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Margaret Fortescue 1502–1551 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1502

Birth Location: Stonor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 12 May 1551

Death Location: Woolley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Blessed

Mother: Anne Stonor

Spouse(s): Sir Wentworth

Children(s): Anne Wentworth, Philip Wentworth, Jane Wentworth, Sir Wentworth

Margaret Fortescue was born in 1502 in Stonor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Adrian Fortescue Kb Blessed And Anne Stonor. Margaret Fortescue married Sir Thomas 1St Baron Wentworth Wentworth, and had children including Anne Agnes Wentworth, Jane Wentworth, Philip Wentworth, Sir Thomas 2Nd Baron Wentworth Wentworth. Margaret Fortescue passed away in 1551 in Woolley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaret Fortescue was born in 1502 in Stonor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Adrian Fortescue Kb Blessed And Anne Stonor.
  • Margaret Fortescue married Sir Thomas 1St Baron Wentworth Wentworth, and had children including Anne Agnes Wentworth, Jane Wentworth, Philip Wentworth, Sir Thomas 2Nd Baron Wentworth Wentworth.
  • Margaret Fortescue passed away in 1551 in Woolley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Margaret Fortescue's Ancestors

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Margaret Fortescue
1502–1551
Birth Place: Stonor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Adrian Fortescue KB Blessed
1476–1539
Punsborne, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Anne Stonor
1484–1518
Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John the Younger) Fortescue
1434–1500
Norfolk, England
Lady (Alice Elizabeth Ann de) Boleyn
1438–1485
Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
Sir (William de) Stonor
1445–1494
Oxfordshire, England
Anne Norreys
1456–1486
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Norreys
1433–1507
Isabel Ingoldsthrop
1435–1476
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Norreys
1400–1466
Alice Norreys
1410–1450
Edmund Ingaldesthorpe
1421–1456
Joan Tiptoft
1420–1494

Margaret Fortescue's Descendants

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Margaret Fortescue (1502–12 May 1551) m. Sir (Thomas 1st Baron Wentworth) Wentworth (1503–3 March 1551)
  1. 1. Anne (Agnes) Wentworth 1520–1575 m. John Poley 1513–1589
    1. 1. Susanna Poley 1543–1603
    2. 2. Edmund Poley 1545–1613
    3. 3. Henry Poley 1558–1618
    4. 4. Margaret Poley 1542–1625
    5. 5. Martha Poley 1556–1603
    6. 6. Mirabel Poley 1552–1581
    7. 7. Richard Poley 1546–1591
    8. 8. Thomas Poley 1540–1625
  2. 2. Philip Wentworth 1536–1583 m. Elizabeth Corbet 1540–
  3. 3. Jane Wentworth 1541–1614 m. Henry Cheyne 1540–1587
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Cheyne 1578–1656
    2. 2. Oliver Cheney 1581–
  4. 4. Sir (Thomas 2nd Baron Wentworth) Wentworth 1522–1584 m. Mary Wentworth 1524–1554 m. Ann Wentworth 1530–1571

Margaret Fortescue's Timeline

3 Records

1502
1502
Birth of Margaret Fortescue in Stonor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Stonor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1551
12 May 1551
Age 49
Death of Margaret Fortescue in Woolley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Woolley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1551
12 May 1551
Age 49
Death of Margaret Fortescue in Woolley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Woolley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1502
    Event Place: Stonor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 May 1551
    Event Place: Woolley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 May 1551
    Event Place: Woolley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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