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William of Hilton Lawson 1530 – 1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: York, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 30 Mar 1578

Death Location: Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England

Father: Edmund 12GGF

Mother: Margery Castle

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William of Hilton Lawson was born in 1530 in York, Yorkshire, England, the child of Edmund ESQ Lawson of Newcastle 12GGF and Margery Swynhowe of Rock Castle. William of Hilton Lawson passed away in 1578 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • William of Hilton Lawson was born in 1530 in York, Yorkshire, England, the child of Edmund ESQ Lawson of Newcastle 12GGF and Margery Swynhowe of Rock Castle.
  • William of Hilton Lawson passed away in 1578 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.

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William Lawson's Ancestors

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William Lawson
1530 – 1578
Birth Place: York, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Edmund ESQ Lawson of Newcastle 12GGF
1520 – 1551
Newcastle On Tyne, Northumberland, England
Margery (Swynhowe of Rock) Castle
1520 – 1620
Rock, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
Sir (James Lawson Esq Of) Cramilngton
1500 – 1547
Newcastle, Northumberland, England
Lady (Alice Frances) Bertram
1500 – 1547
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
f@@ (Ralph Swynhowe of) Rock,
1501 – 1525
Rock, Northumberland, England
LADY (Elizabeth EDITH De Grey\GREY-Norton-Moverler-Audley-Howard-Swynhowe\Swinhoe\Swinnow,) ,*
1505 – 1561
Groby, Leicestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Horsly
1488 –
George Bertram
1460 – 1512
Alice Francis
1465 – 1550
Sir Swinnow\Swynhowe\Swinoe
1475 – 1519
Dame Swynhowe\Swinhoe\Swinnow
1475 – 1519
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Lawson's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of William of Hilton Lawson in York, Yorkshire, England
York, Yorkshire, England
1578
30 Mar 1578
Age 48
Death of William of Hilton Lawson in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: York, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Mar 1578
    Event Place: Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England

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