Relationship to: Steve Wakely of NSW Australia - Probable brother of Paternal 15th/16th Century Ancestor - William Wakely of Phillyholme

of Colyton

Forenames : ROBERT

Date of Birth: Last quarter of 15th Century c.1470 on

Place of Birth : Probably Phillyholme, Hawkchurch, Dorset

Father's Name: Unknown

Mother's Name: Unknown

Married (Spouse): Ellen Bagge

Issue:

1. Walter b: 1540, Colyton

Siblings:

1.William Wakely of Phillymore

2. John Wakely of Phillyholme

3. Thomas Wakely, Curate of Stawley

Other information:

There is a strong link with Robert of Colyton, to William and John of Phillyholme. He married Ellen Bagge, a surname that connects with the later Wakely parishes af Thorncombe (just north of Hawkchurch) and Whitchurch Canonicorum (immediately south-east of Hawhchurch) and he had a son Waiter in 1540. Waiter connects with a new line of Whitchurch Wakelys, headed by a Walter.

Robert is known to have died before 1544, as his wife remarried then. He could equally well be William's brother or son - depending on his age at marriage to Ellen Bagge.

Colyton was probably the leading local cloth trade centre of the time. It is where we find John Rockett alias Wakely later in the 16th century.