of John Place of Halnaby, Yorkshire, and daughter of Thomas Surtees of
Dinsdale, Durham & Elizabeth Conyers of Sockburn, "was living as a
widow in 1570."
This is problematic chronologically, as Katherine was married to John
Place of Halnaby (as his second wife) in 1497.
A settlement of the Surtees estates in 1552, however, helps to clear up
the matter.
From Richard Welford (ed.), 'History of Newcastle and Gateshead' Volume
II [London: Walter Scott, 1885]: "Thomas [Surtees, of Dinsdale] the
younger died in 1511; and it was not till 1552 that the suit was
decided by an agreement, 5 Oct. 6 Edw. VI., betwixt Sir Robert
Brandling of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, knight, and Anne his wife, Thomas
Blaxton of Blaxton, esquire, and Elizabeth his wife, daughters and
heirs of one Catherine Wyclyffe [Catherine Place's name by a second
marriage], deceased, sister and heir of the whole blood to one Thomas
Surtees, late of Dinsdale, esquire, deceased; and Francis Wyclyffe,
gentleman, one other of the heirs of the said Catherine--that is to
say, son of Dorothy, daughter of Catherine, of the one part, and
Marmaduke Surtees, esquire, brother of the half blood to the aforesaid
Thomas Surtees and Catherine Wyclyffe of the other part."
So it would appear that Katherine Surtees, second wife of John Place of
Halnaby, took a second husband ------- Wycliffe, and was dead by 1552.
The exact identity of Katherine's Wycliffe second husband is not known,
but he may have been John Wycliffe of Wycliffe, Yorkshire, whose son
and heir William Wycliffe of Wycliffe married Katherine's daughter
Dorothy Wycliffe.
Cheers, ------Brad