Richard Edwardes

1523 - 1566  (43 years)

• Name	Richard Edwardes  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1523	Somerset, England   [1, 4]
  	Illegitimate son of Henry VIII
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	poet and playwright - Damon and Pythias (written in 1564, published in 1571), a comedy, is his only extant play
  Death	31 Oct 1566	London, England   [1, 4]
  	Age: 43
  Person ID	I16150	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	King of England Lord of Ireland Henry Tudor, VIII,   b. 28 Jun 1491, Greenwich, Kent, England d. 28 Jan 1547, London, England (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agnes Beaupenny Blewitt,   b. 1509, Ditcheat, Somerset, England d. Abt 1578, London, England (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	No marriage occurred.  [1]
  Family ID	F3296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	William Thomas Edwardes,   b. 1500, North Petherton, Somerset, England d. 1547, North Petherton, Somerset, England (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	Stepchild
  Mother	Agnes Beaupenny Blewitt,   b. 1509, Ditcheat, Somerset, England d. Abt 1578, London, England (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1523 - Somerset, England Death - 31 Oct 1566 - London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S411] Hamilton, Rosanna, comp., British Chancery Records, 1386-1558, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). Record for Richard Edwardes http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=britchancery_ga&h=185703&indiv=try [S535] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;). Record for Richard Edwards http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=agbi&h=2650152&indiv=try [S424] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Record for Richard Edwards http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=dictnatbiogv1&h=20659&indiv=try Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22