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Lady Helen, Ellen Preston 1515 – 1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Cunswick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 November 1571

Death Location: Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Prest

Mother: Anne Saunders

Spouse(s): James Cunswick

Children(s): Lady Norfolk

Lady Helen Ellen Preston was born in 1515 in Cunswick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Thomas Jermyn Prest and Anne Thornburgh Saunders. Lady Helen Ellen Preston later married James Lord Leybourne van Cunswick, and together they raised children including Lady Elizabeth Margret Leybourne and Duchess of Norfolk. In 1571, Lady Helen Ellen Preston passed away in Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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Parents

Sir Prest
1480 – 1552
Birth Location: Rushbrooke Hall, Suffolk, England
SP
Anne Saunders
1480 – 1524
Birth Location: Hampsfield, Lancastershire, England
AS

Spouses(s)

James Cunswick
1490 – 1580
Birth Location: Cunswick, Westmoreland
JC

Children(s)

Lady Norfolk
1536 – 1567
Birth Location: Cunswick, Westmoreland, England
LN

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1512
    Event Place: Cunswick, Westmoreland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1515
    Event Place: Cunswick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 Nov 1571
    Event Place: Preston Patrick, Cunswick, Westmoreland, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 November 1571
    Event Place: Preston Patrick, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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