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Lady Margaret Grenville Atwood 1491–1565 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 04 Jan 1491

Birth Location: Fortesset, Gloucestershire, Eng

Death Date: 1565

Death Location: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Eng

Father: Sir Falcons

Mother: Lady Sanderstead

Spouse(s): Sir Gainsborough, Sir Potter, John Atwood

Children(s): Sir Gainsborough

The story of Lady Margaret Grenville Atwood began in 1491 in Fortesset, Gloucestershire, Eng. Lady Margaret Grenville Atwood married John Hewson Atwood, Sir Thomas Hicks Earl Of Gainsborough, Sir Thomas I Potter, and had children including Sir Knight Baptist Hicks Earl Of Gainsborough. Lady Margaret Grenville Atwood passed away in 1565 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Eng.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Margaret Grenville Atwood began in 1491 in Fortesset, Gloucestershire, Eng.
  • Lady Margaret Grenville Atwood married John Hewson Atwood, Sir Thomas Hicks Earl Of Gainsborough, Sir Thomas I Potter, and had children including Sir Knight Baptist Hicks Earl Of Gainsborough.
  • Lady Margaret Grenville Atwood passed away in 1565 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Eng.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Falcons
1475–1562
Birth Location: Sanderstead, Croydon, Greater London, England
SF
Lady Sanderstead
1479–1558
Birth Location: Stowe, Cornwall, England
LS

Spouses(s)

Sir Gainsborough
1480–1565
Birth Location: Tortworth, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England
SG
Sir Potter
1500–1553
Birth Location: Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England
SP
John Atwood
1480–1562
Birth Location: Sanderstead, Greater London, England
JA

Children(s)

Sir Gainsborough
1526–1565
Birth Location: Fortesset, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
SG

Lady Atwood's Ancestors

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Lady Atwood
1491–1565
Birth Place: Fortesset, Gloucestershire, Eng
Parents
Sir John Hewson Atte Woode of Sanderstead Manor, Keeper of King Henry VIII's Falcons
1475–1562
Sanderstead, Croydon, Greater London, England
Lady (Mary Margaret Grenville of) Sanderstead
1479–1558
Stowe, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Atwood's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret Grenville) Atwood (04 Jan 1491–1565) m. Sir (Thomas Hicks, Earl of) Gainsborough (17 March 1480–25 Mar 1565) m. Sir (Thomas I) Potter (1500–5 December 1553) m. John (Hewson) Atwood (1480–31 January 1562)
  1. 1. Sir (Knight Baptist Hicks, Earl of) Gainsborough 1526–1565 m. Countess (Mary Louisa) Everard 1528–1588 m. Mary Evered 1527–1557
    1. 1. JAMES (Thomas 1550 Hicks Hix +* Sir Kt, Baron of Limington, Viscount of) Campden 1550–1601 m. Pheobe\Phebe (Allyne\Allen Lady Viscountess & Baroness) Hicks 1557–1663
      1. 1. William Hicks 1568–1665 m. Anne Smith 1570–1624 m. Anne (Gulielmi 1570 Smith) Hicks 1570–1624
        1. 1. Lady (Sarah Anne) Hicks 1592–1624 m. John (Strickland) Seaman 1590–1684

Lady Atwood's Timeline

2 Records

1491
04 Jan 1491
Birth of Lady Margaret Grenville Atwood in Fortesset, Gloucestershire, Eng
Fortesset, Gloucestershire, Eng
1565
1565
Age 74
Death of Lady Margaret Grenville Atwood in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Eng
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Eng

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 04 Jan 1491
    Event Place: Fortesset, Gloucestershire, Eng

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Eng
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