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Helen Ellen Preston 1512 – 1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1512

Birth Location: Cunswick, Kendal, Westmorland, England

Death Date: 14th Nov 1571

Death Location: Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, England

Father: Sir Preston

Mother: Lady Thornborough

Spouse(s): JAMES Cunswick

Children(s): Katherine Leyburne, William Stanley, Charles Stanley, Elizabeth Norfolk, Margaret Stanley, Anna Leybourne, Elizabeth Greystoke, Thomas Leybourne, James Leybourne, Anne Stanley, Isabel Leybourne, Margaret Leybourne, Frances Leybourne, Nicholas Laybourne, Elizabeth Norfolk

It was in 1512 that Helen Ellen Preston was born in Cunswick, Kendal, Westmorland, England, a child of Sir Thomas Preston and Lady Ann Thornborough. Helen Ellen Preston went on to marry JAMES II Lord Leybourne van Cunswick and had children such as Katherine Leyburne, William Lord Monteagle Stanley, Charles Stanley, Elizabeth Leyburne, Duchess of Norfolk, Margaret Stanley, Anna Leybourne, Elizabeth Greystoke, Thomas De Leybourne, James Leybourne, Anne Stanley, Isabel Leybourne, Margaret Leybourne, Frances Leybourne, Nicholas De Laybourne, Elizabeth Leyburne, Baroness Dacre and Duchess of Norfolk. Helen Ellen Preston was deceased by 1571 in Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, England.

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Parents

Sir Preston
1475 – 1523
Birth Location: Levens, Wstmrlnd, England
SP
Lady Thornborough
1487 – 1524
Birth Location: Hempsfeld, Lancashire, England
LT

Spouses(s)

JAMES Cunswick
1490 – 1548
Birth Location: Cunswick Park, Westmoreland, England
JC

Children(s)

Katherine Leyburne
1520 –
Birth Location: Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
KL
William Stanley
1527 – 1581
Birth Location: –
WS
Charles Stanley
1530 –
Birth Location: Hornby, Lancashire, England
CS
Elizabeth Norfolk
1532 – 1567
Birth Location: Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
EN
Margaret Stanley
1534 –
Birth Location: Hornby, Lancashire, England
MS
Anna Leybourne
1535 – 1570
Birth Location: Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
AL
Elizabeth Greystoke
1535 – 1567
Birth Location: Cunswick,, Westmorland, England
EG
Thomas Leybourne
1539 –
Birth Location: Cunswick, Westmd, England
TL
James Leybourne
1541 –
Birth Location: Westmoreland, England, United Kingdom
JL
Anne Stanley
1543 – 1591
Birth Location: Hornby, Lancashire, England
AS
Isabel Leybourne
1543 –
Birth Location: Westmoreland, England, United Kingdom
IL
Margaret Leybourne
1550 –
Birth Location: Westmoreland, England, United Kingdom
ML
Frances Leybourne
1552 –
Birth Location: Westmoreland, England, United Kingdom
FL
Nicholas Laybourne
1560 – 1567
Birth Location: Cunswick, Westmorland,England
NL
Elizabeth Norfolk
1564 – 1639
Birth Location: Gilsland, Cumberland, England
EN

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1512
    Event Place: Cunswick, Kendal, Westmorland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14th Nov 1571
    Event Place: Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, England

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