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Sir Humphrey "Humfrey" Foster 1559–1662 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: February 10, 1559

Birth Location: Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England

Death Date: Mar 1662

Death Location: Corbridge, Northumberland, England

Father: Sir ^*

Mother: Lady Foster)

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Sir Humphrey "Humfrey" Foster was born in 1559 in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Sir Thomas Foster Yeoman Of The Queen Her Majesty S Chamber Lord Of The Marches And Lady Margaret Aka Margett Elizabeth Browning Counsby M Foster. Sir Humphrey "Humfrey" Foster passed away in 1662 in Corbridge, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Humphrey "Humfrey" Foster was born in 1559 in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Sir Thomas Foster Yeoman Of The Queen Her Majesty S Chamber Lord Of The Marches And Lady Margaret Aka Margett Elizabeth Browning Counsby M Foster.
  • Sir Humphrey "Humfrey" Foster passed away in 1662 in Corbridge, Northumberland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir ^*
1528–1571
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Adderstone Castle/Manor, Adderstone, Northumberland, England -Held by the Forster's, from the 12th century. A tower, of which no trace emains, existed on or close to the site in 1415. The Forster's lived on the estate over 400 years.
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Lady Foster)
1528–1599
Birth Location: Chelmsford, Essex, England
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Children(s)

Sir Foster's Ancestors

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Sir Foster
1559–1662
Birth Place: Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Foster, Yeoman of the Queen Her Majesty's Chamber, Lord of the Marches ^*
1528–1571
VERIFIED- Adderstone Castle/Manor, Adderstone, Northumberland, England -Held by the Forster's, from the 12th century. A tower, of which no trace emains, existed on or close to the site in 1415. The Forster's lived on the estate over 400 years.
Lady (Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby ^* (m.) Foster)
1528–1599
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Grandparents
ROger (Foster,) knight
1511–1570
Hunsden, Hertfordshire, England
Lady (Joan Searle) Hussey
1515–1601
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
Robert Hopkins
1505–1529
Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England
Joane (Woode\) Wood
1510–1530
Bristol, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Etherstone
1474–1526
Lady Featherstonhaugh
1489–1524
Sir Sleaford)
1460–1538
Robert Janes
1480–1563
Agnes Dormer
1482–1564
Sir Woode
1480–1520
Lady Forster
1475–1535
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Wood
1460–1528
Denes Diones.
1460–1520

Sir Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1559
February 10, 1559
Birth of Sir Humphrey "Humfrey" Foster in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England
Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England
1662
Mar 1662
Age 103
Death of Sir Humphrey "Humfrey" Foster in Corbridge, Northumberland, England
Corbridge, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: February 10, 1559
    Event Place: Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Mar 1662
    Event Place: Corbridge, Northumberland, England
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