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Dorothy Risley (Temple)

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Birthplace: Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England
Death: 1633 (59-61)
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Daughter of John Temple, of Stowe and Susanna Temple
Wife of Paul Risley, Esq.
Mother of Thomas Risley and Crescens Risley
Sister of Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Baronet; Millicent Saunders; John Temple; Mary Farmer; Sir Alexander Temple and 5 others
Half sister of Susan Denton

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Dorothy Risley

2nd daughter of John Temple & Susan Spencer. Married Paul Risley, of Chetwood, co. Northampton, esq.


  • The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham, Volume 3 George Lipscomb J. & W. Robins, 1847 - History.  Page 20.  "Pedigree of Risley, of Chetwode and Barton."
  • Materials for a History of the Wither Family By Reginald Fitz Hugh Bigg-Wither.  Page 140.  "6.  Risley"
  • The Risley family history, including records of some of the early English Risleys' a geneaology of the descendants of Richard Risley, of Newtown (Cambridge), Massachusetts (1633), and of Hartford, Connecticut (1636); an account of the family reunion at Hartford, August 3, 1904, and a list of the founders of the commonwealth of Connectucut; by Risley, Edwin Hills, 1842- [from old catalog] Published 1909.  Page 6-7.  "The Risleys of Chetwood."
  • Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 : Their Parentage, Birthplace and Year of Birth, with a Record of Their Degrees : Being the Matriculation Register of the University, Volume 3.  University of Oxford, Joseph Foster, 1891. Page 1259-1260.  "Risley.".
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Dorothy Risley's Timeline

1572
1572
Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England
1592
1592
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1633
1633
Age 61