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Dorothy Spencer 1521–1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1521

Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 14 Sep 1575

Death Location: Everdon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Father: William Northamptonshire)

Mother: Lady Knightly

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Children(s): Mary Spencer, Anthony Despencer, Elizabeth Despencer, George Despencer, John Despencer, Thomas Despencer, Dorothy Spencer, Katherine Spencer, Susan Spencer

Dorothy Spencer was born in 1521 in Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England, the child of William Spencer Baron Spencer Igh Sheriff Of Northamptonshire And Lady Susan Knightly. Dorothy Spencer had children including Anthony Le Despencer, Dorothy Spencer, Elizabeth Le Despencer, George Le Despencer, John Le Despencer, Katherine Spencer, Mary Spencer, Susan Spencer, Thomas Le Despencer, Ursula Spencer. Dorothy Spencer passed away in 1575 in Everdon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Dorothy Spencer was born in 1521 in Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England, the child of William Spencer Baron Spencer Igh Sheriff Of Northamptonshire And Lady Susan Knightly.
  • Dorothy Spencer had children including Anthony Le Despencer, Dorothy Spencer, Elizabeth Le Despencer, George Le Despencer, John Le Despencer, Katherine Spencer, Mary Spencer, Susan Spencer, Thomas Le Despencer, Ursula Spencer.
  • Dorothy Spencer passed away in 1575 in Everdon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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Dorothy Spencer's Ancestors

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Dorothy Spencer
1521–1575
Birth Place: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
William Spencer (Baron Spencer, igh Sheriff of Northamptonshire)
1496–1532
Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Susan) Knightly
1498–1532
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John) Spencer
1500–1552
Wormleighton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Lady (Christian Ethelreda) Baker
1478–1560
Cope, Bedford, England
Richard (IV) Knightley
1455–1534
Fawsley, Nottinghamshire, England
Johanna ((Jane)) Skenard
1461–1539
Alderton, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Spencer
1460–1521
Lady Peake
1464–1532
Richard Knightley
1427–1475
Eleanore Throckmorton
1430–1502
Hendrik Skenard
1435–
Majorie Harwedon
1440–1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Knightley
1395–1442
Lady Purefoy
1400–1474
John Throckmorton
1380–1445
Eleonore Throckmorton
1390–1467

Dorothy Spencer's Descendants

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Dorothy Spencer (1521–14 Sep 1575)
  1. 1. Mary Spencer 1543–1613 m. Thomas Durrant 1552–1687
    1. 1. Mary Durrant 1589–1631 m. William (Andrew Ring) II 1581–1620
      1. 1. Susanna Ring 1611–1697
      2. 2. Andrew Ring 1618–1693 m. Lettice Morton 1624–1691 m. Deborah Hopkins 1626–1674 m. Lettice ("Lettie") Hanford 1617–1691
        1. 1. Mary Ring 1665–1731 m. John Morton 1649–1649
        2. 2. Eleazer Ring 1655–1749
        3. 3. Samuel Ring 1649–1650
        4. 4. Elizabeth Ring 1652–1691
        5. 5. Deborah Ring 1656–1691
        6. 6. Susannah Ring 1659–1691
        7. 7. William Ring 1653–1730
    2. 2. Margarett Durrant –1729
  2. 2. Anthony (Le) Despencer 1537–
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Le) Despencer 1539–
  4. 4. George (Le) Despencer 1549–1708
  5. 5. John (Le) Despencer 1545–
  6. 6. Thomas (Le) Despencer 1533–
  7. 7. Dorothy Spencer 1555–
  8. 8. Katherine Spencer 1553–
  9. 9. Susan Spencer 1547–1614

Dorothy Spencer's Timeline

2 Records

1521
1521
Birth of Dorothy Spencer in Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
1575
14 Sep 1575
Age 54
Death of Dorothy Spencer in Everdon, Kent, Northamptonshire, England
Everdon, Kent, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Sep 1575
    Event Place: Everdon, Kent, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Everdon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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