Sir Edward Raleigh
1441 – 1509
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Sir Edward Raleigh's will of 1509 endowed obits at Combe Abbey for his own parents and his wife's, naming all four - a single document that proves two generations of the pedigree.
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✓✓ SIR EDWARD RALEIGH of Farnborough, b. 20 Jan 1440/1 (proof of age, per Richardson), Sheriff of Warwickshire & Leicestershire 1467-8, JP 1461-1509; will dated 20 Jun 1509, quoted by Dugdale: obits at Combe Abbey for 'him the said Sir Edw. and Margaret his wife; as also of WILL. RALEGH AND ELIZ. HIS WIFE, RAPH VERNEY AND EMME HIS WIFE, FATHERS AND MOTHERS of them the said Sir Edw. and Margaret' - PRIMARY-GRADE proof of both parentages, the gem of this whole chain. M. Margaret Verney. Sources: the 1509 will (in Dugdale, Antiquities of Warwickshire, Farnborough); Richardson PA p.202. Direct ancestor. Added 8 Aug 2026 (the Raleigh royal door - consolation wave after the St Leger door closed; full write-up in RANKED LEADS addendum).