PETRE FAMILY

William PETRE

Born: 1451

Father: John PETRY

Mother: ¿?

Married: Jane ?

Children:

1. John PETRE

2. William PETRE


William PETRE

Born: ABT 1483, Milton, Hampshire, England

Died: BEF 1522

Father: William PETRE

Mother: Jane ?

Married: Jane ARUNDELL ABT 1502, Calwoodley, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. Roger PETRE

2. William PETRE


John PETRE

Born: ABT 1470, Tor Brian, Devonshire, England

Died: BEF 1571, Hays, St.thomas, Exeter, Devonshire, England

Father: William PETRE

Mother: Jane ?

Married: Alice COLING ABT 1493, Woodlands, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. Alice PETRE

2. Thomasine PETRE

3. Wilmot PETRE

4. William PETRE (Sir Secretary of State)

5. John PETRE

6. John PETRE of Tor Brian

7. Robert PETRE

8. Richard PETRE

9. Alexander PETRE


Alice PETRE

Born: 1494, Tor Brian, Devonshire, England

Father: John PETRE

Mother: Alice COLING

Married: Thomas READ


Thomasine PETRE

Born: 1496, Tor Brian, Devonshire, England

Father: John PETRE

Mother: Alice COLING

Married: William PERKIN


Wilmot PETRE

Born: 1498, Tor Brian, Devonshire, England

Died: BEF 1555

Father: John PETRE

Mother: Alice COLING

Married: John PETER ABT 1542

Children:

1. John PETRE

2. Mary PETRE

3. Thomas PETRE

4. Otho PETRE

5. William PETRE


John PETRE

Born: 1504, Tor Brian, Devonshire, England

Died: ABT 1571

Notes: unmarried.

Father: John PETRE

Mother: Alice COLING


Robert PETRE

Born: 1506, Tor Brian, Devonshire, England

Died: 30 Sep 1593

Father: John PETRE

Mother: Alice COLING

Married: Margaret TYRRELL ABT 1510


William PETRE (Sir Secretary of State)

Born: ABT 1500, Tor Brian, Devonshire, England

Died: 13 Jan 1572

Father: John PETRE

Mother: Alice COLING

Notes: See his Biography.

Married 1: Gertrude TYRRELL (b. ABT 1504 - d. 28 May 1541) (dau. of Sir John Tyrrell of Little Warley Hall and Anne Norreys) ABT 1533

Children:

1. John PETRE

2. Dorothy PETRE

3. Elizabeth PETRE

Married 2: Anne BROWNE

Children:

4. Thomasine PETRE

5. Catherine PETRE

6. Edward PETRE (b. 16 Sep 1548- d. ABT 18 Oct 1548)

7. John PETRE (1° B. Petre of Writtle)

8. William PETRE (b. Aug/Sep 1551- d. 14 Sep 1551)

9. Anne PETRE (b. 1557 - d. 1610)


Dorothy PETRE

Born: 1535, London, England

Died: 16 May 1618, Edge, Branscombe, Devon, England

Buried: 16 Jul 1618, St. Mary's, Ilminster, Somerset, England

Father: William PETRE (Sir Secretary of State)

Mother: Gertrude TYRRELL

Married: Nicholas WADHAM of Merrifield (Sir) (See his Biography) 3 Sep 1555, St. Botolph's, Aldersgate St., London

Dorothy Petre

at Wadham College

Dorothy Petre

by a follower of Custodis c. 1594


Elizabeth PETRE

Born: ABT 1536, London, England

Died: BEF 1638, Ingatestone, England

Father: William PETRE (Sir Secretary of State)

Mother: Gertrude TYRRELL

Married 1: John GOSTWICKE (b. 1539 - d. 1581) (son of William Gostwicke and Anne Pycke) 27 Apr 1558, London, England

Children:

1. William GOSTWICKE (m. Jane Owen)

Married 2: Edward RADCLIFFE (6° E. Sussex) ABT 1582


Thomasine PETRE

Born: 7 Apr 1543

Died: AFT 1611

Notes: lady of Gertrude Blount, M. of Exeter.

