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Sir William Walter Grosvenor 1540–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Bushbury, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: Bushbury, Staffordshire, England

Father: Sir Grosevenor

Mother: Lady Clayton

Spouse(s): Joyce Fowke

Children(s): Sir Grosvenor, Ames Grosvenor

Sir William Walter Grosvenor was born in 1540 in Bushbury, Staffordshire, England, the child of Sir John Grosevenor And Lady Rose Clayton. Sir William Walter Grosvenor married Joyce Fowke, and had children including Ames Grosvenor, Sir Gawen De Sutton Grosvenor. Sir William Walter Grosvenor passed away in 1590 in Bushbury, Staffordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Walter Grosvenor was born in 1540 in Bushbury, Staffordshire, England, the child of Sir John Grosevenor And Lady Rose Clayton.
  • Sir William Walter Grosvenor married Joyce Fowke, and had children including Ames Grosvenor, Sir Gawen De Sutton Grosvenor.
  • Sir William Walter Grosvenor passed away in 1590 in Bushbury, Staffordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Grosevenor
1514–1586
Birth Location: Bushbury, Staffordshire, England
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Lady Clayton
1518–1593
Birth Location: Harwood, Lancashire, England
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Spouses(s)

Joyce Fowke
1541–1566
Birth Location: Kent, England
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Children(s)

Sir Grosvenor
1566–1626
Birth Location: Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England
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Ames Grosvenor
1568–
Birth Location: Bushbury, Staffordshire, England
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Sir Grosvenor's Ancestors

Self
Sir Grosvenor
1540–1590
Birth Place: Bushbury, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Sir John Grosevenor
1514–1586
Bushbury, Staffordshire, England
Lady (Rose) Clayton
1518–1593
Harwood, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Humphrey Grosvenor
1487–1521
Shropshire, England
Joyce Wells
1492–1514
Tipton, Staffordshire, England
Lord (Randall de Grosvenor 6th Baron of) Bellaport.
1480–1553
Bellafort, Shropshire, , England
Lady (Anne 'the Younger' de Charlton * of Apley) 'Angsax
1482–1560
Apley Castle, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Grosvenor's Descendants

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Sir (William Walter) Grosvenor (1540–1590) m. Joyce Fowke (1541–1566)
  1. 1. Sir (Gawen de Sutton) Grosvenor 1566–1626 m. Lady (Dorothy) Pudsey 1557–1640 m. Dorothy Pudsey 1580–
    1. 1. Lady (Winifred) Grosvenor 1605–1676 m. Thomas Corbin 1594–1638
      1. 1. Henry Corbin 1629–1675 m. Alice Eltonhead 1628–1684
        1. 1. Lady (Alice) Corbin 1542–1600 m. Reverend (Richard Henry) Lightfoot 1532–1625 m. Sir (John) Lightfoot 1540–1600
      2. 2. Sir (Thomas Corbin) II 1624–1688
      3. 3. Sir (George) Corbin 1620–1680
      4. 4. Gawin Corbin 1633–1709
      5. 5. Lettice Corbin 1635–1730
      6. 6. Charles Corbin 1633–1730
      7. 7. George Corbin 1631–1720
    2. 2. Lady (Winifred) Grosvenor 1590–1676
    3. 3. Lady (Winifred) GROSVENOR 1605–1676
    4. 4. Alice Eltonhead 1627–1684
    5. 5. Lord (Thomas of Hall End) Grosvenor 1586–
    6. 6. Catherine Grosvenor 1598–1643
    7. 7. Gawen Grosvenor 1596–1660
    8. 8. Job Grosvenor 1594–1669
    9. 9. Sir (Fouke) Grosvenor 1592–1652
  2. 2. Ames Grosvenor 1568–

Sir Grosvenor's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Sir William Walter Grosvenor in Bushbury, Staffordshire, England
Bushbury, Staffordshire, England
1590
1590
Age 50
Death of Sir William Walter Grosvenor in Bushbury, Staffordshire, England
Bushbury, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Bushbury, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Bushbury, Staffordshire, England
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