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Lora FitzHugh
- Preferred Name: Lora FitzHugh[1] [2]
- Gender: F
- Death: 20 DEC 1472 in Halsham, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.7167 LONG: E0.0833 with note: GEDCOM data
Halsham Manor, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
- Birth: ABT 1423 in Ravensworth, North Yorkshire, England at LATI: N4.4667 LONG: E1.7833 with note: Castle Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
- FSID: LXSS-W69
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
LORA FITZHUGH was born about 1422 of Ravensworth Castle, Yorkshire, England, to Baron William FitzHugh (1399-1452) and Margery De Willoughby (1398-1452.) She married (1) *John Constable about 1441 of Yorkshire, England; (2) Knight Mallory 1452, Yorkshire, England.
Lora FitzHugh passed away 20 December 1472, Halsham, East Riding, Yorkshire, England, age 50.
Yorkshire, England
• sabel Constable was a legatee in the 1469 will of her father, who bequeathed her 200 marks for her marriage.
She married about 1482 (as his 2nd wife) Stephen Thorpe, Esp., of Thorpe next Welwick and Shap, Yorkshire, son and heir of Stephen Thorpe, of Danthorpe, Yorkshire, By Joan, daughter of Robert Eyre,Esq.
He was probably born about 1446.
The had six sons, John, William, Lancelot, George, Bartholomew, and Artur, and six daughters, Lora (wife of Peter Frodingham, Gent.), Alice (wife of William Newton), Margaget, Dorothy (wife of William Bawde), Elizabeth (wife of William Hedon) and Isabel (wife of Francis Strangeways).
He married (1st) between 1466an d1471 to Denis Eland, daughter of William Eland of Holand, by whom he had on son, Stephen, and three daughters, Joan (wife of _____Handby), Denise (wife of ____Musgrave), and Elizabeth.
Stephen Thorpe, Esq., left a ill dated 11 Feb. 1502-3 proved 13 June 1603, requesting burial at Welwick, Yorkshire. His widow, Isabel, left a will dated 20 July
Ravensworth Castle (2)
Castle Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Lady Lora FitzHugh, Baroness Constable's Birthplace, 1422–1472 Castle Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Ravensworth_Castle
All Saints Church, Halsham, Yorkshire, England
Original Burial was in tombs inside this church Until 1802 when tombs and urns were movd to the Constable family mosaleum
Constable family were buried here or had tombs & urns inside church before 1802 when they removed all of their ancestors tombs & urns and memorials to their Constable family Mosaleum
Ravensworth is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. Alternative names for the village which have fallen out of use include Ravenswathe, Kirkby Ravensworth and Ravenswath. Ravensworth Castle The village is notable for the remains there of a 14th century castle once lived in by the FitzHugh family before it was abandoned in the 16th century. Ravensworth has a village pub and a few large properties situated off the green the rest of the properties are small stone built/clad homes.
Children of John Constable and Lora FitzHugh:
1. Ellen Constable (1439-1485)
2. Margaret Marion Constable (1451-1510)
3. Isabel Constable (1454-1505)
4. Jane Constable (1457-)
5. Joan Constable (1458-)
6. *ELIZABETH CONSTABLE (1460-1505)
7. William Constable (1464-1492)
8. John Constable III (1466-1489)
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Preferred Parents:
Father: William FitzHugh 4th Baron, b. 1399 in Ravensworth, North Yorkshire, England d. 22 OCT 1452 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Mother: Margery Willoughby, b. ABT 1406 in England d. 22 OCT 1452 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Family 1: John Constable, b. ABT 1426 in Yorkshire, England d. ABT 20 DEC 1472 in Halsham, Yorkshire, England
- m. 7 MAR 1449 in Yorkshire, England
- Ralph Constable, b. 1458 in Halsham, Yorkshire, England d. 5 MAY 1489 in Halsham, Yorkshire, England
Sources:
- Title: John Constable & FitzHugh in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QR-Y7QJ?cc=2060211&wc=WWXQ-6TG%3A352085901%2C352085902
Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QR-Y7QJ?cc=2060211&wc=WWXQ-6TG%3A352085901%2C352085902 : 20 May 2014), C > Connor, John (1770) - Constable, John (1527) > image 944 of 959; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QR-Y7QJ;
Note: John Constable (1431-1472) married Lora FitzHugh and had children according to research before 1938
Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research with some variations due to available sources
- Title: Ancestral Roots Of Certain American Colonists Who Came To America Before 1700
Author: Weiss, Frederick Lewis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard, Jr., Ancestral Roots Of Certain American Colonists Who Came To America Before 1700, Edition 7, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1992, p.109.
Note: Source Media Type: Book.
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[S:Titl] Ancestral Roots Of Certain American Colonists Who Came To America Before 1700
[S:Auth] Weiss, Frederick Lewis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard, Jr.
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[S:Publ] Edition 7, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1992
[S:Note] Source Media Type: Book
[Page] 109
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