Father: William PETRE (Sir Secretary of State)

Mother: Anne BROWNE

Married: Ludovick GREVILLE of Milcott 10 Feb 1560, St. Botolph´s, Aldersgate

Children:

1. Edward GREVILLE

2. William GREVILLE

3. John GREVILLE

4. Valentine GREVILLE

5. Anne GREVILLE

6. Margaret GREVILLE

7. Charles GREVILLE

8. Peter GREVILLE


Catherine PETRE

Born: 28 Apr 1545, Longford Hall, Salop, Worcestershire, England

Died: BEF 27 Feb 1596

Buried: 28 Feb 1596, Albrighton, Shropshire, England

Father: William PETRE (Sir Secretary of State)

Mother: Anne BROWNE

Married: John TALBOT (Sir) 18 Aug 1561, Ingatestone

Children:

1. George TALBOT (9° E. Shrewsbury)

2. John TALBOT (Sir)

3. Gertrude TALBOT


John PETRE (1° B. Petre of Writtle)

Born: 20 Dec 1549, Ingatestone

Died: 1613

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: William PETRE (Sir Secretary of State)

Mother: Anne BROWNE

Married: Mary WALDEGRAVE 17 Apr 1571, Ingatestone

Children:

1. Mary PETRE (b. 1572)

2. William PETRE (2° B. Petre of Writtle)

3. Elizabeth PETRE (b. 1579)

4. Margaret PETRE (b. 1581)

5. Catherine PETRE (b. 1586)

6. Edward PETRE (b. 25 Oct 1577)

7. Anne PETRE (b. 15 Jun 1592 - d. 25 Oct 1593)

8. John PETRE

9. Thomas PETRE

10. Robert PETRE (b. 20 Nov 1587 - d. 20 Dec 1590)


John PETRE

Born: 4 Sep 1582, Ingatestone, Essex, England

Died: 2 Jan 1623

Buried: New Chapel, Ingatestone, Essex, England

Father: John PETRE (1° B. Petre of Writtle)

Mother: Mary WALDEGRAVE

Married 1: Catherine MORLEY ABT 1602, Ingatestone, Essex, England

Children:

1. John PETRE

Married 2: Dorothy MOORE ABT 1612, Ingatestone, Essex, England

Children:

2. William PETRE

3. John PETRE

4. Augustine PETRE


Thomas PETRE

Born: 2 Nov 1584, Ingatestone, Essex, England

Died: 3 Oct 1625

Buried: New Chapel, Ingatestone, Essex, England

Father: John PETRE (1° B. Petre of Writtle)

Mother: Mary WALDEGRAVE

Married: Elizabeth BASKERVILLE 13 Jul 1605, Wanborough, Wiltshire, England

Children:

1. Francis PETRE

2. Catherine PETRE

3. John PETRE

4. Mary PETRE


Catherine PETRE

Born: ABT 1615, Cranham Hall, Essex, England

Buried: 9 Aug 1681

Father: Thomas PETRE

Mother: Elizabeth BASKERVILLE

Married: Edward GUILDFORD


Francis PETRE

Born: ABT 1607, Cranham Hall, Essex, England

Died: 9 Oct 1658

Buried: New Chapel, Ingatestone, Essex, England

Father: Thomas PETRE

Mother: Elizabeth BASKERVILLE

Married: Elizabeth GAGE

Children:

1. Edward PETRE

2. Mary PETRE

3. Thomas PETRE

4. Francis PETRE

5. Catherine PETRE

6. Thomas PETRE

7. Anthony PETRE

8. Charles PETRE

9. Frances PETRE

10. Elizabeth PETRE

11. William PETRE

12. Theresa PETRE


William PETRE (2° B. Petre of Writtle)

Born: 24 Jun 1575, West Horndon, Essex, England

Died: 5 May 1637, West Horndon, Essex, England

Buried: 12 May 1637, Ingatestone, Essex, England

Notes: Student at the Middle Temple in 1593. Member of Parliament for Essex 1597-8. Elected knight of the shire at the age of 22, Petre could have attended committees on enclosures (5 Nov), the poor law (5, 22 Nov), armour and weapons (8 Nov), penal laws (8 Nov), monopolies (10 Nov), the subsidy (15 Nov) and draining the fens (3 Dec). Married in 1596 to Catherine, 2nd daughter of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester. Male heir born 1599. Succeeded 1613. He was less successful than his father in walking the tightrope between the demands of the state and his family religion. Though Lord Burghley was his godfather, he was brought up by a Catholic tutor and eventually, in 1625, ‘disarmed’ and removed from the commission of the peace. In 1626 he was presented for non-attendance at church; and in 1628-9 he was saved from being tried for recusancy only by the intervention of Charles I. He died 5 May 1637, and was buried at Ingatestone a week later. In his will, dated Jan 1633 and proved 23 June 1637, he left bequests to the poor of local parishes, to prisoners in Colchester gaol and to his ten surviving children. He hoped he would go ‘where I can no more offend God’.

