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William Walter Grosvenor 1541–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1541

Birth Location: of Busberie, Bushbury, Stafford, England

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: Bushbury, Staffordshire, England

Father: John Grosevenor

Mother: Rose Clayton

Spouse(s): Joyce Fowke, Joyce Fowke

Children(s): Jonas Grosvenor, Sir Grosvenor

William Walter Grosvenor was born in 1541 in of Busberie, Bushbury, Stafford, England, the child of John Coombs Grosevenor And Rose Clayton. William Walter Grosvenor married Joyce Fowke, Joyce Jocosa Fowke, and had children including Jonas Grosvenor, Sir Gawin De Sutton Grosvenor. William Walter Grosvenor passed away in 1590 in Bushbury, Staffordshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Walter Grosvenor was born in 1541 in of Busberie, Bushbury, Stafford, England, the child of John Coombs Grosevenor And Rose Clayton.
  • William Walter Grosvenor married Joyce Fowke, Joyce Jocosa Fowke, and had children including Jonas Grosvenor, Sir Gawin De Sutton Grosvenor.
  • William Walter Grosvenor passed away in 1590 in Bushbury, Staffordshire, England.

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William Grosvenor's Ancestors

Self
William Grosvenor
1541–1590
Birth Place: of Busberie, Bushbury, Stafford, England
Parents
John “Coombs” Grosevenor
1514–1586
Bushbury, Staffordshire, England
Rose Clayton
1518–1593
Harwood, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Humphrey Grosvenor\Grosveneur
1487–1521
Shropshire, England
Joyce Wells
1492–1514
Tipton, Staffordshire, England
LORD (JOHN (H) CLAYTON HRH) ENGLAND
1492–1550
Clayton Hall, Lancashire, England
ROSE ((H)) BYSHBURY
1495–1525
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Grosvenor's Descendants

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William (Walter) Grosvenor (Abt. 1541–1590) m. Joyce Fowke (1541–1566) m. Joyce (Jocosa) Fowke (1541–1607)
  1. 1. Jonas Grosvenor 1561–1608 m. Elizabeth Cotton 1566–1616
    1. 1. Thomas Gravenor 1588–1638 m. Isabel Bradshaw 1590–1640
      1. 1. Walter (Thomas) Gravenor 1627–1693 m. Alice Hedger 1640–1712
        1. 1. Joseph (Gravenor) Grosvenor 1662–1713 m. Ann Perry 1670–1690 m. Isabel Chambers 1670–1720
  2. 2. Sir (Gawin de Sutton) Grosvenor 1566–1626

William Grosvenor's Timeline

2 Records

1541
Abt. 1541
Birth of William Walter Grosvenor in of Busberie, Bushbury, Stafford, England
of Busberie, Bushbury, Stafford, England
1590
1590
Age 49
Death of William Walter Grosvenor in Bushbury, Staffordshire, England
Bushbury, Staffordshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1541
    Event Place: of Busberie, Bushbury, Stafford, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Bushbury, Staffordshire, England

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