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Frances Vavasour Shirley 1565–1616 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1565

Birth Location: Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1616

Death Location: Hazelwood, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England

Father: Henry Vavasour

Mother: Margaret Knyvett

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Frances Vavasour Shirley was born in 1565 in Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Vavasour And Margaret Knyvett. Frances Vavasour Shirley passed away in 1616 in Hazelwood, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Frances Vavasour Shirley was born in 1565 in Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Vavasour And Margaret Knyvett.
  • Frances Vavasour Shirley passed away in 1616 in Hazelwood, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England.

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Frances Shirley's Ancestors

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Frances Shirley
1565–1616
Birth Place: Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Vavasour
1532–1575
Copmanthorpe, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England
Margaret Knyvett
1537–1565
Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William (Vavasour High Sheriff of) Yorkshire
1514–1566
Hazelwood, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England
Katherine Elsome
1517–1562
Gunby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
B489-Sir (Knight King of Charlton, Wiltshire Hendrick Henry) Knyvett
1510–1574
City of Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Anne Pickering- Knyvet, Lady of Risbridge,) Sufflok
1514–1582
Suffolk, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Elsome
1480–1517
King Knyvett
–1512
Lady Howard
1486–1512
Sir Risbridge
1485–1516
Lady Lewknor
1490–1543
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Frances Shirley's Timeline

2 Records

1565
1565
Birth of Frances Vavasour Shirley in Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1616
1616
Age 51
Death of Frances Vavasour Shirley
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1616
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hazelwood, Selby District, North Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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