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SIR WILLIAM Lancaster 1515–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: London Merchant, St Dunstan, London ENG

Death Date: 21 Jan 1579

Death Location: Henlow, Bedfordshire, England

Father: Sir Lancaster

Mother: Elizabeth Lowther

Spouse(s): Lady Baker, Lady Harrington, Elizabeth RADCLIFFE, Eleanore Radcliffe, Elizabeth.. Radcliffe

Children(s): Elizabeth Lancaster, Eleanor Lancaster^, William Lancaster, Thomas Lancaster, John Lancaster, Elizabeth Lancaster, Thomas Lancaster, William Lancaster, John Baker, Thomas LANCASTER

SIR WILLIAM Lancaster was born in 1515 in London Merchant, St Dunstan, London ENG, the child of Sir William Lancaster And Elizabeth Lowther. SIR WILLIAM Lancaster married Eleanore Radcliffe, Elizabeth Radcliffe, Elizabeth Radcliffe, Lady Anne Harrington, Lady Mary Margaret Baker, and had children including Eleanor Lancaster, Elizabeth Lancaster, John Baker, John Sir Somerset Lancaster, Thomas Lancaster, William Henry Lancaster, William Lancaster. SIR WILLIAM Lancaster passed away in 1579 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • SIR WILLIAM Lancaster was born in 1515 in London Merchant, St Dunstan, London ENG, the child of Sir William Lancaster And Elizabeth Lowther.
  • SIR WILLIAM Lancaster married Eleanore Radcliffe, Elizabeth Radcliffe, Elizabeth Radcliffe, Lady Anne Harrington, Lady Mary Margaret Baker, and had children including Eleanor Lancaster, Elizabeth Lancaster, John Baker, John Sir Somerset Lancaster, Thomas Lancaster, William Henry Lancaster, William Lancaster.
  • SIR WILLIAM Lancaster passed away in 1579 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

SIR Lancaster's Ancestors

Self
SIR Lancaster
1515–1579
Birth Place: London Merchant, St Dunstan, London ENG
Parents
Sir William Lancaster
1480–1560
Stockbridge Parish, Barton, Westmoreland, England
Elizabeth Lowther
1484–1524
Lowther Parish, Great Musgrave, Westmoreland, England
Grandparents
Christopher (de) Lancaster
1440–1485
Stockbridge Parish, Barton, Westmoreland, England
Lady (Eleanor de) Musgrave
1438–1484
Great Musgrave, Westmorland, England
HUGH LOWTHER
1456–1511
Westmorland, England
ANN TRELKED
1451–1480
Cumberland, England
Great-Grandparents
Hugh Lancaster
1420–1483
elizabeth Betham
1433–1464
Sir Musgrave
1378–1447
Lady d'Acre
1379–1456
Hugh Lowther
1435–1475
Mabel Westmorland)
1437–1475
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Lancaster
1385–1420
Lady Lancaster
1390–
Lord Betham
1350–1442
Lady Burton
1354–

SIR Lancaster's Descendants

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SIR (WILLIAM) Lancaster (1515–21 Jan 1579) m. Lady (Mary Margaret) Baker (1520–abt 1571) m. Lady (Anne) Harrington (1505–) m. Elizabeth RADCLIFFE (1512–1540) m. Eleanore Radcliffe (1512–1540) m. Elizabeth.. Radcliffe (1512–15 Jan 1612)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Lancaster 1544–1614 m. Robert Tilley 1540–1612
    1. 1. Robert Cooper 1591–1620 m. Joan Gresham 1585–1620
      1. 1. Humilitie Cooper 1619–1689 m. Richard Wright 1608–1691 m. Christopher Webb 1599–
        1. 1. Richard Cooper 1639–1724 m. Hannah (Atwood) Wood 1662–1718
        2. 2. Thomas Cooper 1628–1687
        3. 3. Sarah Cooper 1641–
        4. 4. Wassell\Westsell Cooper 1616–1657
        5. 5. Ann Cooper 1644–1691
        6. 6. Ann Cooper 1619–
        7. 7. John Cooper 1624–
        8. 8. Martha Cooper 1629–
        9. 9. Richard Cooper 1639–1724
        10. 10. Anne Cooper 1634–
      2. 2. Henry Samson 1604–1684
    2. 2. William Tilley 1580–1668
    3. 3. John ((Mayflower)) Tilley 1571–1621
    4. 4. Alice Tilley 1591–1597
    5. 5. Agnes Tilley 1579–1612
    6. 6. Rose Tilley 1574–1621
    7. 7. George Tilley 1576–1612
  2. 2. Eleanor Lancaster^ 1530–1575
  3. 3. William Lancaster 1534–
  4. 4. Thomas Lancaster 1544–
  5. 5. John (Sir Somerset) Lancaster 1555–1656
  6. 6. Elizabeth Lancaster 1536–1656
  7. 7. Thomas Lancaster 1544–
  8. 8. William (Henry) Lancaster 1845–1845
  9. 9. John Baker 1543–1581
  10. 10. Thomas LANCASTER 1544–

SIR Lancaster's Timeline

2 Records

1515
1515
Birth of SIR WILLIAM Lancaster in London Merchant, St Dunstan, London ENG
London Merchant, St Dunstan, London ENG
1579
21 Jan 1579
Age 64
Death of SIR WILLIAM Lancaster in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
Henlow, Bedfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: London Merchant, St Dunstan, London ENG

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jan 1579
    Event Place: Henlow, Bedfordshire, England

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