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Lord William Pope of Wilcote, 1st Earl of Downe 1573–1631 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Oct 1573

Birth Location: Wroxton Abbey, Wilcote, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 2 July 1631

Death Location: Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: John PO

Mother: Elizabeth Brockett

Spouse(s): Lady Hopton, Elizabeth Thomas

Children(s): Lt Washington

The story of Lord William Pope of Wilcote, 1st Earl of Downe began in 1573 in Wroxton Abbey, Wilcote, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Lord William Pope of Wilcote, 1st Earl of Downe married Elizabeth Thomas, Lady Anne Hopton, and had children including Lt Col Nathaniel Pope George Washinton S 4Thggf The Pope Bloodline Links To George Washington. Lord William Pope of Wilcote, 1st Earl of Downe passed away in 1631 in Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Lord William Pope of Wilcote, 1st Earl of Downe began in 1573 in Wroxton Abbey, Wilcote, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Lord William Pope of Wilcote, 1st Earl of Downe married Elizabeth Thomas, Lady Anne Hopton, and had children including Lt Col Nathaniel Pope George Washinton S 4Thggf The Pope Bloodline Links To George Washington.
  • Lord William Pope of Wilcote, 1st Earl of Downe passed away in 1631 in Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Lord Downe's Ancestors

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Lord Downe
1573–1631
Birth Place: Wroxton Abbey, Wilcote, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Pope of Wroxton, Esq., Heir of Thomas PO
1535–1583
Willcott, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (White) Brockett
1545–1634
Brocket Hall, Wheatampstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William (Pope) '
1510–1569
England
Margaret Yates
1510–1557
Stanlake, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Sir (John Brockett of Brockett Hall, Knight, MP for) Hertfordshire,
1511–1558
Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, England
Margaret (Benstede, heir to William) Benstede
1500–1559
Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Pope
1475–1523
Margaret Yates
1480–1557
Edmund Yates
1460–1516
Margaret Cornwell
1465–1510
Nicholas Hughson
1450–1512
Lady Barley
1460–1502
Sir Benstede
1454–1510
Anne Burley
1460–1500
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Pope
1455–1540
Grace Simpson
1454–1557

Lord Downe's Descendants

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Lord (William Pope of Wilcote, 1st Earl of) Downe (15 Oct 1573–2 July 1631) m. Lady (Anne) Hopton (1561–10 May 1625) m. Elizabeth Thomas (15 October 1594–1655)
  1. 1. Lt (Col Nathaniel Pope George Washinton's 4thGGF)(The Pope bloodline links to George) Washington 1603–1660 m. Lucy (Anne 'Luce' Fox Simes) (Pope) 1611–1660
    1. 1. John (D) Pope 1645–1723 m. Hannah (Elizabeth) Ball 1672–1703
      1. 1. Elizabeth Pope 1671–1739 m. Isaac Basye 1671–1739
        1. 1. Edmond Basye 1720–1804 m. Winnifred Taylor 1732–1805

Lord Downe's Timeline

2 Records

1573
15 Oct 1573
Birth of Lord William Pope of Wilcote, 1st Earl of Downe in Wroxton Abbey, Wilcote, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Wroxton Abbey, Wilcote, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1631
2 July 1631
Age 58
Death of Lord William Pope of Wilcote, 1st Earl of Downe in Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1573
    Event Place: Wroxton Abbey, Wilcote, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 July 1631
    Event Place: Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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