↑ Parish Register of Irby-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England.
Repository Lincolnshire Archives/Record Office, England
↑ 2.02.1 Lincolnshire Record Office LCC Wills 1575/i/263 & /ii/18v, in Will of John Laxe of Yearbye in the Dioces of Lincoln, England.
Subject to LCC Copyright All goods &c to wife Margaret with 10 shillings to children when they come to age. He mentions daughter Dugles by name.
John had two, maybe three, wives. Agnes who preceded Margaret died in childbirth as did the baby girl. Some claim that John Lake of Irby-upon-Humber has ancestors in Normanton, Yorks. This is based on Sir Edward Lake's will where he wrote that the herald told him that but he did not know whether to believe it or not. It is well known that at that time heralds connected new armigers to old families without proof in order to increase their fee. Hence it is unlikely the Normanton - Irby connection existed. There is no real proof.
