Sir Roger Lawson, Kt. of Heton

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lawson-2193

Sir Roger Lawson, Kt. of Heton, Northumb., (b. c. 1571, age 14 in 1585 - dvp. London), was the son of:[1]

• Ralph Lawson of Burgh (d. 06 Sep 1623),[1]
• and Elizabeth, d. & h. of Roger Brough or Burgh, Esq. of Brough (near Catterick), Yorks.[1]

Marriage

Roger Lawson married Dorothy (d. 1632 St. Anthony's near Newcastle), dau. of Sir Henry Constable of Burton, Yorks.

children

Dugdale (1665), asserts that Roger and Dorothy had 19 children, but only lists 12 of them.[1]

1. Ralph, unmarried[1]
2. Henry, Esq. of Brough (d. 1636)[1]
3. Roger, unmarried[1]
4. George, unmarried[1]
5. John, unmarried[1]
6. Thomas, unmarried[1]
7. Edmond[1]
8. James of Scremerston, co. Durham.[1][2]
9. Mary, nun at Gant in Flanders.[1]
10. Catherine, unmarried[1]
11. Elizabeth m. (as third wife) John York, Esq. of Gothwayt, Yorks.[1]
12. Anne m. Henry Widdrington of Beantland, Northumb.[1]

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Sources

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lawson-2193
   1. "Lawson of Brough," in Dougdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, p. 251-252. The Genealogist, 20. Google Books.1
   2. Scremerston was passed down from Margery Swinhoe, sole heir of her father Ralph (d. 1525). See Also...
   3. Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies: Lawson 2
2. https://www.northofthetyne.co.uk/castleheaton.html
3. Genealogics ~ Leo van de Pas < link > cites
   1. [S00605] ~The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal The Mortimer-Percy volume London, 1911., Ruvigny and Raineval, The Marquis of. Table XVIII