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Knight Sir John Spencer II, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, England 1505–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1505

Birth Location: Stofold, Beds, England

Death Date: 08 Nov 1586

Death Location: Northamptonshire, England

Father: William NOrthamptonshire

Mother: Susan (14GGM)

Spouse(s): Frances **

Children(s): Sir Offley

Knight Sir John Spencer II, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, England was born in 1505 in Stofold, Beds, England, the child of William Spencer Sir 14Ggf Of Wormleighton Manor Warwickshire And Althorp Northamptonshire High Sheriff Of Northamptonshireknight Of The Shire For Northamptonshire And Susan Knightley Lady 14Ggm. Knight Sir John Spencer II, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, England married Frances Catherine Kitson Spencer Baroness Spencer Lady, and had children including Sir Richard Spencer Of Offley. Knight Sir John Spencer II, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, England passed away in 1586 in Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Knight Sir John Spencer II, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, England was born in 1505 in Stofold, Beds, England, the child of William Spencer Sir 14Ggf Of Wormleighton Manor Warwickshire And Althorp Northamptonshire High Sheriff Of Northamptonshireknight Of The Shire For Northamptonshire And Susan Knightley Lady 14Ggm.
  • Knight Sir John Spencer II, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, England married Frances Catherine Kitson Spencer Baroness Spencer Lady, and had children including Sir Richard Spencer Of Offley.
  • Knight Sir John Spencer II, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, England passed away in 1586 in Northamptonshire, England.

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Knight England's Ancestors

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Knight England
1505–1586
Birth Place: Stofold, Beds, England
Parents
William Spencer, Sir (14GGF) of Wormleighton Manor, Warwickshire, and Althorp, Northamptonshire High Sheriff of NorthamptonshireKnight of the Shire for NOrthamptonshire
1496–1532
Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Susan (Knightley , Lady) (14GGM)
1498–1532
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Spencer
1474–1532
Hodnell (Warwickshire) England
Margaret Poyners
1480–1517
Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Knight England's Descendants

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Knight (Sir John Spencer II, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire,) England (1505–08 Nov 1586) m. Frances (Catherine Kitson (Spencer), Baroness Spencer Lady) ** (1524–8 Nov 1586)
  1. 1. Sir (Richard Spencer of) Offley 1559–1624 m. Helen (Elinora) Brocket 1574–1614
    1. 1. Alice (Ann) Spencer 1604–1640 m. Sir (John) Jennings 1600–1642
      1. 1. William Butler 1615–1663 m. Hannah (Grendon) Jennings 1630–1690
        1. 1. Amy Butler 1646– m. Thomas Batte 1634–1695

Knight England's Timeline

2 Records

1505
1505
Birth of Knight Sir John Spencer II, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, England in Stofold, Beds, England
Stofold, Beds, England
1586
08 Nov 1586
Age 81
Death of Knight Sir John Spencer II, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, England in Northamptonshire, England
Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Stofold, Beds, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Nov 1586
    Event Place: Northamptonshire, England

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