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Agnes Harcourt 1513 – 1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1513

Birth Location: Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, England

Death Date: 1578

Death Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Father: John Stanton

Mother: Margaret Harcourt

Spouse(s): John Knyvett

Children(s): Abigail Knyvett, Sir Sr, Anthony Knyvett, Rose Beresford, Henry Knyvett, Henry Knevett, Elizabeth Knyvett, Nathaniel Knyvett, Sir Knighted, Sir Berners

Agnes Harcourt was born in 1513 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, England, the child of John Harcourt Earl of Stanton and Margaret Barantyne Harcourt. Agnes Harcourt married John Knyvett, and had children including Abigail Knyvett, Sir Thomas Henry Knyvett Sr, Anthony Knyvett, Rose Knyvitt Beresford, Henry Knyvett, Henry Knevett, Elizabeth Knyvett, Nathaniel Knyvett, Sir Edmund Knyvett Knighted, Sir Thomas De Jure Berners. Agnes Harcourt passed away in 1578 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • Agnes Harcourt was born in 1513 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, England, the child of John Harcourt Earl of Stanton and Margaret Barantyne Harcourt.
  • Agnes Harcourt married John Knyvett, and had children including Abigail Knyvett, Sir Thomas Henry Knyvett Sr, Anthony Knyvett, Rose Knyvitt Beresford, Henry Knyvett, Henry Knevett, Elizabeth Knyvett, Nathaniel Knyvett, Sir Edmund Knyvett Knighted, Sir Thomas De Jure Berners.
  • Agnes Harcourt passed away in 1578 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Stanton
1487 – 1566
Birth Location: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
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Margaret Harcourt
1504 – 1547
Birth Location: Chasely, Oxfordshire, England Chalgrove Manor
MH

Spouses(s)

John Knyvett
1510 – 1561
Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
JK

Children(s)

Abigail Knyvett
1531 – 1623
Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, , England
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Sir Sr
1539 – 1617
Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk County, England
SS
Anthony Knyvett
1539 – 1554
Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
AK
Rose Beresford
1540 – 1590
Birth Location: England
RB
Henry Knyvett
1540 –
Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, , England
HK
Henry Knevett
1540 – 1618
Birth Location: Plumstead, Norfolk, England
HK
Elizabeth Knyvett
1541 – 1623
Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
EK
Nathaniel Knyvett
1598 – 1659
Birth Location: Norwich, Norfolk, Angleterre
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Sir Knighted
– 1623
Birth Location: –
SK
Sir Berners
Birth Location: –
SB

Agnes Harcourt's Ancestors

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Agnes Harcourt
1513 – 1578
Birth Place: Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, England
Parents
John Harcourt Earl of Stanton
1487 – 1566
Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
Margaret (Barantyne) Harcourt
1504 – 1547
Chasely, Oxfordshire, England Chalgrove Manor
Grandparents
Sir (William Barantyne, Sheriff of) Oxford
1481 – 1549
Little Haseley, Ewelme, Oxfordshire, England
Mary Reade
1483 – 1518
Blore Place, Chiddingstone, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Agnes Harcourt's Descendants

