Williams - Richards Family Tree » Sir Bernard Drake (± 1537-1586)
Personal data Sir Bernard Drake
- He was born about 1537 in Devon, England.
- He died on April 10, 1586 in Crediton, Devon, England.
- A child of John Drake and Amy Grenville
Household of Sir Bernard Drake
He is married to Gertrude Fortescue.
They got married.
Child(ren):
- Mary Drake ± 1556-????
- Gertrude Drake 1558-????
- Ursula Drake 1560-????
- Helen Drake ± 1561-< 1624
- Amy Drake 1562-????
- Humphrey Drake 1564-????
- Hugh Drake 1568-????
- Robert Drake 1569-????
- Bernard Drake 1572-????
- William Drake 1574-????
Notes about Sir Bernard Drake
[[Category:England, Knights]]
== Biography ==He was the son of John Drake and Amy Grenville. He was born about 1529 in Ashe, Devon, England. He married Gertrude Fortescue, daughter of Bartholomew Fortescue and Ellen Moore about 1556 in Ashe, Devon, England. He died on 10 April 1586.Drake, Louis Stoughton, The Drake Family in England and America, 1360-1895, and the Descendants of Thomas Drake of Weymouth, Mass., 1635-1691 (Boston: D. Clapp & Son, 1896.), pp. xi, xii.
== Sources ==*Vivian, John Lambrick, The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620 (Exeter: H.S. Eland, 1895.), pp. 293, 297, 354
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Drake
External link: https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Drake-328
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Day of death April 10, 1586
- 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 1586: Source: Wikipedia
- June 16 » Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
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