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Dame Isabell (Cotton) Spencer 1515–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 2 November 1578

Death Location: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, , England

Father: Sir Northamptonshire

Mother: Lady Spencer

Spouse(s): Sir Spencer)

Children(s):

Dame Isabell (Cotton) Spencer was born in 1515 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Baron William Spencer High Sheriff Of Northamptonshire And Lady Susan Susanna Knightley Baroness Spencer. Dame Isabell (Cotton) Spencer married Sir John Cotton Mp 1511 1593 High Sheriff Of Cambridgeshire And Huntingdonshire Mrd To Isabel Spencer. Dame Isabell (Cotton) Spencer passed away in 1578 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, , England.

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Biography

  • Dame Isabell (Cotton) Spencer was born in 1515 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Baron William Spencer High Sheriff Of Northamptonshire And Lady Susan Susanna Knightley Baroness Spencer.
  • Dame Isabell (Cotton) Spencer married Sir John Cotton Mp 1511 1593 High Sheriff Of Cambridgeshire And Huntingdonshire Mrd To Isabel Spencer.
  • Dame Isabell (Cotton) Spencer passed away in 1578 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, , England.

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Dame Spencer's Ancestors

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Dame Spencer
1515–1578
Birth Place: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Baron William Spencer, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire
1490–1532
Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire
Lady (Susan\Susanna Knightley, Baroness) Spencer
1480–1532
Fawsley, Northamptonshire, , England
Grandparents
Sir (John) Spencer
1460–1522
Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England
Isabel Graunt
1474–1530
Snitterfield, Warwickshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Spencer
1430–1485
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dame Spencer's Timeline

2 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Dame Isabell (Cotton) Spencer in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
1578
2 November 1578
Age 63
Death of Dame Isabell (Cotton) Spencer in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, , England
Fawsley, Northamptonshire, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 November 1578
    Event Place: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, , England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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