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William Roper 1495 – 1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1495

Birth Location: Eltham St John the Baptist, Kent, England

Death Date: 14 JAN 1578

Death Location: Canterbury, Kent, England

Father: John Roper

Mother: Jane Fineux

Spouse(s): Margaret More

Children(s):

In 1495, William Roper entered the world in Eltham St John the Baptist, Kent, England, born to John Roper and Jane of Swingfield Kent Fineux. William Roper married Margaret "Meg" More. William Roper passed away in 1578 in Canterbury, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1495, William Roper entered the world in Eltham St John the Baptist, Kent, England, born to John Roper and Jane of Swingfield Kent Fineux.
  • William Roper married Margaret "Meg" More.
  • William Roper passed away in 1578 in Canterbury, Kent, England.

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Children(s)

William Roper's Ancestors

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William Roper
1495 – 1578
Birth Place: Eltham St John the Baptist, Kent, England
Parents
John Roper
1453 – 1524
Eltham St John the Baptist, Kent, England
Jane (of Swingfield Kent) Fineux
1460 – 1524
Swingfield, Kent, England
Grandparents
John Roper
1405 – 1488
Swaleclift, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Margery Tattershall
1420 – 1518
John Fineux
1441 – 1527
Swingfield, Kent, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Apulderfield
1438 – 1478
Swingfield, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Roper
1360 – 1433
Catherine Dunstan
1379 –
John Tattershall
1394 – 1446
Agnes Chicheley
1398 – 1453
William Fineux
1408 –
Joane Moyns
1399 – 1466
William Apulderfield
1412 – 1461
(Mrs Apulderfield
1416 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ralph Roper
1335 – 1401
Beatrice Lewknor
1353 – 1390
Robert Tattershall
1369 – 1429
Anne
1369 – 1465
John Chicheley
1373 –
Margery Knollys
1376 – 1444
Henry Moyne
1384 – 1426
Alice Scudamore
1383 – 1430

William Roper's Timeline

3 Records

1495
1495
Birth of William Roper in Eltham St John the Baptist, Kent, England
Eltham St John the Baptist, Kent, England
1578
14 JAN 1578
Age 83
Death of William Roper in Canterbury, Kent, England
Canterbury, Kent, England
1578
AFT 14 JAN 1578
Age 83
Burial of William Roper in Roper vault, St. Dunstan's Church, Canterbury, Kent, England
Roper vault, St. Dunstan's Church, Canterbury, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Eltham St John the Baptist, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: (82-1577)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 JAN 1578
    Event Place: Canterbury, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: AFT 14 JAN 1578
    Event Place: Roper vault, St. Dunstan's Church, Canterbury, Kent, England

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