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Lady Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland 1477–1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1477

Birth Location: Spencercombe, Devon, England

Death Date: 14 October 1542

Death Location: Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Father: Lord Knight

Mother: Eleanor Ormonde

Spouse(s): Henry Northumberland

Children(s): Margaret Cumberland, Thomas executed), Henry Northumberland, Margaret Northumberland), Maude PERCY, Joanne PERCY, William PERCY, Ingelram PERCY

The story of Lady Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland began in 1477 in Spencercombe, Devon, England. Lady Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland married Henry Algernon Percy Knight Of The Garter Knight Of The Bath 5Th Earl Of Northumberland, and had children including Henry Algernon Percy 6Th Earl Of Northumberland, Ingelram Percy, Joanne Percy, Margaret De Percy Lady Counntess Of Cumberland, Margaret Percy Countess Of Cumberland And Northumberland, Maude De Percy, Thomas Percy Earl Of Northumberland 2Nd Son Executed, William Percy. Lady Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland passed away in 1542 in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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  • The story of Lady Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland began in 1477 in Spencercombe, Devon, England.
  • Lady Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland married Henry Algernon Percy Knight Of The Garter Knight Of The Bath 5Th Earl Of Northumberland, and had children including Henry Algernon Percy 6Th Earl Of Northumberland, Ingelram Percy, Joanne Percy, Margaret De Percy Lady Counntess Of Cumberland, Margaret Percy Countess Of Cumberland And Northumberland, Maude De Percy, Thomas Percy Earl Of Northumberland 2Nd Son Executed, William Percy.
  • Lady Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland passed away in 1542 in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Lady Northumberland's Ancestors

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Lady Northumberland
1477–1542
Birth Place: Spencercombe, Devon, England
Parents
Lord Robert SPENCER Sir Knight
1435–1510
Spencercombe, County Devon, England
Eleanor (Plantagenet Beaufort Countess of Wiltshire &) Ormonde
1431–
London, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Northumberland's Descendants

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Lady (Catherine Spencer, Countess of) Northumberland (1477–14 October 1542) m. Henry (Algernon PERCY Knight of the Garter, Knight of the Bath, 5th Earl of) Northumberland (14 January 1478–19 May 1527)
  1. 1. Margaret (de PERCY Lady: Counntess of) Cumberland 1495–1540 m. Henry (CLIFFORD 1st Earl of) Cumberland 1493–1542
    1. 1. Catherine CLIFFORD 1513–1598 m. Richard CHOLMEY 1516–1563
      1. 1. Ursula Cholmondeley 1530–1580 m. Sir (Thomas Stanley, High Sherriff of) Cheshire 1532–1591
        1. 1. Fraunces Stanley 1555– m. Henry Delves 1554–1606
        2. 2. Randulph (Stanley) Esq 1556–1595
        3. 3. Thomas Stanley 1550–
        4. 4. Elizabeth Stanley 1549–
      2. 2. Catherine Cholmley 1538–
      3. 3. John Cholmley 1540–1587
      4. 4. Henry Cholmley 1534–1616
      5. 5. John Cholmley 1536–1572
      6. 6. Richard Cholmley 1545–1601
      7. 7. Elizabeth Cholmley 1553–1558
      8. 8. Hendrik (Cholmley (van Roxby)) Sir 1550–1615
    2. 2. Katharine (CLIFFORD Baroness Scrope of) Bolton 1513–1598
    3. 3. Henry (Hendrik Clifford 2nd Earl of) Cumberland 1517–1570
    4. 4. Ingram (CLIFFORD Sir) Knight 1519–1579 m. Anne RADCLIFFE –1571
      1. 1. Eleanor CLIFFORD 1545–
    5. 5. Mathilde Clifford 1520–
    6. 6. Elizabeth CLIFFORD 1515–1569
    7. 7. Maud (\ Mathilda CLIFFORD Baroness Conyers of) Hornby 1523–1557
    8. 8. Jane CLIFFORD 1525–
    9. 9. Thomas CLIFFORD 1526–
  2. 2. Thomas (PERCY (Earl of Northumberland, 2nd son,) executed) 1504–1537
  3. 3. Henry (Algernon PERCY 6th Earl of) Northumberland 1502–1537
  4. 4. Margaret (PERCY Countess of Cumberland and) Northumberland) 1508–1540
  5. 5. Maude (de) PERCY 1510–1560
  6. 6. Joanne PERCY 1490–
  7. 7. William PERCY 1507–
  8. 8. Ingelram PERCY –1538

Lady Northumberland's Timeline

2 Records

1477
1477
Birth of Lady Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland in Spencercombe, Devon, England
Spencercombe, Devon, England
1542
14 October 1542
Age 65
Death of Lady Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland in Beverley, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
Beverley, East Riding, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1477
    Event Place: Spencercombe, Devon, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 October 1542
    Event Place: Beverley, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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