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Sir William Dormer 1503–1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1503

Birth Location: Eythorpe Wycombe, Bucks, England

Death Date: 15 May 1575

Death Location: Wing, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: Robert West-Wycombe

Mother: Lady Newdigate

Spouse(s): Mary Lady, Lady Catesby

Children(s): Ann Dormer, Lady Dormer, Catharina Dormer, LORD WYNG, Catherine John, Jane Dormer, Peregrine Dormer, Richard Dormer, Francis Dormer, Frances Dormer, Anne Dormer, Jane Feria

Sir William Dormer was born in 1503 in Eythorpe Wycombe, Bucks, England, the child of Robert Sir Dormer Van West Wycombe And Lady Johanna Jane Newdigate. Sir William Dormer married Lady Dorothy Catesby, Mary Ann Sidney Lady, and had children including Ann Lady Dormer, Anne Pelham Dormer, Catharina Dormer, Catherine St John, Frances Dormer, Francis Dormer, Jane Dormer, Jane Dormer Duchess Of Feria, Lady Mary Catesby Dormer, Lord Robert Dormer 1St Baron Of Wyng, Peregrine Pelham Dormer, Richard Dormer. Sir William Dormer passed away in 1575 in Wing, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Dormer was born in 1503 in Eythorpe Wycombe, Bucks, England, the child of Robert Sir Dormer Van West Wycombe And Lady Johanna Jane Newdigate.
  • Sir William Dormer married Lady Dorothy Catesby, Mary Ann Sidney Lady, and had children including Ann Lady Dormer, Anne Pelham Dormer, Catharina Dormer, Catherine St John, Frances Dormer, Francis Dormer, Jane Dormer, Jane Dormer Duchess Of Feria, Lady Mary Catesby Dormer, Lord Robert Dormer 1St Baron Of Wyng, Peregrine Pelham Dormer, Richard Dormer.
  • Sir William Dormer passed away in 1575 in Wing, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Dormer's Ancestors

Self
Sir Dormer
1503–1575
Birth Place: Eythorpe Wycombe, Bucks, England
Parents
Robert Sir Dormer van West-Wycombe
1486–1658
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Lady (Johanna Jane) Newdigate
1487–1572
Harefield, Middlesex
Grandparents
(Sir) (Willem Dormer van) West-Wycombe
1438–1506
West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Agnes Woodville
1460–1506
Launcelynbury, Hampshire, England
Sir (John Newdigate VI of) Haresfield
1461–1528
Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England (Long Melford, Suffolk, England)
Amphelise Neville
1465–1544
Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Geoffrey Dormer
1408–1502
Judith Badlington
1389–1502
Richard Wydeville
1405–1469
Jacquetta Luxembourg
1416–1472
Richard Newdigate
1425–
John Neville
1435–
Anne **
1440–1490
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Geoffrey Dormer
1380–1450
Geoffrey Dormer
1389–1410
Pierre Pol
1390–1433
Margherita Balzo
1394–1469
Sir Mablethorpe
1415–1440

Sir Dormer's Descendants

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Sir (William) Dormer (1503–15 May 1575) m. Mary (Ann Sidney) Lady (1505–1552) m. Lady (Dorothy) Catesby (1527–20 September 1613)
  1. 1. Ann (Lady) Dormer 1525–1603 m. Walter ((Sir)) Hungerford 1508–1596
    1. 1. Lucy Hungerford 1560–1625 m. John (St) John 1552–1594 m. Sir (Anthony Hungerford) KNT 1564–1627
      1. 1. Eleanor (Saint) John –1641
      2. 2. Jane (Saint) John 1586–1654 m. Charles Pleydell 1575–1642
        1. 1. Charles Pleydell 1628–1704 m. Arabella Lovett 1632–1704
      3. 3. Barbara (St) John 1592–1672
      4. 4. Lucy (St) John 1593–1658
      5. 5. Martha (St) John 1595–
      6. 6. John (St) John 1585–1648 m. Lucy Hungerford 1560–1627
      7. 7. Catherine (St) John 1583–1633
      8. 8. Walter (SAINT) JOHN 1594–1597
      9. 9. Elenora (St) John 1587–1658
      10. 10. Anna SaintJohn 1584–
      11. 11. Margaret StJohn 1530–1562
      12. 12. SIR (EDWARD Hungerford KNT) BAR 1596–1648
      13. 13. SARAH Hungerford 1606–
      14. 14. William (St) John 1589–
  2. 2. Lady (Mary (Catesby)) Dormer 1553–1637
  3. 3. Catharina Dormer 1555–1615
  4. 4. LORD (Robert Dormer--1ST BARON OF) WYNG 1551–1616
  5. 5. Catherine (St.) John 1549–1615
  6. 6. Jane Dormer 1550–1627
  7. 7. Peregrine (Pelham) Dormer 1565–
  8. 8. Richard Dormer 1562–1616
  9. 9. Francis Dormer 1558–
  10. 10. Frances Dormer 1559–
  11. 11. Anne (Pelham) Dormer 1562–1603
  12. 12. Jane (Dormer Duchess of) Feria 1538–1612

Sir Dormer's Timeline

2 Records

1503
1503
Birth of Sir William Dormer in Eythorpe Wycombe, Bucks, England
Eythorpe Wycombe, Bucks, England
1575
15 May 1575
Age 72
Death of Sir William Dormer in Wing, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England
Wing, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1503
    Event Place: Eythorpe Wycombe, Bucks, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 May 1575
    Event Place: Wing, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wing, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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