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John Whitfield 1436 – 1492 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1436

Birth Location: Whitfield, Northumberland, England

Death Date: 6 Jul 1492

Death Location: Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England

Father: Matthew Whitfield

Mother: Lady Lancaster

Spouse(s): Lady Milford

Children(s): Robert Whitfield, maud whitfield

The story of John Whitfield began in 1436 in Whitfield, Northumberland, England. John Whitfield married Lady Alice Milford, and had children including Robert Whitfield, maud whitfield. John Whitfield passed away in 1492 in Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of John Whitfield began in 1436 in Whitfield, Northumberland, England.
  • John Whitfield married Lady Alice Milford, and had children including Robert Whitfield, maud whitfield.
  • John Whitfield passed away in 1492 in Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Whitfield
1400 – 1475
Birth Location: Whitfield Hall, Northumberland, England
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Lady Lancaster
1397 – 1475
Birth Location: Whitefield, Northumberland, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Milford
1430 – 1491
Birth Location: Milford Castle, Northumberland, England
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Children(s)

Robert Whitfield
1454 – 1541
Birth Location: –
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maud whitfield
Birth Location: –
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John Whitfield's Ancestors

Self
John Whitfield
1436 – 1492
Birth Place: Whitfield, Northumberland, England
Parents
Matthew Whitfield
1400 – 1475
Whitfield Hall, Northumberland, England
Lady (Margaret Ann) Lancaster
1397 – 1475
Whitefield, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
Matthew (de) Whitfield
1370 – 1414
Whitfield, Northumberland, England
Priscilla Lawrence
1376 – 1447
John (de) Lancaster
1369 – 1433
Margaret Threlkeld
1385 – 1438
Threlkeld, , Westmorland, England
Great-Grandparents
John Whitfield
1335 – 1373
Alice Milford
1350 – 1419
Nicholas Lawrence
1355 –
Priscilla Lawrence
1364 –
William Lancaster
1345 – 1399
Christina Westmorland
1354 – 1406
William Threlkeld
1347 – 1408
Margaret Bowes
1350 – 1409
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert DeWhitfield
– 1350
Alice deUfford
1266 – 1310
Sir (Mitford)
1310 – 1370
Mitford
1310 –
Robert Lawrence
Sir Lancaster
1335 – 1361
John Threlkeld
1328 – 1371
Alice Huddleston
1330 – 1386
Robert Bowes
1310 – 1330
Elizabeth Leybourne
1325 – 1384

John Whitfield's Descendants

1.
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John Whitfield (1436 – 6 Jul 1492) m. Lady (Alice) Milford (1430 – 1491)
  1. 1. Robert Whitfield (1454 – Jun 1541) m. Agnes Giles (1479 – 1567)
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Whitfield (1494 – 1561) m. Thomas May (1492 – 1560)
      1. 1. George Maye (1518 – 1585) m. Elisabeth (Anne) Henley (1520 – 1550)
        1. 1. Richard May (Abt 1536 – 30 Dec 1588) m. Mary Hillersdon (1540 – 30 Dec 1618)
        2. 2. Thomas Maye m. Jane Sands
      2. 2. John Mayes (1520 – 15 Feb 1598) m. Mary Hone (1520 – 1582)
      3. 3. John May (1524 – ) m. Margery Carman (Abt 1524 – )
      4. 4. Robert Maye (1525 – Aug 1574) m. Dorothy Mallet (Abt 1520 – 1597)
      5. 5. Beatrice May (Abt 1526 – ) m. John Selwyn (Bef 1520 – 17 Jul 1594)
      6. 6. Thomas Maye (1528 – 1557) m. Agnes .maye (1532 – )
      7. 7. George May (Abt 1530 – )
      8. 8. Anne Maye (11 May 1531 – 1605) m. Edmund Walton (1525 – 1575)
      9. 9. William May (1533 – 1590) m. Isabel (De) Bellero (1535 – 1600)
    2. 2. Robert Whitfield (1500 – 2 Jun 1541) m. Catherine Wenbourne (1500 – 1540)
    3. 3. Robert Whitfield (8 Sep 1518 – 9 Dec 1597) m. Ann Roberts (Abt 1523 – 1549) m. Agnes (Anne) Atwood (1522 – 1591)
    4. 4. John Whitfield (1520 – 29 May 1585) m. Elizabeth Stacy (Abt 1519 – Abt 1581)
    5. 5. Elizabeth Whitfield (Abt 1580 – )
  2. 2. maud whitfield m. richard thirlwall

John Whitfield's Timeline

2 Records

1436
1436
Birth of John Whitfield in Whitfield, Northumberland, England
Whitfield, Northumberland, England
1492
6 Jul 1492
Age 56
Death of John Whitfield in Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England
Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1436
    Event Place: Whitfield, Northumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Jul 1492
    Event Place: Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England
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