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Walter Wrottesley, Knight 1434 – 1473 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1434

Birth Location: Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 10 APR 1473

Death Location: Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England

Father: Hugh Wrottesley

Mother: Thomasine Drakelaw

Spouse(s): Jane Barry

Children(s): Richard Wrottesley

The story of Walter Wrottesley, Knight began in 1434 in Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England. Walter Wrottesley, Knight married Jane Barry, and had children including Richard Wrottesley. Walter Wrottesley, Knight passed away in 1473 in Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Walter Wrottesley, Knight began in 1434 in Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England.
  • Walter Wrottesley, Knight married Jane Barry, and had children including Richard Wrottesley.
  • Walter Wrottesley, Knight passed away in 1473 in Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hugh Wrottesley
– 1464
Birth Location: –
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Thomasine Drakelaw
Birth Location: –
TD

Spouses(s)

Jane Barry
1430 –
Birth Location: Wiltshire, England
JB

Children(s)

Richard Wrottesley
1457 – 1521
Birth Location: Wrottesley, Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England
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Walter Knight's Ancestors

Self
Walter Knight
1434 – 1473
Birth Place: Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Hugh Wrottesley
– 1464
Thomasine (Gresley of) Drakelaw
Grandparents
John (de) Wrottesley
1372 – 1416
Elizabeth (Strangeways, Baroness Ferrers of) Groby
John (Gresley of) Drakelaw
Elizabeth Clorall
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Walter Knight's Descendants

1.
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Walter (Wrottesley,) Knight (1434 – 10 APR 1473) m. Jane Barry (1430 – )
  1. 1. Richard Wrottesley (1457 – 6 DEC 1521) m. Dorothy Sutton (1455 – 1517)
    1. 1. Walter (Wrottesley, Sheriff of) Staffordshire (1483 – 1 JUL 1563) m. Elizabeth (Isabella) Harcourt (ABT 1480 – APR 1517)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Wrottesley (1514 – 10 MAY 1559) m. John (Talbot, Knight of) Albrighton (1485 – 10 SEP 1549)
        1. 1. John (Bromsgrove Worcestershire) Talbot (1549 – 9 DEC 1581) m. Olive (Sherington, "Lady) Wiltshire" (1553 – SEP 1646)

Walter Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1434
1434
Birth of Walter Wrottesley, Knight in Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England
Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England
1473
10 APR 1473
Age 39
Death of Walter Wrottesley, Knight in Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England
Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1434
    Event Place: Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 APR 1473
    Event Place: Wrottesley, Staffordshire, England
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