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Sir Thomas Cave, Baron Cave of Stanford 1500–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: about 1500

Birth Location: Thatcham, Buckinghamshire, England

Death Date: 06 Sep 1558

Death Location: Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Cave, Cave

Mother: Barbara Saxby-Fielding

Spouse(s): Lady Danvers

Children(s): Amy Cave, Lyon Cave, Dorothy Cave, Mary Cave, Alice Skeffington, Margaret Cave, John Cave, Sir Stanford

Sir Thomas Cave, Baron Cave of Stanford was born in 1500 in Thatcham, Buckinghamshire, England, the child of Cave Baron Cave Of Stanford High Sheriff Of Northamptonshire Cave And Barbara Margaret Lady Baroness Cave Saxby Fielding. Sir Thomas Cave, Baron Cave of Stanford married Lady Elizabeth Danvers, and had children including Alice Cave Skeffington, Amy Cave, Dorothy Cave, John Cave, Lyon Cave, Margaret Cave, Mary Cave, Sir Roger Cave Cave Stanford. Sir Thomas Cave, Baron Cave of Stanford passed away in 1558 in Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Thomas Cave, Baron Cave of Stanford was born in 1500 in Thatcham, Buckinghamshire, England, the child of Cave Baron Cave Of Stanford High Sheriff Of Northamptonshire Cave And Barbara Margaret Lady Baroness Cave Saxby Fielding.
  • Sir Thomas Cave, Baron Cave of Stanford married Lady Elizabeth Danvers, and had children including Alice Cave Skeffington, Amy Cave, Dorothy Cave, John Cave, Lyon Cave, Margaret Cave, Mary Cave, Sir Roger Cave Cave Stanford.
  • Sir Thomas Cave, Baron Cave of Stanford passed away in 1558 in Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Stanford's Ancestors

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Sir Stanford
1500–1558
Birth Place: Thatcham, Buckinghamshire, England
Parents
Cave, Baron Cave of Stanford, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire Cave
1465–1538
Stanford Hall, Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
Barbara (Margaret Lady Baroness Cave) Saxby-Fielding
1475–1531
Calais, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Grandparents
Thomas (Ambrose) Cave
1445–1495
Stanford on Avon, Northamptonshire, England
Thomasine Passemer
1450–1520
Yelvertoft Manor, Essex, England
Sir (Thomas) Saxby
1450–1500
Calais, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Elizabeth Gilbert
1453–1494
Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Northamptonshire
1410–1468
Lady Bromflete
1407–1449
Sir Burdet
1400–1477
Lady Berkeley
1401–1478
Thomas mercer
–1457
Alice Saxby
–1457
Sir Compton
1418–1493
Elizabeth, Hill
1418–1464
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peter Cave
1375–1410
Anne Ingleby
1380–1410
Sir Bromflete
1364–1430
Margaret Aton
1371–1407
Thomas Burdet
1375–1448
Isabel
1379–1422
John, Beverstone
1351–1428
Lady Betteshorne
1353–1420
William Gilbert
1375–1430
Isabel, Gilbert
1383–1430
Sir Hill
1361–1423
Isabel Fitchet
1379–1419

Sir Stanford's Descendants

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Sir (Thomas Cave, Baron Cave of) Stanford (about 1500–06 Sep 1558) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Danvers (2 Feb 1506–28 Jul 1589)
  1. 1. Amy Cave 1525–1586 m. Sir (John, Esquire of Rutland, MP) Hunt 1525–1586
    1. 1. John Hunt 1544–1576 m. Isabell Bull 1545–1620
      1. 1. John Hunt 1566–1641 m. Mary Rolat 1566–1624 m. Joan (or Jane) Cooper 1609–1641
        1. 1. Alice Hunt 1592–1631 m. Thomas Goodliffe 1588–1631
        2. 2. Mary Hunt 1602–1635
        3. 3. Katherine Hunt 1590–1630
        4. 4. Ann Hunt –1684
        5. 5. Isabell Hunt 1605–
        6. 6. Lawrence Hunt –1603
        7. 7. Michael Hunt 1595–
        8. 8. John Hunt 1593–1603
        9. 9. Luce Hunt 1600–1684 m. Martin Taylebye 1595–1662
      2. 2. Angelica Hunt 1570–1603
    2. 2. Gertrude Hunt 1545–
    3. 3. Remegius (Hunt aka) Remeige 1546–1618
    4. 4. Johis (John) Hunt 1556–1615
    5. 5. Francis Hunt 1551–
    6. 6. John (Thomas) Hunt 1553–1622
    7. 7. Dorothy Hunt 1554–
    8. 8. Margaret Hunt 1555–
    9. 9. Susan Hunt 1557–
  2. 2. Lyon Cave 1529–1591
  3. 3. Dorothy Cave 1540–
  4. 4. Mary Cave 1542–1558
  5. 5. Alice (Cave) Skeffington 1542–1617
  6. 6. Margaret Cave 1547–
  7. 7. John Cave 1550–
  8. 8. Sir (Roger Cave Cave) Stanford 1543–1586

Sir Stanford's Timeline

3 Records

1500
about 1500
Birth of Sir Thomas Cave, Baron Cave of Stanford in Thatcham, Buckinghamshire, England
Thatcham, Buckinghamshire, England
1558
4 Sep 1558
Age 58
Death of Sir Thomas Cave, Baron Cave of Stanford in Stanford, Northamptonshire, England
Stanford, Northamptonshire, England
1558
06 Sep 1558
Age 58
Burial of Sir Thomas Cave, Baron Cave of Stanford in Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: about 1500
    Event Place: Thatcham, Buckinghamshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Sep 1558
    Event Place: Stanford, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: London Metropolitan Archives, St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Composite register: baptisms, marriages, burials, 9 Jan 1548-Jul 1603, P71MMG002

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 06 Sep 1558
    Event Place: Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: London Metropolitan Archives, St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Composite register: baptisms, marriages, burials, 9 Jan 1548-Jul 1603, P71MMG002

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