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Lady Margaret "Majorie" Williams 1521 – 1599 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Oct 1521

Birth Location: Thame, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: December 1599

Death Location: Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels)

Father: Sir Williams

Mother: Lady Bedlow

Spouse(s): Sir Norris

Children(s): Lady Norris

Lady Margaret "Majorie" Williams , Baroness of Rycote was born in 1521 in Thame, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Sir John Edward Gryffen Williams and Lady Elizabeth Bedlow. Lady Margaret "Majorie" Williams , Baroness of Rycote married Sir Henry Norris, and had children including Lady Elizabeth "Catherine" Norris. Lady Margaret "Majorie" Williams , Baroness of Rycote passed away in 1599 in Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels).

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret "Majorie" Williams , Baroness of Rycote was born in 1521 in Thame, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Sir John Edward Gryffen Williams and Lady Elizabeth Bedlow.
  • Lady Margaret "Majorie" Williams , Baroness of Rycote married Sir Henry Norris, and had children including Lady Elizabeth "Catherine" Norris.
  • Lady Margaret "Majorie" Williams , Baroness of Rycote passed away in 1599 in Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels).

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Williams's Ancestors

Self
Lady Williams
1521 – 1599
Birth Place: Thame, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Sir John Edward Gryffen Williams
1500 – 1558
Thame, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Bedlow
1506 – 1556
London, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Lord (Sir Thomas) Cromwell
1485 – 1540
Putney, London Borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England
Lady (Elisabeth) Wyckes
1489 – 1517
Putney, Surrey, England
Thomas Bedlow
1476 – 1558
London, Middlesex, , England
Lady (Elizabeth) Starkey
1480 – 1570
London, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Frowick
1450 –
Anne Knollys
1452 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Williams's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret "Majorie") Williams (15 Oct 1521 – December 1599) m. Sir (Henry) Norris (Jan 1525 – 27 Jun 1601)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth "Catherine") Norris (1558 – abt 1599) m. Enoch Moore (19 Jan 1561 – 24 Dec 1615)
    1. 1. John Moore (1584 – 1679) m. Elizabeth ("Abigail") Merritt (1588 – 1670)
      1. 1. Katherine Moore (1620 – 1722) m. Robert Flake (1620 – 2 Apr 1697)
        1. 1. Mary (Lee) Flake (1657 – 1717) m. Robert Clarke (1660 – 18 Mar 1724)

Lady Williams's Timeline

4 Records

1521
15 Oct 1521
Birth of Lady Margaret "Majorie" Williams , Baroness of Rycote in Thame, Oxfordshire, England
Thame, Oxfordshire, England
1599
16 Nov 1599
Age 78
Death of Lady Margaret "Majorie" Williams , Baroness of Rycote in Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels)
Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels)
1599
December 1599
Age 78
Death of Lady Margaret "Majorie" Williams , Baroness of Rycote in Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels)
Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels)
1793
20 Oct 1793
Age 272
Lady Margaret "Majorie" Williams , Baroness of Rycote was baptized in Norfolk, England
Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1521
    Event Place: Thame, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 20 Oct 1793
    Event Place: Norfolk, England
    Record Source: Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935, Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: BT ANW 1793-94_k-n

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Nov 1599
    Event Place: Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels)

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: December 1599
    Event Place: Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels)
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Great Haseley, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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