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


Surname: WAKELY

of Phillyholme

Forenames : JOHN

Date of Birth: Late 15th Century c.1490 on

Place of Birth : Probably Phillyholme, Hawkchurch, Dorset

Father's Name: Unknown

Mother's Name: Unknown

Siblings:

1.William Wakely of Phillymore

2. Robert Wakely of Colyton

3. Thomas Wakely, Curate of Stawley

Other information:

John was recorded as paying subsidy in 1525 like his brother William and was prosperous enough to be put in the husbandman class. He was also the putative (supposed) Grantee of land at Navan, Ireland in 1547,and so reckoned to be the Ancestor of Irish Wakelys.

See 'Wakelys of Ireland' in Introductory Notes