1565 - 1627 (61 years)
Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
1565 - 1627 (61 years)
Birth |
25 Oct 1565 |
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Died |
2 May 1627 |
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
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Father |
John Spencer, b. 23 Jan 1539-1540, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Mother |
Margaret Catlyn, b. 2 Nov 1548, England |
Married |
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
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Family |
Margaret Willoughby, b. 21 Oct 1566, England |
Married |
15 Feb 1587 |
Children |
+ | 1. Baron William Spencer, b. 2 Aug 1592, Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England |
+ | 2. Mary Spencer, b. 1588 |
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1566 - 1597 (30 years)
Birth |
21 Oct 1566 |
England |
Died |
17 Aug 1597 |
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Father |
Francis Willoughby, b. Abt 1547 |
Mother |
Elizabeth Lyttelton, b. Abt 1546 |
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Family |
Robert Spencer, b. 25 Oct 1565, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Married |
15 Feb 1587 |
Children |
+ | 1. Baron William Spencer, b. 2 Aug 1592, Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England |
+ | 2. Mary Spencer, b. 1588 |
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1540 - 1599 (59 years)
Birth |
23 Jan 1539-1540 |
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Died |
3 May 1599 |
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
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Father |
John Spencer, b. 3 Feb 1509-1510, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Mother |
Catherine Kytson, b. Hengrave, Suffolk, England |
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Family |
Margaret Catlyn, b. 2 Nov 1548, England |
Married |
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Robert Spencer, b. 25 Oct 1565, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
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1548 - 1619 (70 years)
Birth |
2 Nov 1548 |
England |
Died |
5 Jan 1619 |
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Father |
Robert Catlin |
Mother |
Anne Boles |
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Family |
John Spencer, b. 23 Jan 1539-1540, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Married |
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Robert Spencer, b. 25 Oct 1565, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
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1566 - 1597 (30 years)
Birth |
21 Oct 1566 |
England |
Died |
17 Aug 1597 |
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Father |
Francis Willoughby, b. Abt 1547 |
Mother |
Elizabeth Lyttelton, b. Abt 1546 |
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Family |
Robert Spencer, b. 25 Oct 1565, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Married |
15 Feb 1587 |
Children |
+ | 1. Baron William Spencer, b. 2 Aug 1592, Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England |
+ | 2. Mary Spencer, b. 1588 |
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1592 - 1636 (44 years)
Birth |
2 Aug 1592 |
Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England |
Christened |
4 Jan 1592 |
Brington, Northamptonshire, England |
Died |
19 Dec 1636 |
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Buried |
27 Dec 1636 |
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Father |
Robert Spencer, b. 25 Oct 1565, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Mother |
Margaret Willoughby, b. 21 Oct 1566, England |
Married |
15 Feb 1587 |
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Family |
Penelope Wriothesley, b. Bef 8 Nov 1598, Tichfield, Hampshire, England |
Married |
1615 |
Titchfield, Southampton, Hampshire, England |
Children |
+ | 1. Earl Henry Spencer, b. 12 May 1618, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
+ | 2. Viscount Robert Spencer, b. 1630 |
+ | 3. Alice Spencer, b. 29 Jun 1625 |
+ | 4. Margaret Spencer |
+ | 5. William Spencer |
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1588 - 1658 (70 years)
Birth |
1588 |
Died |
1658 |
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Father |
Robert Spencer, b. 25 Oct 1565, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Mother |
Margaret Willoughby, b. 21 Oct 1566, England |
Married |
15 Feb 1587 |
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Family |
Richard Anderson, b. Abt 1588 |
Married |
Bef 1608 |
Children |
+ | 1. Henry Anderson, b. Abt 1608 |
| 2. Anne Anderson |
| 3. Bridget Anderson |
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Name |
Robert Spencer |
Birth |
25 Oct 1565 |
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
2 May 1627 |
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Person ID |
I33601 |
Geneagraphie |
Last Modified |
23 Feb 2001 |
Father |
John Spencer, b. 23 Jan 1539-1540, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England d. 3 May 1599, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (Age 59 years) |
Mother |
Margaret Catlyn, b. 2 Nov 1548, England d. 5 Jan 1619 (Age 70 years) |
Marriage |
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
Family ID |
F15937 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Margaret Willoughby, b. 21 Oct 1566, England d. 17 Aug 1597 (Age 30 years) |
Marriage |
15 Feb 1587 |
Children |
+ | 1. Baron William Spencer, b. 2 Aug 1592, Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England d. 19 Dec 1636, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (Age 44 years) |
+ | 2. Mary Spencer, b. 1588 d. 1658 (Age 70 years) |
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Family ID |
F16957 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
23 Feb 2001 |
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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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