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Jane Knightley 1516 – 1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1516

Birth Location: of Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 1593

Death Location: Brington, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Sir Knightley

Mother: Jane Spencer

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Jane Knightley was born in 1516 in of Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Knightley and Jane Spencer. Jane Knightley passed away in 1593 in Brington, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Jane Knightley was born in 1516 in of Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Knightley and Jane Spencer.
  • Jane Knightley passed away in 1593 in Brington, Northamptonshire, England.

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Jane Knightley's Ancestors

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Jane Knightley
1516 – 1593
Birth Place: of Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Sir Richard Knightley
1483 – 1537
Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
Jane Spencer
1490 – 1560
Althrop, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard) Knightley,
1455 – 1534
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Jane) Skenard
1461 – 1539
Alderton, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Knightley
1427 – 1476
Eleanor Throckmorton
1424 – 1502
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Knightley
1395 – 1442
Margaret Purefoy
1395 – 1450
Sir Throckmorton,
1380 – 1445
Eleanor Spinney
1385 – 1467

Jane Knightley's Timeline

2 Records

1516
1516
Birth of Jane Knightley in of Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
of Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
1593
1593
Age 77
Death of Jane Knightley in Brington, Northamptonshire, England
Brington, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1516
    Event Place: of Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1593
    Event Place: Brington, Northamptonshire, England

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