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Families covered: Roby of Castle Donington, Roby of Ulvescroft, Ragon of East Haddon
| Nichols identifies the arms of the following family as "A chevron between three bucks trippant, proper". | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Roby of Castle Donington, Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Ripon | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Roby of Castle Donington (b c1578, d 18.01.1678-9) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Catharine Mitton of Melton Mowbray | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Wilmot (d 17.11.1680, dau of Edward Wilmot of Derby, sister of Robert of Chaddesdon) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Roby of Castle Donington (b c1660, d 11.04.1739, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | William Roby (b 1708-9, d 18.05.1756) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah (b c1715, d 17.03.1783) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Roby of Donington, later of Ulvescroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.02.1759) Elizabeth Bradshaw (dau of Robert Bradshaw of Ulvescroft) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Roby of Ulvescroft (a 1802) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | 15 other children | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Catharine Roby (b c1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Pearson of Nottingham | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Wilmot (d infant), Thomas (d infant), Edward, Nicholas, Dorothy (b c1662, a 1682), Barbara (d infant), Sibilla (b c1667, a 1682), Elizabeth (b c1669, a 1682), Mary (b c1671, a 1682) | ||||||||||||||
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| Most of the following was first shown on 03.04.08 as a section of a Temporary page, then being based on the Visitation. It was moved here after review using Baker who starts with ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sir John Ragon of East Haddon, Northamptonshire (d 1377) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Reignold (Reginald) Ragon of East Haddon & Bromham (Bedfordshire) (a 1417) the first mentioned by the Visitation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Woodville (a 1441, sister/heir of Thomas Woodville or Widville of Grafton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Ragon of East Haddon (a 1441, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | John Ragon of East Haddon | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Agnes Ragon | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Wylde of Bromham | |||||||||||||||
| Baker shows that, apart from having Elizabeth by his first wife Agnes Ragon, Thomas also had 2 daughters by his 2nd wife, Ankaret, dau/heir of Howel ap Jevan. | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Elizabeth Wylde | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Henry Dyve of Bromham | |||||||||||||||
| The Visitation's editor added the following in a note. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William Salisbury of Horton, Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Salisbury | ||||||||||||||
| m. William, Lord Parr of Horton (d 10.09.1546) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Salisbury | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Enderby of Stratton | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For Roby (uploaded 25.06.23) : 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 3, part 2, 1804, 'Pedigree of Roby of Castle Donington', p784)
(2) For Ragon (uploaded 26.12.25) :
'The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton' (Baker, vol 1 (1822-30), 'Ragon, Wylde and Dyve of East Haddon', p163), Visitation (Bedfordshire, 1566, 'Dyve (of Bromham)')
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