Ancestral Trails 2016 » William SPENCER (1592-1636)

Personal data William SPENCER 


Household of William SPENCER

He is married to Penelope WRIOTHESLEY.

They got married in the year 1615 at Wormleighton, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Robert SPENCER  1629-1694
  2. Henry SPENCER  1620-1643 
  3. Margaret SPENCER  1627-1693


Notes about William SPENCER

William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton (christened 4 January 1591 - 19 December 1636) was an English nobleman, politician, and peer from the Spencer family.

Spencer was the son of Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, and his wife, Margaret Willoughby, and was baptised on 4 January 1591 at Brington, Northamptonshire. He attended Magdalen College, Oxford, and became a Member of Parliament for Brackley in 1614, for Northamptonshire (1620-22 & 1624-27). From 6 May 1618 to 1621, Spencer held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. On 25 October 1627, he succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton.

Lord Spencer married Lady Penelope Wriothesley, daughter of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, in 1615, by whom he had three sons and three daughters. He died in December 1636, aged 45, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, who was created Earl of Sunderland in 1643. Lord Spencer's second son the Honourable Robert was created Viscount Teviot in 1685. His daughter Margaret was the third wife of the prominent statesman, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Spencer,_2nd_Baron_Spencer_of_Wormleighton

William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton (christened 4 January 1591 - 19 December 1636) was an English peer from the Spencer family.

Spencer was the son of Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, and his wife, Margaret Willoughby, and was baptised on 4 January 1591 at Brington, Northamptonshire. He attended Magdalen College, Oxford, and became a Member of Parliament for Brackley in 1614, for Northamptonshire (1620-22 & 1624-27). From 6 May 1618 to 1621, Spencer held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. On 25 October 1627, he succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton.

Lord Spencer married Lady Penelope Wriothesley, daughter of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, in 1615. He died in December 1636, aged 45, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, who was created Earl of Sunderland in 1643. Lord Spencer's second son the Honourable Robert was created Viscount Teviot in 1685.
SOURCE: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Spencer_%28117%29

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William SPENCER

John SPENCER
1546-????
Mary CATLIN
1555-????
Francis WILLOUGHBY
1538-1596
Elizabeth LYTTLETON
1545-1594

William SPENCER
1592-1636

1615

Penelope WRIOTHESLEY
1598-1667

Robert SPENCER
1629-1694
Henry SPENCER
1620-1643
Margaret SPENCER
1627-1693

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Day of death December 19, 1636

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1636: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 26 » Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
    • April 30 » Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
    • October 4 » Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
    • October 28 » The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
    • December 13 » The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the National Guard of the United States.


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