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Edmund Walsingham, Lt of the Tower of London 1480–1550 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England

Death Date: 8 Feb 1550

Death Location: Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England

Father: Sir Kent

Mother: Eleanor Writtle

Spouse(s): Katherine Gunter

Children(s): Mary Walsingham

Edmund Walsingham, Lt of the Tower of London was born in 1480 in Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England, the child of Sir James Walsingham High Sheriff Of Kent And Eleanor Alice Writtle. Edmund Walsingham, Lt of the Tower of London married Katherine Gunter, and had children including Mary Walsingham. Edmund Walsingham, Lt of the Tower of London passed away in 1550 in Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • Edmund Walsingham, Lt of the Tower of London was born in 1480 in Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England, the child of Sir James Walsingham High Sheriff Of Kent And Eleanor Alice Writtle.
  • Edmund Walsingham, Lt of the Tower of London married Katherine Gunter, and had children including Mary Walsingham.
  • Edmund Walsingham, Lt of the Tower of London passed away in 1550 in Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England.

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Edmund London's Ancestors

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Edmund London
1480–1550
Birth Place: Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England
Parents
Sir James Walsingham, High Sheriff of Kent
1462–1540
Scadbury, Chislehurst, Kent, England
Eleanor (Alice) Writtle
1466–1540
Bobbingworth, Essex, England
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Edmund London's Descendants

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Edmund (Walsingham, Lt of the Tower of) London (1480–8 Feb 1550) m. Katherine Gunter (1484–1544)
  1. 1. Mary Walsingham 1517–1576 m. Thomas (Barnardistone) Knt 1510–1551
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Barnardiston 1543–1619 m. Mary Knightley 1562–1594
      1. 1. Sir (Nathaniel Barnardiston heir 1625 sheriff Suffolk, 1628-9 MP, 1640-8 MP, patron of puritan ministers, biography by Saml Fairclough (QV)) DNB 1588–1653 m. Jane Soame 1603–1669
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas Barnardiston 1st Baronet;) MP 1618–1669 m. Sarah Parker 1596–1661

Edmund London's Timeline

2 Records

1480
1480
Birth of Edmund Walsingham, Lt of the Tower of London in Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England
Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England
1550
8 Feb 1550
Age 70
Death of Edmund Walsingham, Lt of the Tower of London in Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England
Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1550
    Event Place: Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England

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