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Sir John Spencer

Born about 1541 in Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Son of John Spencer MP and Catherine (Kitson) Spencer

Brother of Margaret (Spencer) Alyngton, William Spencer MP, Mary (Spencer) Aston, Katherine (Spencer) Leigh, Elizabeth (Spencer) Eure, Anne (Spencer) Sackville, Charles Spencer, Richard Spencer MP, Alice (Spencer) Egerton, Thomas Spencer and Edward Spencer

Husband of Mary (Catlin) Fowler — married 11 Sep 1566 in Middlesex, England

Descendants

Father of Robert Spencer

Died 9 Jan 1599 at about age 58 in London, Middlesex, England

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Sir John Spencer was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

1 Biography
2 Sources
- 2.1 Notes

Biography

Sir John Spencer, Kt, was the eldest son of Sir John Spencer, Kt, of Wormleighton & Althorp and Katherine (Kitson). He Married Mary Catlin, daughter of Sir Robert Catlyn, of Berne, Dorset. To this union one son was born; Robert 1st Baron Spencer, of Wormleighton.

Sir John Spencer was invested as a Knight in 1588 by Queen Elizabeth I, upon the death of his father.

Sir John planted a large wood a the rear of Althorp. The oldest oaks still growing there today were planted at his instruction in 1589. It was Sir John's intention to boost the timber stocks, in order to help enable the English Navy to build more ships.

Sir John increased the Althorp estate by buying Little Brington in 1592 from Francis Bernard.

Ben Jonson was at Sir John's house and wrote a masque (play).

Name

Name: John /Spencer/ 1st Baron of Wormleighton^[1]

Object

Object:

File: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=4ccc59e8-1153-4177-8007-3bba66948e48&tid=63357633&pid=452

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Title: Sir John Spencer

Marriage

: Husband: @P455@

Wife: @P456@

Child: John Spencer

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1545

Place: Hengrave, Suffolk, England

Marriage:

Date: 1554

Place: EN^[2]

Sources

↑ Source: #S-637063259 Page: Source number: 2767.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LJV APID: 1,7836::1144107
↑ Source: #S-637063259 Page: Source number: 728.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO APID: 1,7836::1144136

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 April 2020), memorial page for John Spencer, III (1546–9 Jan 1600), Find A Grave: Memorial #13927623, citing St Mary the Virgin with St John Churchyard, Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England ; Maintained by KRW (contributor 46517473) .

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10527.htm#i105261ed or changed information since this source citation was created.

Visitation ofHertfordshire Page 165: Spencer of Offley

Notes

Note N89ben jonson at house and wrote masque

Source: S-637063259 Repository: #R-1098634196 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7836::0
Repository: R-1098634196 Name: Ancestry.com
Source: S-637101621 Repository: #R-1098634196 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/63357633/family