Father: John PETRE (1° B. Petre of Writtle)

Mother: Mary WALDEGRAVE

Married: Catherine SOMERSET (B. Petre of Writtle) 8 Nov 1596, Essex House

Children:

1. Mary PETRE

2. Robert PETRE (3º B. Petre of Writtle)

3. William PETRE

4. Edward PETRE

5. Thomas PETRE

6. Henry PETRE

7. George PETRE

8. Catherine PETRE

9. Elizabeth PETRE

10. John PETRE

11. Anne PETRE (b. 2 Jul 1609 - d. 18 Oct 1610)


Mary PETRE

Born: 1600

Died: 1640

Father: William PETRE (2° B. Petre of Writtle)

Mother: Catherine SOMERSET (B. Petre of Writtle)

Married: John ROPER (3º B. Teynham) (son of Christopher Roper, 2nd. Baron Teynham, and Catherine Seborne) 1616

Children:

1. Elizabeth ROPER


Catherine PETRE

Born: 10 Jun 1607

Died: 15 Aug 1681

Father: William PETRE (2° B. Petre of Writtle)

Mother: Catherine SOMERSET (B. Petre of Writtle)

Married: John CARRYLL (b. 1603) (son of John Carryll and Catherine Dormer) 1625, West Horndon, Essex, England

Children:

1. John CARYLL

2. Richard CARYLL

3. Phillip CARYLL


William PETRE

Born: 1602

Died: 1677

Father: William PETRE (2° B. Petre of Writtle)

Mother: Catherine SOMERSET (B. Petre of Writtle)

Married: Lucy FERMOR

Children:

1. William PETRE

2. Robert PETRE

3. Richard PETRE

4. John PETRE

5. Catherine PETRE


Edward PETRE

Born: 1603

Died: 1664

Father: William PETRE (2° B. Petre of Writtle)

Mother: Catherine SOMERSET (B. Petre of Writtle)

Married: Elizabeth GRIFFITH

Children:

1. Edward PETRE


Thomas PETRE

Born: 1606

Father: William PETRE (2° B. Petre of Writtle)

Mother: Catherine SOMERSET (B. Petre of Writtle)

Married: Ursula BROOKE

Children:

1. William PETRE

2. Walter PETRE

3. Francis PETRE

4. Winifred PETRE


Henry PETRE

Born: 27 Mar 1611

Died: BEF Sep 22 1648

Father: William PETRE (2° B. Petre of Writtle)

Mother: Catherine SOMERSET (B. Petre of Writtle)

Married: Anne GAGE 1640

Children:

1. Mary PETRE

2. Catherine PETRE


Robert PETRE (3º B. Petre of Writtle)

Born: 1599

Died: 23 Oct 1638

Father: William PETRE (2° B. Petre of Writtle)

Mother: Catherine SOMERSET (B. Petre of Writtle)

Married: Mary BROWNE (B. Petre of Writtle) 1620

Children:

1. William PETRE (4º B. Petre of Writtle)

2. John PETRE (5º B. Petre of Writtle)

3. Thomas PETRE (6º B. Petre of Writtle)

4. Mary PETRE


William PETRE (4º B. Petre of Writtle)

Father: Robert PETRE (3º B. Petre of Writtle)

Mother: Mary BROWNE (B. Petre of Writtle)

Married: Elizabeth SAVAGE


Mary PETRE

Died: 1672

Father: Robert PETRE (3º B. Petre of Writtle)

Mother: Mary BROWNE (B. Petre of Writtle)

Married: Edward STOURTON 1638

Children:

1. William STOURTON (12º B. Stourton of Stourton)


John PETRE of Tor Brian

Born: 1504, Tor Brian, Devonshire, England

Died: 7 Jul 1568

Buried: 10 Jul 1568, Tor Brian, Devonshire, England

Father: John PETRE

Mother: Alice COLING

Married 1: Joan RIDGWAY ABT 1531

Children:

1. John PETRE

2. William PETRE

Married 2: Elizabeth BLACKALLER


William PETRE

Born: 1549, Tor Brian, Devonshire, England

Died: 30 Apr 1614

Buried: 30 Apr 1614, Tor Brian, Devonshire, England

Father: John PETRE of Tor Brian

Mother: Joan RIDGWAY

Married: Cecily SOUTHCOTT 21 Sep 1571, Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. Thomasine PETRE

2. Anstice PETRE

3. John PETRE (b. 1576 - d. 16 Dec 1591)

4. George PETRE (b. 1578 - d. ABT 1629)

5. Robert PETRE

6. Mary PETRE


Thomasine PETRE

Born: BEF 31 Oct 1572, Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England

Father: William PETRE

Mother: Cecily SOUTHCOTT

Married: William COCKER


Anstice PETRE

Born: BEF 31 Oct 1572, Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England

