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Elizabeth Norwood 1541–1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1541

Birth Location: Leckhampton, Gloucester, England

Death Date: 16 April 1598

Death Location: Leckhampton, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England

Father: William Lygon

Mother: Eleanor Lygon

Spouse(s): William Norwood, Sir Woodhatch

Children(s): Agnes Norwood, Richard Norwood, Henry Norwood, Eleanor Blount

Elizabeth Norwood was born in 1541 in Leckhampton, Gloucester, England, the child of William Beauchamp Lygon And Eleanor Lygon. Elizabeth Norwood married Sir William Poyntz Of Woodhatch, William Norwood, and had children including Agnes Ann Norwood, Eleanor Blount, Henry Norwood, Richard Norwood. Elizabeth Norwood passed away in 1598 in Leckhampton, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Norwood was born in 1541 in Leckhampton, Gloucester, England, the child of William Beauchamp Lygon And Eleanor Lygon.
  • Elizabeth Norwood married Sir William Poyntz Of Woodhatch, William Norwood, and had children including Agnes Ann Norwood, Eleanor Blount, Henry Norwood, Richard Norwood.
  • Elizabeth Norwood passed away in 1598 in Leckhampton, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elizabeth Norwood's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Norwood
1541–1598
Birth Place: Leckhampton, Gloucester, England
Parents
William Beauchamp Lygon
1518–1567
Cheltenham, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England
Eleanor Lygon
1515–1586
Dyrham, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard) Lygon
1490–1556
Madresfield, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Grenville
1497–1542
Madresfield, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Norwood's Descendants

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Elizabeth Norwood (1541–16 April 1598) m. William Norwood (1541–23 September 1632) m. Sir (William Poyntz of) Woodhatch (1542–5 Apr 1601)
  1. 1. Agnes (Ann) Norwood 1568–1626 m. Philemon Whale 1564–1620 m. Philemon Whale 1599–1675
    1. 1. Jonas (Henry) Whale\Ward 1589–1621 m. Francys Radley 1582–1621 m. Frances Radley\ridley 1582–1621 m. Elizabeth Frost 1588–1647
      1. 1. Elizabeth Phillips 1613–1700 m. William Ward 1603–1687
        1. 1. Increase Ward 1644–1690 m. Record Wheelocke 1644–1726
        2. 2. Elizabeth Ward 1643–1710
      2. 2. Mary Whale 1618–1621
      3. 3. Susan Whale 1612–1621
    2. 2. Elizabeth Whale 1593–1690
    3. 3. Margaret Whale 1590–1625
    4. 4. Philemon Whale 1599–1675 m. Agnes (Ann) Norwood 1568–1626 m. Elizabeth (Hand) GRIFFIN 1619–1688 m. Sarah (Cakebread) Whale 1610–1656 m. Elizabeth (Moore) Whale 1588–1647
  2. 2. Richard Norwood 1573–1630
  3. 3. Henry Norwood –1616
  4. 4. Eleanor Blount 1563–1610

Elizabeth Norwood's Timeline

4 Records

1541
1541
Birth of Elizabeth Norwood in Leckhampton, Gloucester, England
Leckhampton, Gloucester, England
1548
1548
Age 7
Birth of Elizabeth Norwood in Arle, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Arle, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
1598
16 April 1598
Age 57
Death of Elizabeth Norwood in Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
1598
16 April 1598
Age 57
Death of Elizabeth Norwood in Leckhampton, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England
Leckhampton, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1548
    Event Place: Arle, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1541
    Event Place: Leckhampton, Gloucester, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Proceedings in two sections, the Ligon Family and Kinsmen Association

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 April 1598
    Event Place: Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 April 1598
    Event Place: Leckhampton, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Leckhampton, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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