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Edmund James 1470 – 1560 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1470

Birth Location: Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England

Death Date: 1560

Death Location: Warwickshire, England

Father: Roger James

Mother: Lady Underwood

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Sir Smarden)

Edmund James was born in 1470 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, the child of Roger Thomas Fretwell James and Lady Sarah Underwood. Edmund James had children including Sir Richard Martin James (Esquire, Baron of Smarden). Edmund James passed away in 1560 in Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • Edmund James was born in 1470 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, the child of Roger Thomas Fretwell James and Lady Sarah Underwood.
  • Edmund James had children including Sir Richard Martin James (Esquire, Baron of Smarden).
  • Edmund James passed away in 1560 in Warwickshire, England.

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Edmund James's Ancestors

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Edmund James
1470 – 1560
Birth Place: Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
Parents
Roger Thomas Fretwell James
1393 – 1497
Newchurch, Kent, England
Lady (Sarah) Underwood
1394 – 1497
New Church, Kent,Barking, London, England
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edmund James's Descendants

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Edmund James (1470 – 1560)
  1. 1. Sir (Richard Martin James (Esquire, Baron of) Smarden) (1535 – Dec 1593) m. Lady (Frances Martin) Bowes (1542 – 7 Feb 1567) m. Lady (Frances Martin) Bowes (1542 – 7 Feb 1567)
    1. 1. Lady (Frances) James (1563 – February 1648) m. Sir (Knight Thomas Roberts I, Baronet Roberts of) Glassenbury (02 Feb 1560 – 21 Feb 1629)
      1. 1. Thomas (Roberts "Colonial Governor of Dover - New) Hampshire" (11 Oct 1600 – September 27 1673) m. Rebecca (M) Hilton (Feb 1602 – 27 Sep 1673)
        1. 1. William Roberts (1617 – 9 Sept 1675) m. Joanna (Thrill) West (1630 – 30 May 1693)
    2. 2. Elizabeth James (1564 – 1614) m. Frances James\Roberts (1570 – Feb 1648)

Edmund James's Timeline

2 Records

1470
1470
Birth of Edmund James in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
1560
1560
Age 90
Death of Edmund James in Warwickshire, England
Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1470
    Event Place: Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Warwickshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England
    Record Source: Worcestershire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records

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