Father: William PETRE

Mother: Cecily SOUTHCOTT

Married: John GLANFIELD 6 Jul 1600


Mary PETRE

Born: BEF 16 Aug 1585, Tor Brian, Devonshire, England

Father: William PETRE

Mother: Cecily SOUTHCOTT

Married: Bullen REYMES



John PETER of Hevetre

Born: ABT 1476, Hevetre / Pinhoe, Devonshire, England

Died: BEF 1558

Married: Elizabeth ? ABT 1505, Exeter, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. John PETER

2. Margaret PETER

3. Wilmot PETER

4. Helen PETER


John PETER

Born: ABT 1506, Exeter, Devonshire, England

Died: 3 Oct 1581

Buried: 5 Oct 1581

Father: John PETER of Hevetre

Mother: Elizabeth ?

Married 1: Wilmot PETRE ABT 1542

Children:

1. John PETRE

2. Mary PETRE

3. Thomas PETRE

4. Otho PETRE

5. William PETRE

Married 2: Alice HURST 1554, Exeter, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. Humphrey PETRE

7. George PETRE

8. Peter PETRE

9. Alice PETRE

10. Welthian PETRE

11. Joyce PETRE

12. Morris PETRE

13. Thomas PETRE


Mary PETRE

Born: ABT 1537, Bohay, Devonshire, England

Father: John PETER

Mother: Wilmot PETRE

Married: William HURST


Otho PETRE

Born: ABT 1541, Bowhay, Devonshire, England

Died: Jun 1607

Buried: Exminister

Father: John PETER

Mother: Wilmot PETRE

Married: Frances SOUTHCOTT (dau. of Thomas Southcott) 17 Dec 1587

Children:

1. John PETRE

2. William PETRE

3. Mary PETRE

4. Elizabeth PETRE


John PETRE

Born: 1588, Bowhay, Devonshire, England

Died: ABT 1643, Shillingford, Devonshire, England

Father: Otho PETRE

Mother: Frances SOUTHCOTT

Married: Hester ? ABT 1616

Children:

1. John PETRE

2. Frances PETRE


Elizabeth PETRE

Born: 1594, Bowhay, Devonshire, England

Father: Otho PETRE

Mother: Frances SOUTHCOTT

Married 1: James DAWBNEY

Married 2: William KEYMER


Thomas PETRE

Born: ABT 1539, Harlyn, Cornwall, England

Father: John PETER

Mother: Wilmot PETRE

Married: Agnes GODOLPHIN (dau. of Thomas Godolphin) ABT 1567

Children:

1. Robert PETRE


Robert PETRE

Born: ABT 1568, Dartmouth, Devonshire, England

Father: Thomas PETRE

Mother: Agnes GODOLPHIN

Married: Thomasine KESTRAL ABT 1588, Kestral, Cornwall, England

Children:

1. Henry PETRE

2. John PETRE


Henry PETRE

Born: ABT 1589, Fowey, Cornwall, England

Died: ABT 1619

Father: Robert PETRE

Mother: Thomasine KESTRAL

Married: Deborah TREFFRY 9 Jan 1609, Place, Cornwall, England

Children:

1. Thomas PETER (b. ABT 1610 - d. 1675)


John PETRE

Born: ABT 1591, Fowey, Cornwall, England

Father: Robert PETRE

Mother: Thomasine KESTRAL

Married: Elizabeth THOMAS


George PETRE

Born: ABT 1559, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Died: ABT 1632, Henbury, Gloucestershire, England

Father: John PETER

Mother: Alice HURST

Married 1: Grace PILL ABT 1589, Exeter, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. William PETRE

2. George PETRE (b. ABT 1592)

3. John PETRE (b. ABT 1594)

4. Edward PETRE (b. ABT 1596)

5. Thomas PETRE (b. ABT 1598)

6. Francis PETRE (b. ABT 1600)

7. Mary PETRE

Married 2: Eleanor ? ABT 1603, Henbury, Gloucestershire, England

Children:

8. George PETRE

9. Giles PETRE

10. Richard PETRE

11. Henry PETRE

12. Vicessimus PETRE


Mary PETRE

Born: ABT 1602, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Father: George PETRE

Mother: Grace PILL

Married: James COX


William PETRE

Born: ABT 1590, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Died: BEF 1637

Father: George PETRE

Mother: Grace PILL

Married: Anne WILLIAMS ABT 1618, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Children:

1. Simon PETRE

2. Edward PETRE

3. William PETRE

4. Andrew PETRE

5. George PETRE


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