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Robert Woodroffe

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Seale, Surrey, England
Death: 1639 (38-39)
Seale, Surrey, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir David Woodroffe and Catherine Wrottesley
Husband of Lettice Woodroffe
Father of Sir George Woodroffe, MP
Half brother of Mary Harding, Lady Gorges; William Harding and Elizabeth Buckland

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About Robert Woodroffe

Robert was baptised on the 26th Oct 1600, in Seale, Surrey, England. He was the son of David Woodruff[1] and Catherine White.[2][3]

He married Lettice Duncombe on the 21st Aug 1621, in London.[4]

Will of Robert Woodroffe of Poyle, Seale, esquire, dated 6 Jun 1639, proved 11 Nov 1639[5]
mentions:
to be buried in the church or chancel of Seale without pomp or solemnity at the feet of my good father David Woodroffe, knight
my wife (not named)
my younger children (not named)
my second son George Woodroffe
my uncle Stephen Woodroffe, gent.
my uncle Thomas White, knight, father in law George Duncombe, esq. and uncle John Machell, gent. execs.
probate section mentions:
Letitia Woodroffe, relict and exec.

He was buried on the 23rd Jul 1639, in Seale, Surrey.[6]

Sources

  1. "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858," database with images, Ancestry.com; Will of Sir David Woodroof of Poyle, Surrey, proved 27 February 1604, the testator mentions "my sonne and heire Robte Woodroof"
  2. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5LY-8JG : 11 February 2018, Robt. Woodroffe, 26 Oct 1600); citing SEALE,SURREY,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 942.21 S3 V26AL.
  3. George John Armytage, ed., A Visitation of the County of Surrey, Begun Anno Dni. MDCLXII. Finished Anno Dni. MDCLXVIII. (London, 1910) p. 125
  4. "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V524-9NZ : 10 February 2018), Robertus Woodroffe and Leticia Duncomb, 21 Aug 1621; citing Saint Martin In The Fields,Westminster,London,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 561156, 561157, 561158, 942 B4HA V. 25, 942 B4HA V. 66.
  5. Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856, 1470-1856 (findmypast.com), Will of Robert Woodroffe of Poyle, Seale, esquire, dated 6 Jun 1639, proved 11 Nov 1639
  6. "Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812," database with images, Ancestry.com; burial record for Robert Woodroffe Esqr, 23 Jul 1639, parish of St Lawrence, Seale
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Robert Woodroffe's Timeline

1600
October 26, 1600
Seale, Surrey, England
1600
Seale, Surrey, England
1625
1625
of Poyle, Seale, Surrey, England
1639
July 20, 1639
Age 39
1639
Age 39
Seale, Surrey, England