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Henry Wriothesley 1573–1624 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 October 1573

Birth Location: Midhurst, Chichester District, West Sussex, England

Death Date: 10 November 1624

Death Location: Bergen op Zoom, Bergen op Zoom Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Father: Sir Southampton

Mother: Mary Southampston

Spouse(s): Mary Vernon, Elisabeth Hodnet, Mary Vernon

Children(s): Penelope (Risley)

The story of Henry Wriothesley began in 1573 in Midhurst, Chichester District, West Sussex, England. Henry Wriothesley married Elisabeth Vernon Of Hodnet, Mary Elizabeth Charlotte Vernon Countess Of Southampton Vernon, and had children including Penelope Lady Baroness Spencer Wriothesley Risley. Henry Wriothesley passed away in 1624 in Bergen op Zoom, Bergen op Zoom Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry Wriothesley began in 1573 in Midhurst, Chichester District, West Sussex, England.
  • Henry Wriothesley married Elisabeth Vernon Of Hodnet, Mary Elizabeth Charlotte Vernon Countess Of Southampton Vernon, and had children including Penelope Lady Baroness Spencer Wriothesley Risley.
  • Henry Wriothesley passed away in 1624 in Bergen op Zoom, Bergen op Zoom Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Southampton
1545–1581
Birth Location: Wriothesley, Staffordshire, England
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Mary Southampston
1552–1607
Birth Location: Copt Hall, Epping, Essex, England
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Spouses(s)

Mary Vernon
1572–1655
Birth Location: Hodnet, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
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Elisabeth Hodnet
1572–1655
Birth Location: Hodnet, Shropshire, England
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Mary Vernon
1572–1655
Birth Location: Hodnet, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
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Children(s)

Penelope (Risley)
1598–1667
Birth Location: Tichfield, Southhampton, Hampshire, England
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Henry Wriothesley's Ancestors

Self
Henry Wriothesley
1573–1624
Birth Place: Midhurst, Chichester District, West Sussex, England
Parents
Sir Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton
1545–1581
Wriothesley, Staffordshire, England
Mary ((Twin of Anthony) Browne Harvey, Countess of) Southampston
1552–1607
Copt Hall, Epping, Essex, England
Grandparents
Lord (Thomas, 1st Baron of Titchfield, Earl of South Hampton Wriothesley Lord Chancellor of) England
1505–1550
London, London, England
Lady (Johanna Cheney) Wriothesley
1509–1574
Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
Sir (Anthony, 1st Viscount of Montagu Browne) III
1528–1592
Cowdry Park By, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Henry Wriothesley's Descendants

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Henry Wriothesley (6 October 1573–10 November 1624) m. Mary (Elizabeth Charlotte Vernon- Countess of Southampton) Vernon (11 January 1572–23 November 1655) m. Elisabeth (Vernon of) Hodnet (11 Jan 1572–23 Nov 1655) m. Mary (Elizabeth Charlotte Vernon Countess of Southampton) Vernon (11 Jan 1572–23rd November 1655)
  1. 1. Penelope ((Lady Baroness Spencer) Wriothesley) (Risley) 1598–1667 m. Sir (William of Wormleighton Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, KB,) MP 1591–1636
    1. 1. Capt (Robert) Spencer 1628–1688 m. Jane ((Widow Jordan)) Browne 1655–1685 m. Jane (Browne) Spencer 1658–1682 m. Elizabeth White 1640–1677 m. Ann Taberer 1640–1664
      1. 1. Elizabeth ("John Long") Spencer 1664–1760 m. JOHN (Wood) Long* 1662–1752 m. Nicholas Hawkins 1706–1763
        1. 1. Mary Long 1681–1742 m. John (Henry) Hawkins 1680–1726

Henry Wriothesley's Timeline

2 Records

1573
6 October 1573
Birth of Henry Wriothesley in Midhurst, Chichester District, West Sussex, England
Midhurst, Chichester District, West Sussex, England
1624
10 November 1624
Age 51
Death of Henry Wriothesley in Bergen op Zoom, Bergen op Zoom Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Bergen op Zoom, Bergen op Zoom Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 October 1573
    Event Place: Midhurst, Chichester District, West Sussex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Shropshire: Wroxeter, Hodnet, Weston under Red Castle - Parish Registers, Lichfield Diocese

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 November 1624
    Event Place: Bergen op Zoom, Bergen op Zoom Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
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