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Sir Francis Horton 1546 – 1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1546

Birth Location: Gnosall, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: MAY 1590

Death Location: Gnosall Staffordshire

Father: Robert Mowsley

Mother: Elizabeth (Horton)

Spouse(s): Lady Forde

Children(s): Sir Horton

According to available records, Sir Francis Horton was born in 1546 in Gnosall, Staffordshire, England, the child of Robert de Horton, Baron Horton of Mowsley and Elizabeth "Elizabetha" Gledhill (Horton). Following those early years, Sir Francis Horton married Lady Alice Forde, and their family grew to include Sir William Horton. In the later years of life, Sir Francis Horton died in 1590 in Gnosall Staffordshire.

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Parents

Robert Mowsley
1530 – 1572
Birth Location: Mowsley, Leicestershire, England
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Elizabeth (Horton)
1527 – 1672
Birth Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Forde
1546 – 1587
Birth Location: Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England
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Children(s)

Sir Horton
1569 – 1642
Birth Location: Gnosall, Staffordshire, England
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1546
    Event Place: Gnosall, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 15 Mar 1572

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Staffordshire: Keele - Parish Registers of Marriages, 1540-1812, Registers of Baptisms, 1540-1700

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: MAY 1590
    Event Place: Gnosall Staffordshire

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