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Anthony Hungerford Knight 1540–1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Ampney Down, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 25 May 1594

Death Location: Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England

Father: John Hungerford

Mother: Lady Fettiplace

Spouse(s): Bridget Shelley

Children(s): Sir 2nd, Anne Hungerford, John Hungerford

Anthony Hungerford Knight was born in 1540 in Ampney Down, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Hungerford And Lady Bridget Margaret Fettiplace. Anthony Hungerford Knight married Bridget Shelley, and had children including Anne Hungerford, John Hungerford, Sir Knight Anthony Hungerford 2Nd. Anthony Hungerford Knight passed away in 1594 in Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • Anthony Hungerford Knight was born in 1540 in Ampney Down, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Hungerford And Lady Bridget Margaret Fettiplace.
  • Anthony Hungerford Knight married Bridget Shelley, and had children including Anne Hungerford, John Hungerford, Sir Knight Anthony Hungerford 2Nd.
  • Anthony Hungerford Knight passed away in 1594 in Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England.

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Anthony Knight's Ancestors

Self
Anthony Knight
1540–1594
Birth Place: Ampney Down, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Hungerford
1513–1582
Down Ampney House, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England
Lady (Bridget Margaret) Fettiplace
1514–1585
Shefford Woodlands, Berkshire, England
Grandparents
Lady (Jane de Darrell, de) Hungerford
1490–1545
Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
John Fettiplace
1480–1524
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Dorothy Dorothea) Danvers
1485–1559
Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Anthony Knight's Descendants

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Anthony (Hungerford) Knight (1540–25 May 1594) m. Bridget Shelley (1536–1586)
  1. 1. Sir (Knight Anthony Hungerford) 2nd 1567–1627
    1. 1. Anne (Joanne) Hungerford 1615–1684 m. Thomas (H) Leigh 1600–1671
      1. 1. John Leigh 1640–1704 m. Susannah Downes 1643–1723
        1. 1. Elizabeth Leigh 1675–1744 m. 2-Capt (Richard Ball, Capt) (1675-1726) 1675–1726
        2. 2. Cornelius Leigh 1673–1676
        3. 3. William Leigh 1686–
        4. 4. Mary Leigh 1678–
        5. 5. James Leigh 1683–
        6. 6. Sarah Leigh 1673–
        7. 7. John Leigh 1674–
        8. 8. Martha Leigh 1693–
  2. 2. Anne Hungerford –1583
  3. 3. John Hungerford 1566–1635

Anthony Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Anthony Hungerford Knight in Ampney Down, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Ampney Down, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
1594
25 May 1594
Age 54
Death of Anthony Hungerford Knight in Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Ampney Down, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 May 1594
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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