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Sir Knight Henry James Williams 1525–1601 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Wytham (Berkshire) England

Death Date: 17 Jun 1601

Death Location: Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels in the Grounds of Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Hon. Ward.

Mother: Margaret Erskine

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In 1525, Sir Knight Henry James Williams entered the world in Wytham (Berkshire) England, born to Hon Lord Stephen De Kirton Kirkton Kirston Of Thorpe Manderville A Merchant And Tailor Alderman Of Cheap Ward And Margaret Erskine. Sir Knight Henry James Williams passed away in 1601 in Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels in the Grounds of Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1525, Sir Knight Henry James Williams entered the world in Wytham (Berkshire) England, born to Hon Lord Stephen De Kirton Kirkton Kirston Of Thorpe Manderville A Merchant And Tailor Alderman Of Cheap Ward And Margaret Erskine.
  • Sir Knight Henry James Williams passed away in 1601 in Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels in the Grounds of Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hon. Ward.
1501–1566
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Christchurch, Hampshire (now Dorset), England -A town and civil parish on the south coast, on the peninsula at the confluence of the rivers Avon and Stour. It was a borough within the administrative county of Dorset bet 1974-2019.
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Margaret Erskine
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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Children(s)

Sir Williams's Ancestors

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Sir Williams
1525–1601
Birth Place: Wytham (Berkshire) England
Parents
Hon. Lord Stephen de Kirton (Kirkton, Kirston), of Thorpe Manderville, A Merchant and Tailor, Alderman of Cheap Ward.
1501–1566
VERIFIED- Christchurch, Hampshire (now Dorset), England -A town and civil parish on the south coast, on the peninsula at the confluence of the rivers Avon and Stour. It was a borough within the administrative county of Dorset bet 1974-2019.
Margaret Erskine
1500–1574
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.
Grandparents
John (Kirton) JP
1474–1529
Edmonton, Middlesex, England
Margaret White
1475–1529
Binsted, Hampshire, England
William Offley
1477–1560
Staffordshire, England
Elizabeth (Rogerson (Offley) Dillorne of) Stafford
1480–1563
Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William JP
1450–
Marjery Milborne
1455–
Robert White
1455–1512
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Kirton
1430–
John White
1422–1469
Eleanor (Garth)
1435–1483

Sir Williams's Timeline

2 Records

1525
1525
Birth of Sir Knight Henry James Williams in Wytham (Berkshire) England
Wytham (Berkshire) England
1601
17 Jun 1601
Age 76
Death of Sir Knight Henry James Williams in Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels in the Grounds of Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels in the Grounds of Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Wytham (Berkshire) England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Jun 1601
    Event Place: Buried in a vault under the chapel of St Michael and All Angels in the Grounds of Rycote House, South Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
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