Biography

Born approximately 1535 in London, Margaret Compagni was the illegitimate daughter ofBartolomeo Compagni, an expatriate merchant from Florence, Tuscany.

She married first,Lazarus Allen, the second son of SirJohn Allen, twice Lord Mayor of London who died approximately 1557.

She married second, in 1558 Giovanni Baptista Castiglione, also known as John Baptiste Castillion, who was Groom of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I. He died in 1598.

Her will was dated 22 June 1621 and was proved 2 Nov.1622. She died atSpeen, Berkshire in 1622.^[1]

Issue with John Baptiste Castillion^[2]

1. Francis Castillion, (1531 - 1568) MP forGreat Bedwyn. m1). 1595Elizabeth St. John - Issue m2).Anne Calton - Issue.^[3]
2. Valentini Castillion (1565 - 1641) m.1) 1607 Elynor Pyatt. m.2) Mary _ and died without Issue
3. Elizabeth Castillon (b. 1567 - ) m. 1587Peter Leigh ofHigh Legh / Leigh, Westhall, Cheshire^[4] - Issue
4. Anne Castillion (b c 1568) m. approx.1585Robert Hyde ofHatch, Wiltshire, MP - Issue^[5]
5. Peter Baptiste Castillion (1569 - 1600) m. 1594Thomasine Peyton - Issue
6. Walter Castillion (1570 - pre 1597/8) - killed in Ireland
7. Rev.Douglasse Castillion, (1573 - 1659) m. 1611Margaret Bower - Issue
8. Henry Castillion (b. 1579/80 - ) Lived Ireland
9. Katherine Castillion (1562/3 -1581)
10. Elizabeth Castillian died an infant 1565/6
11. Barbara Castillian (1574 - 1641) m. 1590Lawrence Hyde ofSalisbury, MP - Issue^[6]
12. Celiena Castiglione (b.1575/6) m.Robert Cheney ofWest Woodhay, Berkshire - Issue

Sources

1. ↑The genealogist by Selby, Walford Dakin, 1845-1889; Harwood, H. W. Forsyth; Murray, Keith W Pub: 1901pg 74
2. ↑The four visitations of Berkshire made and taken by Thomas Benolte, Clarnceuc, anno 1532; by William Harvey, Clarnceux, anno 1566; by Henry Chiting, Chester herald, and John Philipott, Rouge dragon, for William Camden, Clarenceux, anno 1623; and by Elias Ashmole, Windsor herald, for Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, anno 1665-66
3. ↑ [History of Parliament Francis Castillion
4. ↑National Archives Leigh of West Hall, High Legh
5. ↑History of Parliament Robert Hyde
6. ↑ [History of Parliament Lawrence Hyde

• • See Also
  • UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current: Margaret CASTILLION, died 1622, buried at St Mary the Virgin, Speen, Berkshire, England.

• • Index to the Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division, Six Clerks Office & Successors Decree Rolls, First Division, xxv Elizabeth.

• • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (accessed 12 June 2019), entry for Margareta Campaigne (2XRF-2GD); submitted by lsharris4029676 (identity withheld for privacy).

• • Geneanet - Castillion

• • Family Search - Castillion

• • Pigott-Gorrie Blogspot

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