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Sir William Barnes 1502 – 1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1502

Birth Location: Toby, Essex, England

Death Date: 24 Feb 1558

Death Location: Essex, England

Father: John Barnes

Mother: Constance Packenham

Spouse(s): Lady Hansard

Children(s): Alice Howlett

Sir William Barnes was born in 1502 in Toby, Essex, England, the child of John Barnes and Constance Packenham. Sir William Barnes married Lady Dorothy Hansard, and had children including Alice Ales Barnes Howlett. Sir William Barnes passed away in 1558 in Essex, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Barnes was born in 1502 in Toby, Essex, England, the child of John Barnes and Constance Packenham.
  • Sir William Barnes married Lady Dorothy Hansard, and had children including Alice Ales Barnes Howlett.
  • Sir William Barnes passed away in 1558 in Essex, England.

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Sir Barnes's Ancestors

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Sir Barnes
1502 – 1558
Birth Place: Toby, Essex, England
Parents
John Barnes
1460 – 1525
Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, England
Constance Packenham
Pabenham, Cambridgeshire, England
Grandparents
Robert Pakenham
1510 – 1552
Surrey, England,
Elizabeth Berkeley
1520 – 1608
Wymondham, Leicester, England,
Great-Grandparents
Hugh Pakenham
1470 – 1512
Anne Clement
1459 – 1510
Maurice Berkeley
1495 – 1522
Margaret Harrington
1502 – 1579
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Berkeley
1483 – 1503
Margaret Launde
1460 – 1488
Sir Exton
1473 – 1524
Lady Southill
1478 – 1530

Sir Barnes's Descendants

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Sir (William) Barnes (Abt. 1502 – 24 Feb 1558) m. Lady (Dorothy) Hansard (1486 – 1548)
  1. 1. Alice (Ales Barnes) Howlett (1500 – abt 1557) m. Nicholas Howlett (1500 – 14 Jan 1555) m. Sir (John Honywood) Honeywood (1493 – 22 Apr 1576) m. Sir (William Dunch,) Sheriff (abt 1508 – 11 May 1597)
    1. 1. William (Howlett) Hulit (1555 – 20 May 1628) m. Lady (Maria) Marche\March (1555 – 7 Apr 1647)
      1. 1. Thomas (Deacon) Howlett (06 May 1606 – 22 Dec 1677)
    2. 2. Sir (Robert Honywood) Honeywood (18 Sep 1525 – 22 Apr 1576) m. Mary (Elizabeth Honywood Atwater, had 16 children, witnessed burning of John Bradford the) Martyr (22 Nov 1527 – 16 May 1620)
      1. 1. Sir (Robert) Honeywood (18 Sep 1545 – 11 Jun 1627) m. Lady (Dorothy Crooke, Baroness) Honywood (1549 – 11 May 1620)
        1. 1. Lady (Dorothy (Countess of Thompson)) Honeywood (25 Dec 1552 – 13 Feb 1642) m. William Tompson (1550 – 07 Sep 1599)
      2. 2. Lady (Grace) Honeywood (2 Dec 1556 – Dec 1621) m. Michael (Heneage - Member of the Society of Antiquaries - Cambridge Alumni - Author - Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London) - (27 Sep 1540 – 30 Dec 1600)
        1. 1. Sir (Knight George) Heneage (Nov 1590 – 07 Feb 1660) m. Elizabeth Tresham (1594 – 11 Dec 1647)
    3. 3. Walter Dunch (1552 – 4 Jun 1594) m. Deborah Pilkington (1564 – )
      1. 1. Ruth Dunch (1588 – Abt. 1627) m. William Button (14 Jul 1585 – 28 Jan 1655)
        1. 1. Mary Button (30 Mar 1610 – 30 Mar 1707) m. Clement Walker (1612 – Oct 1651)

Sir Barnes's Timeline

3 Records

1502
Abt. 1502
Birth of Sir William Barnes in Toby, Essex, England
Toby, Essex, England
1558
24 Feb 1558
Age 56
Death of Sir William Barnes in Essex, England
Essex, England
1560
11 Nov 1560
Age 58
Burial of Sir William Barnes in London, England
London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1502
    Event Place: Toby, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Eastwood, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Feb 1558
    Event Place: Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 11 Nov 1560
    Event Place: London, England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/ALH5/A/001/MS05083

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