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Personal data Roger Gifford 


Household of Roger Gifford

(1) He is married to Amy Samwell.

They got married on July 7, 1567 at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, he was 40 years old.


(2) He is married to Anne Samwell.

They got married on July 7, 1567 at All Saints, Newcastle, Northumberland, England, he was 40 years old.


(3) He is married to Amy or Anne Samwell.

They got married on July 7, 1567 at All Saints Church, Northampton, Northampton, England, he was 40 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roger Gifford

Roger Gifford or Gyffard
1463-1543
Mary Payne Nanseglos or Nansigles
1466-1542
John Masters
????-1558
Elizabeth Payne
± 1492-1548

Roger Gifford
1527-1591

(1) 1567

Amy Samwell
± 1548-1618

(2) 1567

Anne Samwell
± 1548-1618

(3) 1567

Amy or Anne Samwell
1533-1591


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Birthday February 28, 1527

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1527: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 6 » Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
    • May 16 » The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
    • June 22 » Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of Jakarta.
    • July 12 » Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.
    • August 3 » The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.

Day of marriage July 7, 1567

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1567: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 20 » Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
    • February 10 » Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.
    • May 15 » Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
    • May 24 » Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles.
    • July 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.
    • July 29 » The infant James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.

Day of death October 20, 1591

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1591: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 18 » King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Mingyi Swa of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.
    • March 13 » At the Battle of Tondibi in Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi dynasty, led by Judar Pasha, defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.
    • October 29 » Pope Innocent IX is elected.


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