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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 Plumstead

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

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 Of Plumstead, and had children including Abigail Knyvett, Anthony Knyvett, Elizabeth Knyvett, Henry Knevett, Henry Knyvett, Nathaniel Knyvett, Rose Knyvitt Beresford, Sir Edmund Knyvett Knighted, Sir Thomas De Jure Berners, Sir Thomas Henry Knyvett Sr De Jure 4Th Baron Of 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 Of Plumstead, and had children including Abigail Knyvett, Anthony Knyvett, Elizabeth Knyvett, Henry Knevett, Henry Knyvett, Nathaniel Knyvett, Rose Knyvitt Beresford, Sir Edmund Knyvett Knighted, Sir Thomas De Jure Berners, Sir Thomas Henry Knyvett Sr De Jure 4Th Baron Of 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
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Spouses(s)

John Plumstead
1510–1561
Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
JP

Children(s)

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

Agnes Harcourt's Ancestors

Self
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 of) Plumstead (1510–17 Feb 1561)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas Henry Knyvett Sr (de jure, 4th Baron of) Berners) 1539–1617 m. Lady (Muriel Parry of) Exeter 1548–1616 m. Elizabeth Bacon 1547–1558
    1. 1. Mary Knyvett 1581–1605 m. Sir (Thomas) Holland 1562–1625
      1. 1. Thomas (Hugh) Holland 1605–1661 m. Marye Strynger 1615–1680 m. Marye Strynger 1615–1680 m. LYDIA Brown 1618–1660 m. Marye (Strynger or STRINGER) (HOLLAND) 1610–1674
        1. 1. Isabella Holland 1630–1717 m. Sir (John Parsonage\Parsons) III 1630–1688 m. Thomas Parsons 1630–1684 m. Benjamin Capel 1638–1711 m. Thomas Parsons 1632–1683
        2. 2. Elizabeth Holland 1634–1752
        3. 3. Frances ("Jane") Holland 1640–1736
        4. 4. Mary (Stringer) Holland 1642–
        5. 5. Benjamin (McWhorter) Holland 1636–
        6. 6. Jane Holland 1636–1715
        7. 7. Elizabeth (Holloman) Holland 1639–1658
        8. 8. Mary (Ann) Mallory 1641–1706
        9. 9. Elizabeth (Holloman) Holland 1634–1706
        10. 10. Frances (Jane) Holland 1636–1736
        11. 11. Benjamin (McWhorter) Holland 1636–
        12. 12. Mary (Stigler) Holland 1648–1648
        13. 13. Benjamin (McWhorter) Holland 1632–1683
      2. 2. Thomas Holland 1605–1661
      3. 3. Sir (John) Holland 1603–1700
      4. 4. Catherine Holland 1607–1635
      5. 5. John (Thomas) Holland 1601–1664
      6. 6. Thomas Holland –1690
    2. 2. Muriel (Knyvett) (Bell) 1605–1688
    3. 3. Kathrine (Paston (nee) Knyvett) 1578–1628
    4. 4. Muriel Knyvett 1566–1616
    5. 5. Muriel Knyvett 1581–1605
    6. 6. Thomas (the Younger) Knyvett 1560–1605
    7. 7. Catherine Knyvett 1578–1629
    8. 8. Lady (Abigail Mondeford (nee) Knyvett) 1576–1650
    9. 9. Abigail (Knyvett) Sedley 1569–1623
    10. 10. Nathaniel Knyvett 1560–1658
    11. 11. Elizabeth Knyvett 1573–1638
    12. 12. Edmund Knyvett 1572–1618
    13. 13. Thomas (Knyvett, de jure 5th Baron) Berners 1596–1658
    14. 14. Abigail Knyvett 1531–1623
    15. 15. Thomas Knyvet 1560–1658
    16. 16. Thos Plumstead –1675
  2. 2. Nathaniel Knyvett 1598–1659
  3. 3. Rose (Knyvitt) Beresford 1540–1590
  4. 4. Elizabeth Knyvett 1541–1623
  5. 5. Abigail Knyvett 1531–1623
  6. 6. Henry Knevett 1540–1618
  7. 7. Anthony Knyvett 1539–1554
  8. 8. Sir (Edmund Knyvett) Knighted –1623
  9. 9. Henry Knyvett 1540–

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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