Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: late 1565 or early 1566.
Place of Death: unknown, probably in the parish of Prestwich, Lancashire.
Richard made his will on 7 December 1565 and it was proved 25 February 1565/6.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Relative: John Dawson.
Robert’s daughter Jane in her will names her cousin John Dawson. I am not sure whether John was related to Jane through Robert or Robert’s wife Katherine.
Spouse: Katherine.
Katherine is named in Robert’s will. A 1589 will of Katherine Wroe of Prestwich appears in the probate index, but I can’t locate a digital image.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Jane Wroe married Henry Chetham.
Anne Wroe married Robert Ravald of Kersall.
Roger Wroe.
Richard Wroe married Margaret.
Evidence
from the Lay Subsidy of 1563:
Prestwich parishe – Good:
Robert Wroo …. in goods vijl xjs viijd
An abstract of Robert’s will (The original was one of very many wills lost after Piccope made this abstract. It was damaged at the time the abstract was made.):
Robert Wroe of … Prestwich, 1565 [-6]. (Will.)
December 7, 8 Elizabeth [1565]. Robert Wro of …Prestwidge, yeoman. He mentions, “Roger and Richard my sonnes,” “Jane my daughter, now wyff of Henry Chetham,” “...[A]nne Ravald and her children,” “Sir Roger Wrigley, priest” and “Katherine my wyffe” to be executors. “John Wrigley, William Heywoode, Robert Ravalde, and Robert Hylton” to be overseers. “Sir Elys Walwerke clerke and curat of Prestwich, Francis Wroo, Robert Hylton,” witnesses. Proved February 25, 1565-[6].
(Piccope/Earwaker, p. 232).
References
Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories from the Ecclesiastical Court pt. 3 (G.J. Piccope, ed) (Chetham Society v. 54, 1861).
Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories at Chester (G.J. Piccope transcriber, J.P. Earwaker, ed.) (Chetham Society, 1884).
Taxation in Salford Hundred, 1524-1802 (Chetham Society, 1924).
Will of Margaret Wroe of Unsworth. Proved 1610 in the Consistory Court of Chester.
Will of Richard Wroe of Unsworth. Proved 1592 in the Consistory Court of Chester.