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Lady Janet Stanhope 1505–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1505

Birth Location: Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England

Death Date: 14 Jan 1579

Death Location: Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Stanhope

Mother: Lady Bourchier

Spouse(s): Sir Watson

Children(s): Sir Watson

Lady Janet Stanhope was born in 1505 in Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England, the child of Sir Edward Stanhope And Lady Elizabeth Bourchier. Lady Janet Stanhope married Sir Richard Watson, and had children including Sir John Watson. Lady Janet Stanhope passed away in 1579 in Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Janet Stanhope was born in 1505 in Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England, the child of Sir Edward Stanhope And Lady Elizabeth Bourchier.
  • Lady Janet Stanhope married Sir Richard Watson, and had children including Sir John Watson.
  • Lady Janet Stanhope passed away in 1579 in Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Stanhope
1472–1512
Birth Location: Rampton, Nottinghamshire, England
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Lady Bourchier
1474–1557
Birth Location: Clifford in Dunsford, Combeinteignhead, Little Yarnscombe in Yarnscombe, Devon, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir Watson
1502–1553
Birth Location: Holme On Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
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Children(s)

Sir Watson
1531–1591
Birth Location: Saughton Park, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Lady Stanhope's Ancestors

Self
Lady Stanhope
1505–1579
Birth Place: Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England
Parents
Sir Edward Stanhope
1472–1512
Rampton, Nottinghamshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Bourchier
1474–1557
Clifford in Dunsford, Combeinteignhead, Little Yarnscombe in Yarnscombe, Devon, England
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas) Stanhope
1445–1475
Rampton, Nottinghamshire, England
Lady (Mary) Jerningham
1450–1474
Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk, England
Sir (Fulk) Bourchier
1445–1479
Bampton, Mid Devon District, Devon, England
Elizabeth (Woodville) Tilney
1449–1516
Hartland (Devonshire) England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Stanhope
1415–1493
Elisabeth Talbot
1420–1451
Sir Jerningham
1410–1474
Lady Darrell
1490–1557
Sir Bourchier
1412–1471
Thomasine Hankeford
1423–1453
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Darrell
1465–1530
Lady Croft
1470–1547
Sir Hankeford
1397–1430
Elizabeth Fitzwarin
1404–1427

Lady Stanhope's Descendants

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Lady (Janet) Stanhope (1505–14 Jan 1579) m. Sir (Richard) Watson (1502–1553)
  1. 1. Sir (John) Watson 1531–1591 m. Nans Dewar 1536–1592
    1. 1. Sir (Gavin) Watsone 1557–1607 m. Lady (Janet) Johnson 1560–1610
      1. 1. Lady (Janet) Watsone 1585–1625 m. Sir (Gilbert) Willliamsone 1573–1625
        1. 1. Margaret Williamsone 1614–1650 m. Alexander Still 1614–1686

Lady Stanhope's Timeline

2 Records

1505
1505
Birth of Lady Janet Stanhope in Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England
Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England
1579
14 Jan 1579
Age 74
Death of Lady Janet Stanhope in Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland
Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Jan 1579
    Event Place: Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland
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