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Catherine Knyvett 1566–1638 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1566

Birth Location: Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 11 May 1638

Death Location: Saffron Walden, Uttlesford District, Essex, England

Father: Sir Charlton

Mother: Elizabeth Stumpe

Spouse(s): Robert II

Children(s): Robert Warwick, Edwin Rich, Richard Rich, Thomas Rich,

Catherine Knyvett was born in 1566 in Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Knight Henry Esq Knyvett Of Charlton And Elizabeth Stumpe. Catherine Knyvett married Robert Rich Ii, Thomas Howard, and had children including Edwin Rich, Richard Rich, Robert Rich 1St Earl Of Warwick, Thomas Rich. Catherine Knyvett passed away in 1638 in Saffron Walden, Uttlesford District, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • Catherine Knyvett was born in 1566 in Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Knight Henry Esq Knyvett Of Charlton And Elizabeth Stumpe.
  • Catherine Knyvett married Robert Rich Ii, Thomas Howard, and had children including Edwin Rich, Richard Rich, Robert Rich 1St Earl Of Warwick, Thomas Rich.
  • Catherine Knyvett passed away in 1638 in Saffron Walden, Uttlesford District, Essex, England.

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Catherine Knyvett's Ancestors

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Catherine Knyvett
1566–1638
Birth Place: Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Knight Henry, Esq, Knyvett, of Charlton
1537–1598
Charlton, Wiltshire, England
Elizabeth Stumpe
1524–1587
Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Hendrik (Henry) Knyvett (Sir of Charlton,) Wiltshire)
1506–1574
Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Anne Pickering
1520–1582
Suffolk, England
Sir (James Thomas STUMPE (KNIGHT) Oxford University) Alumni
1501–1563
Malmesbury, English clothier and Member of Parliament, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Bridget) Baynton
1505–1545
Bromham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Lady Lewknor
1490–1543
William Stump
1475–1542
Joyce BERKELEY
1481–1540
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Stumpe
1501–1563
Brigitte Bayton
1505–

Catherine Knyvett's Descendants

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Catherine Knyvett (1566–11 May 1638) m. Robert (Rich) II (1 February 1537–27 February 1581)
  1. 1. Robert (Rich, 1st Earl of) Warwick 1559–1619
  2. 2. Edwin Rich 1580–1639
  3. 3. Richard Rich 1560–1580
  4. 4. Thomas Rich, 1567–1647

Catherine Knyvett's Timeline

3 Records

1566
1566
Birth of Catherine Knyvett in Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
1575
1575
Age 9
Catherine Knyvett was married In St. Leonard, Bridgnorth Adderley Kinley St. Mary Magdalen, B, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
St. Leonard, Bridgnorth Adderley Kinley St. Mary Magdalen, B, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
1638
11 May 1638
Age 72
Death of Catherine Knyvett in Waldon, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Waldon, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1566
    Event Place: Charlton, Wiltshire, 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: Marriage
    Event Date: 1575
    Event Place: St. Leonard, Bridgnorth Adderley Kinley St. Mary Magdalen, B, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 May 1638
    Event Place: Waldon, Essex, 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: Saffron Walden, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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