Anne Spencer

Biography

Will dated 15 September 1496 and proved 25 January 1497, of John Spencer (d. 4 January 1497) of Hodnell, Warwickshire: PDF

Testator’s first marriage

The testator is said to have married firstly Anne Empson, the sister of Sir Richard Empson (c.1450–1510). See Betham, William, The Baronetage of England, (Ipswich: Russell and Bransby, 1801), Vol. I, p. 87: GoogleBooks

In the will below the testator mentions a son and two daughters:

1. Thomas Spencer (d.1532), who was about six years of age in 1499, the date of th inquisition post mortem taken after the testator’s death.

2. Jane Spencer (d.1526). According to some sources she was the daughter of the testator by his first wife, Anne Empson.

3. Elizabeth Spencer, [by 2nd wife?] who was less than 14 years of age when the testator made his will. She married Sir John Greville (d. 25 November 1547), the eldest son and heir of Sir Edward Greville (d. 22 June 1528) of Milcote in Weston on Avon, Warwickshire,

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• Anne EMPSON
• Born: ABT 1450, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England
• Father: Peter EMPSON
• Mother: Elizabeth JOSEPH
• Married: John SPENCER (Sir Knight)
• Children:
  • 1. Jane SPENCER
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/EMPSON.htm#Anne EMPSON1

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  • NOTE
• The parents of Robert Spencer is not known. Different sources say Ann Empson, Isabel Lincoln, Margaret Smyth, and Joan Warstead are the mother of Robert Spencer married to Ann Peake.
• Anne Empson was sister of Elizabeth EMPSON and of Sir Richard EMPSON, minister to Henry VII.265

Citations

• 265. Lawson, Steven M., "Kinnexions," http://kinnexions.com/smlawson/index.htm, Last viewed 12/31/01. Most material from, or confirmed by George E. McCracken, editor of The American Genealogist, and author of "Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity," in Volume 57 (1981) of TAG, supplemented by material from other published sources, notably the 'Mary and John', by Maude Pinney Kuhns.
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• Ann Empson
• F, #75465, b. circa 1440
• Father Peter Empson b. c 1414, d. c 1473
• Mother Elizabeth Joseph
• Ann Empson was born circa 1440 at of Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. She married John Spencer, Esq., son of John Spencer, Esq. and (Miss) Warsted, circa 1460.
• Family John Spencer, Esq. b. c 1427, d. 1499
• Child
  • Jane Spencer+ b. c 1462, d. 12 Feb 1526
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2511.htm#...
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• 2. Spencer (pre 1603)
• Spencer, of Althorp, co. Northampton (pre 1603)
• John Spencer, of Hodnell, co. Warwick
• stated by Lee to be son of Henry Spencer, of Badby, co. Leicester (d. 1476) (by his wife Isabel Lincolne, dau. (and hrss.?) of Henry Lincolne), son of Thomas Spencer, of Defford, co. Worcester, son of Nicholas Spencer, of Defford, co. Worcester (by his wife Joan Pollard, dau. of Richard Pollard), son of John Spencer, of Defford, co. Worcester (by his wife Alice Deverell, dau. (and hrss.?) of Giles Deverell), son of William Spencer, of Defford, co. Worcester. He died in 1330 and his IPM held at Pershore, co. Worcester, shows him holding a messuage, four virgates of land and two acres of meadow in Defford by socage, i.e. rent, from Geoffrey Dabitot. Despite the pedigree drawn up in 1595 by Richard Lee, Clarenceux King-of-Arms, for Sir John Spencer, this William Spencer was not the son by his second wife of John le Despencer, of Martley, co. Worcester, who died in 1275. John's IPM that year (Chancery Inquisitions 3 Edward I No 2) quite clearly shows that as he had died without surviving issue he was succeeded in his estates by his relative Hugh le Despencer, son of his cousin the famous Hugh le Despencer, Justiciar of England. There is no historical evidence other than Lee's pedigree of John le Despencer having a second wife.
• born
• mar. ..... Warsted, dau. (and hrss.?) of ..... Warsted
• children
  • 1. William Spencer, of Radbourne, co. Warwick
  • 2. John Spencer, of Hodnell, co. Warwick, lessee (tenant) of Wormleighton, co. Warwick 1469, and of Althorp, co. Northampton 1486 (will dated 15 Sep 1496; d. 4 Jan 1496/7; proved CPC 25 Jan 1496/7; IPM 5 Nov 1499), mar. Anne Empson, sister of Sir Richard Empson, Speaker of the House of Commons, and dau. of Peter Empson, of Towcester, co. Northampton, and had issue:
    • 1a. Thomas Spencer, of Hodnell, co. Warwick (b. c. 1493)
    • 2a. William Spencer
    • 1a. Jane Spencer (d. 12 Feb 1525), mar. (1) bef. 1496 as his second wife Sir William Cope, of Banbury, co. Oxford, Keeper of Portchester Castle (b. 1450; d. 7 Apr 1513), and (2) William Saunders, of Banbury, co. Oxford, and had issue by her first husband
  • 3. Thomas Spencer, of Badby, co. Leicester, and Everdon, co. Northampton, mar. Margaret Smith, dau. of ..... Smith, of Old, co. Northampton, and had issue: .... etc.
• died
• William Spencer, of Radbourne, co. Warwick
• born c. 1444
• mar. Elizabeth Empson (b. c. 1448), sister of Sir Richard Empson, Speaker of the House of Commons, and dau. of Peter Empson, of Towcester, co. Northampton
• children
  • 1. Sir John Spencer, of Hodnell and Wormleighton. co. Warwick
  • 2. Thomas Spencer, mentioned in his uncle's will 1496, granted arms with his brother John 1504 (Azure a fess Ermine between six Seamews' Heads erased Argent; Crest: A Moor-hen proper)
  • 1. Jane Spencer
• died
• From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/ - SEARCH SITE FOR SPENCER
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• Links
• http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I8499&tree=E...
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http://avocadoridge.com/carney/familygroup.php?familyID=F9793&tree=...

Notes CONFLICT: Was listed in AFN as Mrs. Spencer. Name of Ann Empson was from www.pacifier.com/~gregdm. Dates were from AFN. Name may have been spelled Eupson.

BIOGRAPHY: Was sister of Elizabeth Empson and Sir Richard Empson, minister to Henry VII.

Sources [S96] Associated Families of Gregory D. Maxwell, Compiled by Gregory D. Maxfield, (http://www.pacifier.com/!gregdm/ Lincoln, Henry Spencer).

[S396] Ancestrial File/Family Search, (Familysearch.org/) (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.).

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Anne Empson was sister of Elizabeth EMPSON and of Sir Richard EMPSON, minister to Henry VII.

References

• http://nielsenhayden.com/genealogy-tng/getperson.php?personID=I2111... cites
• 1. [S1340] The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton by George Baker. London: J. B. Nichols and Son, 1822-30.
• 2. [S1517] The History of Banbury, Including Copious Historical and Antiquarian Notices of the Neighborhood by Alfred Beesley. London: Nicholas and Son, 1841.
• 3. [S1526] The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, Wife of Reverend John Owsley, Generations 1-15, Fourth Preliminary Edition, by Ronny O. Bodine and Bro. Thomas Spalding, Jr. 2013.
• 4. [S4464] Clifford L. Stott, "Ancestry of Agnes Spencer, Wife of Thomas Higginson of Berkeswell, Warwickshire, Ancestor of Nine American Immigrants, Cousin to Diana, Princess of Wales, Sir Winston Churchill, President George Washington, and Others." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 174:199, Summer 2020; 174:330, Fall 2020.