Tong, Shropshire is in Shropshire.
In 1256 Alice Zouche [aged 43] died at Tong, Shropshire.
Around 1314 Robert Pembridge was born at Tong, Shropshire.
On 24th May 1409 Fulk de Pembridge of Tong Castle died. The estates at Tong, Shropshire were inherited by his great-nephew Richard Vernon aka Pembridge [aged 20] grandson of his sister Juliana Pembridge.
In 1427 Benedicta Ludlow [aged 36] died at Tong, Shropshire.
On 28th August 1531 Alice Ludlow [aged 49] died at Tong, Shropshire.
In 1338 Hawise Pembridge was born to Richard Pembridge of Clehonger [aged 38] and Petronilla Unknown at Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map]. She married Thomas Barre and had issue.
In 1600 Venetia Stanley was born to Edward Stanley [aged 37] and Lucy Percy at Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map]. She married 1625 Kenelm Digby and had issue.
In 1613 Edward Stanley [aged 50] sold Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map] to Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 63].
In 1613 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 63] purchased Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map] from Edward Stanley [aged 50].
On 26th July 1756 Maria Anne Smythe aka "Mrs Fitzherbert" was born to Walter Smythe [aged 36] and Mary Ann Errington [aged 21] at Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map]. She married (1) 16th July 1775 Edward Weld (2) 24th June 1778 Thomas Fitzherbert (3) 15th December 1785 King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland, son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England.
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John Smythe was born to Walter Smythe and Mary Ann Errington at Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map].