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Richard Mason 1518–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1518

Birth Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 24 May 1587

Death Location: Broughton, Lincoln, England

Father: Sir Watson

Mother: Lady Stanhope

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In 1518, Richard Mason entered the world in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, born to Sir Richard Watson And Lady Janet Stanhope. Richard Mason passed away in 1587 in Broughton, Lincoln, England.

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Biography

  • In 1518, Richard Mason entered the world in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, born to Sir Richard Watson And Lady Janet Stanhope.
  • Richard Mason passed away in 1587 in Broughton, Lincoln, England.

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Richard Mason's Ancestors

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Richard Mason
1518–1587
Birth Place: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Sir Richard Watson
1502–1553
Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Janet) Stanhope
1505–1587
Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England
Grandparents
John (Watson) (14th-GGF)
1472–1521
Holme, Yorks, England
Margaret (Plantagenet Stoughton) (14th-GGM)
1479–1528
Of Holme On Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
Sir (Edward Stanhope, of Rampton ("Sir Knight", KG, 1st "Duke" of Somerset, Arch Deacon Hereford, Alumni of Oxford) University)
1472–1512
Rampton, Nottinghamshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth De) Bourchier
1474–1557
Clifford in Dunsford, Combeinteignhead, Little Yarnscombe in Yarnscombe, Devon, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Mason's Timeline

2 Records

1518
1518
Birth of Richard Mason in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
1587
24 May 1587
Age 69
Death of Richard Mason in Broughton, Lincoln, England
Broughton, Lincoln, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 May 1587
    Event Place: Broughton, Lincoln, England

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