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Lady Margaret Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield 1554–1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1554

Birth Location: Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 May 1598

Death Location: London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Father: William KG

Mother: Margaret Effingham

Spouse(s): Sir Cambridgeshire

Children(s): William Hinson, John Hynson, Ann Hynson, Thomas Sr.

The story of Lady Margaret Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield began in 1554 in Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Lady Margaret Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield married Sir Richard Allen Hynson Of Fordham Cambridgeshire, and had children including Ann Hynson, John Of Fordham Cambridgeshire Hynson, Thomas M Hynson Sr, William Hinson. Lady Margaret Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield passed away in 1598 in London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.

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  • The story of Lady Margaret Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield began in 1554 in Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.
  • Lady Margaret Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield married Sir Richard Allen Hynson Of Fordham Cambridgeshire, and had children including Ann Hynson, John Of Fordham Cambridgeshire Hynson, Thomas M Hynson Sr, William Hinson.
  • Lady Margaret Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield passed away in 1598 in London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.

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Spouses(s)

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Lady Sheffield's Ancestors

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Lady Sheffield
1554–1598
Birth Place: Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Parents
William Howard, Earl Marshal of England, Lord Chamberlain of England, Lord Privy Seal, 1st Baron of Effingham, Lord Admir PC, KG
1483–1572
Norfolk, England
Margaret (Gamage, Baroness Howard of) Effingham
1510–1581
Coity, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Surrey, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Warden General of Northern Marshes KB KG) Knight
1443–1524
Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England
Agnes Tilney
1480–1545
Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Norfolk
1419–1485
Lady Norfolk
1424–1465
Hugo Boston
1428–1488
Eleanor Tilney
1433–1502
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Tendring
1385–1437
Margaret Mowbray
1387–1459

Lady Sheffield's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of) Sheffield (1554–14 May 1598) m. Sir (Richard Allen Hynson of Fordham,) Cambridgeshire (1550–1610)
  1. 1. William Hinson 1572–1632 m. Elizabeth Norwich –1619
    1. 1. Thomas Hynson 1620–1669 m. Grace Midgley 1620–1667
      1. 1. Col. (Charles) Hynson 1662–1711 m. Margaret Harris 1669–1733
        1. 1. Thomas Hynson 1688–1738 m. Wealthy (Ann) Tilden 1690–1738
        2. 2. William Hynson 1708–1767
        3. 3. Dorcas Hynson 1690–1772
        4. 4. Margaret Hynson 1697–1703
        5. 5. Joan Hynson 1700–1702
        6. 6. Jane Hynson 1702–
        7. 7. Anne Hynson 1705–
        8. 8. Charles Hynson 1692–1748
        9. 9. Judith Hynson 1694–1703
        10. 10. Margaret Hynson 1712–1712
      2. 2. Col. (John) Hynson 1645–1705
      3. 3. Ann Hynson 1649–1692 m. Joseph Wickes 1620–1692 m. St.Leger Codd 1634–1706
        1. 1. Martha Wickes 1676–1746
        2. 2. Samuel Wickes 1684–1732
        3. 3. Joseph Wickes 1684–
      4. 4. Thomas Hynson 1640–1679
      5. 5. Grace Hynson 1647–1692
      6. 6. Henry Hynson 1645–1705
      7. 7. Mary Hynson 1651–1677
      8. 8. Randolph Hynson 1660–1686
    2. 2. John Hinson 1585–1638
    3. 3. Grace Hynson 1619–1667
    4. 4. Robert Hanson 1590–1650
    5. 5. James Hinson 1590–1650
  2. 2. John (of Fordham, Cambridgeshire) Hynson 1585–1638
  3. 3. Ann Hynson 1573–
  4. 4. Thomas (M. Hynson) Sr. 1591–1670 m. Anne Letchworth 1572–
    1. 1. William (Powell) Hynson 1645–

Lady Sheffield's Timeline

2 Records

1554
1554
Birth of Lady Margaret Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield in Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
1598
14 May 1598
Age 44
Death of Lady Margaret Douglas Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield in London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1554
    Event Place: Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 May 1598
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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