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William Ruffus

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Ruffus was born about 1132 in England.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Emma Ruffus  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1161.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Emma Ruffus Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born about 1161.

    Emma married Bartholomew de Leigh about 1181. Bartholomew (son of Hugh de Leigh and Beatrice de Glanville) was born about 1156; died about 1217. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Nichole de Leigh  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1185.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Nichole de Leigh Descendancy chart to this point (2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born about 1185.

    Nichole married Roger de Cauz about 1207. Roger (son of Roger de Cruz) was born about 1180. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Emma de Cauz  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1212 in England.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Emma de Cauz Descendancy chart to this point (3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born about 1212 in England.

    Emma married John de Gray about 1232. John (son of Henry de Gray and Isolda Bardolf) was born about 1205 in England; died in Mar 1265. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Reynold de Gray  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1235 in England; died on 5 Apr 1308.


Generation: 5

  1. 5.  Reynold de Gray Descendancy chart to this point (4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born about 1235 in England; died on 5 Apr 1308.

    Reynold married Maud de Longchamp about 1262. Maud (daughter of Henry de Longchamp) was born about 1245 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. John de Gray  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1268 in England; died on 28 Oct 1323 in England; was buried on 18 Nov 1323.


Generation: 6

  1. 6.  John de Gray Descendancy chart to this point (5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born in 1268 in England; died on 28 Oct 1323 in England; was buried on 18 Nov 1323.

    John married Anne de Ferrers about 1285. Anne (daughter of Sir William de Ferrers of Groby and Anne le Despenser) was born about 1268 in England; died about 1323 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Joan de Gray  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1283 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Maud Bassett. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Roger de Gray  Descendancy chart to this point died on 6 Mar 1352.


Generation: 7

  1. 7.  Joan de Gray Descendancy chart to this point (6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born about 1283 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England.

    Joan married Ralph Basset on 17 Mar 1304 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England. Ralph (son of Ralph Basset, Lord Basset of Drayton and Hawise de Gray) was born about 1279 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; died on 28 Oct 1343 in Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Ralph Basset  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1305 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; died in 1335 in England.

  2. 8.  Roger de Gray Descendancy chart to this point (6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) died on 6 Mar 1352.

    Roger married Elizabeth Hastings on 1310 to 1315 in Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Juliana Gray  Descendancy chart to this point died on 1 Dec 1361 in England.
    2. 11. Reynold de Gray, Lord Gray of Ruthin  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1325 in Wales; died on 4 Aug 1388.


Generation: 8

  1. 9.  Ralph Basset Descendancy chart to this point (7.Joan7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born about 1305 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; died in 1335 in England.

    Ralph married Alice Audley on 22 May 1334 in Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England. Alice (daughter of Nicholas Audley, Lord Audley and Joan de Martin) was born in Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England; died before 1359 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Sir Ralph Basset, KG, Lord Basset of Drayton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1335 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; died on 10 May 1390 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; was buried after 10 May 1390 in Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.

  2. 10.  Juliana Gray Descendancy chart to this point (8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) died on 1 Dec 1361 in England.

    Juliana married Sir John Talbot on Yes, date unknown. John (son of Richard Talbot and Joan Mortimer) was born on 29 Sep 1319 in Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died on 20 Sep 1355. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. John Talbot  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 3 May 1337 in Herefordshire, England; died on 18 Feb 1375 in England.

  3. 11.  Reynold de Gray, Lord Gray of Ruthin Descendancy chart to this point (8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born about 1325 in Wales; died on 4 Aug 1388.

    Reynold married Eleanor le Strange before 31 Oct 1353. Eleanor (daughter of John le Strange, Lord Strange and Ankaret le Boteler) died on 20 Apr 1396 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Ida de Gray  Descendancy chart to this point died on 1 Jun 1426 in England.
    2. 15. Sir Reynold de Gray, Lord Gray  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1323 in Wales; died on 4 Aug 1388.


Generation: 9

  1. 12.  Sir Ralph Basset, KG, Lord Basset of DraytonSir Ralph Basset, KG, Lord Basset of Drayton Descendancy chart to this point (9.Ralph8, 7.Joan7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born in 1335 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; died on 10 May 1390 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; was buried after 10 May 1390 in Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.

    Ralph married Joan Beauchamp about May 1338. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Jeanne de Bretagne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Jane Basset  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1378 in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.

  2. 13.  John Talbot Descendancy chart to this point (10.Juliana8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was christened on 3 May 1337 in Herefordshire, England; died on 18 Feb 1375 in England.

    Family/Spouse: Catherine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Elizabeth Talbot  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1364 in England; died on 3 Aug 1407 in England.

  3. 14.  Ida de Gray Descendancy chart to this point (11.Reynold8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) died on 1 Jun 1426 in England.

    Family/Spouse: John Cockayne of Hatley. John died on 22 May 1429 in Hatley, Cambridgeshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Elizabeth Cockayne  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1395 in Hatley, Cambridgeshire, England; died in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England.

  4. 15.  Sir Reynold de Gray, Lord Gray Descendancy chart to this point (11.Reynold8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born in 1323 in Wales; died on 4 Aug 1388.

    Reynold married Margaret de Ros in 1378 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Margaret Gray  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 10

  1. 16.  Jane Basset Descendancy chart to this point (12.Ralph9, 9.Ralph8, 7.Joan7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born about 1378 in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: John de Stourton. John (son of William de Stourton and Joan Vernan) was born about 1340 in Stourton, Wiltshire, England; died in 1364 in Somersetshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. John Stourton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1384 in Preston Plucknet, Somersetshire, England; died on 10 Nov 1438 in England.

  2. 17.  Elizabeth Talbot Descendancy chart to this point (13.John9, 10.Juliana8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born in 1364 in England; died on 3 Aug 1407 in England.

