Lucy (Browne) Roper (abt. 1538 - 1607)

Born about 1538 in Cowdray, Sussex,England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1607 at about age 69 in Eltham, Kent, England

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Biography

She was the daughter of Anthony Browne and his first wife Alice Gage.^[1][2][3]

She married Thomas Roper, before 1557^[4] Together they had 12 children

William,

Henry,

Francis,

Charles,

Thomas,

Philip,

Mary

Frances

Elizabeth

Martha,

Catherine

Mabel

She was named in her brother Anthony's 1592 will.^[5]

She passed away in 1607. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. III, pp. 226.228, NELSON 13, Google Books
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. V, pp. 134-136, TEMPLE 14
3. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for 'Browne, Sir Anthony (c. 1500–1548)', print and online 2004, revised online 2015
4. ↑ Swales, RJ ROPER, Thomas (1533/34-98), of Eltham, Kent. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982 History of Parliament online
5. ↑ West Sussex Record Office, ref. SAS-BA/67, details of will, catalogue entry National Archives
6. ↑ The Family and Descendants of Thomas More, pedigree based upon research by Martin Wood, Center for Thomas More Studies (pedigree no longer on site)

See also:

• Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 83.
• "Burke’s Family Records (Indexed)", Burke, Ashworth P. Burke’s Family Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Clearfield Company (Genealogical Publishing Co.), 1994, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access); Ancestry Record 1860 #5547 ($).