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Lord Robert Spencer\ Sir Knight 1435 – 1510 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1435

Birth Location: Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk

Death Date: 1510

Death Location: Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk

Father: John Spencer

Mother: Joan Tithington

Spouse(s): Eleanor Ormonde

Children(s): Catherine Northumberland

Lord Robert Spencer\ Sir Knight was born in 1435 in Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk, the child of John Spencer and Joan Tithington. Lord Robert Spencer\ Sir Knight married Eleanor Plantagenet Beaufort, Countess of Wiltshire & Ormonde, and had children including Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland. Lord Robert Spencer\ Sir Knight passed away in 1510 in Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk.

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Biography

  • Lord Robert Spencer\ Sir Knight was born in 1435 in Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk, the child of John Spencer and Joan Tithington.
  • Lord Robert Spencer\ Sir Knight married Eleanor Plantagenet Beaufort, Countess of Wiltshire & Ormonde, and had children including Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland.
  • Lord Robert Spencer\ Sir Knight passed away in 1510 in Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Spencer
1418 – 1479
Birth Location: hodnell, Warwickshire, England
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Joan Tithington
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Eleanor Ormonde
1431 –
Birth Location: London, County Middlesex, England, Uk
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Children(s)

Catherine Northumberland
1477 – 1542
Birth Location: Spencercombe, Devon, England
CN

Lord Knight's Ancestors

Self
Lord Knight
1435 – 1510
Birth Place: Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk
Parents
John Spencer
1418 – 1479
hodnell, Warwickshire, England
Joan Tithington
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Knight's Descendants

1.
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Lord (Robert Spencer\ Sir) Knight (1435 – 1510) m. Eleanor (Plantagenet Beaufort, Countess of Wiltshire &) Ormonde (1431 – August)
  1. 1. Catherine (Spencer, Countess of) Northumberland (1477 – 14 October 1542) m. Lord (Henry Algernon Percy (5th Earl of Northumberland Knight of the Garter Knight of) Bath) (14 January 1478 – 19 May 1527)
    1. 1. Joanne Percy (1501 – )
    2. 2. Henry (Algernon Percy, 6th Earl of) Northumberland (1502 – 29 June 1537)
    3. 3. Margaret Clifford (1503 – 25 November 1540) m. Henry (II 2, Sir de Clifford, 1st Lord Earl of Cumberland, 11th Baron) Clifford (1493 – 22 Sep 1542)
      1. 1. Dorothy (De) Clifford (1512 – 13 Sep 1562)
      2. 2. Elizabeth (de Clifford, daughter of Henry) II (1515 – 2 Jan 1569)
      3. 3. Henry Clifford (1517 – 8 January 1570)
      4. 4. Arthur (Henry De) Clifford (1517 – 8 January 1570)
      5. 5. Ingram (de) Clifford (1517 – 1579)
      6. 6. Henry (III 3, Sir de Clifford, 12th Baron Clifford, 2nd Lord Earl of) Cumberland (Abt 1517 – 8 January 1570)
      7. 7. Henry (De) Clifford (1519 – 8 Jan 1570)
      8. 8. Robert (de Clifford, son of Henry) II (1520 – 8 Jan 1570)
      9. 9. Mathilde Clifford (1520 – 13 Sep 1562)
      10. 10. John Skipton (1520 – )
      11. 11. Thomas Clifford (1520 – 1543)
      12. 12. Maud (Matilda de Clifford, daughter of Henry II, married John) Conyers (1523 – 30 Jun 1557)
      13. 13. Jane (de) Clifford (1525 – )
      14. 14. Thomas, (Sir de Clifford, son of Henry II, Governor of) Berwick (1526 – 1572)
      15. 15. Catherine Clifford (1513 – 1598) m. John (Scrope, 8th Baron Bolton, 4th Baron of) Masham (1496 – 10 May 1576) m. Richard Cholmeley ( – 1583)
        1. 1. Henry Scrope (1510 – 10 May 1590)
        2. 2. Ralph (Raphe) SCROPE (1518 – 28 Nov 1572)
        3. 3. Margaret Scrope (1519 – 1583)
        4. 4. John Scrope (1520 – )
        5. 5. Robert SCROPE (1522 – 24 MAR 1599)
        6. 6. Adrian Scrope (1524 – 20 January 1577) m. Ursula Ludlowe (1547 – 4 September 1613)
        7. 7. Anne Scrope (1526 – 12 Jan 1607)
        8. 8. Mary Scrope (1528 – 15 Jul 1610)
        9. 9. Henry Scrope (1534 – 10 May 1590)
        10. 10. Elizabeth Pudsay (28 October 1537 – 6 November 1620)
        11. 11. Henry Cholmeley ( – January 1616)
    4. 4. Thomas (de) Percy (4 November 1504 – 2 Jun 1537)
    5. 5. Ingelram (de) Percy (1506 – 1538)
    6. 6. Maude (de) Percy (1510 – 1560)
    7. 7. Catherine (1525 – 1552)

Lord Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1435
1435
Birth of Lord Robert Spencer\ Sir Knight in Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk
Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk
1510
1510
Age 75
Death of Lord Robert Spencer\ Sir Knight in Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk
Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1435
    Event Place: Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
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