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Sir Knight, Richarde Nichols 1504 – 1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Dec 1504

Birth Location: Cressing, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 11 Jun 1585

Death Location: Cressing, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Nicholas(Nichols)

Mother: Joanna Spoure

Spouse(s): Alice Atwood

Children(s): Elizabeth Nicholas

Sir Knight Richarde Nichols was born in 1504 in Cressing, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Nicholas(Nichols) and Joanna Spoure. Sir Knight Richarde Nichols later married Alice De Atwood, and together they raised children including Elizabeth Stanton Nicholas. In 1585, Sir Knight Richarde Nichols passed away in Cressing, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Parents

John Nicholas(Nichols)
1490 – 1572
Birth Location: Cressing, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Joanna Spoure
1496 – 1572
Birth Location: North Hill, Cornwall, England
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Spouses(s)

Alice Atwood
1505 – 1586
Birth Location: Cressing, Essex, England
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Nicholas
1535 – 1589
Birth Location: Wethersfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Dec 1504
    Event Place: Cressing, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Cressing, Essex, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 Jun 1585
    Event Place: Cressing, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 11 Jun 1585
    Event Place: London, England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69/Mic5/A/001/Ms05142
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