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Elizabeth de Clifton 1392 – 1447 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1392

Birth Location: Buckenham, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 1447

Death Location: Buckenham, Norfolk, England

Father: Constantine Clifton

Mother: Margaret Howard

Spouse(s): John Knyvett

Children(s): Jane Knyvett, Margaret Knyvett, Joanna Knyvett, William Knyvett, Erasmus Knyvett, Richard Knyvett

Elizabeth de Clifton was born in 1392 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England, the child of Constantine de Clifton and Margaret Howard. Elizabeth de Clifton married John Knyvett, and had children including Jane or Joan Knyvett, Margaret Knyvett, Joanna Knyvett, William Knyvett, Erasmus Knyvett, Richard Knyvett. Elizabeth de Clifton passed away in 1447 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth de Clifton was born in 1392 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England, the child of Constantine de Clifton and Margaret Howard.
  • Elizabeth de Clifton married John Knyvett, and had children including Jane or Joan Knyvett, Margaret Knyvett, Joanna Knyvett, William Knyvett, Erasmus Knyvett, Richard Knyvett.
  • Elizabeth de Clifton passed away in 1447 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Constantine Clifton
1372 – 1395
Birth Location: Buckenham, Norfolk, England
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Margaret Howard
1379 – 1433
Birth Location: Wiggenhall St Germans, Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

John Knyvett
1395 – 1445
Birth Location: Buckenham, Norfolk, England
JK

Children(s)

Jane Knyvett
1408 –
Birth Location: Buckenham, Norfolk, England
JK
Margaret Knyvett
1415 – 1458
Birth Location: Buckenham Castle, Buckenham, Norfolk, England
MK
Joanna Knyvett
1428 –
Birth Location: Buckenham, Norfolk, England
JK
William Knyvett
1438 – 1515
Birth Location: Buckenham, Norfolk, England
WK
Erasmus Knyvett
Birth Location: –
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Richard Knyvett
Birth Location: –
RK

Elizabeth Clifton's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Clifton
1392 – 1447
Birth Place: Buckenham, Norfolk, England
Parents
Constantine de Clifton
1372 – 1395
Buckenham, Norfolk, England
Margaret Howard
1379 – 1433
Wiggenhall St Germans, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
John (de) Clifton
1353 – 1388
Buckenham, Norfolk, England
Elizabeth (De) Cromwell
1357 – 1394
Horncastle, Lincolnshire, , England
Robert Howard
1336 – 1388
Wiggenhall St Peter, Norfolk, England
Margaret (de) Scales
1345 – 1416
Hertfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Constantine Clifton
1329 – 1363
Catherine Pole
1333 – 1363
Richard Cromwell
1338 – 1368
Ivetta Scrope
1327 – 1391
Admiral Howard
1310 – 1388
Alice Boys
1314 – 1374
Robert Sales
1311 – 1369
Catherine Ufford
1317 – 1370
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Adam Clifton
1298 – 1367
Eleanor Mortimer
– 1366
Ulker Cromwell
1318 – 1351
Anice Camberwell
1317 – 1356
Geoffrey Scrope
1280 – 1340
Ivette Ros
1285 – 1331
John Howard
1276 – 1333
Joan Cornwall
1285 – 1342
Robert Bosco
1288 –
Joane Wichingham
1290 –
Robert Scales
1279 – 1324
Egeline Courtenay
1282 – 1335
Robert Ufford
1298 – 1369
Margaret NORWICH
1300 – 1368

