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- [S520] Booth, Walter Sherman, Genealogy of the Booth family in England and the United States, 10-11.
Sir George12 Booth (George, William, George, William, Robert, John, Thomas, John, Thomas, William, Adam), eldest son and heir of Sir George Booth, was born about 1515 or 1516, and died 154-4, aged 28. He married, in 1531, when but 16 years of age, Margaret, daughter of Rowland Bulkeley, of Benmorris (Anglesea), Knight, but by her had no issue. He then, after her death, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Trafford, in Lancashire, Knight. To him, as one of the families of rank, came an official letter, Oct. 12, 1529, announcing, by command of Queen Jane Sej'mour, the birth of her son, afterwards Edward VI. It is dated on the day of his birth. This
letter was preserved by Lady Mary, Countess Dowager of Stamford (1771), as was also another from Henry VIII. to Sir George
Booth, Feb. 10, 1543, concerning forces to be raised against the Scots. Elizabeth, wife of Sir George Booth, died in 1582. Both
of them lie buried at Trentham Church, Staffordshire. By her the mother of his children, he had:
i. Elizabeth, who married William Chantrell de Bache.
ii. William, is born 1541 (see his history).
iii. Amey (or Anne),
iv. Mary, who married Randall Davenport, of Kenbury.
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