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Simon Gawkroger Platt 1530–1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Ware, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England

Death Date: 12 Apr 1594

Death Location: Ware, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Richard Platts

Mother: Lady Field

Spouse(s): Lady Spencer, Lady Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, Lady Spencer, Elizabeth Platt, Elizabeth Spencer

Children(s): Sir (Tailor)

Simon Gawkroger Platt was born in 1530 in Ware, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Richard Gawkroger Alias Platts And Lady Isabella Elizabeth Field. Simon Gawkroger Platt married Elizabeth Jane Spencer Platt, Elizabeth Jane Spencer, Lady Elizabeth Jane Spencer, and had children including Sir George Platt Of Ware Tailor. Simon Gawkroger Platt passed away in 1594 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Simon Gawkroger Platt was born in 1530 in Ware, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Richard Gawkroger Alias Platts And Lady Isabella Elizabeth Field.
  • Simon Gawkroger Platt married Elizabeth Jane Spencer Platt, Elizabeth Jane Spencer, Lady Elizabeth Jane Spencer, and had children including Sir George Platt Of Ware Tailor.
  • Simon Gawkroger Platt passed away in 1594 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Platts
1504–1530
Birth Location: of Ware, Hertfordshire, England
RP
Lady Field
1512–1580
Birth Location: Ware, Hertfordshire, England
LF

Spouses(s)

Lady Spencer
1532–1605
Birth Location: Langley Hall, Shropshire, England
LS
Lady Spencer
1532–1598
Birth Location: Ware, Hertfordshire, England
LS
Elizabeth Spencer
1523–1598
Birth Location: Hampstead, Middlesex, England
ES
Lady Spencer
1532–1598
Birth Location: Ware, Hertfordshire, England
LS
Elizabeth Platt
1564–1593
Birth Location: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
EP
Elizabeth Spencer
1523–1598
Birth Location: Hampstead, Middlesex, England
ES

Children(s)

Sir (Tailor)
1572–1609
Birth Location: Ware, Hertfordshire, England
S(

Simon Platt's Ancestors

Self
Simon Platt
1530–1594
Birth Place: Ware, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England
Parents
Richard Gawkroger alias Platts
1504–1530
of Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Lady (Isabella Elizabeth) Field
1512–1580
Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Grandparents
John (Gawkroger) Platts
1476–1529
Sowerby, Yorks, England
Isabella (Smythe Smith - Gawkroger) Platts
1474–1533
Platts, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
Sir (Richard Thomas Felde\Fifield\Fielde\Fyelde\") Field"
1492–1573
Normanton, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Petley-Hussey-Manning-Felde\Field
1503–1542
Normanton, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Westcote
1470–1542
Lady Gurney\Gournay
1470–1543
Sir Cary
1482–1542
Lady Berkeley
1445–1504
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Simon Platt's Descendants

1.
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Simon (Gawkroger) Platt (1530–12 Apr 1594) m. Lady (Elizabeth Jane) Spencer (1532–14 May 1605) m. Lady (Elizabeth Jane) Spencer (1532–21 Jul 1598) m. Elizabeth (Jane) Spencer (1523–21 July 1598) m. Lady (Elizabeth Jane) Spencer (1532–21 Jul 1598) m. Elizabeth (Jane (Spencer)) Platt (1564–29 September 1593) m. Elizabeth (Jane) Spencer (1523–21 July 1598)
  1. 1. Sir (George Platt, of Ware) (Tailor) 1572–1609 m. Mary (Elizabeth Berchard) Sell 1570–1618
    1. 1. Deacon (Richard Platte\Platt-van Bovington-van Ware,* of Bovington of) Ware 1604–1684 m. Mary WOOD 1605–1676
      1. 1. Samuel Platt 1634–1685 m. Esther Fenn 1634–1686
        1. 1. Frederick Platts 1670–1713 m. Elizabeth Fox 1676–1728

Simon Platt's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Simon Gawkroger Platt in Ware, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England
Ware, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England
1594
12 Apr 1594
Age 64
Death of Simon Gawkroger Platt in Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Ware, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Ware, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ware, Herts., Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Apr 1594
    Event Place: Ware, Hertfordshire, England
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