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Sir William Dryland Acton 1497–1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1497

Birth Location: Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 7 May 1567

Death Location: Morville, Shropshire, England

Father: Thomas Acton

Mother: Elizabeth Dryland

Spouse(s): Mary Sprencheaux, Gentlewoman Cressent

Children(s): Edward Acton, Frances Acton, Robert Acton, Elizabeth Acton

Sir William Dryland Acton was born in 1497 in Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, England, the child of Thomas Acton And Elizabeth Dryland. Sir William Dryland Acton married Gentlewoman Cecelia Wrottesley Cressent, Mary Sprencheaux, and had children including Edward Acton, Elizabeth Cressent Acton, Frances Acton, Robert Thomas Cressent Acton. Sir William Dryland Acton passed away in 1567 in Morville, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Dryland Acton was born in 1497 in Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, England, the child of Thomas Acton And Elizabeth Dryland.
  • Sir William Dryland Acton married Gentlewoman Cecelia Wrottesley Cressent, Mary Sprencheaux, and had children including Edward Acton, Elizabeth Cressent Acton, Frances Acton, Robert Thomas Cressent Acton.
  • Sir William Dryland Acton passed away in 1567 in Morville, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Acton's Ancestors

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Sir Acton
1497–1567
Birth Place: Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, England
Parents
Thomas Acton
1467–1538
Aldenham, Morville, Shropshire, England
Elizabeth Dryland
1467–1569
Morville, Shropshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Acton, Knight of) Aldenham
1437–1494
Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, England
Lady (Benedicta (Bennet) Mytton) Knight
1455–1539
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Acton
1415–1480
Anne Jane
1420–1516
Roger KNIGHT
1470–
Jane deWEST
1475–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Downe
1400–1442
Anne Smith
1410–

Sir Acton's Descendants

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Sir (William Dryland) Acton (1497–7 May 1567) m. Mary Sprencheaux (1458–1512) m. Gentlewoman (Cecelia Wrottesley) Cressent (1497–1 Sep 1575)
  1. 1. Edward Acton 1550–1610 m. * (Catherine) Powell 1550–1610
    1. 1. Frances Acton 1583–1638 m. Sir (Walter) Acton 1572–1640
      1. 1. Sir (Edward (First Baronet)) Acton 1600–1659 m. Sara Mytton 1604–1677
        1. 1. Richard Acton 1630–1672 m. Katherine (Elizabeth) Howard 1642–1672
        2. 2. WALTER (2nd Bt ACTON Sir) 53 1620–1665
        3. 3. Thomas (Acton) II 1624–1677
        4. 4. Richard Acton 1628–1654
        5. 5. Edward Acton 1622–1654
        6. 6. Frances Acton 1625–1626
        7. 7. Elizabeth Acton 1640–1701
  2. 2. Frances Acton 1527–1579
  3. 3. Robert (Thomas Cressent) Acton 1525–1574
  4. 4. Elizabeth (Cressent) Acton 1523–1611

Sir Acton's Timeline

2 Records

1497
1497
Birth of Sir William Dryland Acton in Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, England
Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, England
1567
7 May 1567
Age 70
Death of Sir William Dryland Acton in Morville, Shropshire, England
Morville, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1497
    Event Place: Aldenham Hall, Morville, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Much Wenlock Cound Hall More Clun Clun Chirbury Wombridge High Ercall Wombridge Dawley Middle Dawley Dawley Wellington Stoke-upon-Tern Adderley Wellington Stoddesdon Halesowen Cleobury North Easthope Severn, Chelmarsh, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Shropshire: - A Full List and Partial Abstract of the Contents of the Quarter Sessions Rolls, 1696-1800

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 May 1567
    Event Place: Morville, Shropshire, England

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