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'''Robert Spencer''' He was possibly the son of [[Thomas Spencer of Cople]] Robert's children's baptisms, all at Cople, Bedfordshire: #Jane Spencer 25 Mar 1572 #[[Nicholas Spencer of Cople|Nicholas Spencer]] 28 Mar 1573 #John Spencer 24 Jun 1574 #William Spencer 3 Sep 1576, claimed immigrant to Virginia. If true, then he died in Surry, Virginia abt 1652. #George Spencer 15 Mar 1579 #Margaret Spencer 4 Aug 1579 #Robert Spencer 20 Dec 1580 #Oliver Spencer 2 May 1581 #Ann Spencer 2 May 1585 #Elizabeth Spencer 2 May 1585 #Arnold Spencer 6 Nov 1587 #Edward Spencer 6 Jul 1590 ==Primary Sources== *For baptisms see: http://www.familysearch.org - IGI - British Isles - Batch P003511 ==Secondary Sources== *"The first mention of it [Rowlands] as a manor is found in 1531, when John Spencer made a settlement of it. His father Robert's name occurs a few years earlier as holding land in Cople. Thomas son of John Spencer died seised in 1547. He was succeeded by his son Robert, who was followed by his son Nicholas, who died about 1625. His son, another Nicholas, married Mary daughter of Sir Edward Gostwick of Willington, and died in 1643. William Spencer, son and heir of Nicholas, was living and in possession of Rowlands in 1691. From: 'Parishes: Cople', A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3 (1912), pp. 238-42. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42423 URL]. Date accessed: 24 February 2007."
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