODE
m. Anne STRODE father: Sir William STRODE
49. Sir John FOLIOT m. Elizabeth AYLMER
m. Elizabeth AYLMER father: John Rev AYLMER mother: Judith BURES
50. Richard NORWOOD m. Elizabeth STEWARD
m. Elizabeth STEWARD father: Nicholas STEWARD mother: Frances BAKER
52. Henry NORWOOD m. Elizabeth RODNEY
m. Elizabeth RODNEY father: Sir John RODNEY mother: Jane SEYMOUR
57. Eleanor NORWOOD m1. Sir George BLOUNT m2. John CULPEPER
m. Sir George BLOUNT father: Sir Thomas BLOUNT mother: Joyce SHIRLEY
m. John CULPEPER father: John CULPEPER mother: Elizabeth SIDLEY
65. Jane BASSET m. John Dr DEIGHTON
m. John Dr DEIGHTON father: Thomas DEIGHTON mother: Anne (DEIGHTON)
66. Walter SAVAGE m. Elizabeth HALL
m. Elizabeth HALL father: John HALL
72. Mary BONNER m1. William YONGE m2. Thomas COMBE
m. William YONGE father: John YONGE mother: Mathilda BULL
m. Thomas COMBE

5th generation

73. Thomas Col LYGON m. Mary HARRIS
m. Mary HARRIS father: Thomas HARRIS mother: Audrey HOARE
80. John BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley of Stratton m. Christian RICCARD
m. Christian RICCARD father: Sir Andrew RICCARD mother: Katharine
83. Frances FOLLIOTT m. Sir Robert KING
m. Sir Robert KING
84. Elizabeth FOLLIOTT m1. Richard WINGFIELD m2. Edward TREVOR m3. Sir John PONSONBY
m. Richard WINGFIELD
m. Edward TREVOR
m. Sir John PONSONBY
92. Edward Rev FOLIOT m.
111. Jane DEIGHTON m1. John LUGG m2. Jonathan NEGUS
m. John LUGG
m. Jonathan NEGUS
113. Frances DEIGHTON m. Richard WILLIAMS
m. Richard WILLIAMS father: William WILLIAMS mother: Jane WOODWARD
114. Katherine DEIGHTON m1. Samuel HACKBURNE m2. Thomas Gov DUDLEY m3. John Rev ALLIN
m. Samuel HACKBURNE
m. Thomas Gov DUDLEY father: Roger Captain DUDLEY mother: Susan THORNE
m. John Rev ALLIN
119. Ralph SAVAGE m.
120. Bridget YONGE m. George WYLLYS
m. George WYLLYS father: Richard WYLLYS mother: Hester CHAMBERS