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Edward Sir Gov. of Ostend Norreys (Norris) Knight 1565 – 1603 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1565

Birth Location: Wythan, Berkshire, England, (now Oxfordshire) or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 8 September 1603

Death Location: Winkfield, Shinfield, England or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, E, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Henry Norreys

Mother: LADY Rycote

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

In 1565, Edward Sir Gov. of Ostend Norreys (Norris) Knight entered the world in Wythan, Berkshire, England, (now Oxfordshire) or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, born to Henry Norreys and LADY Margaret "Majorie" (Heiress of Rycote) Williams, Baroness Norreys of Rycote. Edward Sir Gov. of Ostend Norreys (Norris) Knight passed away in 1603 in Winkfield, Shinfield, England or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, E, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1565, Edward Sir Gov. of Ostend Norreys (Norris) Knight entered the world in Wythan, Berkshire, England, (now Oxfordshire) or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, born to Henry Norreys and LADY Margaret "Majorie" (Heiress of Rycote) Williams, Baroness Norreys of Rycote.
  • Edward Sir Gov. of Ostend Norreys (Norris) Knight passed away in 1603 in Winkfield, Shinfield, England or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, E, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Norreys
1525 – 1601
Birth Location: –
HN
LADY Rycote
1521 – 1599
Birth Location: Thame, Oxfordshire, England
LR

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Edward Knight's Ancestors

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Edward Knight
1565 – 1603
Birth Place: Wythan, Berkshire, England, (now Oxfordshire) or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Norreys
1525 – 1601
LADY (Margaret "Majorie" (Heiress of Rycote) Williams, Baroness Norreys of) Rycote
1521 – 1599
Thame, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
Lord (Henry Baron Norreys) Norris
1500 – 1536
Wytham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Mary (de) FIENNES
1497 – 1533
Herstmonceux Castle, Hailsham, Sussex, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth of Thame (Baroness Williams of London)) Bledlow
1506 – 1556
London, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Norris
1471 –
Frideswide Lovel
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Lovell
1433 –
Joan Beaumont

Edward Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1565
1565
Birth of Edward Sir Gov. of Ostend Norreys (Norris) Knight in Wythan, Berkshire, England, (now Oxfordshire) or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Wythan, Berkshire, England, (now Oxfordshire) or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
1603
8 September 1603
Age 38
Death of Edward Sir Gov. of Ostend Norreys (Norris) Knight in Winkfield, Shinfield, England or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, E, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Winkfield, Shinfield, England or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, E, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Wythan, Berkshire, England, (now Oxfordshire) or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 September 1603
    Event Place: Winkfield, Shinfield, England or Tetbury, Gloucestershire, E, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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