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Sir Richard, Thomas Williams 1501 – 1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1570

Death Location: Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England

Father: Richard I

Mother: Lady Murfyn

Spouse(s): Lady Cartwright

Children(s): Frances Williams

Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) was born in 1501 in Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the child of Richard Williams I and Lady Francis Murfyn. Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) later married Lady Mary Cartwright, and together they raised children including Frances Williams. In 1570, Sir Richard Thomas Williams , II (Cromwell) passed away in Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England.

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Parents

Richard I
1482 – 1556
Birth Location: Wantage, Berkshire, England
RI
Lady Murfyn
1484 – 1533
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
LM

Spouses(s)

Lady Cartwright
1504 – 1550
Birth Location: Ossington, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, England
LC

Children(s)

Frances Williams
1527 – 1657
Birth Location: Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
FW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1495
    Event Place: Llanishen, Monmouthshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1495
    Event Place: Llanishen, Monmouthshire, Wales
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1501
    Event Place: Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 October 1544
    Event Place: Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 October 1544
    Event Place: Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1570
    Event Place: Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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