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Lady Margaret Whittington 1492 – 1556 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1492

Birth Location: Cheshire, England

Death Date: 4 June 1556

Death Location: Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Willem Needham

Mother: Isabelle, Bromley

Spouse(s): Sir Pauntley

Children(s): Margaret Throckmorton

Lady Margaret Whittington Lady of Cranach, Baroness Wittington of Pauntley was born in 1492 in Cheshire, England, the child of Willem Needham and Isabelle, Countess of Cranach Bromley. Lady Margaret Whittington Lady of Cranach, Baroness Wittington of Pauntley married Sir Thomas John Arnold Whittington, Lord of Pauntley, and had children including Margaret Throckmorton. Lady Margaret Whittington Lady of Cranach, Baroness Wittington of Pauntley passed away in 1556 in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Whittington Lady of Cranach, Baroness Wittington of Pauntley was born in 1492 in Cheshire, England, the child of Willem Needham and Isabelle, Countess of Cranach Bromley.
  • Lady Margaret Whittington Lady of Cranach, Baroness Wittington of Pauntley married Sir Thomas John Arnold Whittington, Lord of Pauntley, and had children including Margaret Throckmorton.
  • Lady Margaret Whittington Lady of Cranach, Baroness Wittington of Pauntley passed away in 1556 in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Whittington's Ancestors

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Lady Whittington
1492 – 1556
Birth Place: Cheshire, England
Parents
Willem Needham
1476 – 1556
Cranage, Cheshire, England
Isabelle, (Countess of Cranach) Bromley
1455 – 1560
Sandbach, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Needham
Maud Brerton
Great-Grandparents
Robert Needham
Dorothy Savage
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Whittington's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret) Whittington (1492 – 4 June 1556) m. Sir (Thomas John Arnold Whittington, Lord of) Pauntley (1488 – 1545)
  1. 1. Margaret Throckmorton (1518 – 1578) m. Sir (Alexander) Whittington (Abt. 1508 – 1579) m. Thomas Throckmorton (1509 – 1 Mar 1586)
    1. 1. Arthur (Richard) Whittington (circa 1541 – abt 1617) m. Margaret Lynas (circa 1543 – 1612)
      1. 1. Philip Whittington (abt 1562 – 1643)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Whittington (abt 1563 – )
      3. 3. John (H.) Whittington (1565 – 1643)
      4. 4. Rowland Whittington (abt 1565/75 – 1623/26)
      5. 5. Henry Whittington (1568 – 1621)
      6. 6. Richard WHITTINGTON (1570 – )
      7. 7. William Whittington (1570 – 1646)
      8. 8. Constance Whittington (1576 – Mar 1577)
      9. 9. Margaret Whittington (1577 – psbly 1651)
      10. 10. John Whittington (1578 – abt 1625) m. Bridget (Susan Higford (widow of John) Whittington) (1589 – 1637)
        1. 1. William Whittington (30 Jan 1618 – 30 Jan 1659) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Weston (1629 – 1660)
      11. 11. Frances Whittington (1581 – 30 Dec 1581)
      12. 12. Elizabeth Whittington ( – 1651)
      13. 13. Jane Whittington ( – Bef 10 Oct 1617)
    2. 2. Christopher (Whittington of) Notgrove (1543 – 1599)
    3. 3. William (of Burton) Whittington (1545 – 1603)
    4. 4. Alice Whittington (1551 – 1613)
    5. 5. George Whittington (1553 – 1627)
    6. 6. Mark Whittington (1553 – 1627)
    7. 7. Elizabeth Whittington (1554 – )
    8. 8. Peter Whittington (1555 – 1634)
    9. 9. Jane Whittington (1559 – 1590)
    10. 10. Edward Whittington (1560 – 1632)
    11. 11. Rowland Whittington (1561 – )
    12. 12. Robert Whittington (1562 – )
    13. 13. Thomas Throckmorton (1545 – 31 Jan 1607)
    14. 14. Anne Throckmorton (1546 – 21 May 1581)

Lady Whittington's Timeline

3 Records

1492
1492
Birth of Lady Margaret Whittington Lady of Cranach, Baroness Wittington of Pauntley in Cheshire, England
Cheshire, England
1505
1505/1515
Age 13
Lady Margaret Whittington Lady of Cranach, Baroness Wittington of Pauntley was married in Solers, Gloucestershire, England X
Solers, Gloucestershire, England X
1556
4 June 1556
Age 64
Death of Lady Margaret Whittington Lady of Cranach, Baroness Wittington of Pauntley in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1492
    Event Place: Cheshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1505/1515
    Event Place: Solers, Gloucestershire, England X

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: The model merchant of the Middle Ages

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 June 1556
    Event Place: Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Pauntley, Forest of Dean District, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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