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Margaret Stanley 1480–1549 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: Melling, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1549

Death Location: Clayton Hall, Lancashire, England

Father: Jonathan Stanley

Mother:

Spouse(s): Sir Grimshaw

Children(s): Dorothy Grimshaw, Anne Grimshaw, Nicolas Grimshaw, Elizabeth Grimshaw, John Grimshaw, Richard Grimshaw, Henry Grimshaw, Raufe Grimshaw, Alice Grimshaw, Isabella Grimshaw

The story of Margaret Stanley began in 1480 in Melling, Lancashire, England. Margaret Stanley married Sir Thomas Grimshaw, and had children including Alice Grimshaw, Anne Grimshaw, Dorothy Grimshaw, Elizabeth Grimshaw, Henry Grimshaw, Isabella Grimshaw, John Grimshaw, Nicolas Grimshaw, Raufe Grimshaw, Richard Grimshaw. Margaret Stanley passed away in 1549 in Clayton Hall, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Stanley began in 1480 in Melling, Lancashire, England.
  • Margaret Stanley married Sir Thomas Grimshaw, and had children including Alice Grimshaw, Anne Grimshaw, Dorothy Grimshaw, Elizabeth Grimshaw, Henry Grimshaw, Isabella Grimshaw, John Grimshaw, Nicolas Grimshaw, Raufe Grimshaw, Richard Grimshaw.
  • Margaret Stanley passed away in 1549 in Clayton Hall, Lancashire, England.

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Margaret Stanley's Ancestors

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Margaret Stanley
1480–1549
Birth Place: Melling, Lancashire, England
Parents
Jonathan Edwin Stanley
1457–1497
Weaver, Cheshire, England
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Great-Grandparents
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Margaret Stanley's Descendants

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Margaret Stanley (1480–1549) m. Sir (Thomas) Grimshaw (1490–1539)
  1. 1. Dorothy Grimshaw 1526–1587 m. Sir (Lawrence) Ainsworth 1520–1573
    1. 1. Sir (John Robert Hayneworth) 'ainsworth' 1553–1591 m. Lady (Margery Farrer of) Farnsworth 1553–1650
      1. 1. Lady (Martha (Riley)) Ainsworth 1580–1632 m. Sir (Abraham James Gawkroger) Platt 1578–1628
        1. 1. Mary Platts 1607–1676 m. John Prescott 1605–1683
      2. 2. Sybell Hayneworth 1584–
      3. 3. John Hayneworth 1591–1636
      4. 4. Margery Haynesworth 1574–1581
      5. 5. Frannces Hayneworth 1579–
      6. 6. Jane Ainsworth 1584–1604 m. Richard Blackburn 1574–1604
      7. 7. Isabel Haynesworth 1587–
      8. 8. Eden Hayneworth 1582–
  2. 2. Anne Grimshaw 1515–1587
  3. 3. Nicolas Grimshaw 1520–
  4. 4. Elizabeth Grimshaw 1510–
  5. 5. John Grimshaw 1516–
  6. 6. Richard Grimshaw 1514–1575
  7. 7. Henry Grimshaw 1518–
  8. 8. Raufe Grimshaw 1522–
  9. 9. Alice Grimshaw 1524–
  10. 10. Isabella Grimshaw 1511–1548

Margaret Stanley's Timeline

3 Records

1480
1480
Birth of Margaret Stanley in Melling, Lancashire, England
Melling, Lancashire, England
1549
1549
Age 69
Death of Margaret Stanley in Clayton Hall, Lancashire, England
Clayton Hall, Lancashire, England
1866
January 1866
Age 386
Margaret Stanley was married in Blackburn, Lancashire
Blackburn, Lancashire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Melling, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: January 1866
    Event Place: Blackburn, Lancashire

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1549
    Event Place: Clayton Hall, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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