'Prye1'
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Families covered: Prye of Colebrook, Prye of Horwell
| Richard Prye of Horwell in Colebrook, Devon | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jone Reynell (dau of Walter Reynell of Malston, widow of Richard Huckmore) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Prye of Horwell (d 20.09.1546) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jone Kelloway (dau of Philip Kelloway) possible duplication ## below (Kelloway/Stofford) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Roger Prye (b c1521, d 20.12.1588, Escheator for Devon) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John Prye of Colebrook (b c1558) | ||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - John (bpt 11.01.1583-4), Mark (bpt 13.04.1586), Katherine (bpt 20.01.1576-7), Elizabeth (bpt 06.03.1577), Audrie (bpt 05.09.1579), Judith (bpt 09.10.1581) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Prye of Horwell the first mentioned by Tuckett & Westcote | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth (dau of ?? Hext or Heckles of Staverton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Roger Prye of Horwell in Colebrook (d 1584 or bur 16.04.1590) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Gifford (bur 21.01.1579-80, dau of Sir Roger Gifford (Giffard) of Brightley) | |||||||||||||||
| Vivian shows that Roger & Elizabeth had 2 sons: Richard (a 1620, m. Diana Corington) & John (d 1624), thereby missing out the next generation. Tuckett & Westcote show just one son, John, father of various sons including Richard (m. Diana Coryton).We follow Tuckett & Westcote. | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Prye of Horwell in Colebrook (bur 18.08.1624) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Slader (dau of Mark Slader of Bath, North Tawton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Prye (a 1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Diana Coryton (dau of Peter Coryton or Corington of Cornwall) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Prye (bpt 29.10.1599, bur 05.03.1668-9) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard Prye (bpt 13.11.1635, bur 08.05.1673) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.06.1672) Agnes Kingwell (bur 15.10.1695) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Prye (bur 18.04.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Prye | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (bur 19.12.1683) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - John, Elizabeth (bpt 17.01.1671-2) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Elizabeth Prye (bpt 07.03.1640-1) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Gertrude Prye (bpt 06.04.1608) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.10.1656) Robert Kelly | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Prye | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.11.1638) Thomas Robyns | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - Giles (bpt 04.10.1601), Marie (bpt 03.05.1605), Catherine (bur 27.03.1633), Jane (bur 10.04.1633) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Joan Prye | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Michel of Cornwall | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Katherine Prye | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edmund Wrey of Cornwall (son of John of North Russell) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elizabeth Prye | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Sanders of Rame | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Audrey Prye | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Stere or Sture of Modbury | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Judith Prye | ||||||||||||||
| m. Roger Bear(e) of Huntsham (parson of Morchard Bishop) | |||||||||||||||
| (7)+ | other issue - John, Roger | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Dorothy or Margaret Prye named Dorothy by Vivian but Margaret by Tuckett & Westcote | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.08.1569) John Ash alias Legat of Stoke Courcy | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Ann Prye | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.01.1577-8) Peter or Patrick Dun of Colebrook named Peter by Vivian but Patrick by Tuckett & Westcote | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Trowbridge (dau of ?? Trowbridge (Trobridge) of Trobridge in Crediton) | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - Roger (bpt 21.02.1580-1, d young), Marie (bpt 03.01.1583, bur 24.10.1594) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (sp) Alice Westscot (dau of Philip Westcot of Raddon) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Joan Stowford (dau of Philip Stowford of Stowford) possible duplication ## above (Kelloway/Stofford) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions,'Prye of Horwell', p631) with support from 'A View of Devonshire' by Thomas Westcote (1845, p611), 'Devonshire Pedigrees' (Tuckett, p55)
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