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Robert Spencer

Robert Spencer

Male 1565 - 1627  (61 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Robert Spencer 
    Birth 25 Oct 1565  Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 2 May 1627  Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I33601  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2001 

    Father John Spencer,   b. 23 Jan 1539-1540, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1599, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Margaret Catlyn,   b. 2 Nov 1548, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1619 (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F15937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Willoughby,   b. 21 Oct 1566, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1597 (Age 30 years) 
    Marriage 15 Feb 1587 
    Children 
    +1. Baron William Spencer,   b. 2 Aug 1592, Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1636, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    +2. Mary Spencer,   b. 1588   d. 1658 (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F16957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2001 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Oct 1565 - Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 May 1627 - Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • First Lord Spencer (1570-1627) Thanks in part to the steady accumulation of his forebears he became one of the richest men in the land. He owned almost 20,000 sheep, and with sales of meat, breeding stock and wool his income was about £8,000 per annum. As a man of standing, he met James I as the royal court travelled down from Scotland in 1603, accompanying it on to London. Meanwhile James’s wife was entertained at Althorp, then a secondary residence, with a masque by Ben Jonson. Robert was soon ennobled; and like many Spencers afterwards, almost in spite of himself, he suddenly found himself in public service. King James I, sent him as ambassador to Wurtemburg to present Duke Frederick with the Order of the Garter. Although ‘his skill in antiquities, arms and alliances was singular’, Robert appears to have found the expedition more chore than cultural enrichment. Though politically active he soon fades from view.



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