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Sir Knight Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State in Ireland 1539 – 1608 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 May 1539

Birth Location: Sturton le Steeple, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 19 October 1608

Death Location: Cork, Cork, (Burial in St. Patrick Cathedral, ), Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Father: Sir Fenton

Mother: Lady Fenton

Spouse(s): Alice (Fenton)

Children(s): Lady Cork

Sir Knight Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State in Ireland was born in 1539 in Sturton le Steeple, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Henry of Nottinghamshire and Canterbury Fenton and Lady Cecilia 'Cecily' Beaumont Fenton. Sir Knight Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State in Ireland married Alice Weston (Fenton), and had children including Lady Catherine Fenton, Countess of Cork. Sir Knight Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State in Ireland passed away in 1608 in Cork, Cork, (Burial in St. Patrick Cathedral, ), Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Sir Knight Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State in Ireland was born in 1539 in Sturton le Steeple, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Henry of Nottinghamshire and Canterbury Fenton and Lady Cecilia 'Cecily' Beaumont Fenton.
  • Sir Knight Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State in Ireland married Alice Weston (Fenton), and had children including Lady Catherine Fenton, Countess of Cork.
  • Sir Knight Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State in Ireland passed away in 1608 in Cork, Cork, (Burial in St. Patrick Cathedral, ), Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

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Sir Ireland's Ancestors

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Sir Ireland
1539 – 1608
Birth Place: Sturton le Steeple, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Henry of Nottinghamshire and Canterbury Fenton
1502 – 1562
Cole Overton (Leicestershire) England
Lady (Cecilia 'Cecily' Beaumont) Fenton
1504 – 1574
Orton Longueville, Peterborough Unitary Authority, Cambridgeshire, England
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Sir Ireland's Descendants

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Sir (Knight Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State in) Ireland (4 May 1539 – 19 October 1608) m. Alice (Weston) (Fenton) (Abt. 1541 – 20 May 1631)
  1. 1. Lady (Catherine Fenton, Countess of) Cork (1565 – 16 February 1630) m. Richard, (Earl of Cork, Escheator, Privy Councilor for Ireland) Boyle (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643)
    1. 1. Susan (R) Boyle (1586 – 1625) m. Philip Grey (1590 – 27 Jan 1657)
      1. 1. Elizabeth ((Eliza)) Gray (1615 – 1671)
        1. 1. William (Maine) Barton (1650 – 15 Apr 1700) m. Anne Greene (1647 – after 1700)

Sir Ireland's Timeline

2 Records

1539
4 May 1539
Birth of Sir Knight Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State in Ireland in Sturton le Steeple, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Sturton le Steeple, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1608
19 October 1608
Age 69
Death of Sir Knight Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State in Ireland in Cork, Cork, (Burial in St. Patrick Cathedral, ), Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Cork, Cork, (Burial in St. Patrick Cathedral, ), Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 May 1539
    Event Place: Sturton le Steeple, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 October 1608
    Event Place: Cork, Cork, (Burial in St. Patrick Cathedral, ), Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

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