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Sir Christopher Chudleigh

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Devonshire, England
Death: before September 12, 1570
Ashton, Devonshire, England
Place of Burial: Ashton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Richard Chudleigh, Kt. and Mary Chudleigh
Husband of Christian Chudleigh
Father of Elizabeth Merrick, II; John Chudleigh, MP; Strechley Chudley; Mary Chudley and Anne Chudley
Brother of Wilmot Coffyn; Lawrence Chudleigh; Petronell Pollard; James Chudleigh; Olyver Chudleigh and 4 others

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About Sir Christopher Chudleigh

  • 'Christopher Chudleigh1
  • 'M, b. circa 1530, d. 1 October 1570
  • Father Richard Chudleigh1 b. c 1499, d. 26 Aug 1558
  • Mother Mary Wadham1 b. c 1500
  • ' Christopher Chudleigh was born circa 1530 at of Ashton, Devonshire, England.1 He married Christian Stretchley, daughter of William Stretchley and Anne Gould, on 5 February 1560 at of Stretchley, Devonshire, England.1 Christopher Chudleigh left a will on 14 September 1570.1 He died on 1 October 1570.1
  • 'Family Christian Stretchley b. c 1532
  • Child
    • ◦John Chudleigh+1 b. c 1565
  • Citations
  • 1.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, SLC Archives.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1945.htm#...
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  • 'Christopher Chudleigh1
  • 'M, #224391, d. 1 October 1570
  • Last Edited=16 Mar 2007
  • ' Christopher Chudleigh was the son of Sir Richard Chudleigh.1 He died on 1 October 1570.1
  • ' He lived at Ashton, Devon, England.1
  • 'Child of Christopher Chudleigh
    • 1.John Chudleigh+1 d. 6 Oct 1589
  • Citations
  • 1.[S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 206. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p22440.htm#i224391
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  • 'A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies ... By John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=DqkTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq...
  • Pg. 115
  • WILLIAM CHUDLEIGH, esq. of Ashton, m. Joan, daughter of Sir William Hody, knt. of Dorsetshire and had a son,
    • SIR RICHARD CHUDLEIGH, knt.* who m. Mary, daughter of Sir Nicholas Wadham, knt. of Merifield, in the county of Somerset, and was s. by his son,
      • 'CHRISTOPHER CHUDLEIGH, esq. of Ashton. This gentleman m. Christiana, daughter of William Stretchley, esq. of Stretchley, in the county of Devon, and thus added considerably to his paternal fortune. He left a son and heir,
        • JOHN CHUDLEIGH, esq. of Ashton, "who," according to Prince, "was of a right martial, bold, and adventurous spirit; for, living in the reign of Queen ELIZABETH, the famous actiond of Drake, Cavendish, &c. so employed his thoughts, that he had a noble emulation in him, to equal, if not excel the bravest heroes, and their noblest exploits, not at land, where is the least danger, but at sea." He did not live, however, to accomplish his generous designs, but died young, in the Streights of Magellan, leaving, by his wife, daughter of George Speke, esq. of White Lackington, in the county of Somerset, two sons and two daughters, viz. ....
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Sir Christopher Chudleigh's Timeline

1528
1528
Devonshire, England
1528
Ashton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
1555
1555
Ashton, Devon, Eng
1562
1562
Ashton, Devon, Eng
1565
1565
Ashton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1570
September 12, 1570
Age 42
Ashton, Devonshire, England
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Ashton, Devon, Eng
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Ashton, Devon, Eng
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Ashton, Devononshire, England