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'Playters1'
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Families covered: Playters of Ellough, Playters of Sotterley, Playters of Uggeshall, Playters of Worlingham
| Thomas Playters of Sotterley | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Playters of Thorndon, Sotterley and Uggeshall (d 21.09.1479) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Dennys (dau of John Dennys, sister of Roger of Tannington Manor) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Playters of Sotterley and Uggeshall (d 11.11.1512) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Jenney (b 1468, d c03.1540, dau of Sir Edmund Jenney of Knodishall) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Christopher Playters of Sotterley, Uggeshall and Bruisyard (Briseworth) (d 22.08.1547) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Aslake (dau of William Aslake of Ellough, Willingham and Carrow) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Playters of Sotterley, Uggeshall and Ellough (d 09.09.1572) |
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| m. Elizabeth Jermyn (dau of Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrook) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Playters of Sotterley, Uggeshall and Ellough (d 06.06.1584) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (05.02.1559/60) Thomasine Duke (d 23.12.1560, dau of George Duke of Frense) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Playters (bur 02.04.1562) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Timperley (dau of Thomas Timperley of Hintlesham aka Tympley of Hentylsham) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir Thomas Playters, 1st Bart of Sotterley (d 18.05.1603?) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Swan (bur 14.10.1594, dau of Sir William Swan of Southfleet) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir William Playters, 2nd Bart of Sotterley (bpt 17.01.1590, bur 24.04.1668) | ||||||||||||||
m. (16.07.1615) Frances Le Grys (d 09.09.1659, dau of Chistopher Le Grys of Billingford) |
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| (a) | Thomas Playters, Sheriff of Suffolk (bpt 11.09.1617, dvpsp 1651) | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 identifies Thomas as the 3rd Bart but he dvp. TCP reports that he is "often, erroneously, said to have been the 3d. Bart." | |||||||||||||||
| m. Rebecca Chapman (dau of Thomas Chapman of Wormley, she m2. Richard Lucy, m3. Sir Rowland Lytton of Knebworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Frances Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hamond Bozown of Wisingset | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (by 1596) Anne Browne (d by 10.1642, dau of Sir Anthony Browne of Elsinge) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Thomas Playters (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Palgrave (dau of Sir Augustine Palgrave of Norwood Berningham) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Sir Lyonel Playters, 3rd (not 4th) Bart of Sotterley (bpt 04.03.1605, d 09.1699, rector of Ugshall) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Warner (dau of John Warner of Brandon) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Playters, 4th (not 5th) Bart of Sotterley (bpt 21.04.1636, bur 25.08.1721) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (31.01.1662/3, sp) Jane Read (dau of Thomas Read of Bardwell by Bridget, dau of Sir Charles Crofts of Bardwell) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Isabel Hall (bur 31.12.1720, dau of Thomas Hall of London) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | issue (d young) - 1 son and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir Lyonel Playters of Ellough (bpt 22.06.1643, bur 16.09.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 identifies Lyonel as the 6th Bart but TCB reports that he died before his brother. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Castel (dau of Talmash Castel of Raveningham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir John Playters, 5th (not 7th) Bart of Sotterley, later of Ellough and Worlingham, Sheriff of Suffolk (bpt 18.05.1680, d 11.12.1768) | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Playters (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Caroline Turner (dau of John Turner) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Sir John Playters of Worlingham , 6th (not 8th) Bart (d unm 26.05.1791) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Sir Charles Playters of East Bergholt, 7th (not 9th) Bart (d unm 1806) | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Elizabeth Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1758) John Norris of Winchingham | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Lewis (dau of Joshua Lewis of Great Farringdon) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Sir William John Playters of Yelverton, 8th Bart (b 1756-7, dspl 23.09.1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1782) Patena Clarke (dsp 14.08.1825) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Wright (d before 06.1845) | |||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Elizabeth Wright | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Moore | |||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue - Mary, others (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Lyonel Playters (d 01.1722-3) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Gould (dau of Dr. _ Goiuld) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Caroline Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Norris of Witton | |||||||||||||||
| ((4))+ | other issue - Richard (d unm), Thomas (d unm), Anne | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Elizabeth Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Edgar of Glemham | |||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | other issue (d unm) - Anne, Lydia | ||||||||||||||
| (v) | John Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. Camilla Browne (dau of Thomas Browne of Elsinge) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Elizabeth Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Stephen Soame of Haidon Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Judith Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Moseley | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Lidia Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Warner of Mildenhall | |||||||||||||||
| (ix) | Parnel Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Harbonne of Barsham | |||||||||||||||
| (x) | daughter (d 1681) named Anne in BLG1952 (Barnwell formerly of Mileham) but see just below | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1618) Edward Barnwell of Hylamm (Mileham) (b 1596, d 30.11.1666) | |||||||||||||||
| (xi) | Anne Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Gent of Moyns | |||||||||||||||
| (xii)+ | other issue (dsp) - Anthony, Roger | ||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| m3. Thomasine Tirrell (dau of Edmund Tirrell of Beeches) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m4. Mary Drake (dau of William Drake of Hardly) | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | 2 sons and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Henry Playters (bpt 13.07.1550, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Anguishe (dau of John Anguishe of South Rainham and Foulsham) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Suffolk, 1664, Playters of Sotterley). | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Lionell Playters of Sotterley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tyrrell (dau of _ Tyrrell of Beche) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Playters of Sotterley (a 1664) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Pike (dau of Richard Pike of Cambridgeshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue (a 1664) - Thomas (b c1658), Lionell | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Frances Playters (bpt 11.06.1552, bur 24.02.1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Castell of Raveningham (b 1548-9, d 16.04.1593) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Nicholas, Roger, John, Thomas, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Beatrice | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Anne Playters | ||||||||||||||
m. (18.04.1580) William Crowfoote |
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| (5)+ | other issue - Thomas, John (d 15.07.1609), George (bpt 02.07.1548), son, 4 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Jane Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Hervey | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Sage of Thorpe | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - John (d infant), Francis (d infant), Frances (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Rede (dau of William Rede or Read of Beccles) | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Margaret Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Throckmorton of Claxton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Arthur Chewt of Ellough (d 1611) | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Anne Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Gabriel Kent of Horham | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Stanton of Chediston | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Dorothy Playters (bur 05.06.1574) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.01.1557) Francis Cudden of Weston | |||||||||||||||
| j.+ | other issue - William, Christopher, Augustin/Austyne (bur 25.12.1566), Francis, Henry, Thomasine (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Tilney of Witchford (sb Wexford?) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anthony (not Robert) Higham of Tolleshunt Major and Goldhanger | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Margery Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Clopton of Ford Hall and Castelyns | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue (d unm) - William (a 03.1540), Robert, George, Edward | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Edmund (?) Playters | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Sherington (dau of Thomas Sherington of Cranworth) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Thomas, John, Robert, George, son, Agnes | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Mary Playters possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Bedingfeld of Fleming's Hall (b c1435, d 1467) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
Visitation (Suffolk, 1561, Playters of Sotterley), BEB1841 (Playters of Sotterley), TCB (vol i, Playters of Sotterley)
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