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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): Elizabeth Spencer, Alice 1537, Frances Cotton, Sarah Cotton, William Exeter", Sir Parliament, Sir Cotton, Anne Roper

Dame Isabell (Cotton) Spencer was born in 1515 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Sheriff William Spencer High Sheriff Of Wormleighton Manor Warwickshire And Althorp 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, Thomas Spencer, and had children including Alice Cotton Rivett Rivet Andrew 1537, Anne Roper, Elizabeth Spencer, Frances Cotton, Sarah Cotton, Sir John Cotton Member Of Parliament, Sir Robert Cotton, William Cotton Archdeacon Bishop Of Exeter. 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 Sheriff William Spencer High Sheriff Of Wormleighton Manor Warwickshire And Althorp 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, Thomas Spencer, and had children including Alice Cotton Rivett Rivet Andrew 1537, Anne Roper, Elizabeth Spencer, Frances Cotton, Sarah Cotton, Sir John Cotton Member Of Parliament, Sir Robert Cotton, William Cotton Archdeacon Bishop Of Exeter.
  • Dame Isabell (Cotton) Spencer passed away in 1578 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, , England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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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 Sheriff William Spencer, High Sheriff of Wormleighton Manor, Warwickshire, and Althorp, Northamptonshire
1478–1532
South Mylles, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Susan\Susanna Knightley, Baroness) Spencer
1500–1532
Fawsley, Northamptonshire, , England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard IV Knightley of) Fawsley
1455–1534
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Johanna\Jane\Joan (Skenard)) Knightly
1461–1539
Alderton, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir (Skynnerton)
1435–1480
Lady Harwedon
1439–1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dame Spencer's Descendants

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Dame (Isabell (Cotton)) Spencer (1515–2 November 1578) m. Sir (John Cotton, MP (1511-1593) High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (mrd to Isabel) Spencer) (1512–21 April 1593)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Spencer –1695
  2. 2. Alice (Cotton Rivett Rivet Andrew) 1537 1537–1567
  3. 3. Frances Cotton 1542–1568
  4. 4. Sarah Cotton 1545–1763
  5. 5. William (Cotton. Archdeacon "Bishop of) Exeter" 1560–1621
  6. 6. Sir (John Cotton. Member of) Parliament 1543–1620
  7. 7. Sir (Robert) Cotton 1539–1605
  8. 8. Anne Roper 1547–1618

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 November 1578
    Event Place: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, , England

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