    Family/Spouse: Archdeacon Warin l'Arcedekne. Warin (son of John l'Arcedekne and Cecily de Haccombe) died in 1401 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Alienor l'Arcedekne  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1383 in Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died on 20 Jul 1447 in England; was buried in Friars Minors, Worcester, Worcestershire, England.

  3. 18.  Elizabeth Cockayne Descendancy chart to this point (14.Ida9, 11.Reynold8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born about 1395 in Hatley, Cambridgeshire, England; died in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Sir Philip Le Boteler. Philip died on 5 Nov 1420 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Elizabeth married Lawrence Cheney of Fen Ditton on 13 Dec 1421 in England. Lawrence (son of Sir John Cheney of Fen Ditton and Katherine Pabenham) was born about 1396 in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 31 Dec 1461 in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Sir John Cheney of Fen Ditton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England; died in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England.
    2. 23. Elisabeth Cheney  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1424 in England; died on 25 Sep 1473 in England.

  4. 19.  Margaret Gray Descendancy chart to this point (15.Reynold9, 11.Reynold8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: William Bonville. William (son of John Bonville and Elizabeth Fitzroger) was born on 30 Aug 1393 in Shute, Devonshire, England; died on 18 Feb 1460 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Margaret Bonville  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 11

  1. 20.  John Stourton Descendancy chart to this point (16.Jane10, 12.Ralph9, 9.Ralph8, 7.Joan7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born about 1384 in Preston Plucknet, Somersetshire, England; died on 10 Nov 1438 in England.

    John married Joan Banastre about 1404 in Stavordale Priory, Charlton Musgrove, Somerset, England. Joan (daughter of William Banastre) was born about 1385 in Radstock, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Cecily Stourton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1410 in Preston Plucknet, Somersetshire, England; died on 19 Apr 1472 in England.

    Family/Spouse: Katherine Payne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Alice Stourton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1431 in Preston Plucknet, Somersetshire, England.

  2. 21.  Alienor l'Arcedekne Descendancy chart to this point (17.Elizabeth10, 13.John9, 10.Juliana8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born in 1383 in Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died on 20 Jul 1447 in England; was buried in Friars Minors, Worcester, Worcestershire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Walter Lucy. Walter (son of Reynold Lucy and Margaret) died on 4 Oct 1444 in England; was buried in Friars Minors, Worcester, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Maud de Lucy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1406 in Wapenham, Northampton, England; died in 1439 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England .

  3. 22.  Sir John Cheney of Fen Ditton Descendancy chart to this point (18.Elizabeth10, 14.Ida9, 11.Reynold8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England; died in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Rempston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. William Cheney of Thorngumbald  Descendancy chart to this point died about 1547 in Thorngumbald, Yorkshire, England.

  4. 23.  Elisabeth Cheney Descendancy chart to this point (18.Elizabeth10, 14.Ida9, 11.Reynold8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born about 1424 in England; died on 25 Sep 1473 in England.

  5. 24.  Margaret Bonville Descendancy chart to this point (19.Margaret10, 15.Reynold9, 11.Reynold8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: William Courtenay. William (son of Sir Phillip Courtenay and Elizabeth Hungerford) died in Sep 1485 in Powderham, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. William Courtenay  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 12

  1. 25.  Cecily Stourton Descendancy chart to this point (20.John11, 16.Jane10, 12.Ralph9, 9.Ralph8, 7.Joan7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born about 1410 in Preston Plucknet, Somersetshire, England; died on 19 Apr 1472 in England.

    Family/Spouse: John Hill. John (son of Robert Hill and Isabella Fichett) was born on 26 Sep 1401 in Spaxton, Somersetshire, England; died in 1434 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. John Hill  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1424 in Spaxton, Somersetshire, England; died in 1455 in Somersetshire, England.

  2. 26.  Alice Stourton Descendancy chart to this point (20.John11, 16.Jane10, 12.Ralph9, 9.Ralph8, 7.Joan7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born in 1431 in Preston Plucknet, Somersetshire, England.

    Alice married Robert Hill about 1461 in England. Robert (son of Ralph Hill) was born about 1427 in Houndstone, Somersetshire, England; died on 8 Sep 1493 in England; was buried in Dunster, Somersetshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. Giles Hill  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1469 to 1480 in Houndstone, Somersetshire, England.

  3. 27.  Maud de Lucy Descendancy chart to this point (21.Alienor11, 17.Elizabeth10, 13.John9, 10.Juliana8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) was born about 1406 in Wapenham, Northampton, England; died in 1439 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England .

    Maud married William Vaux, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire on Yes, date unknown. William (son of William Thomas Vaux and Eleanor Drakelowe) was born about 1410 in Great Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England; died on 10 Dec 1460 in Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Sir Roland Vaux  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 33. Nicholas de Vaux  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 34. Philippa de Vaux  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 35. Sir William Vaux  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1435 in Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England; died on 4 May 1471 in Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England.
    5. 36. Eleanor de Vaux  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 28.  William Cheney of Thorngumbald Descendancy chart to this point (22.John11, 18.Elizabeth10, 14.Ida9, 11.Reynold8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1) died about 1547 in Thorngumbald, Yorkshire, England.

    William married Anne HolmeEngland. Anne (daughter of John Holme) was born in Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. William Cheney  Descendancy chart to this point was buried in 1607/08 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England.

  5. 29.  William Courtenay Descendancy chart to this point (24.Margaret11, 19.Margaret10, 15.Reynold9, 11.Reynold8, 8.Roger7, 6.John6, 5.Reynold5, 4.Emma4, 3.Nichole3, 2.Emma2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Cecily Cheney. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. William Courtenay  Descendancy chart to this point died on 24 Nov 1535 in Powderham, Devonshire, England.


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