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Sir James Lightfoot 1520–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1580

Death Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Father: Sir (lytefoote)

Mother: Lady Bountayne

Spouse(s): Rosemary Stubbs

Children(s): Richard Lightfoot

In 1520, Sir James Lightfoot entered the world in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, born to Sir James Jim William Lightfoot Lytefoote And Lady Alice Bountayne. Sir James Lightfoot married Rosemary Monica Stubbs, and had children including Richard Lightfoot. Sir James Lightfoot passed away in 1580 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1520, Sir James Lightfoot entered the world in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, born to Sir James Jim William Lightfoot Lytefoote And Lady Alice Bountayne.
  • Sir James Lightfoot married Rosemary Monica Stubbs, and had children including Richard Lightfoot.
  • Sir James Lightfoot passed away in 1580 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Lightfoot's Ancestors

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Sir Lightfoot
1520–1580
Birth Place: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Sir James "jim"William Lightfoot (lytefoote)
1470–1551
Burston Limehouse Brentford, Middlesex, England
Lady (Alice) Bountayne
1492–1558
Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John BOUNTAYNE of Evedon Esquire) ‘angsax
1466–1557
Evedon, Lincolnshire, England
Lady (Rose) Bunting
1470–1500
Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Lightfoot's Descendants

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Sir (James) Lightfoot (1520–1580) m. Rosemary (Monica) Stubbs (1522–1580)
  1. 1. Richard Lightfoot 1545–1600 m. Alice Corbin 1542–1600
    1. 1. Rev. (John Richard) Lightfoot 1560–1615 m. Elizabeth PHILLIPS 1565–1608
      1. 1. Thomas (Lightfoot) Sr 1588–1643 m. Margery (Margaret) Perriman 1588–1643
        1. 1. Thomas Lightfoot 1609–1648 m. Anna (Aucocke Wife of Thomas Lightfoot I, Mother of Thomas Lightfoot) II 1608–1645

Sir Lightfoot's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Sir James Lightfoot in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
1580
1580
Age 60
Death of Sir James Lightfoot in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

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