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Sir John Danvers 1540–1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Winterbourne Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 19 December 1593

Death Location: Dauntsey, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England

Father: None None

Mother: Lady Saint

Spouse(s): Lady Exeter

Children(s): Katherine Danvers, Sir Danvers, Sir Danvers, Sir Danvers

Sir John Danvers was born in 1540 in Winterbourne Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England, the child of Lady Elizabeth Winifred Mordaunt Saint. Sir John Danvers married Lady Elizabeth Neville Countess Of Exeter, and had children including Katherine Danvers, Sir Charles Danvers, Sir Henry Danvers, Sir John Danvers. Sir John Danvers passed away in 1593 in Dauntsey, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir John Danvers was born in 1540 in Winterbourne Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England, the child of Lady Elizabeth Winifred Mordaunt Saint.
  • Sir John Danvers married Lady Elizabeth Neville Countess Of Exeter, and had children including Katherine Danvers, Sir Charles Danvers, Sir Henry Danvers, Sir John Danvers.
  • Sir John Danvers passed away in 1593 in Dauntsey, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England.

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Children(s)

Sir Danvers's Ancestors

Self
Sir Danvers
1540–1593
Birth Place: Winterbourne Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
Parents
1518–1552
Winterbourne Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth Winifred Mordaunt,) Saint
1510–1561
Turvey, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Danvers
1485–1532
Dauntsey, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
Margaret (de Courtenay, Baroness) Herbert
1480–1535
Powderham, Devon, England
Sir (John Mordaunt, Knight of the Bath, 1st Vicount Mordaunt, Baron of Turvey, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, a) peer
1483–1562
Cople, Bedfordshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth de Vere, Baroness of) Turvey
1483–1562
Great Addington Magna, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Wiltshire
1455–1514
Ann Stradling
1469–1539
Sir Devon
1477–1535
Margaret Edgecombe
–1512
Sir Commons
–1505
Henry Vere
1450–1493
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Culworth
1428–1489
Elizabeth Langston
1432–1482
Sir esquire
1426–1460
Sir Tudor
1451–1512
Cecily Cheney
1455–1527
Sir Northamptonshire
1425–1487
Lady Greene
1434–1489

Sir Danvers's Descendants

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Sir (John) Danvers (1540–19 December 1593) m. Lady (Elizabeth Neville, Countess of) Exeter (1546–24 Jun 1630)
  1. 1. Katherine Danvers 1583–1660
  2. 2. Sir (Henry) Danvers 1573–1643
  3. 3. Sir (John) Danvers 1585–1655
  4. 4. Sir (Charles) Danvers 1568–1601

Sir Danvers's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Sir John Danvers in Winterbourne Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
Winterbourne Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
1593
19 December 1593
Age 53
Death of Sir John Danvers in Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Winterbourne Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 December 1593
    Event Place: Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dauntsey, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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