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Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift 1508–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1508

Birth Location: Montacute, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 23 September 1576

Death Location: Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Geoffrey Canterbury

Mother: Jane Pole

Spouse(s): Bartholomew (1510-1571

Children(s): Alice Francis*

The story of Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift began in 1508 in Montacute, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift married Bartholomew Frances F Rancis 1510 1571, and had children including Alice Francis. Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift passed away in 1576 in Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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  • The story of Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift began in 1508 in Montacute, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
  • Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift married Bartholomew Frances F Rancis 1510 1571, and had children including Alice Francis.
  • Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift passed away in 1576 in Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Lady Swift's Ancestors

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Lady Swift
1508–1576
Birth Place: Montacute, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Geoffrey Pole, Archbishop Canterbury
1501–1558
Lordington, Sussex, England
Jane (Baroness Montagu Neville De La) Pole
1498–1562
Dedham Hall, Risbridge, England
Grandparents
William (Debrykelesworth, DE LA) Pole
1462–1505
Laleworth, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Margaret (Pole) Plantagenet
1473–1541
Castle Farley, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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Lady Swift's Descendants

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Lady (Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings) Swift (1508–23 September 1576) m. Bartholomew (Frances F)rancis) (1510-1571 (1510–15 November 1571)
  1. 1. Alice Francis* 1537–1571 m. Ralph Ketter* 1533–1571
    1. 1. Joane Ketter 1560–1610 m. John Charnould 1553–1615
      1. 1. Violet Stanley 1596–1648 m. Edward Shepard 1596–1680
        1. 1. Abigail (Ann) Shepard 1631–1661 m. Daniell Pond 1627–1698

Lady Swift's Timeline

2 Records

1508
1508
Birth of Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift in Montacute, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Montacute, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1576
23 September 1576
Age 68
Death of Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift in Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1508
    Event Place: Montacute, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 September 1576
    Event Place: Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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