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Sir Robert Southwell 1561–1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Mar 1561

Birth Location: Wood Rising, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 12 October 1598

Death Location: Woodrising, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England

Father: Thomas (Sir)

Mother: Mary Southwell

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Carrick

Children(s): Frances Southwell

Sir Robert Southwell was born in 1561 in Wood Rising, Norfolk, England, the child of Thomas Southwell Sir And Mary Maunsell Lady Southwell. Sir Robert Southwell married Elizabeth Howard Southwell Stewart Countess Of Carrick, and had children including Frances Southwell. Sir Robert Southwell passed away in 1598 in Woodrising, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Southwell was born in 1561 in Wood Rising, Norfolk, England, the child of Thomas Southwell Sir And Mary Maunsell Lady Southwell.
  • Sir Robert Southwell married Elizabeth Howard Southwell Stewart Countess Of Carrick, and had children including Frances Southwell.
  • Sir Robert Southwell passed away in 1598 in Woodrising, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England.

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Sir Southwell's Ancestors

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Sir Southwell
1561–1598
Birth Place: Wood Rising, Norfolk, England
Parents
Thomas SOUTHWELL (Sir)
1542–1567
Mereworth, Kent, England
Mary (Maunsell Lady) Southwell
1540–1561
Margram Abbey, Glamorgan, Wales
Grandparents
Robert Southwell
1520–1559
Windham Manor (Norfolk) England
Margaret Neville
1520–1575
Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Katherine Dacre,
1485–1527
Thomas Neville
–1542
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Southwell's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Southwell (23 Mar 1561–12 October 1598) m. Elizabeth ((Howard) Southwell \ Stewart, Countess of) Carrick (3 Mar 1564–31 Jan 1646)
  1. 1. Frances Southwell 1588–1659 m. Edward Rodney 1590–1657
    1. 1. Lady (Penelope) Rodney 1628–1689 m. Sir (Peter Gleane Knight 1st Baron of) Hardwick 1619–1696

Sir Southwell's Timeline

2 Records

1561
23 Mar 1561
Birth of Sir Robert Southwell in Wood Rising, Norfolk, England
Wood Rising, Norfolk, England
1598
12 October 1598
Age 37
Death of Sir Robert Southwell in Norfolk, England
Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Mar 1561
    Event Place: Wood Rising, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 October 1598
    Event Place: Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Woodrising, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current

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