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Lady Eleanor (Cotton) Knightley 1457–1520 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1457

Birth Location: Fawsley Daventry District Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 1520

Death Location: Finedon Wellingborough Borough Northamptonshire, England

Father: Sir England.

Mother: Eleanor THROCKMORTON

Spouse(s): Thomas Huntingdonshire

Children(s): Sir Esq

Lady Eleanor (Cotton) Knightley was born in 1457 in Fawsley Daventry District Northamptonshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Iii The Last Plantagenet And Yorkist King Of England And Eleanor Throckmorton. Lady Eleanor (Cotton) Knightley married Thomas Cotton Sherriff Van Huntingdonshire, and had children including Sir Thomas William Cotton Esq. Lady Eleanor (Cotton) Knightley passed away in 1520 in Finedon Wellingborough Borough Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Eleanor (Cotton) Knightley was born in 1457 in Fawsley Daventry District Northamptonshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Iii The Last Plantagenet And Yorkist King Of England And Eleanor Throckmorton.
  • Lady Eleanor (Cotton) Knightley married Thomas Cotton Sherriff Van Huntingdonshire, and had children including Sir Thomas William Cotton Esq.
  • Lady Eleanor (Cotton) Knightley passed away in 1520 in Finedon Wellingborough Borough Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir England.
1427–1476
Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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Eleanor THROCKMORTON
1424–1502
Birth Location: Coughton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
ET

Spouses(s)

Thomas Huntingdonshire
1460–1559
Birth Location: Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England,
TH

Children(s)

Sir Esq
1495–1575
Birth Location: Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
SE

Lady Knightley's Ancestors

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Lady Knightley
1457–1520
Birth Place: Fawsley Daventry District Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Sir Richard III, the last Plantagenet and Yorkist king of England.
1427–1476
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Eleanor THROCKMORTON
1424–1502
Coughton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard II Knightley de Fawsley, Esq.) Esq.
1395–1442
Gnosall, Staffordshire, England
Lady (Elisabeth) Purefoy
1410–1474
Drayton, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Cowley
1364–1415
Lady Knightley
1368–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Knightley
1343–1413
Elizabeth Burgh
1340–1416

Lady Knightley's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Eleanor (Cotton)) Knightley (1457–1520) m. Thomas (Cotton Sherriff van) Huntingdonshire (1460–abt 1559)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas William Cotton) Esq 1495–1575 m. Johanna (Joan de) Paris 1510–1529
    1. 1. Thomas (Cotton Sherriff van) Huntingdonshire 1517–1574 m. Lady (Lucy) Harvey 1530–1587
      1. 1. *Sir (Thomas Cotton) IV 1544–1613 m. Elizabeth (Shirley) Preist 1540–1620
        1. 1. Sir (Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington Cotton, 1st Baronet, of) Connington 1570–1631 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Brocas 1573–1658
        2. 2. Grace Cotton –1694
    2. 2. Richard Cotton 1531–

Lady Knightley's Timeline

2 Records

1457
1457
Birth of Lady Eleanor (Cotton) Knightley in Fawsley Daventry District Northamptonshire, England
Fawsley Daventry District Northamptonshire, England
1520
1520
Age 63
Death of Lady Eleanor (Cotton) Knightley in Finedon Wellingborough Borough Northamptonshire, England
Finedon Wellingborough Borough Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1457
    Event Place: Fawsley Daventry District Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Finedon Wellingborough Borough Northamptonshire, England
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