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Personal data Grissell Kirton (Lady) 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4

Household of Grissell Kirton (Lady)

She is married to Nicholas Woodruffe.

They got married on June 14, 1553 at London, Kingdom of Engalnd, she was 17 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. David Woodruffe  1554-1604 
  2. Mary Woodruffe  1570-????
  3. Jane Woodruffe  1570-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grissell Kirton

John Kirton
1474-1529
Margaret White
1476-1529

Grissell Kirton
1536-1607

1553

Nicholas Woodruffe
1530-1598

David Woodruffe
1554-1604
Mary Woodruffe
1570-????
Jane Woodruffe
1570-????
Robert Woodruffe
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Sources

  1. UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. Millennium File, Heritage Consulting / Ancestry.com
  3. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives, St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Composite register: baptisms Mar 1603 - Dec 1642, marriages Apr 1603 - Dec 1642, burials Mar 1603 - Dec 1642, P71/MMG/003 / Ancestry.com
  4. UK, Extracted Probate Records, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Day of marriage June 14, 1553

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1553: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 10 » Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
    • July 19 » Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days on the throne.
    • August 13 » Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
    • October 1 » Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
    • October 27 » Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
    • December 25 » Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.

Day of death July 15, 1607

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1607: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 30 » An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
    • February 24 » L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
    • April 26 » English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
    • May 24 » One hundred English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America.
    • September 4 » The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.
    • October 5 » Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.

Day of burial December 15, 1607

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1607: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 19 » San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
    • March 10 » Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
    • April 26 » English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
    • May 24 » One hundred English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America.
    • September 4 » The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.
    • October 5 » Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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