'Thurleby1'
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Families covered: Thurlbye (Thurleby) of East Derham Park, Thurlby of London, Thurlebye (Thurleby or Thirlby) of Norfolk, Thurlby of Pilton
| Carthew identifies the arms of the following family as "Vert, three escallops argent, 3, 2, 1". | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Thurlebye of Norfolk ("Gent.") | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Thurlebye, Bishop of Norfolk then Ely (b c1506, d 26.08.1570) | ||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia ("Thomas Thirlby") reports that "Thomas Thirlby (or Thirleby; c.1506-1570) was the first and only bishop of Westminster (1540-50), and afterwards successively bishop of Norwich (1550-54) and bishop of Ely (1554-1559). Wikipedia identifies Thomas as "The son of John Thirleby, scrivener and town clerk of Cambridge, and Joan his wife". That contradicts Carthew. | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Thurlbye of East Derham Park | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Holdishe of Ranworth | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Amye Townshend (dau of Thomas Townshend of Testerton, m1/2. John Wingfelde of W. Winche) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Thurlbye or Thirlebye or Thurleby of East Derham Park | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Amyas (dau/heir of John Amyas, son of John) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Thurlbye or Thirlebye or Thurleby | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Susan Thurleby "kin to the Bishop of Ely", possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Violett | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Harry Thurlbye or Thirlebye or Thurleby | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Elizabeth Thurlbye | ||||||||||||||
| m. John (not Thomas) Athowe of Brysley | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue (dsp) - Henry, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
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| Visitation shows the arms of the following family, without description or colour, as ten escallops on a plain shield, arranged in rows 4, 3, 2, 1. This suggests that there may have been a connection between this family and the one shown above. | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Thurlby of Pilton, Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Thurlby of Pilton | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Henry Thurlby of Pilton (Pylton) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elinor Fletcher | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Thurlby of Owdle, Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | James Thurlby of London (a 1634, grocer) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Martha Ashmore | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Elizabeth Thurlby | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Goodwyn of London | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Katherine Colbron (dau of Nicholas Colbron of Sandwich) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Mary Thurlby possibly the Mary (d 1670) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Osborne of Hartlip Place & Dane House, later of Maidstone (Kent) (b 1614, d 1683 (not 1663)) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Robert Thurlby of London (d by 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Burges (dau of John Burges of Sutton Cofield) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 1634) - John, Robert, Mary, Elizabeth, Ursula | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : 'The Hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley' (G.A. Carthew, 1877, Part 3, 'Thirleby or Thurleby', p93)
(2) For lower section :
Visitation (London, 1634, 'Thurlby')
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