'Petre1'
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Families covered: Petre of Fidlers, Petre of Tor Brian, Petre (Peter) of Tor Newton, Petre of Writtle
| BP1934 & TCP use 'Petre' for the family name but Vivian & Commoners (vol I, Peter of Harlyn), which is used for the branch on Petre2, uses 'Peter'. | |||||||||||||||
| John Petre or Peter of Tor Newton, Devon (a 1399) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Alice (m2. John Storke) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Petre or Peter of Tor Newton | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William Petre or Peter of Torr Newton, Bakebeare, etc. (b c1449) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan / Jane | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Petre of Tor Brian | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Collins (dau of John Collins or Collings of Woodlands (Colling of Woodland)) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Petre (Peter) of Tor Brian | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Petre or Peter of Tor Brian (bur 10.07.1568) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Joan Ridgway (dau of Michael Ridgeway of Newton Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Peter (dvp before 1654) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Peter (a 1564, bur 31.05.1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.09.1571) Cicely Southcott (d 19.04.1600, dau of Thomas Southcott of Bovey Tracey) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir George Peter of Tor Newton (a 1626) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Mary Peter (bpt 16.08.1585) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Keymes of Sussex | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Anstice Peter | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.07.1600) John Glanfield | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - John (bur 17.11.1591, Thomasine (bpt 31.10.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth or Alice Blackaller (du of Jacob Blackaller of Totness) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir William Petre 'of Ingatestone' (d 13.01.1571-2, Secretary of State, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Gertrude Tyrell (d 28.05.1541, dau of Sir John Tyrell of Warley) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Petre (dvpsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Dorothy Petre (b 1535, d 16.05.1618) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1555) Nicholas Wadham of Merriefield (d 20.10.1609) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Petre shown by Collins as of 2nd marriage but by BP1934 (& Visitation (Essex, 1558, Petre) as of 1st marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gostwick of Willington | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 1543) Anne Browne (dau of Sir William Browne, Lord Mayor of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Edward Petre (dvpsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Sir John Petre, Sheriff of Essex, 1st Lord of Writtle (b 20.12.1549, d 11.10.1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.04.1570) Mary Waldegrave (d 11.08.1604, dau of Sir Edward Waldegrave of Borley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Petre, 2nd Lord of Writtle (b 24.06.1575, d 05.05.1637) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.11.1596) Catherine Somerset (d 30.10.1624, dau of Edward Somerset, Earl of Worcester) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Robert Petre, 3rd Lord (b 22.09.1599, d 23.10.1638, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1620) Mary Browne (dau of Anthony Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Petre, 4th Lord (b c1626, d 05.01.1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Elizabeth Savage (dsp bur 19.07.1665, dau of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 15.04.1675) Bridget Pincheon (dau of John Pincheon of Writtle by Anne Kynnion) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Mary Petre (b 25.03.1679, d 06.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Heneage of Hainton | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Petre, 5th Lord (bpt 24.06.1629, d unm 01.1684) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Thomas Petre, 6th Lord (bpt 05.12.1633, d 04/5.01.1705-6) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Clifton (dau of Sir Thomas Clifton, Bart of Lytham) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Mary Petre (bur 27.09.1672) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (after 28.10.1638) Edward Stourton (b 1617, dvp 01.1644) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 20.09.1650) Sir Thomas Longueville of Bradwell | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Dorothy Petre (b c1634, d 09.01.1720) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.01.1657-8) John Thimbelby of Irnham (b 20.06.1635, dsp 28.06.1712) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Petre (b 1602, d 15.01.1677) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucy Fermor (dau of Sir Richard Fermor of Somerset) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Petre (d 12.11.1686) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Caldwell (Dau of _ Caldwell of Cants Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Petre | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Poultrel (dau of Robert Poultrel of Derbyshire) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Penelope Wolphe (dau of John Wolphe) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | William Petre | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ (sister of James, Earl of Derwentwater) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Lucy Petre (d 09.10.1637) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | John Petre of Fidlers, Essex (d 1696, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Commoners (vol 3, Canning of Foxcote). | |||||||||||||||
| m(1). Elizabeth Pordage (d 1658, dau of Thomas Pordage of Radmersham) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Petre of Fidlers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Mannock (dau of Sir Francis Mannock, Bart of Gifford's Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Joseph Petre of Fidlers (d 1721) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Andrews (dau of Sir William Andrews, Bart of Hildersham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Petre of Fidlers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Throckmorton (dau of Sir Robert Throckmorton, Bart of Weston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Mary Petre | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Canning of Foxcote | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii))+ | other issue (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | George Petre of Greenfield, Flintshire (b 1612-3, d 26.09.1647, 8th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Fox (dau of Henry Fox, relict of John Moston) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Elizabeth Petre | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Sheldon of Beoly and Weston (b c1589) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Mary Petre (b 23.12.1600, d 14.12.1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.1616) John Roper, 3rd Lord Teynham (b c1591, d 27.02.1627) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Catharine Petre (d 02.02.1682) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Caryll of Harting (bpt 31.07.1603, d 15.08.1681) | |||||||||||||||
