When William Ingleby was born about 1542, in Ripley, Yorkshire, England, his father, Sir William Ingelby, was 24 and his mother, Anne Mallory, was 20. He married Ann Thwaites in 1569, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 5 January 1617, in his hometown, at the age of 76, and was buried in Ripley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Book of Common Prayer, a product of the English Reformation, was published in 1549 for assistance in the administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England. The book outlined morning, evening, and communion prayers and orders for baptism and marriage, thus making England a truly Protestant state.
The Act of Uniformity was passed by the Parliament of England and required all people to go to church once a week. The consequence of not attending church was a fine of 12 pence, which was a considerable amount for a poor person.
A State Lottery was recorded in 1569. The tickets were sold at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
English: habitational name from any of several places called Ingleby (in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, and Derbyshire). The placenames mean ‘farmstead of the English’, from Old English Engle ‘English’ (genitive plural Engla) + Old Norse bȳ ‘farmstead’.
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