Erasmus Kerkener

Abt 1495 - 1567  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Erasmus Kerkener
  Birth	Abt 1495  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	of East Greenwich, Kent, England   [1]
  Death	27 May 1567	Greenwich, Kent, England   [1]
  Person ID	I15647	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2018

  
  

  Family	Agnes   d. Abt 1593
  Children	+ 1. Catherine Kerkener   d. Bef 30 Jun 1596
  Family ID	F9573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2018

  
  

• Notes

  He was probably from Germany or the Low Countries. He was "armorer for the body" to Henry VIII from 5 Nov 1519. In 1538 he was made chief armorer to the king.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2123] The Ancestry of Reverend Henry Whitfield (1590-1657) and His Wife Dorothy Sheafe (159?-1669) of Guilford, Connecticut by John Brooks Threlfall. Madison, Wisconsin: 1989.