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Margaret Willoughby Lady Margaret of WOLLATON Baroness Spencer 1560–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: England

Death Date: 17 August 1597

Death Location: Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Sir Nottinghamshire

Mother: Elizabeth None

Spouse(s): Robert Wormleighton

Children(s): John Spencer, Margaret Spencer, Mary Spencer, Richard Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, William Spencer, Edward Spencer

Margaret Willoughby Lady Margaret of WOLLATON Baroness Spencer was born in 1560 in England, the child of Sir Francis Willoughby 6Th Baron Willoughby Sheriff Of Nottinghamshire And Elizabeth. Margaret Willoughby Lady Margaret of WOLLATON Baroness Spencer married Robert Spencer Baron Of Wormleighton, and had children including Edward Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, John Spencer, Margaret Spencer, Mary Spencer, Richard Spencer, William Spencer. Margaret Willoughby Lady Margaret of WOLLATON Baroness Spencer passed away in 1597 in Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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  • Margaret Willoughby Lady Margaret of WOLLATON Baroness Spencer was born in 1560 in England, the child of Sir Francis Willoughby 6Th Baron Willoughby Sheriff Of Nottinghamshire And Elizabeth.
  • Margaret Willoughby Lady Margaret of WOLLATON Baroness Spencer married Robert Spencer Baron Of Wormleighton, and had children including Edward Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, John Spencer, Margaret Spencer, Mary Spencer, Richard Spencer, William Spencer.
  • Margaret Willoughby Lady Margaret of WOLLATON Baroness Spencer passed away in 1597 in Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Margaret Spencer's Ancestors

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Margaret Spencer
1560–1597
Birth Place: England
Parents
Sir Francis Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire
1547–1596
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England
Elizabeth
1546–1594
Frankley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Henry (Willoughby, Baron of Wollaton, Sheriff and Justice of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire & Warwickshire) Sir
1510–1549
Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire, England
Lady (Anne Grey, Lady of Groby, Baroness Willoughby of) Wollaton
1520–1548
Groby, Leicestershire, England
Sir (John II Lyttleton, Earl of Kent, Constable of Dudley) Castle
1519–1589
Frankley (near Rubley), Worcestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Willoughby
1470–1540
Anne Filliol
1494–1541
Thomas Grey
1477–1530
John Frankley
1502–1534
Agnes Talbot
1502–1582
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Sir
1451–1529
Margaret Markham
1445–1524
William Filliol
1452–1527
Lady Ifield
1455–1510

Margaret Spencer's Descendants

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Margaret (Willoughby Lady Margaret of WOLLATON Baroness) Spencer (1560–17 August 1597) m. Robert (Spencer Baron of) Wormleighton (1570–25 October 1627)
  1. 1. John Spencer 1590–1610
  2. 2. Margaret Spencer 1594–1613
  3. 3. Mary Spencer 1588–1658 m. Richard Anderson –1652
    1. 1. Mary Anderson 1610–1638
  4. 4. Richard Spencer 1593–1667 m. Mary Sands 1607–1675
  5. 5. Elizabeth Spencer 1589–1618
  6. 6. William Spencer 1591–1636 m. Penelope Wriothesley 1598–1667
    1. 1. Henry Spencer 1620–1643 m. Dorothy Sydney 1617–1684
      1. 1. Robert (Spencer 1st Duke of) Marlborough 1641–1702 m. Anne Digbye 1646–1715
        1. 1. Charles Spencer 1675–1722 m. Ann (Judith Churchill) Lady 1682–1716
        2. 2. Elizabeth Spencer 1691–
        3. 3. Anna Spenser 1666–1690
      2. 2. Penelope Spenser 1644–1645
    2. 2. Elizabeth Spencer 1617–1672
    3. 3. Robert Spencer 1628–1694
  7. 7. Edward Spencer 1594–1656

Margaret Spencer's Timeline

2 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Margaret Willoughby Lady Margaret of WOLLATON Baroness Spencer in England
England
1597
17 August 1597
Age 37
Death of Margaret Willoughby Lady Margaret of WOLLATON Baroness Spencer in Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 August 1597
    Event Place: Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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