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Susan Spencer 1498–1532 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1498

Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 22 September 1532

Death Location: Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Richard IV

Mother: Jane Knightly

Spouse(s): Sir Northamptonshire

Children(s): Isabel Cotton, John II, Anne Goodwin, Dorothy Spencer, Marie Bowles, Jane Harcourt

Susan Spencer was born in 1498 in Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Richard De Knightley Iv And Jane Knightly. Susan Spencer married Sir Sheriff William Spencer High Sheriff Of Wormleighton Manor Warwickshire And Althorp Northamptonshire, and had children including Anne Goodwin, Dorothy Spencer, Isabel Cotton, Jane Harcourt, John Spencer Ii, Marie Bowles. Susan Spencer passed away in 1532 in Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Susan Spencer was born in 1498 in Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Richard De Knightley Iv And Jane Knightly.
  • Susan Spencer married Sir Sheriff William Spencer High Sheriff Of Wormleighton Manor Warwickshire And Althorp Northamptonshire, and had children including Anne Goodwin, Dorothy Spencer, Isabel Cotton, Jane Harcourt, John Spencer Ii, Marie Bowles.
  • Susan Spencer passed away in 1532 in Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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Susan Spencer's Ancestors

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Susan Spencer
1498–1532
Birth Place: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Richard De Knightley IV
1455–1534
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Jane Knightly
1461–1539
Alderton, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Henry Skenard
1435–1480
Alderton, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Margery Skenard
1439–1492
Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Ralph Skenard
1390–1432
William Harwedon
1409–1439
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Susan Spencer's Descendants

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Susan Spencer (1498–22 September 1532) m. Sir (Sheriff William Spencer, High Sheriff of Wormleighton Manor, Warwickshire, and Althorp,) Northamptonshire (1501–22 June 1532)
  1. 1. Isabel Cotton 1515–1578 m. John Cotton 1511–1593
    1. 1. John Cotton 1543–1620 m. Anne Houghton 1550–
      1. 1. John Cotton 1579–1641 m. Alice Willis 1580–1609
        1. 1. John (O) Cotton 1600–1646 m. Ann (Parris) Martin 1604–1665 m. Mary Cotton 1639–
      2. 2. James Cotton 1570–
      3. 3. Katherine Cotton 1572–
    2. 2. Anne Cotton 1543–
    3. 3. Alice Cotton 1537–1564
    4. 4. Anne Cotton 1547–
    5. 5. Frances Cotton 1541–
  2. 2. John (Spencer) II 1517–1586
  3. 3. Anne Goodwin 1523–1593
  4. 4. Dorothy Spencer 1521–1575
  5. 5. Marie Bowles 1525–1596
  6. 6. Jane Harcourt 1519–1593

Susan Spencer's Timeline

2 Records

1498
1498
Birth of Susan Spencer in Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
1532
22 September 1532
Age 34
Death of Susan Spencer in Althorp, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Althorp, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1498
    Event Place: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 September 1532
    Event Place: Althorp, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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