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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: Skilgate, Somerset, England

Father: Rogier Hill

Mother: Lady Wood

Spouse(s): Lady Percy

Children(s): Alice Hill

The story of Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill began in 1470 in Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England. Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill married Lady Eleanor Duchess Buckingham Percy, and had children including Alice Hill. Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill passed away in 1532 in Skilgate, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill began in 1470 in Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England.
  • Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill married Lady Eleanor Duchess Buckingham Percy, and had children including Alice Hill.
  • Sir William Taunton Somerset Hill passed away in 1532 in Skilgate, Somerset, England.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Hill's Ancestors

Self
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)) III
1401–1434
Spaxton, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England
Lady (Cecilia (Cecily) Stourton Hill) Keriell
1410–1472
Preston, Pluckett, Yeovil, Somerset, England
Sir (Robert Wynbunbury Cheshire) Wood*
1430–1480
Wybunbury, Cheshire, England
Lady (Joyce Clarke Chashire) Wood
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

Sir Hill's Descendants

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Sir (William Taunton Somerset) Hill (1470–24 May 1532) m. Lady (Eleanor "Duchess Buckingham") Percy (1474–13 February 1530)
  1. 1. Alice Hill 1491–1529 m. Sir (Thomas Hunt) Esq 1491–1549
    1. 1. Henrietta (Maria Anne Hunt or) Hunter 1517–1588 m. Robert Fullwood 1513–1576
      1. 1. Anne Fulwood 1545–1576 m. Richard (Gunne) III 1540–1602
        1. 1. Ellen (Elizabeth) Gunne 1571–1601 m. John (William Tomes) III 1569–1612
    2. 2. Sir (Thomas Walter Hunt of) Astley 1514–1547 m. Elizabeth (Agnes) Strowbridge 1520–1546
      1. 1. Alice (Robert) Hunt 1543–1615 m. Robert (John Wells) Sr 1540–1617
        1. 1. Governor (Thomas Gideon) Welles 1590–1660 m. Alice (Gunn Tomes) Welles 1592–1646
      2. 2. Sir (Thomas Hunt (of) Powerstock) 1530–1602 m. Lady (Alice) Pollarde 1540–1593
        1. 1. Anne (Elizabeth of St. Albens Hunt) Kimball 1568–1678 m. Thomas (de Welles of) Essex 1566–1639

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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