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Sir Robert Southwell 1520–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Windham Manor (Norfolk) England

Death Date: 26 Oct 1559

Death Location: Mereworth, Kent, England

Father: Francis Southwell

Mother: Dorothy Tendring

Spouse(s): Margaret Neville

Children(s): Anne Southwell

The story of Sir Robert Southwell began in 1520 in Windham Manor (Norfolk) England. Sir Robert Southwell married Margaret Neville, and had children including Anne Southwell. Sir Robert Southwell passed away in 1559 in Mereworth, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Robert Southwell began in 1520 in Windham Manor (Norfolk) England.
  • Sir Robert Southwell married Margaret Neville, and had children including Anne Southwell.
  • Sir Robert Southwell passed away in 1559 in Mereworth, Kent, England.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Southwell's Ancestors

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Sir Southwell
1520–1559
Birth Place: Windham Manor (Norfolk) England
Parents
Francis Southwell
1496–1530
Norfolk, England
Dorothy Tendring
1498–1520
Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard Southwell II,) Knight
1449–1514
Woodrising, Norfolk, England
Amy Witchingham
1455–1496
Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England
William Tendring
1465–
Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England
Thomasine Sidney
1465–1505
Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Esquire
1395–1514
Isabelle Boys
1425–1476
Edward Witchingham
1397–1472
Alice Fastolfe
1410–1475
Agnes Lady
1432–1466
Sir D'Abernon
1417–1468
Thomasine Lunsford
1422–1498
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir (Boys)
1394–1428
Agnes Browne
1402–1496

Sir Southwell's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Southwell (1520–26 Oct 1559) m. Margaret Neville (1520–25 December 1575)
  1. 1. Anne Southwell 1540–1590 m. Edmund Bedingfield 1534–1585
    1. 1. Nazareth Bedingfield 1561–1622 m. Edward Yelverton 1548–1623
      1. 1. Elishua Yelverton 1590–1689 m. John Crowe 1590–1673
        1. 1. Yelverton (Crow) Crowell 1615–1683 m. Elizabeth Hammond 1620–1703

Sir Southwell's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Sir Robert Southwell in Windham Manor (Norfolk) England
Windham Manor (Norfolk) England
1559
26 Oct 1559
Age 39
Death of Sir Robert Southwell in Mereworth, Kent, England
Mereworth, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Windham Manor (Norfolk) England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Oct 1559
    Event Place: Mereworth, Kent, England

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