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Elizabeth (Spencer) Compton (abt. 1574 - 1632)

Elizabeth Compton formerly Spencer
Born about in Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married about 1594 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 58 in Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Birth

1594 Elizabeth Spencer (d. c. 1632), only child of Sir John Spencer Sir John Spencer, Lord Mayor of London 1594-95, of Canonbury in Islington in Middlesex, and his wife Alice Bromfield, widow of (1) Henry Leake, and (2) William Cox, and daughter of Thomas Bromfield, of London. [1] [2]

Marriage

Her marriage was opposed by her father, but took place after she was abducted in a baker's basket.

Death

Elizabeth passed away on 8 May 1632 in Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire.

Source

  1. Cracroft's Peerage
  2. Martyn Bennett, ‘Compton, Spencer, second earl of Northampton (1601–1643)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007 accessed 22 Oct 2017




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Spencer-4278 and Spencer-4263 appear to represent the same person because: All important criteria match, so please approve merge. Thank you.
posted by Larry Ridgley
Hi David;

I have Mabel Stone (1575 to 1653) listed as William Compton's spouse. Her parents were James and Isabel Stone. She was born in Boxgrove, Sussex, England.

Mabel was married to William on Oct 13 1595 in Sussex, England.

I found this information from the book of marriages in England.

posted by Paul Taylor

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