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Joanna De Knightley 1432 – 1457 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Mar 1432

Birth Location: Ellastone, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1457

Death Location: Prestwood, Staffordshire, England

Father: Sir Knightley

Mother: Joan Thornbury

Spouse(s): Sir Leveson

Children(s): Nicholas Leveson, Sir Prestwood,

Joanna De Knightley was born in 1432 in Ellastone, Staffordshire, England, the child of Sir John Knightley and Joan Thornbury. Joanna De Knightley married Sir Richard Leveson, and had children including Nicholas Leveson, Sir Richard II Leveson of Prestwood,. Joanna De Knightley passed away in 1457 in Prestwood, Staffordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Joanna De Knightley was born in 1432 in Ellastone, Staffordshire, England, the child of Sir John Knightley and Joan Thornbury.
  • Joanna De Knightley married Sir Richard Leveson, and had children including Nicholas Leveson, Sir Richard II Leveson of Prestwood,.
  • Joanna De Knightley passed away in 1457 in Prestwood, Staffordshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joanna Knightley's Ancestors

Self
Joanna Knightley
1432 – 1457
Birth Place: Ellastone, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Sir John Knightley
1417 – 1442
Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
Joan Thornbury
1395 – 1438
Chesterton, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard) Knightley
1395 – 1442
Gnosall, Staffordshire, England
Margaret Purefoy
1395 – 1450
Fenny Drayton, Warwickshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Knightley
1364 – 1415
Johanna Giffard
1370 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Knightley
1339 – 1414
Elizabeth Burgh,
1332 – 1363

Joanna Knightley's Descendants

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Joanna (De) Knightley (5 Mar 1432 – 1457) m. Sir (Richard) Leveson (1420 – 1469)
  1. 1. Nicholas Leveson (1430 – 1491)
  2. 2. Sir (Richard II Leveson of) Prestwood, (1457 – 1503) m. Hillary Wyllenhall (1461 – Abt. 1516) m. Jane Bradbury (1473 – )
    1. 1. Richard LEVESON (Abt. 1483 – Abt. 1529)
    2. 2. John Leveson (1485 – 1313)
    3. 3. Isabella Leveson (1494 – 1544) m. James Coliere, (1490 – 30 Mar 1548)
      1. 1. Sir (Robert) Coliere, (1515 – 12 Jul 1586) m. Joyce Skrimshire (1514 – 1553) m. Agnes (Venables) Coliere (1533 – April 1582)
        1. 1. James (Collier) (Collyer) (1538 – 1597) m. Jane Needham (1542 – 1637)
        2. 2. Cecilia Collier (1538 – 16 May 1612) m. Thomas Harper (1534 – 1608)
        3. 3. Richard Collier (1539 – 1573)
        4. 4. Letitia Collier (1540 – )
        5. 5. Margaret Collier (1541 – )
        6. 6. Thurston Collyer (1542 – AFT 1570) m. Elizabeth Tunstall (1546 – 1570)
        7. 7. Gratia Collier (1547 – ) m. Thomas Harper (1545 – )
        8. 8. Abraham Collier (1560 – 1586) m. Sarah Voss (1560 – 1586-1588)
        9. 9. Christopher Collier (1558 – Feb 1559)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Collier (1518 – 1553)
      3. 3. Agnes Collyer (1524 – 15 Mar 1602)
      4. 4. George Collier (1526 – ) m. Elizabeth Chilton (1529 – )
      5. 5. Ursula Collier (1533 – )
    4. 4. Sir (Nicholas) Leveson (Abt. 1494 – 13 Oct 1539)
    5. 5. James Leveson (1502 – 07 Jul 1553)

Joanna Knightley's Timeline

2 Records

1432
5 Mar 1432
Birth of Joanna De Knightley in Ellastone, Staffordshire, England
Ellastone, Staffordshire, England
1457
1457
Age 25
Death of Joanna De Knightley in Prestwood, Staffordshire, England
Prestwood, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Mar 1432
    Event Place: Ellastone, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1457
    Event Place: Prestwood, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

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