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Baroness Margaret Fortescue 1502–1551 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1502

Birth Location: Stonor, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 12 May 1551

Death Location: Wooley, Yorkshire, England

Father: Blessed KB

Mother: Anne Stonor

Spouse(s): Lord Despencer

Children(s): Lady Wentworth, Anne Nettlestead, Elizabeth Wentworth\Dunham-, John Hodgson, Elizabeth Wentworth, Thomas Wentworth, Margaret Wentworth, James Wentworth, Lady Wentworth, John Wentworth, Lady Nettlestead, Sir Wentworth, Philip Wentworth, Dr Wentworth, Mary Nettlestead, Roger Wentworth, Richard Wentworth, Isabel Wentworth, Edward Wentworth, Katherine Wentworth, Anne Poley

In 1502, Baroness Margaret Fortescue entered the world in Stonor, Oxfordshire, England, born to Blessed Sir Adrian Fortescue Knight Of St John Of Jerusalem Justice Peace Oxfor Kb And Anne Stonor. Baroness Margaret Fortescue married Lord Thomas Wentworth 1St Baron Of Wentworth 1St Earl Of Strafford 6Th Baron Of Despencer, and had children including Anne Poley, Anne Wentworth Of Nettlestead, Dr Henry Thomas Wentworth, Edward Wentworth, Elizabeth Wentworth, Elizabeth Wentworth Dunham, Isabel Wentworth, James Of Nettlestead Wentworth, John Wentworth, John William Hodgson, Katherine Wentworth, Lady Cicely Wentworth, Lady Dorothy Wentworth Of Nettlestead, Lady Jane Wentworth, Margaret Wentworth, Mary Wentworth Of Nettlestead, Philip Wentworth, Richard Wentworth, Roger Wentworth, Sir Thomas Wentworth, Thomas Wentworth. Baroness Margaret Fortescue passed away in 1551 in Wooley, Yorkshire, England.

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  • In 1502, Baroness Margaret Fortescue entered the world in Stonor, Oxfordshire, England, born to Blessed Sir Adrian Fortescue Knight Of St John Of Jerusalem Justice Peace Oxfor Kb And Anne Stonor.
  • Baroness Margaret Fortescue married Lord Thomas Wentworth 1St Baron Of Wentworth 1St Earl Of Strafford 6Th Baron Of Despencer, and had children including Anne Poley, Anne Wentworth Of Nettlestead, Dr Henry Thomas Wentworth, Edward Wentworth, Elizabeth Wentworth, Elizabeth Wentworth Dunham, Isabel Wentworth, James Of Nettlestead Wentworth, John Wentworth, John William Hodgson, Katherine Wentworth, Lady Cicely Wentworth, Lady Dorothy Wentworth Of Nettlestead, Lady Jane Wentworth, Margaret Wentworth, Mary Wentworth Of Nettlestead, Philip Wentworth, Richard Wentworth, Roger Wentworth, Sir Thomas Wentworth, Thomas Wentworth.
  • Baroness Margaret Fortescue passed away in 1551 in Wooley, Yorkshire, England.

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Baroness Fortescue's Ancestors

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Baroness Fortescue
1502–1551
Birth Place: Stonor, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Blessed Sir Adrian Fortescue; Knight of "St. John of Jerusalem",Justice Peace Oxfor, KB
1476–1539
Punsborne, Hertfordshire, England
Anne Stonor
1481–1518
Buckinghamshire, England
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Baroness Fortescue's Descendants

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Baroness (Margaret) Fortescue (1502–12 May 1551) m. Lord (Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron of Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 6th Baron of) Despencer (1501–3 Mar 1551)
  1. 1. Lady (Cicely) Wentworth 1527–1573
  2. 2. Anne (Wentworth of) Nettlestead 1521–1575
  3. 3. Elizabeth Wentworth\Dunham- 1536–1570
  4. 4. John (William) Hodgson 1514–1549
  5. 5. Elizabeth Wentworth 1524–1570
  6. 6. Thomas Wentworth 1522–1574
  7. 7. Margaret Wentworth 1528–1587 m. SIR (WILLIAM DRURY GOV OF) IRELAND 1527–1579
    1. 1. JANE DRURY 1556–1581 m. RICHARD (CHETWODE CHIEF JUSTICIAR OF ENGLAND, BARON LUCY OF DUNMOW, SHERIFF OF) ESSEX 1560–1635
      1. 1. Elizabeth Chetwode 1583–1618
      2. 2. Anne Chetwode 1584–1640 m. John (Giles Gyles) Bray 1585–1641
        1. 1. Colonel (James) Bray 1609–1691 m. Angelica (GIBSON) Bray 1611–1698 m. Angelica ("white apron" Burgess) (Gibson) 1611–1693
      3. 3. Richard (Chetwode) III 1580–1634
  8. 8. James (of Nettlestead) Wentworth 1526–1563
  9. 9. Lady (Jane) Wentworth 1521–1558
  10. 10. John Wentworth 1533–1563
  11. 11. Lady (Dorothy Wentworth of) Nettlestead 1532–1601
  12. 12. Sir (Thomas) Wentworth 1525–1583
  13. 13. Philip Wentworth 1536–1614
  14. 14. Dr (Henry Thomas) Wentworth 1528–1584
  15. 15. Mary (Wentworth of) Nettlestead 1532–1558
  16. 16. Roger Wentworth 1530–1592
  17. 17. Richard Wentworth 1531–1614
  18. 18. Isabel Wentworth 1537–1624
  19. 19. Edward Wentworth 1539–1563
  20. 20. Katherine Wentworth 1540–1624
  21. 21. Anne Poley 1520–1575

Baroness Fortescue's Timeline

3 Records

1502
1502
Birth of Baroness Margaret Fortescue in Stonor, Oxfordshire, England
Stonor, Oxfordshire, England
1520
1520
Age 18
Baroness Margaret Fortescue was married in , Suffolk, , England
, Suffolk, , England
1551
12 May 1551
Age 49
Death of Baroness Margaret Fortescue in Wooley, Yorkshire, England
Wooley, Yorkshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1502
    Event Place: Stonor, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: , Suffolk, , England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Yorkshire: Hooton Pagnell - Parish Registers (Christenings, Marriages & Burials), 1538-1812

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 May 1551
    Event Place: Wooley, Yorkshire, England

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