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Sir Richard Williams Cromwell 1509–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1509

Birth Location: Lanishen, Glamorganshire South, Wales, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1559

Death Location: England

Father: John II

Mother: Lady Wykys\Wyckes

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Sir Richard Williams Cromwell was born in 1509 in Lanishen, Glamorganshire South, Wales, United Kingdom, the child of John Williams Ii And Lady Joan Wykys Wyckes. Sir Richard Williams Cromwell passed away in 1559 in England.

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Biography

  • Sir Richard Williams Cromwell was born in 1509 in Lanishen, Glamorganshire South, Wales, United Kingdom, the child of John Williams Ii And Lady Joan Wykys Wyckes.
  • Sir Richard Williams Cromwell passed away in 1559 in England.

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Sir Cromwell's Ancestors

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Sir Cromwell
1509–1559
Birth Place: Lanishen, Glamorganshire South, Wales, United Kingdom
Parents
John Williams II
1485–1519
Mortlake, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Joan) Wykys\Wyckes
1489–1540
Bolleys Park, Chertney, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (John) Williams
1459–1502
Wimbledon, Surrey, England
Margaret ((Smyth) Williams “Polly”) Thorogood
1463–1501
Hendrik (Lord Wykes Van) Putney
1463–1527
Putney, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Ruth Mary Mercy Prior) Pryer
1465–1528
Putney, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Putney
1440–1502
Lady Wykes
1444–1462
Roger Prior
1440–1465
Joan Ellis
1443–1465
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Cromwell's Timeline

2 Records

1509
1509
Birth of Sir Richard Williams Cromwell in Lanishen, Glamorganshire South, Wales, United Kingdom
Lanishen, Glamorganshire South, Wales, United Kingdom
1559
1559
Age 50
Death of Sir Richard Williams Cromwell in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1509
    Event Place: Lanishen, Glamorganshire South, Wales, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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