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Sir WIlliam, Harper,, Lord, Mayor, of, London,, Sheriff, of, London, Knight 1500 – 1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 27 February 1573

Death Location: Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Father: William Harper

Mother: Margery Leeder

Spouse(s): Luce Herbert, Elizabeth Blount

Children(s): Margaret Harper, Margery Harper, Thomas Harper, Lady Butterfield\Boteville

Sir WIlliam Harper, Lord Mayor of London, Sheriff of London, Knight was born in 1500 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Harper and Margery Leeder. Sir WIlliam Harper, Lord Mayor of London, Sheriff of London, Knight later married Luce Herbert and Elizabeth Blount, and together they raised children including Margaret Harper, Margery Harper, Thomas Richard Harper and Lady Sarah Anna O. (Lovett) Butterfield\Boteville. In 1573, Sir WIlliam Harper, Lord Mayor of London, Sheriff of London, Knight passed away in Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

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Parents

William Harper
1470 – 1502
Birth Location: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
WH
Margery Leeder
1470 – 1515
Birth Location: Suffolk, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
ML

Spouses(s)

Luce Herbert
1500 – 1551
Birth Location: Suffolk, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
LH
Elizabeth Blount
1493 – 1560
Birth Location: Maple Durham, Oxfordshire, England
EB

Children(s)

Margaret Harper
1522 –
Birth Location: Elstow, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
MH
Margery Harper
1529 –
Birth Location: Suffolk, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
MH
Thomas Harper
1534 – 1608
Birth Location: Bury St Edmunds St James, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
TH
Lady Butterfield\Boteville
1510 – 1523
Birth Location: Parish of Saint-Johns Church, Ovenden, Halifax West Yorkshire, England
LB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1500
    Event Place: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 18??
    Event Place: St. George In The East

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1461
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1519
    Event Place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1526
    Event Place: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1526
    Event Place: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: Abt 1530

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: abt 1530
    Event Place: St. George in the East, London, London, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1534
    Event Place: Of, Thornbury, Gloucester, England

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: about 1539
    Event Place: London, London, England

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1547
    Event Place: ,,,England

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1553
    Event Place: Ireland

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: Marriage: Sep 1570
    Event Place: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 26 Sep 1581
    Event Place: Harrow On The Hill,London,England

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 26 May 1737
    Event Place: London, England

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 27 February 1573
    Event Place: Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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