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Sir William Sefton High Molyneux 1521–1568 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1521

Birth Location: Sefton, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 31 Oct 1568

Death Location: Merstham, Sussex, England

Father: Sir Huntly

Mother: Lady Rugge

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Sir William Sefton High Molyneux was born in 1521 in Sefton, Lancashire, England, the child of Sir William Molyneux High Sheriff Of Sefton 9Th Earl Huntly And Lady Jane Countess Sefton Rugge. Sir William Sefton High Molyneux passed away in 1568 in Merstham, Sussex, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Sefton High Molyneux was born in 1521 in Sefton, Lancashire, England, the child of Sir William Molyneux High Sheriff Of Sefton 9Th Earl Huntly And Lady Jane Countess Sefton Rugge.
  • Sir William Sefton High Molyneux passed away in 1568 in Merstham, Sussex, England.

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Sir Molyneux's Ancestors

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Sir Molyneux
1521–1568
Birth Place: Sefton, Lancashire, England
Parents
Sir William Molyneux High Sheriff of Sefton, 9th Earl Huntly
1471–1548
Sefton, Lancashire, England
Lady (Jane Countess Sefton) Rugge
1475–1521
Rugge, Shropshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Knight Thomas Molyneux 8th Earl of Sefton,High Sheriff of) Lancashire
1445–1483
Sefton, Lancashire, England
Anna (De) Dutton
1449–1520
Dutton, Cheshire, England
Sir (Richard) Rugge
1445–1536
Rugge, Shropshire, England
Margaret (Dame) Moreton
1453–1547
Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Rugge
1415–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Molyneux's Timeline

2 Records

1521
1521
Birth of Sir William Sefton High Molyneux in Sefton, Lancashire, England
Sefton, Lancashire, England
1568
31 Oct 1568
Age 47
Death of Sir William Sefton High Molyneux in Merstham, Sussex, England
Merstham, Sussex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Sefton, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Oct 1568
    Event Place: Merstham, Sussex, England

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