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Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill 1470 – 1532 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1470

Birth Location: Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

Death Date: 24 May 1532

Death Location: Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

Father: Rogier Hill

Mother: Lady Wood

Spouse(s): Eleanor Buckingham

Children(s): Lady Hall

In 1470, Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill entered the world in Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England, born to Rogier Hill and Lady Alis Wybunbury Cheshire Wood. Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill married Eleanor Percy Duchess of Buckingham, and had children including Lady Alice Hall. Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill passed away in 1532 in Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • In 1470, Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill entered the world in Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England, born to Rogier Hill and Lady Alis Wybunbury Cheshire Wood.
  • Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill married Eleanor Percy Duchess of Buckingham, and had children including Lady Alice Hall.
  • Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill passed away in 1532 in Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Hill's Ancestors

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Sir Hill
1470 – 1532
Birth Place: Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
Parents
Rogier Hill
1424 – 1479
Spaxton, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England
Lady (Alis Wybunbury Cheshire) Wood
1456 – 1478
Wybunbury, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Lord (Humphrey III de Cooke Hull (Lord VII of) Ightfield)
1401 – 1434
Spaxton, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England
Lady (Cecilia (Cecily)) Stourton
1410 – 1472
Preston, Pluckett, Yeovil, Somerset, England
Sir (Robert Wynbunbury Cheshire) Wood
1430 – 1480
Wybunbury, Cheshire, England
Lady (Joyce) Clarke
1435 – 1480
Cheshire , England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Hill
1375 – 1423
Lady Hill
1370 – 1420
John, (Meade)
1385 – 1438
Johanna Banstree
1385 – 1420
Sir Warwick
1401 – 1470
Lady Harwood
1400 – 1485
Sir Hall
1395 – 1482
Lady Forde
1399 – 1482
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Hill

Sir Hill's Descendants

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Sir (William Taunton Somerset) Hill (1470 – 24 May 1532) m. Eleanor (Percy Duchess of) Buckingham (1474 – 13 February 1530)
  1. 1. Lady (Alice) Hall (1491 – 1529) m. Sir (Thomas Hunt of) Astley (1491 – 1549)
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas Walter Hunt of) Astley (14 Jan 1514 – 15 May 1547) m. Elizabeth (Agnes) Strowbridge (01 Feb 1520 – 8 Oct 1546)
      1. 1. Thomas Hunt (1530 – 4 Dec. 1606) m. Lady (Alice Pollarde of) Clifton (1540 – 25 Sep 1593)
        1. 1. Anne (Elizabeth) Hunt (24 Jun 1568 – abt 1661) m. Thomas (De Elmham de Welles of) Essex (Nov 1566 – 26 May 1620)
      2. 2. Alice (Tomes) Hunt (3 April 1543 – 1617) m. Sir (Robert John) Welles (6 Nov 1540 – 24 Sep 1617)
        1. 1. Governor (Thomas Gideon) Welles (10 July 1590 – 14 Jan 1660) m. Alice (Tomes "Puritan Immigrant" (With her family, she followed "Reverend" Thomas Hooker to Connecticut, where they founded the city of) Hartford.) (01 Dec 1592 – 1640-1646)
    2. 2. Henrietta (Maria Anne Hunt or) Hunter (1517 – 17 Feb 1588) m. Robert ("Sir") Fullwood (1513 – 31 May 1576)
      1. 1. Anne (Jane) Fulwood (1545 – 20 May 1576) m. Richard Gunne (11 May 1540 – 25 May 1602)
        1. 1. Ellen (Elizabeth) Gunne (1571 – 03 Aug 1601) m. John (William) Tomes (1569 – 25 Mar 1602)

Sir Hill's Timeline

2 Records

1470
1470
Birth of Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill in Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
1532
24 May 1532
Age 62
Death of Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill in Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1470
    Event Place: Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 May 1532
    Event Place: Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Skilgate, Somerset, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

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