Robert Forthe (abt. 1541 - 1600)

Born about 1541 in Suffolk, England [uncertain]

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Died 1600 at about age 59 in Butley, Suffolk, England [uncertain]

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Early Life

Robert Forth was born around 1541 (estimate only - based on his parents' marriage in 1540), the son of William Forth of Hadleigh, Suffolk and Butley Abbey, and his wife Elizabeth Powell.^[1]

Marriage & Children

He married Frances, daughter of Edward Glemham of Glemham.^[1] Their children included:

Note: Their is some uncertainity over the parentage of at least two daughters. The Visitation of London (1633, 1634, 1635) described Frances as the daughter of Sir William Forth of Butley Abbey Suffolk.^[2]

This uncertainty is repeated in the Suffolk Visitation of 1561, in regards to Mary, where it notes that a Sir William Bamborough of co. York married a daughter (e.g. Mary) 'of William (? Robert) Forthe of Butley Abbey...'and citing the Harl MSS 1560, 64 B.^[3]

• Charles Forthe, presumably dead before 1600. Married Elizabeth, daughter of John Jernegan of Somerleyton. ^[4]

• Sir William Forthe of Butley Abbey.^[5]

• Martha Forthe, m1 Sir Thomas Hayes, Lord Mayor of London (1616), m2 Sir Richard Young.^[4]

• Mary Forthe, m1 Sir William Bamborough of Yorkshire, m2 Thomas, 1st Viscount Fairfax.^[4]

• Amy Forthe.^[4]

• Frances Forthe, m1 Richard Goodday of Keddlebaston, m2 John Herring of Mendham, m3 Owen Tasburgh of Mendham.^[4]

• Marjorie Forthe, married (before March 1600), John Rogers.^[5]

• Anne Forthe.^[5]

• Dorothy Forthe.^[5]

• Robert Forthe ("youngest sonne"), born after 1579.^{[5] [4]}

Career & Butley Abbey

He was High Sheriff of Suffolk around 1596.^[4]

Death

He died around 1600 and his will was proved 2 March 1600.^[5]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Evidences of the Winthrops of Groton, co. Suffolk, England, and of families in and near that county, with whom they intermarried by Muskett, Joseph James, 1894 p119, accessed 9 Oct 2022
2. ↑ The Visitation of London: Anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635. Made ..., Volume 15 By Henry St. George, Sir Henry Saint-George Goodday of Broade Street, accessed 18 August 2022
3. ↑ The visitations of Suffolk made by Hervey ... 1561, Cooke ... 1577, and Raven ... 1612, with notes and an appendix, ed. by W.C. Metcalfe, 1882 p3, accessed 2 Oct 2022
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Evidences of the Winthrops of Groton, co. Suffolk, England, and of families in and near that county, with whom they intermarried by Muskett, Joseph James, 1894 p120, accessed 2 Oct 2022
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Evidences of the Winthrops of Groton, co. Suffolk, England, and of families in and near that county, with whom they intermarried by Muskett, Joseph James, 1894 p111, accessed 2 Oct 2022

Forth of Hadleigh, in Suffolk Manorial Families, p. 119

Forth of Butley, in Suffolk Manorial Families, p. 120

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