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Sir William Lancaster 1480–1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: Stockbridge Parish, Barton, Westmoreland, England

Death Date: 1540

Death Location: Middlesex, England

Father: Sir Lancaster

Mother: Eleanor Musgrave

Spouse(s): Lady Lowther

Children(s): Sir Lancaster, Ann Lancaster, William Lancaster

Sir William Lancaster was born in 1480 in Stockbridge Parish, Barton, Westmoreland, England, the child of Sir Christopher Lancaster And Eleanor Musgrave. Sir William Lancaster married Lady Elizabeth Lowther, Mary Ann Philpot, and had children including Ann Elizabeth Lancaster, Sir Launcelot Lancaster, William Lancaster. Sir William Lancaster passed away in 1540 in Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Lancaster was born in 1480 in Stockbridge Parish, Barton, Westmoreland, England, the child of Sir Christopher Lancaster And Eleanor Musgrave.
  • Sir William Lancaster married Lady Elizabeth Lowther, Mary Ann Philpot, and had children including Ann Elizabeth Lancaster, Sir Launcelot Lancaster, William Lancaster.
  • Sir William Lancaster passed away in 1540 in Middlesex, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Lancaster's Ancestors

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Sir Lancaster
1480–1540
Birth Place: Stockbridge Parish, Barton, Westmoreland, England
Parents
Sir Christopher Lancaster
1440–1485
Stockbridge Parish, Barton, Westmoreland, England
Eleanor Musgrave
1438–1484
Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland, England
Grandparents
Hugh Lancaster
1420–1483
Stockbridge Parish, Barton, Westmoreland, England
Catherine deBetham
1433–1464
Betham Castle, Westmorland, England
Richard Musgrave
1421–1471
Hartley Castle, Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland, England
Johanna Stapleton
1414–1478
Edenhall, Cumberland, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Lancaster's Descendants

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Sir (William) Lancaster (1480–1540) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Lowther (1484–1524)
  1. 1. Sir (Launcelot) Lancaster 1500–1535 m. Lady (Anne) Harrington 1516–
    1. 1. Eleonor Lancaster 1531–1580 m. Richard Claiborne 1530–1581
      1. 1. Edmund Claiborne 1557–1607 m. Grace Bellingham 1565–1626
        1. 1. William (C) Claiborne 1600–1677 m. Jane (Elizabeth) Butler 1610–1676
  2. 2. Ann (Elizabeth) Lancaster 1797–1854
  3. 3. William Lancaster 1515–1560

Sir Lancaster's Timeline

2 Records

1480
1480
Birth of Sir William Lancaster in Stockbridge Parish, Barton, Westmoreland, England
Stockbridge Parish, Barton, Westmoreland, England
1540
1540
Age 60
Death of Sir William Lancaster in Middlesex, England
Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Stockbridge Parish, Barton, Westmoreland, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Middlesex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

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