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Richard Stephens 1500 – 1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Writtle, Essex, England

Death Date: 17 Aug 1578

Death Location: Caversham, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John Forcester

Mother: Lady Stephens

Spouse(s): Margaret Stephans

Children(s): John Stephens, Lady Stevens, William Stephens

Richard Stephens was born in 1500 in Writtle, Essex, England, the child of John II Stephens (Stevens), Baron of Forcester and Lady Joan "Alice" Atheward, Baroness Stephens. Richard Stephens later married Margaret de Leon and Baroness of Stephans, and together they raised children including John Thomas Stephens, Lady Elizabeth Stevens and William Stephens. In 1578, Richard Stephens passed away in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England.

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Parents

John Forcester
1459 – 1505
Birth Location: Bristol, Gloucester, England
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Lady Stephens
1463 – 1544
Birth Location: North Marston, Buckinghamshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Stephans
1501 – 1550
Birth Location: Writtle, Essex, England
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Children(s)

John Stephens
1510 – 1560
Birth Location: Burderopp, Wiltshire, England
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Lady Stevens
1515 – 1600
Birth Location: Woodford, Wiltshire, England
LS
William Stephens
1519 – 1579
Birth Location: Cornwall, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1500
    Event Place: Wroughton, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1500
    Event Place: Writtle, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1519
    Event Place: Wroughton, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 17 Aug 1578
    Event Place: Caversham, Oxfordshire, England
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