Ancestry of
Anderson Cooper

Television Journalist

Robert Goushill

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• • 14th Great-grandfather of Anderson Cooper — 17th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 108578 
  • Father:
  • Nicholas de Goushill 
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Jul 1403 
  • Death Location:
  • Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Fitzalan
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 18 Aug 1401 
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  Joan Goushill

  Elizabeth Goushill (Ahnentafel No:54289 )

  Joyce Goushill

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  • Sir Robert Goushill was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403.

• Sources for Robert Goushill

  • ¹ Browning, Charles H., Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to . . ., 2nd Ed., Philadelphia: Porter and Coates (1891), 160.
  • ² Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. (1999), 815.
  • ³ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. V, p. 381.
  • ⁴ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. 2, pp. 589, 594.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 62.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 308, 314, 328, 336, 353.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 558.
  • ⁸ Weis, Frederick Lewis, Eight Lines of Descent of John Prescott, Founder of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1645, Dublin, New Hampshire: (1957), 47.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Battle of Shrewsbury", (accessed 11/07/2023).
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Elizabeth FitzAlan", (accessed 09/23/2011).
  • ¹¹ Wikipedia, "Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley", _1st_Baron_Stanley, (accessed 12/3/2013).

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