Elizabeth Clifton's Descendants

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Elizabeth (de) Clifton (1392 – 1447) m. John Knyvett (1395 – 9 Nov 1445)
  1. 1. Jane (or Joan) Knyvett (1408 – ) m. Richard Roos (6 Mar 1429 – 1493)
  2. 2. Margaret Knyvett (1415 – 1458) m. Richard Chamberlain (1392 – 1439)
    1. 1. Richard Chamberlain (1435 – 28 Aug 1496) m. Sybil Fowler (1448 – 1525)
      1. 1. Richard Chamberlain (1470 – 1496)
      2. 2. George Chamberlaine (Abt 1470 – 1532) m. Elizabeth Wentworth (Abt 1476 – Abt 1542)
      3. 3. Edmund Chamberlaine (1474 – )
      4. 4. Anne Chamberlain (1475 – Aft 2 Sep 1530) m. Sir (John Verney IV of Penley & Sheriff of) Buckingham (1450 – 31 Aug 1505) m. Edward Raleigh (1473 – 1508) m. Ralph Fouleshurst (1475 – 1530)
        1. 1. Anthony Raleigh (1500 – )
        2. 2. Leonard Raleigh (1504 – ) m. Agnes Roe (16 Mar 1834 – )
        3. 3. Thomas Raleigh (1504 – )
        4. 4. Bridget Raleigh (1506 – 6 Jan 1558) m. John Cope (1504 – 21 Jan 1558)
        5. 5. Margaret Raleigh (1507 – 16 Jan 1558) m. John Radford (1510 – 4 Oct 1575)
        6. 6. Anothonie Ralegh (1508 – )
        7. 7. Walter (Edward) Raleigh (Abt 1508 – Abt 1550)
        8. 8. Mary Raleigh
      5. 5. Edward Chamberlain (1480 – 10 Sep 1543) m. Cecilie Verney (1502 – 10 Sep 1543) m. Edward Chamberlin (Abt 1535 – )
      6. 6. William Chamberlain (1483 – 30 Apr 1533) m. Clemencia Kingston (Abt 1484 – Aft 1530) m. Clemencia Kingston (1484 – 1530) m. Elizabeth Fleming (1488 – )
      7. 7. Richard Chamberlain (1486 – 1562) m. Clemencia Kingston (1484 – 1530)
      8. 8. John Chamberlaine (Abt 1486 – ) m. John Chamberlaine (Abt 1491 – )
      9. 9. Thomas Chamberlain (Abt 1489 – Bef 7 May 1543) m. Alice (1490 – 1559)
      10. 10. Henry Chamberlin (1496 – 1596) m. Chamberlin Chamberlin
    2. 2. William Chamberlain (1436 – 14 Nov 1470) m. Joan (Jane) Lydyard (1440 – 1477)
  3. 3. Joanna Knyvett (Abt 1428 – ) m. John Lynne (1418 – 1486)
  4. 4. William Knyvett (2 May 1438 – 2 Dec 1515) m. Joan (De) Stafford (Abt 1430 – 1485) m. Joan Courtenay (Abt 1447 – 1546) m. Alice Grey (Abt 1415 – 4 Apr 1474)
    1. 1. Edmund Knyvett (1462 – 10 Dec 1528) m. Eleanor Tyrell (Abt 1463 – Apr 1514)
      1. 1. Edmund (Knyvet) II (Abt 1483 – Apr 1546)
      2. 2. Edward Knyvett (1484 – Abt 1539) m. Catherine Marney (Abt 1490 – Deceased) m. Anne Knyvett (Abt 1496 – )
      3. 3. Thomas Knyvett (1485 – 10 Aug 1512) m. Muriel Howard (1486 – 14 Dec 1512)
      4. 4. Anthony Knyvett (1485 – 1549) m. Matilda (Abt 1485 – )
      5. 5. Margaret Knyvett (1487 – 17 Sep 1593) m. Robert Goodman (1572 – )
      6. 6. James Knyvett (1488 – )
      7. 7. William Knyvet (Abt 1489 – 1491)
      8. 8. Dorothy Knyvett (Abt 1489 – )
      9. 9. Anne Knyvett (1495 – 1559) m. George (St.) Leger (10 Jan 1484 – 1536)
      10. 10. Christopher Knyvett (Abt 1496 – 1520) m. Unknown (Abt 1504 – ) m. Catherine (Abt 1491 – )
      11. 11. Henry Knyvet (1506 – 1547)
    2. 2. Edward Knyvett (1480 – Dead)
  5. 5. Erasmus Knyvett
  6. 6. Richard Knyvett

Elizabeth Clifton's Timeline

2 Records

1392
1392
Birth of Elizabeth de Clifton in Buckenham, Norfolk, England
Buckenham, Norfolk, England
1447
1447
Age 55
Death of Elizabeth de Clifton in Buckenham, Norfolk, England
Buckenham, Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1392
    Event Place: Buckenham, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1447
    Event Place: Buckenham, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Buckenham, Norfolk, England
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