Edward Raleigh, Esq.

Sir Edward Raleigh, Sheriff of Warwick & Leicester1,2,3,4,5,6

• M, #15517, b. circa 1470
• Father: Sir Edward Raleigh, Sheriff of Warwick & Leicester2,5 b. 20 Jan 1443, d. c 6 Jun 1513
• Mother: Margaret Verney2,5 b. c 1451, d. a 1509
• Sir Edward Raleigh, Sheriff of Warwick & Leicester was born circa 1470 at of Farnborough, Warwickshire, England.2,5 He married Anne Chamberlayne, daughter of Richard Chamberlayne, Esq. and Sybil Fowler, between 1496 and 1505; They had 5 sons (George, Edward, Leonard, Anthony, & Thomas) and 3 daughters (Bridget, wife of Sir John Cope; Margaret, wife of Richard Musket; & Mary, wife of Nicholas Wodhull, Esq.).2,4,5,6 Sir Edward Raleigh, Sheriff of Warwick & Leicester left a will on 25 August 1508.2,5 His estate was probated on 20 September 1508.5
• Spouse: Anne Chamberlayne d. a 1510
• Children
  • Thomas Raleigh b. c 1494
  • Margaret Raleigh2 b. c 1496
  • Mary Raleigh+2,5,6 b. c 1498, d. b 1523
  • George Raleigh+ b. c 1500, d. b 2 Apr 1546
  • Edward Raleigh b. c 1502
  • Leonard Raleigh b. c 1504
  • Bridget Raleigh+2,3,5 b. c 1506, d. b 1540
  • Anthonie Raleigh b. c 1508
    • Citations
    • 1. Unknown author, Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists, p. 20; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 184; Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 16.
    • 2. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 202.
    • 3. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 122.
    • 4. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 411.
    • 5. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 433.
    • 6. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 440-441.
• Website: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p516.htm#i...

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• 'Edward Raleigh
• M, #322431
• Last Edited=13 Dec 2008
• 'Edward Raleigh is the son of Sir Edward Raleigh and Margaret Verney.
• 'Child of Edward Raleigh and Anne Chamberlayne
  • 1.Bridget Raleigh+
• Website: http://www.thepeerage.com/p32244.htm#i322431
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• Margaret VERNEY
• Born: ABT 1445, London, Middlesex, England
• Died: AFT 1478 / 20 Jun 1509, Farnborough, Warwickshire, England
• Father: Ralph VERNEY (Lord Mayor of London)
• Mother: Emma PYKING
• Married: Edward RALEIGH (Sir Knight) 1467
• Children:
  • '1. Edward RALEIGH (Sir Knight)
  • 2. Emma RALEIGH
  • 3. Anne RALEIGH
  • 4. Alice RALEIGH
  • 5. Joan RALEIGH
  • 6. Anthony RALEIGH
  • 7. Mary RALEIGH
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/VERNEY.htm#Margaret VERNEY1
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About Raleigh, Edward Will of Edward Rauley 20 September 1508 PROB 11/16

In the name of God amen the xxvth day of August the yere of our Lord MCCCCCviii I Edward Rauley make my testament in this manner folowing. First I bequeath my soule to almighty God. Secundely I geve to Anne my wife all my goods moveable and unmoveable and her I make myn executrix.

England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1383-1558 (K-Z) 1383 to 1558. County: General Country: England 1508 Raleigh, Ravley, Edward, [no place] 5 Bennett

Sir ER, of Farnborough, Co Warwick, knight. Inquisition post mortem 1517.

EDWARD RALEIGH, Esq., of Farnborough, was born about 1470.

He was married between 1496 and 1505 to ANNE CHAMBERLAIN, daughter of Richard Chamberlain, of Sherburne, co. Oxford, by Sibyl, daughter of Richard Fowler, of Sherburne, Chancellor of the Exchequer to King Edward IV.

They had five sons and three daughters. 'Edward Rawley' died v.p. [in the lifetime of his father] (will, dated 25 Aug. 1508 and proved in 1508, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 5 Bennett).

His widow was married for the second time to Ralph Foulshurst, whose will (proved 1530, P.C.C. 20 Jankyn) mentions his wife Anne and 'my sonne Cope.')

References

• Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume I, pages 409-411 CHAMBERLAIN 9.i, Anne Chamberlain. < GoogleBooks >; Page 433 < GoogleBooks >