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Sir Richard Thomas Williams 1501 – 1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1570

Death Location: Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England

Father: Richard I

Mother: Lady Murfyn

Spouse(s): Lady Cartwright

Children(s): Frances Williams

Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) was born in 1501 in Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the child of Richard Williams I and Lady Francis Murfyn. Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) married Lady Mary Cartwright, and had children including Frances Williams. Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) passed away in 1570 in Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) was born in 1501 in Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the child of Richard Williams I and Lady Francis Murfyn.
  • Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) married Lady Mary Cartwright, and had children including Frances Williams.
  • Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) passed away in 1570 in Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard I
1482 – 1556
Birth Location: Wantage, Berkshire, England
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Lady Murfyn
1484 – 1533
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Cartwright
1504 – 1550
Birth Location: Ossington, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, England
LC

Children(s)

Frances Williams
1527 – 1657
Birth Location: Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
FW

Sir Williams's Ancestors

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Sir Williams
1501 – 1570
Birth Place: Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Parents
Richard Williams I
1482 – 1556
Wantage, Berkshire, England
Lady (Francis) Murfyn
1484 – 1533
London, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Williams's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Richard Thomas) Williams (1501 – 1570) m. Lady (Mary) Cartwright (1504 – 27 Dec 1550)
  1. 1. Frances Williams (1527 – 10 Oct 1657) m. Sir (Anthony) Smythe (1525 – 1549)
    1. 1. Richard Smythe (Jan 1555 – abt 1654) m. Agnes (Hulcocke) Wraske (1555 – 28 Apr 1612)
      1. 1. William (Richard) Smith (1580 – 20 Jan 1653) m. Elizabeth (Carla) Powell (1567 – 4 Sep 1647)
    2. 2. Anthony (William) Smith (1561 – abt 1664) m. Lucy GROBHAM* (1563 – 1631)
      1. 1. Mary (Margarette) Smith (1583 – 1642) m. Edmund Waller (Apr 1580 – 21 Sep 1667)
        1. 1. Thomas Waller (16 Apr 1610 – 30 May 1682) m. Anne Keats (16 Sep 1615 – 06 Jun 1707)

Sir Williams's Timeline

6 Records

1495
1495
Birth of Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) in Llanishen, Monmouthshire, Wales
Llanishen, Monmouthshire, Wales
1495
1495
Birth of Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) in Llanishen, Monmouthshire, Wales
Llanishen, Monmouthshire, Wales
1501
1501
Birth of Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) in Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
1544
20 October 1544
Age 43
Death of Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) in Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
1544
20 October 1544
Age 43
Death of Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) in Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
1570
1570
Age 69
Death of Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) in Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England
Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Llanishen, Monmouthshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Llanishen, Monmouthshire, Wales
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 October 1544
    Event Place: Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 October 1544
    Event Place: Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1570
    Event Place: Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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