Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameKatherine Ravenscroft 
[36, p.9], [62, Lilford art, p.1707]
[36, p.9], [62, Lilford art, p.1707]Birthca 1695
DeathSep 1721
Burial15 Sep 1721, Lilford church, Northants
GeneralCo-heir.
FatherThos Ravenscroft
Spouses
FatherSir Thomas Powys (1648-1719)
MotherSarah Holbech (1666-<1698)
Marriage28 Apr 1718, St Anne’s, Soho, Middlesex [48, Licence of 26 Apr 1718 for T Powys and C Ravenscroft], [26, “1718, Powis Tho and Ravenscroft Cath, Westminster (St Anne Soho)”], [19, Marriage on 28 April at St Anne’s Soho, Mx]
ChildrenThomas (1719-1767)
Notes for Katherine Ravenscroft
Her approx birth year is known from her age of above 23 at the time of marriage.
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Ancestry have provided these birth details:
Name: Catherina Ravenscroft
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 13 Nov 1693
Baptism Place: Saint Chad,Shrewsbury,Shropshire,England
Father: Thomas Ravenscroft
Mother: Honora
FHL Film Number: 908235
But this is not the family that are said to have come from Broadlane, Flints.
This record seems to have originated from FamilySearch.
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Her burial from Ancestry who provided a copy of possibly the Bishop’s transcript:
“A Copy of ye Register Book of Lilford for ye Year 1721
“. . .
“Katherine ye Relict of Tho: Powys Esqr was buried Sep.15.1721.”
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Ancestry have provided these birth details:
Name: Catherina Ravenscroft
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 13 Nov 1693
Baptism Place: Saint Chad,Shrewsbury,Shropshire,England
Father: Thomas Ravenscroft
Mother: Honora
FHL Film Number: 908235
But this is not the family that are said to have come from Broadlane, Flints.
This record seems to have originated from FamilySearch.
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Her burial from Ancestry who provided a copy of possibly the Bishop’s transcript:
“A Copy of ye Register Book of Lilford for ye Year 1721
“. . .
“Katherine ye Relict of Tho: Powys Esqr was buried Sep.15.1721.”
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Notes for Thomas & Katherine (Family)
The Licence for marriage issued on 26th April 1718 has;
“... Thomas Powys of Lincoln’s (?) Inne in Middx aged 36 years and a batchelor ... intended ... to maryy Catherine Ravenscroft of parish of St Giles in the feild [sic] ... Middx aged above 23 years and a spinster. ... licence for them to be married in the parish church of St Anne Westminster.”
Signed: Thomas Powys.
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And this marriage transcription looks like theirs:
First name(s) Thos
Last name Powis
Marriage year 1718
Parish St Anne, Soho
Spouse's first name(s) Katherine
Spouse's last name Ravenscroft
County Middlesex
Country England
Archive City of Westminster Archives Centre
Record set Westminster Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
FindMyPast claims that an image goes with this transcript, but the image is no longer shown so we do not know the actual date.
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TFPL, Feb 2021: a copy of the image has been received from the City of Westminster archives for St Anne’s Soho and the entry is:
[St Anne’s, Soho Marriage Register]
“April 1718
. . . .
28 Thos PowIs & Kather~ Ravenscroft . . . per LIC”
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“... Thomas Powys of Lincoln’s (?) Inne in Middx aged 36 years and a batchelor ... intended ... to maryy Catherine Ravenscroft of parish of St Giles in the feild [sic] ... Middx aged above 23 years and a spinster. ... licence for them to be married in the parish church of St Anne Westminster.”
Signed: Thomas Powys.
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And this marriage transcription looks like theirs:
First name(s) Thos
Last name Powis
Marriage year 1718
Parish St Anne, Soho
Spouse's first name(s) Katherine
Spouse's last name Ravenscroft
County Middlesex
Country England
Archive City of Westminster Archives Centre
Record set Westminster Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
FindMyPast claims that an image goes with this transcript, but the image is no longer shown so we do not know the actual date.
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TFPL, Feb 2021: a copy of the image has been received from the City of Westminster archives for St Anne’s Soho and the entry is:
[St Anne’s, Soho Marriage Register]
“April 1718
. . . .
28 Thos PowIs & Kather~ Ravenscroft . . . per LIC”
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