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Sir William Thomas Hancock 1530 – 1565 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 January 1530

Birth Location: Twining, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 9 May 1565

Death Location: Knutton, Staffordshire, England

Father: Sir Usher

Mother: Lany Lee

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Sir William Thomas Hancock was born in 1530 in Twining, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Roger Chaloner, Gentleman - Usher and Lany Isabell Joan Lee. Sir William Thomas Hancock passed away in 1565 in Knutton, Staffordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Thomas Hancock was born in 1530 in Twining, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Roger Chaloner, Gentleman - Usher and Lany Isabell Joan Lee.
  • Sir William Thomas Hancock passed away in 1565 in Knutton, Staffordshire, England.

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Sir Hancock's Ancestors

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Sir Hancock
1530 – 1565
Birth Place: Twining, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Roger Chaloner, Gentleman - Usher
1493 – 1550
Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales
Lany (Isabell Joan) Lee
1510 – 1585
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas (Chaloner of) Beaumaris
1470 – 1500
Mostyn, Flint, Wales
Annes (Verch) Jenkyn
1469 –
Mostyn, Flint, Wales
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Hancock's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1 January 1530
Birth of Sir William Thomas Hancock in Twining, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Twining, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
1565
9 May 1565
Age 35
Death of Sir William Thomas Hancock in Knutton, Staffordshire, England
Knutton, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 January 1530
    Event Place: Twining, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 May 1565
    Event Place: Knutton, Staffordshire, England

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