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Sir Thomas 'Bell the Cat' Armstrong 1425 – 1498 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 10 Jan 1425

Birth Location: Mangerton Castle, Liddesdale, Dumphrieshire, Scotland

Death Date: 10 Jan 1498

Death Location: Falde, Scotland

Father: Laird Armstrong

Mother: Lady Elred

Spouse(s): Lady Melody

Children(s): Sir Armstrong

Sir Thomas 'Bell the Cat' Armstrong , 5th. Lord Mangerton Castle was born in 1425 in Mangerton Castle, Liddesdale, Dumphrieshire, Scotland, the child of Laird David Archibald Armstrong and Lady Lori J. Elred. Sir Thomas 'Bell the Cat' Armstrong , 5th. Lord Mangerton Castle married Lady Clarissa Almire Melody, and had children including Sir Alexander Armstrong. Sir Thomas 'Bell the Cat' Armstrong , 5th. Lord Mangerton Castle passed away in 1498 in Falde, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir Thomas 'Bell the Cat' Armstrong , 5th. Lord Mangerton Castle was born in 1425 in Mangerton Castle, Liddesdale, Dumphrieshire, Scotland, the child of Laird David Archibald Armstrong and Lady Lori J. Elred.
  • Sir Thomas 'Bell the Cat' Armstrong , 5th. Lord Mangerton Castle married Lady Clarissa Almire Melody, and had children including Sir Alexander Armstrong.
  • Sir Thomas 'Bell the Cat' Armstrong , 5th. Lord Mangerton Castle passed away in 1498 in Falde, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Laird Armstrong
1370 – 1445
Birth Location: Mangerton Castle, Dumphrieshire, Scotland
LA
Lady Elred
1375 – 1425
Birth Location: Scotland
LE

Spouses(s)

Lady Melody
1425 – 1520
Birth Location: Scotland
LM

Children(s)

Sir Armstrong
1445 – 1510
Birth Location: Mangerton, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
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Sir Armstrong's Ancestors

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Sir Armstrong
1425 – 1498
Birth Place: Mangerton Castle, Liddesdale, Dumphrieshire, Scotland
Parents
Laird David Archibald Armstrong
1370 – 1445
Mangerton Castle, Dumphrieshire, Scotland
Lady (Lori J.) Elred
1375 – 1425
Scotland
Grandparents
Laird (Alexander) Armstrong
1350 – 1398
Mangerton Castle, Dumphrieshire, Scotland
Lady (Wanda J) Senn
1355 – 1400
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Laird Armstrong
1320 – 1398
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Laird Armstrong
1292 – 1320
Lady Coucy
1265 – 1331

Sir Armstrong's Descendants

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Sir (Thomas 'Bell the Cat') Armstrong (Abt. 10 Jan 1425 – 10 Jan 1498) m. Lady (Clarissa Almire) Melody (Abt. 1425 – 18 Dec 1520)
  1. 1. Sir (Alexander) Armstrong (Abt. 1445 – 1510) m. Lady (Maria) Sumac (1470 – 1505)
    1. 1. Sir (John 'John of Gilnockie') Armstrong (1480 – 8 Jun 1530) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Graham (1490 – 5 December 1532)
      1. 1. Christopher ('Christie') Armstrong (1526 – 22 Sep 1606) m. Lady (Catherine Graham of) Gorthe (Abt. 1530 – Abt. 1575)
        1. 1. Christopher (Johns Christy Pope) Armstrong (10 Oct 1563 – 1604) m. Ada Graham (1546 – 1575)
        2. 2. Colonel (William "Christie's Will") Armstrong (1565 – 1649) m. Margaret ("Betty") Elliott (1583 – 1619)

Sir Armstrong's Timeline

2 Records

1425
Abt. 10 Jan 1425
Birth of Sir Thomas 'Bell the Cat' Armstrong , 5th. Lord Mangerton Castle in Mangerton Castle, Liddesdale, Dumphrieshire, Scotland
Mangerton Castle, Liddesdale, Dumphrieshire, Scotland
1498
10 Jan 1498
Age 73
Death of Sir Thomas 'Bell the Cat' Armstrong , 5th. Lord Mangerton Castle in Falde, Scotland
Falde, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 10 Jan 1425
    Event Place: Mangerton Castle, Liddesdale, Dumphrieshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Jan 1498
    Event Place: Falde, Scotland
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