Individual Details

Sir Giles Alington

(18 Sep 1572 - 20 Dec 1638)

Here resteth in assured hope to rise in Christ Sir Gyles Alynton of Horseheath, Kt. Accompanied with Lady Dorothy his wife, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Exeter, Baron Burghley, who having made him a joyful father of ten children, viz. Elizabeth, Thomas, Gyles, James, Dorothy, Susan, Anne, Katherine, William, and Mary, ended this transitory life the 10 of Nov. 1613, to whose dear memory her sorrowful husband, mindful of his own mortality, erected this monument.

Events

Birth18 Sep 1572Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, England
Christen18 Sep 1572Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
MarriageAbt 1598horseheath suffolk england - Lady Dorothy Cecil
Death20 Dec 1638All Saint Churchyard, Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Burial23 Dec 1638All Saints' Church, Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Alt nameSir Gyles Alynton
Alt nameGyles Allington

Families

SpouseLady Dorothy Cecil (1577 - 1613)
ChildSir William Alington, 1st Baron Alington (1610 - 1648)
FatherGiles Alington (1540 - 1573)
MotherMargaret Spencer (1546 - 1626)

Notes

Burial

Here resteth in assured hope to rise in Christ Sir Gyles Alynton of Horseheath, Kt. Accompanied with Lady Dorothy his wife, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Exeter, Baron Burghley, who having made him a joyful father of ten children, viz. Elizabeth, Thomas, Gyles, James, Dorothy, Susan, Anne, Katherine, William, and Mary, ended this transitory life the 10 of Nov. 1613, to whose dear memory her sorrowful husband, mindful of his own mortality, erected this monument.

Endnotes

1. "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK18-D9ST : Tue Apr 01 13:22:43 UTC 2025), Entry for Giles Alington..

2. "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKN4-JZX : 5 February 2023), Gyles Alington, 1572..

3. "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK18-D9ST : Tue Apr 01 13:22:43 UTC 2025), Entry for Giles Alington..

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5. "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK18-D9ST : Tue Apr 01 13:22:43 UTC 2025), Entry for Giles Alington..

6. "England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8QPT-PDZM : Sun Mar 10 22:45:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Sir Giles Alington, 23 Dec 1638..