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Agnes (Lowther) Kirkby (abt. 1607 - 1685)

Agnes Kirkby formerly Lowther
Born about in Lowther Hall, Lowther, Westmorland, Englandmap
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Wife of — married 1622 in Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 78 in Grizebeck, Lancashire, Englandmap
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Biography

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Agnes (Lowther) Kirkby was born in Lowther, Westmorland, England.

Birth

Agnes was the daughter of John Lowther and Eleanor Fleming. She is believed to have been born at Lowther Hall, Lowther, Westmorland, England in 1607.

Marriage

By settlement dated 31 August 1622, Agnes daughter of John Lowther of Lowther was married to Roger Kirkby junior of Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire.[1] They had 13 children - five sons, and eight daughters:[2][3]
  • Richard, son and heir, aged 39 in 1664
  • John, married Margaret Palmer of Suffolk, died by 1664 without issue
  • Roger, unmarried
  • William, 29 in 1664
  • Christopher, unmarried
  • Jane, married John Lamplugh of Lamplugh
  • Elianor, m. George Crowle, merchant of Hull
  • Agnes, m. Hugh Dickenson of Wrightinton
  • Alice, m. (1) Cuthbert Blennerhasset of Flimby, (2) Francis Lowther of Penrith
  • Frances, m. (1) William West of Middleton, (2) Thomas Richardson of Rowhead
  • Margaret, m. Myles Dodding of Conishead
  • Dorothy, m. Edward Wilson of Dallam Tower
  • Mary, m. Nathaniel Spencer, merchant of Leeds

Death

She died 18 March 1685 at Ashlack Hall near Grizebeck, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, the home of her son William.[4]

Research Notes

  • Sister of Sir John Lowther, MP, 1st Baronet of Lowther; Sir Christopher Lowther, 1st Baronet of Whitehaven; Frances Dodsworth (Lowther); Sir William Lowther, Kt., MP and Christopher Lowther

Sources

  1. Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle, D LONS/L4/1/31 Discovery catalogue entry
  2. The Visitation of Lancashire by Sir William Dugdale, 1664-5. Chetham Society vol.85 (1872), p.169
  3. Hunter’s Pedigrees. Harleian Society vol.88 (1936), p.101.
  4. Owen, Hugh. The Lowther Family. Phillimore, 1990. Page 168.




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