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William Fletcher 1502 – 1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1502

Birth Location: Cocker, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 7 September 1540

Death Location: Cockermouth Hall, Cockermouth, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Norton

Mother: Lady Ratcliffe

Spouse(s): Anne Swinbarr

Children(s): Henry Fletcher, Lancelot Fletcher, Anne Fletcher

It was in 1502 that William Fletcher was born in Cocker, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, a child of Sir John III Norton and Lady Ann Ratcliffe. William Fletcher went on to marry Anne Francis Swinbarr and had children such as Henry Fletcher, Lancelot Fletcher and Anne Alice Fletcher. William Fletcher was deceased by 1540 in Cockermouth Hall, Cockermouth, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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Parents

Sir Norton
1475 – 1557
Birth Location: Norton, Conyers, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
SN
Lady Ratcliffe
1478 – 1560
Birth Location: York, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
LR

Spouses(s)

Anne Swinbarr
1502 – 1604
Birth Location: Huthwaithe Hall, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
AS

Children(s)

Henry Fletcher
1530 – 1574
Birth Location: Cockermouth Hall, Cockermouth, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
HF
Lancelot Fletcher
1532 – 1578
Birth Location: Cockermouth Castle, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
LF
Anne Fletcher
1535 – 1608
Birth Location: St Mary, Staines upon Thames, County Surrey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
AF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1502
    Event Place: Cocker, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1525
    Event Place: Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 7 September 1540
    Event Place: Cockermouth Hall, Cockermouth, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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