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Sir Richard Sanford 1533–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1533

Birth Location: Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford District, Essex, England

Death Date: 15 Nov 1591

Death Location: Sanstead, Essex, England

Father: Richard Sanford

Mother: Maud Mainwaring

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Coggeshall

Children(s): Thoma Sanford, Henry Sanford

Sir Richard Sanford was born in 1533 in Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford District, Essex, England, the child of Richard Sanford And Maud Mainwaring. Sir Richard Sanford married Elizabeth Coggeshall, and had children including Elizabeth Sanford, Henry Samuel Sanford, Thoma Sanford. Sir Richard Sanford passed away in 1591 in Sanstead, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Richard Sanford was born in 1533 in Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford District, Essex, England, the child of Richard Sanford And Maud Mainwaring.
  • Sir Richard Sanford married Elizabeth Coggeshall, and had children including Elizabeth Sanford, Henry Samuel Sanford, Thoma Sanford.
  • Sir Richard Sanford passed away in 1591 in Sanstead, Essex, England.

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Sir Sanford's Ancestors

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Sir Sanford
1533–1591
Birth Place: Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Parents
Richard Sanford
1490–1535
Sandford (Shropshire) England
Maud Mainwaring
1490–1533
Lightfield, (shropshire), England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Sanford's Descendants

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Sir (Richard) Sanford (1533–15 Nov 1591) m. Elizabeth Coggeshall (1537–15 Sep 1600)
  1. 1. Thoma Sanford 1556–1597 m. Mary Lewes 1563–1620
    1. 1. Richard Sanford 1595–1676 m. Margery Cox 1600–1640
      1. 1. Mary Sanford 1630–1728 m. Sir (Edward) Turner 1633–1717
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Abigail) Turner 1648–1712 m. Richard (Graham) Turner 1638–1742
        2. 2. Hannah Turner 1662–1721
        3. 3. Thomas Turner 1660–1734
  2. 2. Henry (Samuel) Sanford 1551–1592 m. Elizabeth (Grome) (Groome) 1549–1620 m. Elizabeth Grome 1549–
    1. 1. Frances (Cecil) Sanford 1567–1657 m. John ("The Grosser of Syth" Bland Smith) I 1572–1668
      1. 1. Henry (Boynton) Smith 1607–1687 m. Elizabeth (Lee) Cooper 1603–1670
        1. 1. George Smith 1611–1662 m. Sarah Jackson 1622–1684

Sir Sanford's Timeline

7 Records

1533
1533
Birth of Sir Richard Sanford in Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
1552
1552
Age 19
Sir Richard Sanford was married in Stansted, Mountfitchet, Essex, England
Stansted, Mountfitchet, Essex, England
1555
Mar 1555
Age 22
Sir Richard Sanford was married in Much Hadham, Herts, Eng, England
Much Hadham, Herts, Eng, England
1556
Bef. 1556
Age 23
Sir Richard Sanford was married in Stanstead, Mountfitchet, Essex, England
Stanstead, Mountfitchet, Essex, England
1558
1558
Age 25
Sir Richard Sanford was married in Much Haddam, Hertfordshire, England
Much Haddam, Hertfordshire, England
1565
1565
Age 32
Sir Richard Sanford was married in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England
Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England
1591
15 Nov 1591
Age 58
Death of Sir Richard Sanford in Sanstead, Essex, England
Sanstead, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1533
    Event Place: Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1552
    Event Place: Stansted, Mountfitchet, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Mar 1555
    Event Place: Much Hadham, Herts, Eng, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Bef. 1556
    Event Place: Stanstead, Mountfitchet, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1558
    Event Place: Much Haddam, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Nov 1591
    Event Place: Sanstead, Essex, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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