Individual Details
Robert Woory
( - 1686)
IV. Robert, bapt. 19 Apr 1617. Lived at Redlands, near Bristol, county
>of Gloucestershire, appears to have suffered imprisonment for the Royal
>Cause during the Commonwealth. (Extracts from "Complete Baronetage"
>edited by G. E. C. Society of Genealogy, London, England, 1665-1707,
>vol.4) Was knighted 7 Sept. 1663, and was created a baronet 31 Dec.
>1666. (Le Neve's Pedigrees of the Knights, Harleian Society, vol. 8,
>p.256) He was mayor of Bristol in 1669. He married (1).....who was
>buried in St. Mary's Redliffe. He married (2) Abigail, one of these two
>wives being possibly a daughter of Sir Edward Stafford of Bradfield,
>Berks. Robert died and was buried 7 Feb. 1686-7 at St. Mary's when the
>Baronetcy became extinct.
> "A proof of the loyalty of Sir Robert Yeamans, and withal of his
>sufferings for his steady zeal, is a certificate and attestation under
>the hands of twenty-five of the common council of Bristol, touching his
>adherence to, and imprisonment for His Majesty's service before, and his
>loyalty after, the restoration."
> How great a friend this gentleman was to the Royal Cause, appears from
>a letter of thanks, now extant in the family, for his services, from
>King Charles II, under his hand and signet, in the following words:
> "I have received a full assurance from the person who will deliver this
>letter to you, of your affection to my service, and of your readiness to
>engage yourself in it, that I cannot but return my hearty thanks, and
>assure you, that if it shall please God to bless me, you shall find that
>I have a just sense of what you ahve done, and shall do for me, and that
>I will reward the fame to my power, and will always be,
> Your affectionate friend
> Charles R.
>Bruxelles, this 13th of Jan. 1660.
>Marked on the outside with a Y."
>
>of Gloucestershire, appears to have suffered imprisonment for the Royal
>Cause during the Commonwealth. (Extracts from "Complete Baronetage"
>edited by G. E. C. Society of Genealogy, London, England, 1665-1707,
>vol.4) Was knighted 7 Sept. 1663, and was created a baronet 31 Dec.
>1666. (Le Neve's Pedigrees of the Knights, Harleian Society, vol. 8,
>p.256) He was mayor of Bristol in 1669. He married (1).....who was
>buried in St. Mary's Redliffe. He married (2) Abigail, one of these two
>wives being possibly a daughter of Sir Edward Stafford of Bradfield,
>Berks. Robert died and was buried 7 Feb. 1686-7 at St. Mary's when the
>Baronetcy became extinct.
> "A proof of the loyalty of Sir Robert Yeamans, and withal of his
>sufferings for his steady zeal, is a certificate and attestation under
>the hands of twenty-five of the common council of Bristol, touching his
>adherence to, and imprisonment for His Majesty's service before, and his
>loyalty after, the restoration."
> How great a friend this gentleman was to the Royal Cause, appears from
>a letter of thanks, now extant in the family, for his services, from
>King Charles II, under his hand and signet, in the following words:
> "I have received a full assurance from the person who will deliver this
>letter to you, of your affection to my service, and of your readiness to
>engage yourself in it, that I cannot but return my hearty thanks, and
>assure you, that if it shall please God to bless me, you shall find that
>I have a just sense of what you ahve done, and shall do for me, and that
>I will reward the fame to my power, and will always be,
> Your affectionate friend
> Charles R.
>Bruxelles, this 13th of Jan. 1660.
>Marked on the outside with a Y."
>
Events
| Death | 1686 |
Families
| Father | John Woory ( - ) |
| Mother | Deborah Yeamans (1618 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel Woory ( - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Woory (1615 - 1694) |