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Sir William Spencer 1422–1485 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1422

Birth Location: Hodnell, Warwickshire, England

Death Date: 13 May 1485

Death Location: Radbourne, Warwickshire, England

Father: Lord Spencer

Mother: Lady Lincoln

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Empson

Children(s): John II, Phoebe Spencer, Jane Spencer, William Spencer, Thomas Spencer, Sir Spencer, Dorothy Spencer

Sir William Spencer was born in 1422 in Hodnell, Warwickshire, England, the child of Lord Henry Badby De Spencer And Lady Isabelle Lincoln. Sir William Spencer married Elizabeth Empson, and had children including Dorothy Spencer, Jane Spencer, John Spencer Ii, Phoebe Spencer, Sir Robert Spencer, Thomas Spencer, William Spencer. Sir William Spencer passed away in 1485 in Radbourne, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Spencer was born in 1422 in Hodnell, Warwickshire, England, the child of Lord Henry Badby De Spencer And Lady Isabelle Lincoln.
  • Sir William Spencer married Elizabeth Empson, and had children including Dorothy Spencer, Jane Spencer, John Spencer Ii, Phoebe Spencer, Sir Robert Spencer, Thomas Spencer, William Spencer.
  • Sir William Spencer passed away in 1485 in Radbourne, Warwickshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Spencer
1392–1476
Birth Location: Badby, Northamptonshire, England
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Lady Lincoln
1394–1462
Birth Location: Badby, Northamptonshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Empson
1446–1542
Birth Location: Towcester, Northamptonshire
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Children(s)

John II
1469–1532
Birth Location: Wormleighton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
JI
Phoebe Spencer
1451–1547
Birth Location: Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
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Jane Spencer
1472–1525
Birth Location: Hodnel, Warwickshire, England
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William Spencer
1485–1532
Birth Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
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Thomas Spencer
1472–1564
Birth Location: Bergery (Bedfordshire) England
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Sir Spencer
1450–1491
Birth Location: Spencercombe, Devon, England
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Dorothy Spencer
1475–
Birth Location: –
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Sir Spencer's Ancestors

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Sir Spencer
1422–1485
Birth Place: Hodnell, Warwickshire, England
Parents
Lord Henry Badby de Spencer
1392–1476
Badby, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Isabelle) Lincoln
1394–1462
Badby, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (De) Spencer
1366–1435
Badby, Northamptonshire, England
Dorothy
1370–1408
Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Spencer
1340–1365
Joan Polard
1341–1372
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Spencer
1295–1386
Alice Deverell
1290–1349

Sir Spencer's Descendants

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Sir (William) Spencer (1422–13 May 1485) m. Elizabeth Empson (Abt. 1446–1542)
  1. 1. John (Spencer) II 1469–1532 m. Isabelle Graunt 1460–1589
    1. 1. Sir (Sheriff William) Spencer 1501–1532 m. Susanna Knightly 1498–1532 m. Lady (Susan) Knightley 1500–1532 m. Lady (Susanna) Knightley 1498–1532
      1. 1. John (II Spencer of) Althorpe 1517–1586 m. Lady (Katherine) Kitson 1521–1586
        1. 1. Lady (Alice) Spencer 1559–1637 m. Thomas (Egerton Viscount) Brackley 1540–1617 m. Ferdinando (Stanley 5th Earl of) Derby 1560–1594
        2. 2. John (Spencer) III 1546–1599 m. Lady (Mary Margaret) Catlyn 1548–1620
        3. 3. Edward Spencer 1561–1584
        4. 4. Elizabeth Spencer 1549–1618
        5. 5. William Spencer 1555–1609
        6. 6. Anne Spencer 1540–1626
        7. 7. Katharine Spencer 1549–1639
        8. 8. Mary Spencer 1550–1590
        9. 9. Ann Spencer 1556–1583
        10. 10. Thomas Spencer 1553–1580
        11. 11. Richard Spencer 1560–1624
        12. 12. Margaret Spencer 1546–1626
        13. 13. Catharine Spencer 1569–1639
        14. 14. Gerard Spencer 1543–1577
        15. 15. Sir (John Spencer III (Lord Mayor of) London) 1538–1610
        16. 16. Anne Spencer 1540–1618
        17. 17. Sir (William Spencer of Althorp, Northamptonshire & Wormleighton,) Lord 1541–1593
        18. 18. Edward (Sallare) Spencer 1530–1610
        19. 19. Jane Spencer 1465–1525
        20. 20. Sir (William Spencer, High Sheriff of) Northamptonshire 1496–1532
        21. 21. Jane Spencer 1497–1561
        22. 22. Dorothy Spencer 1507–1553
        23. 23. Isabel Spencer 1496–1560
        24. 24. Thomas Spencer 1494–1532
        25. 25. Hugh Spencer 1514–
        26. 26. Robert Spencer 1460–1521
        27. 27. Leonard Spencer 1494–1568
        28. 28. Anthony Spencer 1498–1532
        29. 29. Joan Spencer 1468–1689
      2. 2. Isabel Spencer 1515–1578
      3. 3. Dorothy Spencer 1521–1575
      4. 4. Marie Spencer 1525–1596
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Jane) Spencer 1519–1593
      6. 6. Anne Spencer 1523–1593
      7. 7. Dorothy Spencer 1521–1575
      8. 8. Isabel Spencer 1515–1578
      9. 9. Sir (Thomas) Spencer 1517–1576
      10. 10. Jane Spencer 1519–1593
      11. 11. Robert (Nicholas) Spencer 1527–1620
      12. 12. Thomas Spencer 1517–1576
      13. 13. Elizabeth Spencer 1519–1593
      14. 14. Gerard Spencer 1531–
      15. 15. Margaret Spencer 1530–1625
      16. 16. Michael (Merril) Spencer 1530–1599
      17. 17. Anne Spencer 1523–
      18. 18. Dorothy Spencer 1521–1575
      19. 19. Jane Spencer 1519–1593
  2. 2. Phoebe Spencer 1451–1547
  3. 3. Jane Spencer 1472–1525
  4. 4. William Spencer 1485–1532
  5. 5. Thomas Spencer 1472–1564
  6. 6. Sir (Robert) Spencer 1450–1491
  7. 7. Dorothy Spencer 1475–

Sir Spencer's Timeline

2 Records

1422
1422
Birth of Sir William Spencer in Hodnell, Warwickshire, England
Hodnell, Warwickshire, England
1485
13 May 1485
Age 63
Death of Sir William Spencer in Radbourne, Warwickshire, England
Radbourne, Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1422
    Event Place: Hodnell, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Harrowden, Rutland, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 May 1485
    Event Place: Radbourne, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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