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Sir Robert Spencer, knight, 1st Baron 1430–1510 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1430

Birth Location: Spencercombe, Devon, England

Death Date: 11 Jan 1510

Death Location: Spencercombe, Devon, England

Father: Henry Despenser

Mother: Isabelle Lincoln

Spouse(s): Lady Wiltshire

Children(s): Lady (Carey), Sir Pattenham, Katherine Northumberland, Henry Spencer

In 1430, Sir Robert Spencer, knight, 1st Baron entered the world in Spencercombe, Devon, England, born to Henry Le Despenser And Isabelle Lincoln. Sir Robert Spencer, knight, 1st Baron married Lady Eleanor Beaufort Countess Of Somerset Wiltshire, and had children including Henry Spencer, Katherine Spencer Percy Countess Of Northumberland, Lady Margaret Eleanor Spencer Carey, Sir John Spencer Althorp High Sheriff Of Northamptonshire Lord Of Rowlands Manor Pattenham. Sir Robert Spencer, knight, 1st Baron passed away in 1510 in Spencercombe, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • In 1430, Sir Robert Spencer, knight, 1st Baron entered the world in Spencercombe, Devon, England, born to Henry Le Despenser And Isabelle Lincoln.
  • Sir Robert Spencer, knight, 1st Baron married Lady Eleanor Beaufort Countess Of Somerset Wiltshire, and had children including Henry Spencer, Katherine Spencer Percy Countess Of Northumberland, Lady Margaret Eleanor Spencer Carey, Sir John Spencer Althorp High Sheriff Of Northamptonshire Lord Of Rowlands Manor Pattenham.
  • Sir Robert Spencer, knight, 1st Baron passed away in 1510 in Spencercombe, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Despenser
1392–1476
Birth Location: Badby, Northamptonshire, England
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Isabelle Lincoln
1394–1478
Birth Location: Badby, Northamptonshire, England
IL

Spouses(s)

Lady Wiltshire
1434–1501
Birth Location: London, London, England
LW

Children(s)

Lady (Carey)
1472–1536
Birth Location: Spencercombe, Devon, England
L(
Sir Pattenham
1469–1532
Birth Location: Cople, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
SP
Katherine Northumberland
1477–1542
Birth Location: Spencercombe, Devon, England
KN
Henry Spencer
1471–1567
Birth Location: Somerset, Somerset, England
HS

Sir Baron's Ancestors

Self
Sir Baron
1430–1510
Birth Place: Spencercombe, Devon, England
Parents
Henry Le Despenser
1392–1476
Badby, Northamptonshire, England
Isabelle Lincoln
1394–1478
Badby, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Le) Despenser
1366–1435
Defford, Worcestershire, England
Lady (Dorothy of) Northhamptonshire
1370–1408
Badby, Northamptonshire, England
Henry Lincoln
1348–1400
Isabelle (Lincoln) (nmu)
1353–1420
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Spenser
1340–1365
Joan Pollard
1344–1362
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Despenser
1300–1386
Alice Deverell
1305–1386
Richard Polard
1318–1349

