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Edmund Knightley 1539–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1539

Birth Location: Fawsley Hall, Fawsley, West Northamptonshire district, Northampton, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 18 Jun 1596

Death Location: Church of Saint Peter, Grandborough, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Valentine Knightley

Mother: Anne Ferrers

Spouse(s): Alice Bury

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Edmund Knightley was born in 1539 in Fawsley Hall, Fawsley, West Northamptonshire district, Northampton, England, United Kingdom, the child of Valentine Knightley And Anne Ferrers. Edmund Knightley married Alice Bury. Edmund Knightley passed away in 1596 in Church of Saint Peter, Grandborough, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Edmund Knightley was born in 1539 in Fawsley Hall, Fawsley, West Northamptonshire district, Northampton, England, United Kingdom, the child of Valentine Knightley And Anne Ferrers.
  • Edmund Knightley married Alice Bury.
  • Edmund Knightley passed away in 1596 in Church of Saint Peter, Grandborough, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Edmund Knightley's Ancestors

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Edmund Knightley
1539–1596
Birth Place: Fawsley Hall, Fawsley, West Northamptonshire district, Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Valentine Knightley
1501–1566
Fawsley Hall, Fawsley, West Northamptonshire district, Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Anne Ferrers
1510–1554
Baddesley Clinton Manor, Baddesley Clinton, Warwick district, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Richard (de Knightley) IV
1455–1534
Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Jane Skenard
1461–1539
Alderton, West Northamptonshire district, Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Sir (Henry EdwardEdwardi Ferrer\Ferrers\Feret\De Ferrier\de) Ferrers-Knight,
1480–1535
Peckham, Warwickshire, England
Constance (Brome\Broom) (Ferrers)
1485–1551
Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard III
1427–1476
Eleanor Throckmorton
1424–1502
Henry Skenard
1435–1480
Margery Harrowden
1439–1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Fladbury
1382–1445
Eleanor Coughton
1385–1466

Edmund Knightley's Timeline

4 Records

1539
1539
Birth of Edmund Knightley in Fawsley Hall, Fawsley, West Northamptonshire district, Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Fawsley Hall, Fawsley, West Northamptonshire district, Northampton, England, United Kingdom
1539
1539
Edmund Knightley was christened in Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Fawsley, West Northamptonshire district, Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Fawsley, West Northamptonshire district, Northampton, England, United Kingdom
1596
Jul 1596
Age 57
Death of Edmund Knightley in Grandborough, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandborough, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
1596
18 Jun 1596
Age 57
Burial of Edmund Knightley in Church of Saint Peter, Grandborough, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Church of Saint Peter, Grandborough, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: Fawsley Hall, Fawsley, West Northamptonshire district, Northampton, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Fawsley, West Northamptonshire district, Northampton, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jul 1596
    Event Place: Grandborough, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 18 Jun 1596
    Event Place: Church of Saint Peter, Grandborough, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

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