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Sir David Lord High Governor of Denbigh Castle, Denbighshiere Wales MIDDLETON 1520 – 1544 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1544

Death Location: Chester, Cheshire, England

Father: Sir Middleton

Mother: Margaret Smith

Spouse(s): Mary Leycester

Children(s): Lady (Massey)

Sir David Lord High Governor of Denbigh Castle, Denbighshiere Wales MIDDLETON was born in 1520 in Cheshire, England, the child of Sir Peter Middleton and Margaret "Margred" Elizabeth Smith. Sir David Lord High Governor of Denbigh Castle, Denbighshiere Wales MIDDLETON married Mary Ellen Moss Leycester, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Middleton (Massey). Sir David Lord High Governor of Denbigh Castle, Denbighshiere Wales MIDDLETON passed away in 1544 in Chester, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir David Lord High Governor of Denbigh Castle, Denbighshiere Wales MIDDLETON was born in 1520 in Cheshire, England, the child of Sir Peter Middleton and Margaret "Margred" Elizabeth Smith.
  • Sir David Lord High Governor of Denbigh Castle, Denbighshiere Wales MIDDLETON married Mary Ellen Moss Leycester, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Middleton (Massey).
  • Sir David Lord High Governor of Denbigh Castle, Denbighshiere Wales MIDDLETON passed away in 1544 in Chester, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Middleton
1483 – 1535
Birth Location: Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Smith
1487 – 1557
Birth Location: Denbeigh, Denbeighshire, Wales
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Spouses(s)

Mary Leycester
1520 – 1544
Birth Location: Toft, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Lady (Massey)
1544 – 1600
Birth Location: Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, England
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Sir MIDDLETON's Ancestors

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Sir MIDDLETON
1520 – 1544
Birth Place: Cheshire, England
Parents
Sir Peter Middleton
1483 – 1535
Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret ("Margred" Elizabeth) Smith
1487 – 1557
Denbeigh, Denbeighshire, Wales
Grandparents
Thomas (Assheton Smyth) V,
1446 – 1538
Hough, Cheshire, England or Smyth Hall, Rivenhall, Essex, Eng
Catherine Brereton
1460 – 1541
Brewerton, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir MIDDLETON's Descendants

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Sir (David Lord High Governor of Denbigh Castle, Denbighshiere Wales) MIDDLETON (1520 – 1544) m. Mary (Ellen Moss) Leycester (1520 – 1544)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Middleton) (Massey) (20 Dec 1544 – 20 April 1600) m. Sir (Thomas I Massey of) Broxton (1515 – 20 Apr 1565)
    1. 1. Sir (David Massey of) Broxton (1566 – 10/29/1623) m. Dorothy Leigh (1568 – 29 Oct 1623)
      1. 1. John (Thomas William) Massy (1580 – Bef. 1688) m. Anne Grosvenor (03 Feb 1582 – 18 Sep 1619)
        1. 1. HUGH (MASSY) (GEN) (1620 – 1691) m. Margaret Percy (1622 – 1672)

Sir MIDDLETON's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Sir David Lord High Governor of Denbigh Castle, Denbighshiere Wales MIDDLETON in Cheshire, England
Cheshire, England
1544
1544
Age 24
Death of Sir David Lord High Governor of Denbigh Castle, Denbighshiere Wales MIDDLETON in Chester, Cheshire, England
Chester, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Cheshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1544
    Event Place: Chester, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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