Sir Baron's Descendants

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Sir (Robert Spencer, knight, 1st) Baron (1430–11 Jan 1510) m. Lady (Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Somerset &) Wiltshire (1434–16 Aug 1501)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Eleanor Spencer) (Carey) 1472–1536 m. Sir (Thomas Cary,) Knight 1460–1536
    1. 1. Sir (William Cary, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff & Mayor Of) Bristol 1492–1528 m. Mary Carey 1501–1536
      1. 1. Lord (Henry "illegitimate Tudor" Carey, 1st Baron) Hunsdon 1526–1596 m. The (Right Honorable Anne Morgan, Baroness of Hundson, Lady of the Privy Chamber to Queen) Elizabeth 1529–1606
        1. 1. Lady (Philadelphia Carey, Baroness Scrope of) Bolton 1552–1627 m. Thomas (Scrope, K.G., 10th Lord of Bolton, Baron of Bolton, Masham, and Upshall, Lord Warden of the West) Marches 1567–1609
        2. 2. Lady (Catherine Carey) (Howard) 1547–1602 m. Charles (Howard, High Admiral who defeated Spanish Armada in 1588, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Uncle via Margaret Howard () Henson) 1535–1624
        3. 3. Sir (George Carey, 2nd Baron) Hunsdon 1547–1603 m. Elizabeth (Spencer Baroness) Hunsdon 1547–1623 m. Mary Hyde 1554–1627
        4. 4. Sir (John Carey, 3rd Baron of Hunsdon Castle Carey) Somerset 1556–1617 m. Mary (Hyde, Baroness of) Hunsdon 1554–1627
        5. 5. Sir (Edmund Carey, Esquire of Body to Queen Elizabeth, Gentleman of Privy Chamber to James I & Charles I, Captain of Ostend,) Knight 1557–1637 m. Judith (Humphrey) (Carey) 1565–1656 m. Lady (Elizabeth Neville, Countess of) Exeter 1546–1630
        6. 6. Margaret Carey 1567–1605
        7. 7. Blanche Carey 1545–
        8. 8. Margaret (Mary) Carey 1550–1602
        9. 9. William (Cary, High Sherrif & Mayor of Bristol, 1st Earl of) Monmouth 1550–1639 m. Elizabeth (Alice) Goodall 1556–1623
        10. 10. Valentine (Carey, Bishop) Exeter 1568–1626
        11. 11. Robert (Carey, 1st Earl of) Monmouth 1560–1639 m. Elizabeth Trevannion 1563–1641
        12. 12. Judith Cary 1547–1572
        13. 13. Henry Carey 1547–1634
        14. 14. Christopher Cary 1568–1626
        15. 15. Richard Carey 1546–1572
        16. 16. Michael Carey 1548–1554
        17. 17. Thomas (II) Carey 1559–1559
        18. 18. Anna Cary 1554–1601
      2. 2. Robert Carey 1512–1569 m. Christian (Anne) Dennis 1525–1560
        1. 1. Sir (William Carey High Sheriff and Lord Mayor of) Bristol 1550–1633 m. Alice (Elizabeth) Cary 1566–1623
      3. 3. Lady (Mary Catherine "Kate" ("The Illegitimate Tudor") Carey, Lady of The Queen's Privy Chamber, Chief Lady of the Bedchamber (Royal Lady in Waiting) (Illegitimate daughter of King Henry) VII 1524–1568 m. Sir (Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys, KG, Sheriff of Hampshire, Statesman, English Courtier, Privy Councillor, 2nd Lord of La War, Custodian of Wallingford Castle,) Hi 1514–1592
        1. 1. Lady (Cecilia Anne Elizabeth "Cecily" Knollys (Knowles), Lady of Wantage, Maid of Honor to Elizabeth) I 1540–1632
        2. 2. Sir (Robert Knollys (Knowles), Knight of the Garter, Member of) Parliament 1545–1632
        3. 3. Sir (Henry Francis Knollys (Knowles), Knight of Rotherfield Greys,) MP 1542–1582
        4. 4. Sir (Richard Knollys) (Knowles) 1544–1610
        5. 5. Sir (Robert William Knowles, KG, 1ST 1st Earl) Banbury 1547–1632
        6. 6. Lettice (Knollys, Countess of) Leicester 1539–1634
      4. 4. Richard Cary 1525–1570
    2. 2. Mary (Margaret) Cary 1493–1560
    3. 3. Eleanor Cary 1497–1528
  2. 2. Sir (John Spencer, Althorp High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, Lord of Rowlands Manor &) Pattenham 1469–1532 m. Anne Arnold 1492–1533
    1. 1. John Spencer 1505–1558 m. Ann (Agnes) Merrill 1509–1560
      1. 1. Michael Spencer 1531–1599 m. Elizabeth (Collamore () Whitebread) 1538–1599
        1. 1. Thomas Spencer 1571–1631 m. Margaret (Bedfordshire) Braithwaite 1570–1635
        2. 2. Gerard Spencer 1576–1646 m. Alice (Whitbread) (Whitbred) 1577–1628
        3. 3. Alice Spencer 1566–
        4. 4. Catherine Spencer 1569–1646
        5. 5. Richard Spencer 1580–1646
      2. 2. Gerard Spencer 1543–1577
