William Spencer MP (abt. 1550 - 1609)

Born about 1550 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Bowyer) Spencer — married 2 Mar 1578 in St Bartholemew-by-the-Exchange, City of London

Descendants

Died 18 Dec 1609 at about age 59 in Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England

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Biography

He was born about 1550 and his parents were Catherine (Kitson) and Sir John Spencer.

William married Marget Bowyer, daughter of Francis Bowyer, on 2 March 1578 in St Bartholomew By the Exchange, City of London, London, England.^[1]and their children included ...

1. Sir Thomas Spencer, 1st Bt., d: 16 Aug 1622
2. Catharine Spencer, b: 1586, d: 7 Dec 1612

Sir William had his will drawn up 28 Jul 1609, describing himself as William Spencer of Eardington alias Yarnton, in the county of Oxon, knight.^[2] He made bequests to and mentioned:

• either of my daughters Alice or Margaret if they shall be married at the time of my death
• my son George Spencer
• my sons in law Sir Thomas Russell, Sir Henry Montague and Sir Maximillian Dallison
• my daughters, their wives
• my eldest son Thomas Spencer
• my brother Sir Richard Spencer, knight
• my brother Mr Thomas Spencer

He died on 18 Dec 1609 and was buried in Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England. ^{[3] [4]} William was buried on 19 December 1609 in Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69/Bat1/A/001/Ms04374/001
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1624 #5442054 (accessed 14 December 2022)
   William Spencer marriage to Marget Bowyer on 2 Mar 1578 in St Bartholomew By the Exchange, City of London, London, England.
2. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 115
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #873395 (accessed 14 December 2022)
   Will of Willielmi Spencer, granted probate on 3 Feb 1609. Died about 1609 in Eardington, Oxfordshire, England.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #133090328
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index" database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGR-CL2Z : 13 Dec 2015) citing memorial #133090328 for William Spencer, d: 1609; buried: St.Bartholomew, Yarnton, Cherwell District, Oxfordshire, England.
5. ↑ Burial: "Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812"
   Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR303/1/R1/1
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 61056 #1790500 (accessed 14 December 2022)
   William Spencer burial on 19 Dec 1609 in Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England.

• http://thepeerage.com/p10535.htm#i105347
• Visitation ofHertfordshire Page 165: Spencer of Offley
• History of Parliament online: SPENCER, William (c.1552-1609), of Yarnton, Oxon
• Visitation of London Page 94: Bowyer

See also:

• Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 62.
• Oxford Historical Society (The Oxford Historical Society, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1885) Vol. 24: Three Oxfordshire Parishes. A History of Kidlington, Yarnton and Begbroke, Page 296. "1609, Nov. 19. Sir William Spencer, Knight, buried."
• Le Neve, John. Monumenta Anglicana (W. Bowyer, London, 1717) Vol. 1, Page 22. In Yarnton Church in Oxfordshire.