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Matthew Whitfield 1400 – 1475 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1400

Birth Location: Whitfield Hall, Northumberland, England

Death Date: 1475

Death Location: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

Father: Matthew Whitfield

Mother: Priscilla Lawrence

Spouse(s): Lady Lancaster

Children(s): John Whitfield, Matilda Whitfield, Margaret Whitfield, Henry Whitfield, Robert Whitfield

Matthew Whitfield was born in 1400 in Whitfield Hall, Northumberland, England, the child of Matthew de Whitfield and Priscilla Lawrence. Matthew Whitfield married Lady Margaret Ann Lancaster, and had children including John Whitfield, Matilda Whitfield, Margaret Whitfield, Henry Whitfield, Robert Whitfield. Matthew Whitfield passed away in 1475 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Matthew Whitfield was born in 1400 in Whitfield Hall, Northumberland, England, the child of Matthew de Whitfield and Priscilla Lawrence.
  • Matthew Whitfield married Lady Margaret Ann Lancaster, and had children including John Whitfield, Matilda Whitfield, Margaret Whitfield, Henry Whitfield, Robert Whitfield.
  • Matthew Whitfield passed away in 1475 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Whitfield
1370 – 1414
Birth Location: Whitfield, Northumberland, England
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Priscilla Lawrence
1376 – 1447
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Lady Lancaster
1397 – 1475
Birth Location: Whitefield, Northumberland, England
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Children(s)

John Whitfield
1436 – 1492
Birth Location: Whitfield, Northumberland, England
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Matilda Whitfield
1442 –
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Whitfield
1443 –
Birth Location: –
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Henry Whitfield
1450 – 1492
Birth Location: Worcestershire, England
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Robert Whitfield
1454 – 1541
Birth Location: –
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Matthew Whitfield's Ancestors

Self
Matthew Whitfield
1400 – 1475
Birth Place: Whitfield Hall, Northumberland, England
Parents
Matthew de Whitfield
1370 – 1414
Whitfield, Northumberland, England
Priscilla Lawrence
1376 – 1447
Grandparents
John (de) Whitfield
1335 – 1373
Whitfield Hall, Northumberland, England
Alice Milford
1350 – 1419
Milford Castle, Northumberland, England
Nicholas Lawrence
1355 –
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Priscilla Lawrence
1364 –
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Robert DeWhitfield
– 1350
Alice deUfford
1266 – 1310
Sir (Mitford)
1310 – 1370
Mitford
1310 –
Robert Lawrence
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Whitfield
1292 – 1332
Isabel DeVipont
1280 – 1314

Matthew Whitfield's Descendants

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Matthew Whitfield (1400 – 1475) m. Lady (Margaret Ann) Lancaster (1397 – 4 Aug 1475)
  1. 1. John Whitfield (1436 – 6 Jul 1492) m. Lady (Alice) Milford (1430 – 1491)
    1. 1. Robert Whitfield (1454 – Jun 1541) m. Agnes Giles (1479 – 1567)
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Whitfield (1494 – 1561) m. Thomas May (1492 – 1560)
        1. 1. George Maye (1518 – 1585) m. Elisabeth (Anne) Henley (1520 – 1550)
        2. 2. John Mayes (1520 – 15 Feb 1598) m. Mary Hone (1520 – 1582)
        3. 3. John May (1524 – ) m. Margery Carman (Abt 1524 – )
        4. 4. Robert Maye (1525 – Aug 1574) m. Dorothy Mallet (Abt 1520 – 1597)
        5. 5. Beatrice May (Abt 1526 – ) m. John Selwyn (Bef 1520 – 17 Jul 1594)
        6. 6. Thomas Maye (1528 – 1557) m. Agnes .maye (1532 – )
        7. 7. George May (Abt 1530 – )
        8. 8. Anne Maye (11 May 1531 – 1605) m. Edmund Walton (1525 – 1575)
        9. 9. William May (1533 – 1590) m. Isabel (De) Bellero (1535 – 1600)
      2. 2. Robert Whitfield (1500 – 2 Jun 1541) m. Catherine Wenbourne (1500 – 1540)
      3. 3. Robert Whitfield (8 Sep 1518 – 9 Dec 1597) m. Ann Roberts (Abt 1523 – 1549) m. Agnes (Anne) Atwood (1522 – 1591)
      4. 4. John Whitfield (1520 – 29 May 1585) m. Elizabeth Stacy (Abt 1519 – Abt 1581)
      5. 5. Elizabeth Whitfield (Abt 1580 – )
    2. 2. maud whitfield m. richard thirlwall
  2. 2. Matilda Whitfield (1442 – )
  3. 3. Margaret Whitfield (1443 – )
  4. 4. Henry Whitfield (1450 – 1492) m. Dorothy Shaefe (1455 – 1525)
  5. 5. Robert Whitfield (1454 – 1541)

Matthew Whitfield's Timeline

2 Records

1400
1400
Birth of Matthew Whitfield in Whitfield Hall, Northumberland, England
Whitfield Hall, Northumberland, England
1475
1475
Age 75
Death of Matthew Whitfield in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1400
    Event Place: Whitfield Hall, Northumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1475
    Event Place: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
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