| (viii)+ | other issue - John (b 23.10.1598, bur 07.04.1604), Edward, Thomas, Henry, Anne (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Petre of West Hannyngfield (d 02.01.1622-3) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy (Parker?) (dau of William, Lord Morley & Monteagle) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Petre (b c1616) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Thomas Petre of Cranham, Essex | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Baskerville (dau of William Baskerville of Wanborough) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Francis Petre of Cranham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Gage (dau of Sir John Gage of Firle, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - Edward (b c1633), Elizabeth mentioned in Visitation (Essex, 1634, Petre) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Petre | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | John Petre of Fidlers, Essex | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Pincheon (dau of John Pincheon of Writtle) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Philip Petre (bpt 01.05.1688) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Catherine Petre probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Guldeford of Hemsted (d 1678) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - Robert (dvp unm), Mary (d infant), Elizabeth (d infant), Margaret (d infant), Anne (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (6) | Catherine Petre | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Talbot of Grafton | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Elizabeth Petre | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gostwick | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Thomasine Petre (b 07.04.1543) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ludovick Greville of Milcot | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Robert Petre of Essex (dsp 20.09.1593) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Tyrrell (dau of Sir John Tyrrell of Gipping, m2. Edward English) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Alice Petre | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Read of Uplomar or Uplowman | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Thomasine Petre | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Parkin (Perkin) of Cornwall | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Millicent or Wilmot Petre | ||||||||||||||
| m John Petre or Peter of Exeter (d 1579) | |||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue - John (dsp), Richard, Alexander (Chancellor of Exeter) | ||||||||||||||
| It appears that one of the daughters (also) married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Trehawke of Cornwall | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Alice Trehawke | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gould of Coombe | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Petre or Peter of Milton (Hampshire) & Bakebeare (Dorset) | ||||||||||||||
| Collins identifies the 2nd son as Thomas father of Otho of Boway. We follow Commoners which shows William as father of John father of Otho. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Arundel (dau of Sir Roger Arundel of Calwoodley) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Nicholas Petre or Peter of Bakebeare, Dorset (ds, MP) | ||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Petre, 6th Lord (bpt 05.12.1633, d 04/5.01.1705-6) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Clifton (d 04.02.1729-30, dau of Sir Thomas Clifton, Bart of Lytham) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Petre, 7th Lord (bpt 17.03.1689, d 22.03.1713) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.03.1711-2) Catherine Walmesley (dau of Bartholomew Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert James Petre, 8th Lord (b 03.06.1713, d 02.07.1742) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.05.1732) Anna Maria Barbara Radcliffe (d 31.01.1760, dau of James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Edward Petre, 9th Lord (b 1742, d 02.07.1801) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (09.04.1762) Anne Howard (d 15.01.1787, dau of Philip Howard of Buckenham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Edward Petre, 10th Lord (b 03.09.1763, d 29.03.1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.02.1786) Mary Bridget Howard (d 30.05.1843, dau of Henry Howard of Glossop) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Henry Francis Petre, 11th Lord (b 22.01.1793, d 03.07.1850) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.06.1815) Frances Charlotte Bedingfield (d 29.01.1822, dau of Sir Richard Bedingfield, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (14.04.1823) Emma Agnes Howard (b 05.11.1803, d 10.02.1861, dau of Henry Howard of Corby Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Charles Berney Petre of Shenfield House (b 17.12.1794, d 18.06.1854) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.05.1822) Eliza Howard (d 06.09.1835, dau of Edward Charles Howard) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Maria Juliana Petre (d 27.01.1824) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.04.1805) Stephen Phillips | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Juliana Anne Petre (d 05.06.1862) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.1812) James Weld of Cowsfield (b 30.04.1785, d 26.02.1855) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Elizabeth Anne Mary Petre (d 04.03.1848) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.05.1817) Michael Henry Blount of Mapledurham | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Anna Maria Petre (d 14.10.1864) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.01.1838) Arthur Hughes (d 1838) | |||||||||||||||
| (7)+ | other issue - Robert Thomas (b 06.06.1802, d 13.02.1864), Francis (b 28.10.1805, d 28.05.1870), Henrietta Maria (d 28.01.1830), Arabella (b c1811, d 24.06.1886, nun) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | George William Petre (b 10.01.1766, d 22.10.1797) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.08.1786) Maria Howard (d 11.06.1837, dau of Philip Howard of Corby) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Petre (d 03.1829) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Henry William Petre of Dunkenhalgh (b 23.04.1791, d 26.11.1852) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (17.07.1818) Elizabeth Anne Glynn (d 13.09.1828, dau of Edmund John Glynn of Glynn) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.04.1830) Adeliza Maria Howard (d 09.09.1833, dau of Henry Howard of Corby) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (04.11.1834) Martha Agatha Hofnell (dau of John Hofnell) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Philip William Petre (b 22.01.1794, d 22.08.1846) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1833) Maria (Mrs Annoot) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | William Thomas Petre (b 05.10.1796, d 09.01.1858) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Emily Maria Petre (d 1829) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.12.1819) Robert Espinasse (d 1840) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Anne Catherine Petre (d 05.10.1798) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.08.1796) Denzil Onslow of Staughton House (General) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.01.1788) Juliana Howard (d 16.04.1833, dau of Henry Howard of Glossop) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Robert Edward Petre (b c1795, dsp 08.06.1848) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.07.1829) Laura Maria Jerningham (b c1811, d 24.06.1886, dau of George William Stafford Jerningham, 8th Lord Stafford) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Julia Maria Petre (dsp 06.09.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.04.1833) Sir Samuel John Brooke-Pechell, 3rd Bart (d 03.11.1849) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Catherine Anne Petre (d 13.03.1830) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Catherine Petre (d 13.10.1783) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.09.1755) George Heneage of Hainton (b 07.08.1730, d 21.03.1782) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Barbara Petre | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Giffard of Chillington (d 1775) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Julia Petre | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1763) Edward (not John) Weld of Lulworth (b 1741, dsp 1775) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Mary Petre (d 10.04.1713) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Collins (vol 7, 1812, Petre), BP1934 (Petre), TCP (Petre) with some input/support for the top section from Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Peter of Bowhay', p592)
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