    2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth Alice) Spencer 1512–1588 m. Sir (David) Vincent 1524–1588
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas Vincent,) Knight 1543–1613 m. Lady (Jane) Lyfield 1545–1619 m. Frances Bray 1535–1592
        1. 1. Lady (Jane) Vincent 1575–1629 m. Sir (Matthew Browne, Knight of) Bettsworth 1574–1603
        2. 2. Sir (Francis Vincent, 1st Baronet of Stoke) D'Abernon 1568–1640
        3. 3. Lady (Jane) Vincent 1565–1629
        4. 4. Henry Vincent 1560–1661
        5. 5. Francis (Vincent, 1st Baron Sir, Baron Stoke) d'Abernon 1568–1620
      2. 2. Sir (Francis Vincent, Lord Stoke) D'Abernon 1541–1696
    3. 3. Sir (Thomas Spencer, MP, Gentleman of Cople, Lord of the Manors of Hotofts and Rowlands,) knight 1514–1547 m. Anne (Bulkeley, () Luke) 1515–1591
      1. 1. Lord (Robert Spencer, Esquire of Cople, 1st Baron of) Wormleighton 1533–1620 m. Rose Cockayne –1629
        1. 1. Nicholas (Spencer, Esquire of Cople. Lord of Rowlands Manor in Cople) Parish 1573–1626 m. Mary Elmes 1575–1650
        2. 2. Arnold Spencer 1587–1658
        3. 3. William Spencer 1576–1632
      2. 2. Sir (Michael Spencer,) Lord 1531–1599
  3. 3. Katherine (Spencer ( Percy), Countess of) Northumberland 1477–1542 m. Algernon Percy 1478–1527
    1. 1. Margaret Percy 1508–1540 m. Henry (Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland, 11th Earl) Clifford 1493–1542
      1. 1. Lady (Catherine De Clifford, Baroness of) Scrope 1513–1598 m. John (le) Scrope 1510–1549
        1. 1. Lord (Henry Le Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of) Bolton 1534–1592 m. Lady (Margaret Howard, Baroness of) Bolton 1543–1590 m. Mary North 1538–1558
        2. 2. Margaret Scrope –1562
        3. 3. John Scrope 1532–
        4. 4. George Scrope 1536–
        5. 5. Elizabeth Scrope 1542–1620
        6. 6. Eleanor (Alianore) Scrope 1545–
        7. 7. Joan Scrope 1549–1620
        8. 8. Anna (le) Scrope 1549–1620
      2. 2. Henry Clifford 1517–1570 m. Lady (Eleanor Brandon, Countess of) Cumberland 1519–1547 m. Anne Dacre 1521–1581
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret Clifford, Countess of) Derby 1540–1596
        2. 2. Lady (Joan) Clifford 1535–1596
        3. 3. Sir (Charles) Clifford 1539–1540
        4. 4. Lord (Henry de) Clifford 1538–1541
        5. 5. Lady (Frances) Clifford 1560–1592 m. Philip (Wharton, 3rd Lord Wharton, Cambridge University) Alumni 1555–1625
        6. 6. George (Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, Anglo-Spanish War) 1585-1603 1558–1605
    2. 2. Sir (Thomas de Percy, 6th Earl of) Northumberland 1504–1537 m. Eleanor Harbottle 1504–1567
      1. 1. Thomas (Percy Jr, Earl of) Northumberland 1528–1572
      2. 2. Johanna (Joan) Percy 1521–1572
      3. 3. Guiscard (de) Percy 1527–1530
      4. 4. Henry (Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland, 2nd Baron) Percy 1532–1585 m. Katherine (Catherine) Neville 1546–1596
        1. 1. Henry Percy 1564–1632 m. Lady (Dorothy "Dot" Devereux, Lady of Chartley) (Percy) 1564–1619
        2. 2. Thomas (de Percy, Lord) Neville 1566–1587
        3. 3. William Percy 1574–1648
        4. 4. Eleanor (Percy) Herbert –1650
        5. 5. Charles Percy –1628
        6. 6. George Percy 1580–1632
    3. 3. Sir (Ingelram) Percy 1506–1538
    4. 4. Henry (Algernon Percy, 6th Earl of) Northumberland 1502–1537 m. Eleanor Harbottle 1504–1567
      1. 1. Henry (Percy, 2nd Earl of Cumberland) K.B 1517–1570
      2. 2. Lady (Mary Percy) Northumberland 1531–1598
      3. 3. Lady (Joan Johanna Percy of) Northumberland 1521–1572
      4. 4. Guiscard Percy 1526–
  4. 4. Henry Spencer 1471–1567

Sir Baron's Timeline

2 Records

1430
1430
Birth of Sir Robert Spencer, knight, 1st Baron in Spencercombe, Devon, England
Spencercombe, Devon, England
1510
11 Jan 1510
Age 80
Death of Sir Robert Spencer, knight, 1st Baron in Spencercombe, Devon, England
Spencercombe, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1430
    Event Place: Spencercombe, Devon, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Jan 1510
    Event Place: Spencercombe, Devon, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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