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Edmund Walsingham Lieutenant of the Tower of London 1480–1550 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England

Death Date: 8 February 1550

Death Location: Chislehurst, London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, England

Father: James Kent

Mother: Elianor Bobbingworth)

Spouse(s): Katherine Gunter), Anne Jerningham

Children(s): Thomas Walsingham, Francise Towers, Mary Walsingham, Morgan Walsingham, Katherine Walsingham, Walter Walsingham, Lady Saunders, Eleanor Walsingham, Anne (Randolph), Barbara Walsingham

In 1480, Edmund Walsingham Lieutenant of the Tower of London entered the world in Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England, born to James Walsingham Of Scadbury Sheriff Of Kent And Elianor Writle Walsingham Of Bobbingworth. Edmund Walsingham Lieutenant of the Tower of London married Anne Jerningham, Katherine Gounter Or Gunter, and had children including Anne Walsingham Randolph, Barbara Walsingham, Eleanor Walsingham, Francise Towers, Katherine Walsingham, Lady Alice Walsingham Saunders, Mary Walsingham, Morgan Morgayne Walsingham, Thomas Walsingham, Walter Walsingham. Edmund Walsingham Lieutenant of the Tower of London passed away in 1550 in Chislehurst, London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, England.

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  • In 1480, Edmund Walsingham Lieutenant of the Tower of London entered the world in Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England, born to James Walsingham Of Scadbury Sheriff Of Kent And Elianor Writle Walsingham Of Bobbingworth.
  • Edmund Walsingham Lieutenant of the Tower of London married Anne Jerningham, Katherine Gounter Or Gunter, and had children including Anne Walsingham Randolph, Barbara Walsingham, Eleanor Walsingham, Francise Towers, Katherine Walsingham, Lady Alice Walsingham Saunders, Mary Walsingham, Morgan Morgayne Walsingham, Thomas Walsingham, Walter Walsingham.
  • Edmund Walsingham Lieutenant of the Tower of London passed away in 1550 in Chislehurst, London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, 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
James Walsingham of Scadbury, Sheriff of Kent
1462–1540
Elianor (Writle Walsingham (of) Bobbingworth)
1475–
Grandparents
Thomas Walsingham
1436–1467
Constance Green
–1476
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edmund London's Descendants

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Edmund (Walsingham Lieutenant of the Tower of) London (1480–8 February 1550) m. Katherine (Gounter (or) Gunter) (1500–1560) m. Anne Jerningham (1484–April 1559)
  1. 1. Thomas Walsingham 1526–1584 m. Dorothy Guilford 1527–1584
    1. 1. Mary Walsingham 1564–1624 m. Thomas Pelham 1550–1624
      1. 1. Thomas (Pelham son of Thomas 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton and Mary) Walsingham 1597–1654 m. Margaret (Vane dr of Henry Vane and Frances) Darcy 1623–1653
        1. 1. Philadelphia (Philladelphia Pellam Pelham dr of Thomas 2nd Baron Pelham of Laughton and Margaret) Vane 1654–1685 m. Francis (Howard 5th Baron Howard of Effingham Governor of) Virginia 1643–1695
        2. 2. John (3rd Baronet Pelham of Laughton son of Thomas 2nd Baronet Pelham of Laughton and Mary Maria) Wilbraham 1623–1703
        3. 3. Sir (Nicholas) Pelham 1649–1739
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Pelham dr of Thomas 2nd Baron Pelham of Laughton and Mary Maria) Wilbraham 1634–
      2. 2. Judith Pelham 1584–1629
  2. 2. Francise Towers 1529–1565
  3. 3. Mary Walsingham 1517–1576
  4. 4. Morgan (Morgayne) Walsingham 1512–1566
  5. 5. Katherine Walsingham 1511–1552
  6. 6. Walter Walsingham 1508–1562
  7. 7. Lady (Alice Walsingham) Saunders 1517–1609
  8. 8. Eleanor Walsingham 1521–1577
  9. 9. Anne (Walsingham) (Randolph) 1531–1576
  10. 10. Barbara Walsingham 1516–1576

Edmund London's Timeline

2 Records

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

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 February 1550
    Event Place: Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chislehurst, London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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