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John de Wrottesley 1517–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Wrottesley Manor, Tetten Hall, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 18 November 1578

Death Location: Tettenhall, Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England

Father: Walter Stnaton

Mother: Isabel Harcourt

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Blount

Children(s): Margaret Wrottesley, Walter Wrottesley, John Rotsley, Dorothy Wrottesley, Edward Rotsley, Isabel WROTTESLEY, Sir Wrottesley, Thomas Rotsley

In 1517, John de Wrottesley entered the world in Wrottesley Manor, Tetten Hall, Staffordshire, England, born to Walter Wrottesley Of Stnaton And Isabel Harcourt. John de Wrottesley married Elizabeth Sussie Bessie Blount, Francis Gray, and had children including Dorothy De Wrottesley, Edward Wrottesley Rotsley, Isabel Wrottesley, John Wrottesley Or Rotsley, Margaret De Wrottesley, Mary Wrotesley, Sir Walter Wrottesley, Thomas Wrottesley Rotsley, Walter Wrottesley. John de Wrottesley passed away in 1578 in Tettenhall, Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.

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Biography

  • In 1517, John de Wrottesley entered the world in Wrottesley Manor, Tetten Hall, Staffordshire, England, born to Walter Wrottesley Of Stnaton And Isabel Harcourt.
  • John de Wrottesley married Elizabeth Sussie Bessie Blount, Francis Gray, and had children including Dorothy De Wrottesley, Edward Wrottesley Rotsley, Isabel Wrottesley, John Wrottesley Or Rotsley, Margaret De Wrottesley, Mary Wrotesley, Sir Walter Wrottesley, Thomas Wrottesley Rotsley, Walter Wrottesley.
  • John de Wrottesley passed away in 1578 in Tettenhall, Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.

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John Wrottesley's Ancestors

Self
John Wrottesley
1517–1578
Birth Place: Wrottesley Manor, Tetten Hall, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Walter Wrottesley of Stnaton
1483–1563
Staffordshire, England
Isabel Harcourt
1480–1517
Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
Richard Wrottesley
1457–1521
Staffordshire, England
Dorothy ("Jane" Dudley) Sutton
1462–1517
Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Wrottesley's Descendants

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John (de) Wrottesley (1517–18 November 1578) m. Elizabeth (Sussie Bessie) Blount (28 Feb 1531–1 May 1591)
  1. 1. Margaret (de) Wrottesley 1569–1618 m. Sir (Richard) Elde 1546–1620
    1. 1. Richard (Gent) Elde 1593–1618 m. Margaret Crompton, 1595–1618
      1. 1. Margaret (Margeria) Elde 1616–1644 m. Thomae (Wilelmi) Shorthose 1600–1688
        1. 1. William (Willelmus) Shorthouse 1641– m. Ann Middleton 1649–1685
    2. 2. Walter Elde 1596–
    3. 3. Dorothy Elde 1600–
    4. 4. John Elde 1594–1653
    5. 5. Mary Elde 1598–
  2. 2. Walter Wrottesley 1548–1630 m. Margaret Devereux 1581–1615 m. Joyce Leighton 1547–1614 m. Mary (Lee) Leigh 1548–1663
    1. 1. William (de) Wrottesley 1593–1599
    2. 2. Susannah (de) Wrottesley 1603–
    3. 3. Sir (Hugh) Wrottesley 1570–1633
    4. 4. Mary Wrottesley 1580–1663
  3. 3. John (Wrottesley or) Rotsley 1535–
  4. 4. Dorothy (de) Wrottesley 1558–1640
  5. 5. Edward (Wrottesley) Rotsley 1534–
  6. 6. Isabel WROTTESLEY 1555–
  7. 7. Sir (Walter) Wrottesley 1560–1630
  8. 8. Thomas (Wrottesley) Rotsley 1551–1610

John Wrottesley's Timeline

2 Records

1517
1517
Birth of John de Wrottesley in Wrottesley Manor, Tetten Hall, Staffordshire, England
Wrottesley Manor, Tetten Hall, Staffordshire, England
1578
18 November 1578
Age 61
Death of John de Wrottesley in Wrottesley Manor, Tetten Hall, Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England
Wrottesley Manor, Tetten Hall, Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Wrottesley Manor, Tetten Hall, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 November 1578
    Event Place: Wrottesley Manor, Tetten Hall, Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tettenhall, Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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