In or before 1609 [his father] Roger North of Mildenhall [aged 31] and [his mother] Elizabeth Gilbert were married. They had two sons and a daughter.
Around 1609 Henry North 1st Baronet was born to Roger North of Mildenhall [aged 31] and Elizabeth Gilbert.
On 29th November 1612 [his mother] Elizabeth Gilbert died.
After 29th November 1612 [his father] Roger North of Mildenhall [aged 35] and Thomasine Clence were married.
In or before 1632 Henry North 1st Baronet [aged 22] and Sarah Rayney Lady North were married.
Around 1633 [his daughter] Thomasine North was born to Henry North 1st Baronet [aged 24] and [his wife] Sarah Rayney Lady North. She married before 28th September 1661 Thomas Holland of Bury St Edmunds, son of John Holland 1st Baronet and Alathea Panton Baroness Sandys.
Around 1635 [his son] Henry North 2nd Baronet was born to Henry North 1st Baronet [aged 26] and [his wife] Sarah Rayney Lady North.
In 1643 Henry North 1st Baronet [aged 34] was appointed Commissioner for Assessment in Suffolk.
On 17th June 1651 [his father] Roger North of Mildenhall [aged 74] died.
In 1656 Henry North 1st Baronet [aged 47] was elected MP Suffolk.
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In 1656 [his son-in-law] Thomas Cullum 2nd Baronet [aged 27] and [his daughter] Dudleia North were married.
In 1660 Henry North 1st Baronet [aged 51] was elected MP Suffolk.
On 14th June 1660 Henry North 1st Baronet [aged 51] was created 1st Baronet North of Mildenhall in Suffolk. [his wife] Sarah Rayney Lady North by marriage Lady North of Mildenhall in Suffolk.
In 1661 Henry North 1st Baronet [aged 52] was elected MP Suffolk which seat he held until his death on 29 Aug 1671.
Before 28th September 1661 [his son-in-law] Thomas Holland of Bury St Edmunds and [his daughter] Thomasine North [aged 28] were married.
On 28th September 1661 [his daughter] Thomasine North [aged 28] died.
On 1st July 1670 [his wife] Sarah Rayney Lady North died.
On 29th August 1671 Henry North 1st Baronet [aged 62] died. His son Henry [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Baronet North of Mildenhall in Suffolk.
[his daughter] Peregrina North was born to Henry North 1st Baronet and Sarah Rayney Lady North. She married after 10th May 1675 William Hamner, son of Thomas Hanmer 2nd Baronet and Susan Hervey Lady Hamner, and had issue.
[his daughter] Dudleia North was born to Henry North 1st Baronet and Sarah Rayney Lady North. She married 1656 Thomas Cullum 2nd Baronet, son of Thomas Cullum 1st Baronet, and had issue.
Grandfather: Henry North of Mildenhall, Suffolk
father: Roger North of Mildenhall
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Knevit
Grandmother: Mary Knevit
Grandfather: John Gilbert of Great Finborow, Suffolk
mother: Elizabeth Gilbert