Ancestral Trails 2016 » Robert SPENCER (1570-1627)
Personal data Robert SPENCER
Source 1- He was born in the year 1570 in Althorp House, Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire.
- He was baptized on December 25, 1572 in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire.Source 1
- Title: 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton
- He died on October 25, 1627 in Wormleighton, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, he was 57 years old.
- He is buried October 1627 in St Mary the Virgin, Great Brington, Daventry, Northamptonshire.
- A child of John SPENCER and Mary CATLIN
Household of Robert SPENCER
He is married to Margaret WILLOUGHBY.
They got married on February 15, 1587/88 at Brington, Northamptonshire, he was 17 years old.
Child(ren):
- Elizabeth SPENCER 1589-1618
- Richard SPENCER 1593-1667
- John SPENCER 1590-1610
- Margaret SPENCER 1597-1613
Notes about Robert SPENCER
Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton KG (1570 - 25 October 1627) was an English nobleman, peer, politician, landowner, and MP from the Spencer family.
He was born in Althorp, Northamptonshire, the son of Sir John Spencer (died 1600) and Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Catlyn.
Spencer held the office of Member of Parliament for Brackley from 1597 to 1598. He was the Commissioner for Musters for Northamptonshire in 1600 and Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1601-02. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter in 1601. Sir Robert was created 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton (in the Peerage of England) on 21 July 1603. On 5 August 1607 he was nominated with Sir Ralph Winwood joint representative of England at The Hague in the negotiations for peace between Spain and the United Netherlands.
Family
On 15 February 1587 he married Margaret Willoughby the daughter of Sir Francis Willoughby and Elizabeth Lyttelton. Robert had seven children by Margaret.
Mary Spencer (christened 24 August 1588 - 14 July 1658) married Richard Anderson
Elizabeth Spencer (christened 30 November 1589 - 19 November 1618) married George Fane
Sir John Spencer (6 December 1590 - 16 August 1610)
William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton (christened 4 January 1592 - 19 December 1636) married Lady Penelope Wriothesley
Sir Richard Spencer (christened 21 October 1593 - 1 November 1661) married Mary Sandys
Sir Edward Spencer (christened 2 March 1594 - 16 February 1655/1656) married Margaret Goldsmith
Margaret Spencer (14 August 1597 - 6 December 1613)
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Spencer,_1st_Baron_Spencer_of_Wormleighton
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Sources
- Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812, Ancestry.com, Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 150P/1 / Ancestry.com
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Christening day December 25, 1572
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1572: Source: Wikipedia
- January 16 » Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
- July 9 » Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
- August 18 » Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
- August 23 » French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
- October 20 » Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.
- December 23 » Theologian Johann Sylvan is executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs.
Day of death October 25, 1627
- 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 1627: Source: Wikipedia
- July 30 » An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in Gargano, Italy.
- November 28 » The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliwa.
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The Ancestral Trails 2016 publication was prepared by Patti Lee Salter.
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