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Sir William Spencer 1555–1609 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1555

Birth Location: Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 18 Dec 1609

Death Location: Yarnton, Oxfordshire, , England

Father: Sir II

Mother: Katherine Kitson

Spouse(s): Lady Bowyer

Children(s): Lady Spencer, Lord Yarnton), Catherine Spencer, Robert Spencer

Sir William Spencer was born in 1555 in Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Sir Thomas Spencer Ii And Katherine Kitson. Sir William Spencer married Lady Margaret Bowyer, and had children including Alice Spencer, Catherine Spencer, Lady Alice Elizabeth Spencer, Lord Thomas Spencer Baronet Of Yarnton, Robert Spencer. Sir William Spencer passed away in 1609 in Yarnton, Oxfordshire, , England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Spencer was born in 1555 in Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Sir Thomas Spencer Ii And Katherine Kitson.
  • Sir William Spencer married Lady Margaret Bowyer, and had children including Alice Spencer, Catherine Spencer, Lady Alice Elizabeth Spencer, Lord Thomas Spencer Baronet Of Yarnton, Robert Spencer.
  • Sir William Spencer passed away in 1609 in Yarnton, Oxfordshire, , England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Spencer's Ancestors

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Sir Spencer
1555–1609
Birth Place: Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Spencer II
1517–1586
Fawsley, Nottinghamshire
Katherine Kitson
1512–1586
Hengrave Hall, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
William (Spencer (Baron Spencer, igh Sheriff of) Northamptonshire)
1496–1532
Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Susan) Knightly
1498–1532
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Thomas (Kytson) I
1485–1540
Hengrave, Suffolk, England
Lady (Margaret Donington (Countess of) Bath)
1499–1561
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Spencer
1500–1552
Lady Baker
1478–1560
Richard Knightley
1455–1534
Johanna Skenard
1461–1539
Robert Kytson
1454–1548
Lady Warton
1459–1521
John Salters)
1483–1540
Lady Bath)
1480–1552
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Spencer
1460–1521
Lady Peake
1464–1532
Richard Knightley
1427–1475
Eleanore Throckmorton
1430–1502
Hendrik Skenard
1435–
Majorie Harwedon
1440–1492
Sir Kytson
1425–1515
Margaret Wayte
1435–1461
Sir II
1440–1527
Lady Cornwall
1442–1497

Sir Spencer's Descendants

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Sir (William) Spencer (1555–18 Dec 1609) m. Lady (Margaret) Bowyer (1556–19 Jun 1608)
  1. 1. Lady (Alice Elizabeth) Spencer 1579–1632 m. Sir (Robert) Russel 1600–1645
    1. 1. William (Baronet of Wiley) Russel 1602–1669 m. Elizabeth Terry 1641–1677
      1. 1. Ann Russell 1657–1726 m. Capt (Thomas) Hill 1657–1720
        1. 1. Russell Hill 1710–1789 m. Ann (Stokeley) Towles 1719–1772
  2. 2. Lord (Thomas Spencer (Baronet of) Yarnton) 1582–1622 m. Margaret Brainthwaite 1570–1635
    1. 1. Sir (William Bart) Spencer 1608–1647 m. Lady (Constance De) Lucy 1614–1711
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas Spencer (3rd Baronet of) Yarnton) 1639–1685 m. Lady (Jane) Garrard 1639–1712
        1. 1. Thomas (Spencer) III 1652–1715 m. Anne Woodward 1662–1723
    2. 2. Thomas Spencer 1596–1681
    3. 3. Abraham Spencer 1602–1657
  3. 3. Catherine Spencer 1586–1612
  4. 4. Robert Spencer 1565–1627

Sir Spencer's Timeline

2 Records

1555
1555
Birth of Sir William Spencer in Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England
Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England
1609
18 Dec 1609
Age 54
Death of Sir William Spencer in Yarnton, Oxfordshire, , England
Yarnton, Oxfordshire, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Dec 1609
    Event Place: Yarnton, Oxfordshire, , England
    Record Source: U.S. Public Records Index

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