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Sir John Spencer 1437–1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1437

Birth Location: Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England

Death Date: 14 Apr 1552

Death Location: Hodnell, Warwickshire, England

Father: Robert Spencer

Mother: Anna Smyth

Spouse(s): Anne Empson, Jane Graunt, Isabel Graunt

Children(s): Jane Spencer, Isabel Spencer, Sir Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, Leonard Spencer, Anthony Spencer, Dorothy Spencer, John Spencer, Anne Spencer, Robert Spencer, John Spencer, Thomas Spencer

Sir John Spencer was born in 1437 in Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England, the child of Robert Spencer And Anna Focke Smyth. Sir John Spencer married Anne Empson, Isabel Graunt, Jane Graunt, and had children including Anne Spencer, Anthony Spencer, Dorothy Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, Isabel Spencer, Jane Spencer, John Spencer, Leonard Spencer, Robert Spencer, Sir William Spencer, Thomas Spencer. Sir John Spencer passed away in 1552 in Hodnell, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir John Spencer was born in 1437 in Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England, the child of Robert Spencer And Anna Focke Smyth.
  • Sir John Spencer married Anne Empson, Isabel Graunt, Jane Graunt, and had children including Anne Spencer, Anthony Spencer, Dorothy Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, Isabel Spencer, Jane Spencer, John Spencer, Leonard Spencer, Robert Spencer, Sir William Spencer, Thomas Spencer.
  • Sir John Spencer passed away in 1552 in Hodnell, Warwickshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Spencer's Ancestors

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Sir Spencer
1437–1552
Birth Place: Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England
Parents
Robert Spencer
1406–1477
Colmworth, Bedfordshire, England
Anna (Focke) Smyth
1410–1504
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Spencer
1378–1433
Eaton, Bedfordshire, England
Margaret Smith
1380–1430
Eaton, Bedfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Spencer
1360–1416
Isabelle Lincoln
1357–1420
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Spencer's Descendants

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Sir (John) Spencer (1437–14 Apr 1552) m. Anne Empson (1450–1475) m. Jane Graunt (1465–1498) m. Isabel Graunt (1474–1530)
  1. 1. Jane Spencer 1465–1525 m. William Saunders 1461–1487 m. Sir (William) Cope 1470–1513
    1. 1. Sir (John Northamptonshire) Cope 1504–1558 m. Bridget Raleigh 1506–1558
      1. 1. Elizabeth Cope 1529–1584 m. John (Dryden) I 1525–1584
        1. 1. Anthony Dryden 1551–1575
        2. 2. Sir (Erasmus Dryden, 1st) Baronet 1553–1632
        3. 3. Mary Dryden 1555–1617
        4. 4. Edward Dryden 1556–1560
        5. 5. George Dryden 1557–1591
        6. 6. Nicholas DRYDEN 1571–1608
        7. 7. Emma DRYDEN 1569–1602
        8. 8. Mary Dryden 1585–1638
        9. 9. Thomas DRYDEN 1563–1620
        10. 10. Bridget (Elizabeth) Dryden 1563–1645 m. Thomas Newman 1565– m. Francis Marbury 1555–1611
      2. 2. Erasmus Cope 1526–1558
      3. 3. George Cope 1528–1549
      4. 4. Anthony COPE 1531–1558
      5. 5. Joan Cope 1535–1551
    2. 2. Anthony Cope 1496–1550
    3. 3. William Cope 1500–1516
    4. 4. Richard Saunders 1487–1524 m. Alice 1470–1543
      1. 1. Thomas Saunders 1520–1543 m. Elizabeth Wolman 1520–1543
        1. 1. Alice Will 1525–1604 m. Richard Rolfe 1544–1604
        2. 2. Elizabeth Rolfe 1546–
        3. 3. Thomas Sanders 1541–1552
    5. 5. Alice Saunders 1478–1517
    6. 6. Thomas Saunders 1484–
    7. 7. Ann Saunders 1463–1525
    8. 8. William Saunders 1480–
    9. 9. Henry Cope 1495–
    10. 10. Edwyn Cope 1497–1526
  2. 2. Isabel Spencer 1496–1560
  3. 3. Sir (William) Spencer 1496–1532
  4. 4. Elizabeth Spencer 1489–1560
  5. 5. Leonard Spencer 1494–1568
  6. 6. Anthony Spencer 1498–
  7. 7. Dorothy Spencer 1507–1553
  8. 8. John Spencer 1538–1610
  9. 9. Anne Spencer –1618
  10. 10. Robert Spencer 1460–1521
  11. 11. John Spencer 1462–1532
  12. 12. Thomas Spencer 1475–

Sir Spencer's Timeline

2 Records

1437
1437
Birth of Sir John Spencer in Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England
Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England
1552
14 Apr 1552
Age 115
Death of Sir John Spencer in Hodnell, Warwickshire, England
Hodnell, Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1437
    Event Place: Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: East Haddon, Rutland, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Apr 1552
    Event Place: Hodnell, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

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