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Richard Gawkroger III
- Preferred Name: Richard Gawkroger III[1] [2]
- Gender: M
- Burial: in Halifax, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.7232 LONG: E1.8597 with note: The United Kingdom didn't exist before 1801.
Saint the Baptist Churchyard
- FSID: L16C-7MN
- Named Constable: 16 OCT 1452 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.7047 LONG: E1.9393
- Death: 11 MAY 1509 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.7047 LONG: E1.9393 with note: The United Kingdom didn't exist before 1801.
- Birth: 1448 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.7047 LONG: E1.9393 with note: The United Kingdom didn't exist before 1801.
near Sowerby Bridge
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
RICHARD GAWKROGER was born about 1430 of Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, to John Gawkroger (1418-1504) and Katherine Unknown (1424-1478.) He married Margaret Fulford.
Richard Gawkroger died 11 May 1509, Sowerby, Yorkshire West Riding, England, age 79. Buried at St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England:
Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire 12th Cent Cistercian Abbey
RICHARD Gawkroger, of Sowerby, name occurs there from 1452 to 1487. Constable, Oct. 16, 1452; called senior Aug. 1, 1478; m. Margaret , whose name occurs from 1481 to1509. He died before May 11, 1509. Children : John Gawkroger [and] Richard Gawkroger.
He was named Constable 16 October 1452, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England.
MARGARET FULFORD was born about 1448 of Platts, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, England, to unknown parents. She married Richard Gawkroger (1430-1509.)
Margaret Fulford passed away about 1552 of Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, age 104?
Yorkshire, England
Children of Richard Gawkroger and Margaret Fulford:
1. *RICHARD GAWKROGER III (1476-1544)
2. John Gawkroger (1487-1544)
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Preferred Parents:
Father: Richard Gawkroger II, b. 1430 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England d. 10 JAN 1509 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Mother: Katherine Gawkroger, b. 1424 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom d. 1478 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Family 1: Margaret de Fulford, b. 1452 in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England d. 1530 in Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
- Richard Gawkroger IV, b. 1476 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England d. 9 FEB 1543 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
Family 2: Katherine , b. BET 1418 AND 1478
Family 3: Joanna Platts, b. ABT 1452 d. 18 DEC 1540 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
- m. 1471 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Sources:
- Title: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7742/Halifax_Vol_1-0359?pid=359&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D7742%26h%3D359%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DTVk242%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26requr%3D9288966295552004%26ur%3D0&tre
Note: baptism date
- Title: Richard Gawkroger, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-QR4T : 1 July 2020), Richard Gawkroger, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-QR4T;
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