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Sir Richard V "The Younger" Horton 1480–1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England

Death Date: 16 Feb 1540

Death Location: Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England

Father: Richard DeHorton

Mother: Lady Mosley

Spouse(s): Lady Thomas, Maud (Smith)

Children(s): Elizabeth Horton

The story of Sir Richard V "The Younger" Horton began in 1480 in Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England. Sir Richard V "The Younger" Horton married Lady Maude Verch Thomas, Maud Dehorton Smith, and had children including Elizabeth Horton. Sir Richard V "The Younger" Horton passed away in 1540 in Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Richard V "The Younger" Horton began in 1480 in Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England.
  • Sir Richard V "The Younger" Horton married Lady Maude Verch Thomas, Maud Dehorton Smith, and had children including Elizabeth Horton.
  • Sir Richard V "The Younger" Horton passed away in 1540 in Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Horton's Ancestors

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Sir Horton
1480–1540
Birth Place: Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England
Parents
Richard DeHorton
1450–1515
Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England
Lady (Elizabeth "Ann") Mosley
1455–1526
Mosley Manor, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard Baron Horton of) Mowsley
1410–1460
Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England
? (Lady Ann de) Dutton
1415–1478
Mousley, Leicestershire, England
Nicholas (Moseley) gen26
1435–1455
Mowsley, Leicestershire, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Sherwood
1435–1455
Leicestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Horton
1370–1413
Joanne Dutton
1381–1440
William Gascoigne
1370–1422
Johanna Wyman
1370–1426
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Horton's Descendants

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Sir (Richard V "The Younger") Horton (1480–16 Feb 1540) m. Lady (Maude verch) Thomas (1470–12 Dec 1560) m. Maud (DeHorton) (Smith) (1470–12 DEC. 1560)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Horton 1525–1583 m. Randle (Randolph Dodd of) Edge 1522–1576
    1. 1. Anne (Dodd) Massey 1575–1618 m. Lord (Hugh) Massey 1566–1639 m. Hugh (Macy) (Massey) 1580–1639 m. Lord (Hugh) Massey 1566–1639
      1. 1. Peter (David) Massie 1618–1719 m. Lucretia (Lucelia) Poindexter 1622–1711
        1. 1. Cecilia (Poindexter) Massie 1640–1721 m. Robert (Thomas Anderson Sr) Captain 1640–1712

Sir Horton's Timeline

2 Records

1480
1480
Birth of Sir Richard V "The Younger" Horton in Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England
Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England
1540
16 Feb 1540
Age 60
Death of Sir Richard V "The Younger" Horton in Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England
Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Feb 1540
    Event Place: Wakefield Manor, Knaptoft, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England

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