Sir Francis of Settrington Bigod Knight [56993] 25
- Born: 4 Oct 1507, Seaton How, Yorkshire, England
- Marriage: Catherine Conyers [3265] [LV9V-R3G] about 1527
- Died: 2 Jun 1537, Tyburn, Warwickshire, England at age 29
 Cause of his death was executed.
General Notes:
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BIGOD.htm#Francis%20BIGOD%20of%20Settrington%20(Sir%20Knight)1
in the service of Cardinal Wolsey <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasWolsey(Cardinal).htm> from 1527 to 1530. In Jan 1537, Sir Francis Bigod of Settrington led an uprising at Beverley. Although Aske and other leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/PilgrimageofGrace.htm> tried to prevent this new disorder, they were arrested, tried in London, and executed in Jun 1537.
Francis married Catherine Conyers [3265] [LV9V-R3G] [MRIN: 551615161], daughter of William Conyers 1st Baron Conyers of Hornby [3140] [K2TH-7FK] and Mary Scrope [3259] [299M-GWC], about 1527. (Catherine Conyers [3265] [LV9V-R3G] was born about 1510 in Settrington, Yorkshire, England, christened in Mulgrave, Yorkshire, England and died on 21 Oct 1566.)
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