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Robert Massey of Sale
William Massey of Tatton
Sir William Massey

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Margaret Rosthorne of Rosthorne

Sir William Massey 1

  • Marriage (1): Margaret Rosthorne of Rosthorne

  Research Notes:

From A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Part II, p. 986:

SIR WILLIAM MASSEY, Knt., 16 HENRY III, son of WILLIAM MASSEY, of Tatton, grandson of ROBERT MASSEY, of Sale, and great-grandson of ROBERT MASSEY, living anno 1124, who was son of HAMON MASSEY, 1st Baron of Dunham Massey, temp. WILLIAM the Conqueror, m. Margaret, dau. and co-heir of Humphrey Rosthorne, of Rosthorne, and was father of

SIR RICHARD MASSEY, Knt., sheriff of Cheshire, 6 EDWARD I, ancestor of the MASSEYS of Denfield


William married Margaret Rosthorne of Rosthorne.


Sources


1 Burke, Bernard, <i>A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.</i> (4th ed., Pt. 2. London: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1863), p. 986.


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