Penelope (Wriothesley) Spencer (bef. 1598 - 1667)

Born before 8 Nov 1598 in Titchfield, Hampshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Spencer KB — married 7 Oct 1614 in England

Descendants

Died 16 Jul 1667 after age 68 in Brington, Northamptonshire, England

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Biography

Lady Penelope Wriothesley (1598-1667) was the daughter of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton and Elizabeth Vernon. She married William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, son of Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton and Margaret Willoughby, by settlement 7 Oct 1614 (with £4,000) 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 7da. (1 d.v.p.). She died on 16 July 1667, buried in November 1667 at Brington, Northamptonshire, England.

Children

1. Hon Henry Spencer, later 3rd Baron Spencer later 1st Earl of Sunderland
2. Hon Robert Spencer, Member of Parliament for Great Bedwin 1660 and for Brackley 1661-79, a Commissioner of Appeals for regulating the Excise 1662-89, cr. 20 Oct 1685 Viscount of Teviot (Peerage of Scotland), Commissioner of the Privy Seal 1685-86/7 (bapt. 2 Feb 1628/9; dsp. by suicide 20 May 1694), mar. Jane Spencer (d. 10 Jun 1689; bur. at Yarnton, co. Oxford), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir Thomas Spencer, 3rd Bt., of Yarnton, co. Oxford, by his wife Jane Garrard, dau. of Sir John Garrard, 2nd Bt., of Lamer, co. Hertford
3. Hon William Spencer, of Ashton, co. Lancaster, mar. Hon Elizabeth Gerard, only dau. of Dutton [Gerard], 3rd Baron Gerard, by his second wife Lady Elizabeth O'Brien, 3rd dau. and cohrss. of Henry [O'Brien], 4th Earl of Thomond, and had issue
4. Hon Elizabeth Spencer (b. 16 Feb 1617/8; dsp. 11 Aug 1672), mar. (1) 4 Dec 1634 John [Craven], 1st Baron Craven, (2) 7 Jul 1648 Hon Henry Howard, of Revensby, co. Lincoln (dsp. 1663), 3rd son of Thomas [Howard], 1st Earl of Berkshire, and (3) as his second wife William [Crofts], 1st Baron Crofts
5. Hon Anne Spencer, mar. Sir Robert Agborough later Townshend, of Hem, co. Denbigh, and had issue
6. Hon Alice Spencer (bapt. 29 Dec 1625; d. bef. 1712), mar. Henry [Moore], 1st Earl of Drogheda, and had issue
7. Hon Margaret Spencer (bapt. 19 Jan 1627; dsp. 1693), mar. 30 Aug 1655 as his third wife Anthony [Ashley-Cooper], 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

Sources

Penelope Wriothesley Spencer Find A Grave Index Name Penelope Wriothesley Spencer Maiden Name Wriothesley Event Type Burial Event Date 1667 Event Place Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England Photograph Included Y Birth Date Nov 1598 Death Date 16 Jul 1667 Affiliate Record Identifier 14775428 Cemetery St Mary the Virgin with St John Churchyard

Citing this Record "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVC-LT6Z : 11 July 2016), Penelope Wriothesley Spencer, 1667; Burial, Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England, St Mary the Virgin with St John Churchyard; citing record ID 14775428, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p10528.htm#i105273