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Richard Thomas Nelson 1500 – 1569 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Mawdesley, Lancaster, England

Death Date: 5 Nov 1569

Death Location: St Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England

Father: Sir Vlll

Mother: Margaret Fynymore

Spouse(s): Cecilia Maxey

Children(s): Lawrence Nelson

The story of Richard Thomas Nelson began in 1500 in Mawdesley, Lancaster, England, with parents Sir Richard John Thomas William Nelson Vlll and Margaret Fynymore. As an adult, Richard Thomas Nelson wed Cecilia Maxey. Their household included Lawrence Nelson. Richard Thomas Nelson's life came to an end in 1569 in St Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England.

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Parents

Sir Vlll
1500 – 1590
Birth Location: Mawdsley, Lancashire, England
SV
Margaret Fynymore
1489 – 1596
Birth Location: Burslem, Staffordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Cecilia Maxey
1510 – 1600
Birth Location: Ralph Maxey, Lancaster, England
CM

Children(s)

Lawrence Nelson
1532 – 1594
Birth Location: St Andrews, Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1516
    Event Place: Fairhurst, Parbold, Mawdesley, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1500
    Event Place: Mawdesley, Lancaster, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Chorley, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 5 Nov 1569
    Event Place: St Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 5 Nov 1569
    Event Place: Middlesex, England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P91/LEN/A/012/MS07499/001
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