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Lady Susan Knightley, Baroness Spencer 1498 – 1532 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1498

Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 22 September 1532

Death Location: Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Richard Knightly

Mother: Jane Skenard

Spouse(s): Sir Northamptonshire

Children(s): Isabel Spencer

In 1498, Lady Susan Knightley, Baroness Spencer entered the world in Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England, born to Richard Fawsley Knightly and Jane Skenard. Lady Susan Knightley, Baroness Spencer married Sir William Spencer of Wormleighton Manor, Warwickshire, and Althorp, Northamptonshire, and had children including Isabel Spencer. Lady Susan Knightley, Baroness Spencer passed away in 1532 in Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1498, Lady Susan Knightley, Baroness Spencer entered the world in Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England, born to Richard Fawsley Knightly and Jane Skenard.
  • Lady Susan Knightley, Baroness Spencer married Sir William Spencer of Wormleighton Manor, Warwickshire, and Althorp, Northamptonshire, and had children including Isabel Spencer.
  • Lady Susan Knightley, Baroness Spencer passed away in 1532 in Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England.

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Lady Spencer's Ancestors

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Lady Spencer
1498 – 1532
Birth Place: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Richard Fawsley Knightly
1455 – 1534
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Jane Skenard
1461 – 1539
Alderton, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard) Knightley
1500 –
Fawsley, Northants
Margaret Donington
Sir (Henry) Skenard
1435 –
Alderton, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Margery) Harrowden
1439 – 1492
Plumpton, Hampton, Buckinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Spencer's Descendants

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Lady (Susan Knightley, Baroness) Spencer (1498 – 22 September 1532) m. Sir (William Spencer of Wormleighton Manor, Warwickshire, and Althorp,) Northamptonshire (1496 – 22 June 1532)
  1. 1. Isabel Spencer (abt 1480 – 2 Nov 1578) m. Sir (John) Fitzallen (abt 1480 – )
    1. 1. Edmond (FitzAlan de) Arundel (1505 – ) m. Alice (De) Warren (16 Jul 1520 – )
      1. 1. Richard (Fitzalan, (Royal line)(FitzAlan)(Stewart)(Arundel)(DeVere) 10th Earl Of) Arundel (25 Mar 1470 – 21 Sep 1521) m. Lady (Eleanor Lancaster Plantagenet (Royal) line)(Plantagenet)(Lancaster)(DeVere) (1531 – 1575)
        1. 1. Alice Fitzalan (1518 – 11 May 1581) m. Sir (Thomas De Holand - 2nd Earl of Kent, Knight of the) Garter (1518 – Aft. 1538)

Lady Spencer's Timeline

2 Records

1498
1498
Birth of Lady Susan Knightley, Baroness Spencer in Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
1532
22 September 1532
Age 34
Death of Lady Susan Knightley, Baroness Spencer in Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England
Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1498
    Event Place: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 September 1532
    Event Place: Althorp Manor, Brington, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

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