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Sir Cardinal John Fisher 1516 – 1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1516

Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England

Death Date: Nov 1570

Death Location: Canterbury, Kent, England

Father: ROBERT Fisher

Mother: Lucille Middleton

Spouse(s): Thomasina Epes

Children(s): Elizabeth Fisher

Sir Cardinal John Fisher was born in 1516 in Maidstone, Kent, England, the child of ROBERT Fisher and Lucille Olive Middleton. Sir Cardinal John Fisher married Thomasina Thomazine de deBettenham Betenham, Epes, and had children including Elizabeth Fitzribbon Fisher. Sir Cardinal John Fisher passed away in 1570 in Canterbury, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Cardinal John Fisher was born in 1516 in Maidstone, Kent, England, the child of ROBERT Fisher and Lucille Olive Middleton.
  • Sir Cardinal John Fisher married Thomasina Thomazine de deBettenham Betenham, Epes, and had children including Elizabeth Fitzribbon Fisher.
  • Sir Cardinal John Fisher passed away in 1570 in Canterbury, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

ROBERT Fisher
1495 – 1564
Birth Location: Wingfield, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
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Lucille Middleton
1502 – 1547
Birth Location: Syleham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Thomasina Epes
1510 – 1599
Birth Location: Maidstone, , Kent, England
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Fisher
1538 – 1594
Birth Location: Maidstone, Kent, England
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Sir Fisher's Ancestors

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Sir Fisher
1516 – 1570
Birth Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
Parents
ROBERT Fisher
1495 – 1564
Wingfield, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
Lucille (Olive) Middleton
1502 – 1547
Syleham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Fisher's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Cardinal John) Fisher (1516 – Nov 1570) m. Thomasina (Thomazine de deBettenham Betenham,) Epes (1510 – 1599)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Fitzribbon) Fisher (1538 – 23 Sep 1594) m. Edmunde Barret (Abt. 1538 – Dec 1610)
    1. 1. Johanna (Joan) Barrett (1574 – 28 Sep 1670) m. William (Milton Badger) Shattuck (1574 – 1637)
      1. 1. Samuel (William) Shattuck (Apr 1594 – 06 Jun 1698) m. Damaris SIBLEY (22 February, 1595 – 28 Nov 1674)
        1. 1. Gertrude Shattuck (1623 – About 1699) m. Joseph Pope (1606 – 1666)

Sir Fisher's Timeline

3 Records

1516
1516
Birth of Sir Cardinal John Fisher in Maidstone, Kent, England
Maidstone, Kent, England
1550
Abt. 1550
Age 34
Sir Cardinal John Fisher was married in Maybe Lacock, Wiltshire
Maybe Lacock, Wiltshire
1570
Nov 1570
Age 54
Death of Sir Cardinal John Fisher in Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1516
    Event Place: Maidstone, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Abt. 1550
    Event Place: Maybe Lacock, Wiltshire

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Boxted, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Nov 1570
    Event Place: Canterbury, Kent, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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