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Lady Laetitia "Lettice" Knollys (Knowles), Chief Lady of the Bedchamber (Royal Lady in Waiting), Viscountess of Hereford, 1st Countess of Essex, Countess of Leicester 1543–1634 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 November 1543

Birth Location: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 25 December 1634

Death Location: Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England

Father: Crìsdean Wood

Mother: Katherine Bedchamber

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Lady Laetitia "Lettice" Knollys (Knowles), Chief Lady of the Bedchamber (Royal Lady in Waiting), Viscountess of Hereford, 1st Countess of Essex, Countess of Leicester was born in 1543 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Crisdean Wood And Katherine 12Th Ggm Catherine Lady Cary Carey Daughter Of Sir William Married Sir Francis Knollys I Known As The Illegitimate Tudor Lady Of The Queen S Privy Chamber And Bedchamber. Lady Laetitia "Lettice" Knollys (Knowles), Chief Lady of the Bedchamber (Royal Lady in Waiting), Viscountess of Hereford, 1st Countess of Essex, Countess of Leicester passed away in 1634 in Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England.

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  • Lady Laetitia "Lettice" Knollys (Knowles), Chief Lady of the Bedchamber (Royal Lady in Waiting), Viscountess of Hereford, 1st Countess of Essex, Countess of Leicester was born in 1543 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Crisdean Wood And Katherine 12Th Ggm Catherine Lady Cary Carey Daughter Of Sir William Married Sir Francis Knollys I Known As The Illegitimate Tudor Lady Of The Queen S Privy Chamber And Bedchamber.
  • Lady Laetitia "Lettice" Knollys (Knowles), Chief Lady of the Bedchamber (Royal Lady in Waiting), Viscountess of Hereford, 1st Countess of Essex, Countess of Leicester passed away in 1634 in Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England.

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Lady Leicester's Ancestors

Self
Lady Leicester
1543–1634
Birth Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Crìsdean Wood
1514–1560
Northumberland
Katherine (***12th GGM*** Catherine, Lady Cary Carey, daughter of Sir William, married Sir Francis Knollys I known as The Illegitimate Tudor, Lady of the Queen's Privy Chamber and) Bedchamber
1524–1569
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Wood, Jr. ***13th) GGF***
1500–1571
Collingtroughe (Northamptonshire) England
Isabell (Dyve royal) blood
1498–1611
Bromham (Bedfordshire) England
Humphrey (I Stafford K) HFR
1461–1545
Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, England
Margaretha (Fogge K) HFR
1463–1545
Repton, Dorset, Kent, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Wood
1460–1528
Denes Diones.
1460–1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Leicester's Timeline

2 Records

1543
8 November 1543
Birth of Lady Laetitia "Lettice" Knollys (Knowles), Chief Lady of the Bedchamber (Royal Lady in Waiting), Viscountess of Hereford, 1st Countess of Essex, Countess of Leicester in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
1634
25 December 1634
Age 91
Death of Lady Laetitia "Lettice" Knollys (Knowles), Chief Lady of the Bedchamber (Royal Lady in Waiting), Viscountess of Hereford, 1st Countess of Essex, Countess of Leicester in Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England
Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 November 1543
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 December 1634
    Event Place: Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England

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