__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _Robert Le Grys _____| | (.... - 1583) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | | __| | | | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | | |__|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--Christopher Le Grys | (1579 - 1601) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | __|__ | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_Susanna Ayre _______| | | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |__| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
!RESIDENCES: "Having survived his father, he inherited the estate, and was lord and patron of St Leonards, Billingford." --N.J. Le Grice
!BURIAL: Memorial tablet reads: "Here lyeth buryed the body of Christopher Le Grys Esqr, sometime Lord and Patron of this church, only child to Robert Le Grys Esq and Susanna his wife, daughter and coheir to Tho. Ayre of Bury in Suf, Esqr, 'lineally descended from Sir Robert Le Grys of Langley in Norff, Kt, one of y Querri to King Richard y First. He married Margaret, Daugh & Heir to Tho Whipple of Dickleborough, Gent & Elizab. His wife, Daugh & Coheire to John Garningham of Belton in Suff. Esq and had issue by her only Frances, who marryed with Sir William Platyers, Kt, eldest sonne to Sir Thomas Playters of Slatterly in Suffk & Baronet. He ended his life the 19th of October 1601 and in the 23rd year of his age. Sic Nomen ippus perys" --N.J. Le Grice
!SOURCE: Papers of the Edson Whipple Family Organization. Family group sheet of Thomas Whipple (husband) and Mrs. Elizabeth Whipple (wife), prepared between 1951 and 1979 by Carrie R. Despain, 60 S.W. 3rd St., Ontario, Oregon. Gives name Francis Le Gris.
!SOURCE: The Visitacion of Norffolk, Made and Taken by William Herven, Clarencieux King of Arms (London, 1891), p. 309. See http://books.google.com/books?id=HS8EAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA309&dq=William+Whypple). "Xpofer le Grise of Perleston al's Billingford in co. Norfolk."
!SOURCE: Blaine Whipple, 15 Generations of Whipples (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 2007), vol. 1, pp. 973, 974. "His will, dated October 16, 1601, mentions wife Margaret, father-in-law Thomas Whipple, gentleman, and Thomas' mansion house in Dickleborough. It was proved November 27, 1601."
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