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Agnes Harcourt (1513 – 1578) m. John Knyvett (1510 – 17 Feb 1561)
  1. 1. Abigail Knyvett (1531 – 15 Dec 1623)
  2. 2. Sir (Thomas Henry Knyvett) Sr (1539 – 9 Feb 1617) m. Elizabeth Bacon (BET 1547 AND 1580 – BET 1558 AND 1661) m. Lady (Muriel Parry of) Exeter (1548 – 25 Apr 1616)
    1. 1. Abigail Knyvett (1531 – 15 Dec 1623)
    2. 2. Thomas (the Younger) Knyvett (1560 – 1 Sep 1605)
    3. 3. Nathaniel Knyvett (1560 – 30 Jun 1658)
    4. 4. Thomas Knyvet (1560 – 30 Jun 1658)
    5. 5. Muriel Knyvett (1566 – 25 April 1616)
    6. 6. Abigail (Knyvett) Sedley (6 septembre 1569 – 15 December 1623)
    7. 7. Edmund Knyvett (1572 – 30 January 1618)
    8. 8. Elizabeth Knyvett (16 Feb 1573 – 11 May 1638)
    9. 9. Lady (Abigail Mondeford (nee) Knyvett) (06 Sep 1576 – 26 Apr 1650)
    10. 10. Catherine Knyvett (1578 – 16 Mar 1629)
    11. 11. Kathrine (Paston (nee) Knyvett) (22 June 1578 – 10 March 1628)
    12. 12. Mary Knyvett (2 Sep 1581 – 30 Oct 1605) m. Sir (Thomas) Holland (1562 – 5 Jan 1625)
      1. 1. John (Thomas) Holland (Abt 1601 – 1 Mar 1664)
      2. 2. Sir (John) Holland (1603 – 17 Jan 1700)
      3. 3. Thomas (Hugh) Holland (9 MAY 1605 – 23 Sep 1661) m. Marye Strynger (5 Sep 1615 – 1680) m. Marye Strynger (5 Sep 1615 – 1680) m. Marye (Strynger or STRINGER) (HOLLAND) (05 Sep 1610 – 14 Jun 1674) m. LYDIA Brown (1618 – 10 May 1660)
        1. 1. Isabella Holland (1 Jan 1630 – 10 Sep 1717) m. Thomas Parsons (9 Aug 1632 – 10 Oct 1683) m. Sir (John) Parsonage\Parsons (11 Jul 1630 – 5 May 1688) m. Benjamin Capel (1638 – 20 Aug 1711) m. Thomas Parsons (1630 – 1684)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Holland (13 Nov 1634 – abt 1752)
        3. 3. Jane Holland (1636 – 1715)
        4. 4. Benjamin (McWhorter) Holland (Abt. 1636 – )
        5. 5. Frances ("Jane") Holland (1640 – 1736)
        6. 6. Mary (Stringer) Holland (Abt. 1642 – )
        7. 7. Benjamin (McWhorter) Holland (1632 – 10 Oct 1683)
        8. 8. Elizabeth (Holloman) Holland (13 Nov 1634 – 1706)
        9. 9. Frances (Jane) Holland (1636 – 1736)
        10. 10. Benjamin (McWhorter) Holland (Abt. 1636 – )
        11. 11. Elizabeth (Holloman) Holland (13 Nov 1639 – Abt. 1658)
        12. 12. Mary (Ann) Mallory (1641 – 1706)
        13. 13. Mary (Stigler) Holland (abt 1648 – 1648)
      4. 4. Thomas Holland (9 May 1605 – 23 Sep 1661)
      5. 5. Catherine Holland (1607 – 1635)
      6. 6. Thomas Holland ( – abt 1690)
    13. 13. Muriel Knyvett (2 Sep 1581 – 30 Oct 1605)
    14. 14. Thomas (Knyvett, de jure 5th Baron) Berners (10 Jun 1596 – June 30 1658)
    15. 15. Muriel (Knyvett) (Bell) (1605 – 8 September 1688)
    16. 16. Lord (Robert Wilson (Lord Berners)) Knyvett
    17. 17. Henry Knyvett
    18. 18. Anne Knyvett
    19. 19. Thos Plumstead ( – abt 1675)
  3. 3. Anthony Knyvett (1539 – 1554)
  4. 4. Rose (Knyvitt) Beresford (1540 – 1590)
  5. 5. Henry Knyvett (1540 – )
  6. 6. Henry Knevett (1540-54 – 9 Feb 1618)
  7. 7. Elizabeth Knyvett (1541 – 15 Dec 1623)
  8. 8. Nathaniel Knyvett (1598 – 15 November 1659)
  9. 9. Sir (Edmund Knyvett) Knighted ( – 1623)
  10. 10. Sir (Thomas De Jure) Berners

Agnes Harcourt's Timeline

2 Records

1513
1513
Birth of Agnes Harcourt in Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, England
Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, England
1578
1578
Age 65
Death of Agnes Harcourt in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1513
    Event Place: Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
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