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Sir Knight, Thomas, Offley,, Mayor, of Stafford 1500 – 1560 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1560

Death Location: Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: William Stradford

Mother: Elizabeth Dillorne

Spouse(s): Lady Nicholls

Children(s): Margaret Offley

It was in 1500 that Sir Knight Thomas Offley, Mayor of Stafford was born in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, a child of William Offley of Stradford and Elizabeth Dillorne. Sir Knight Thomas Offley, Mayor of Stafford went on to marry Lady Joane Nicholls and had children such as Margaret Helen Offley. Sir Knight Thomas Offley, Mayor of Stafford was deceased by 1560 in Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Parents

William Stradford
1475 – 1519
Birth Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, , England
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Elizabeth Dillorne
1480 – 1520
Birth Location: Stafford, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Nicholls
1504 – 1578
Birth Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Margaret Offley
1500 – 1574
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Stafford, Staffordshire, England -The county town of Staffordshire, abt 15 miles north of Wolverhampton, 15 miles south of Stoke-on-Trent and 24 miles northwest of Birmingham.
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1505
    Event Place: Madeley Manor, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 967

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1500
    Event Place: Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: London
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 64

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: An account of the Offley family : written in the days of James I by an unknown author : to which is added a pedigree, Harrison, Waples and allied families : being the ancestry of George Leib Harrison of Philadelphia and of his wife Sarah Ann Waples

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 29 Aug 1582
    Event Place: London, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1560
    Event Place: Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bishopsgate, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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