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Personal data Sheriff Christopher Layer 


Household of Sheriff Christopher Layer

He is married to Barbara Steward.

They got married in the year 1559 at Norwich, Norfolk, England, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Martha Layer  1572-1635 
  2. Augustine Layer  1559-± 1595
  3. Elizabeth Layer  1560-????
  4. Christopher Layer  1560-1582
  5. Maria Layer  1562-????
  6. Christopher Layer  1565-1565
  7. Ann Layer  1567-1628
  8. Maria Layer  1568-????
  9. Thomas Layer  ± 1570-????
  10. Christopher Layer  1574-1638

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Christopher Layer

John Briggs Marsham
1500-1525
Elizabeth Claxton
1500-1555
William Layer
1500-1539

Christopher Layer
1531-1600

1559

Barbara Steward
± 1533-1604

Martha Layer
1572-1635
Augustine Layer
1559-± 1595
Elizabeth Layer
1560-????
Christopher Layer
1560-1582
Maria Layer
1562-????
Christopher Layer
1565-1565
Ann Layer
1567-1628
Maria Layer
1568-????
Thomas Layer
± 1570-????
Christopher Layer
1574-1638

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Historical events

Day of burial June 19, 1600

  • 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 1600: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 17 » On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.
    • March 20 » The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
    • August 5 » The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
    • August 23 » Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
    • October 6 » Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
    • October 21 » Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.

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