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Lady Elizabeth Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk 1446–1497 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 04 Apr 1446

Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe Manor, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 4 April 1497

Death Location: Aldgate, City of London, Greater London, England

Father: Sir England

Mother: Elizabeth Say

Spouse(s): Humphrey Knight

Children(s): Lady Bryan, John Berners, Anna Bourchier

In 1446, Lady Elizabeth Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk entered the world in Ashwellthorpe Manor, Norfolk, England, born to Sir Frederick Tylney Lord Of Ashwellthorpe Norfolk And Boston Lincolnshire England And Elizabeth Cheney Lady Say. Lady Elizabeth Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk married Humphrey Bouchier Knight, Thomas Howard, and had children including Anna Bourchier, John Bourchier 2Nd Baron Berners, Lady Margaret Bourchier Baroness Bryan. Lady Elizabeth Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk passed away in 1497 in Aldgate, City of London, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • In 1446, Lady Elizabeth Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk entered the world in Ashwellthorpe Manor, Norfolk, England, born to Sir Frederick Tylney Lord Of Ashwellthorpe Norfolk And Boston Lincolnshire England And Elizabeth Cheney Lady Say.
  • Lady Elizabeth Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk married Humphrey Bouchier Knight, Thomas Howard, and had children including Anna Bourchier, John Bourchier 2Nd Baron Berners, Lady Margaret Bourchier Baroness Bryan.
  • Lady Elizabeth Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk passed away in 1497 in Aldgate, City of London, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir England
1420–1478
Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
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Elizabeth Say
1424–1473
Birth Location: Fen Ditton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Humphrey Knight
1435–1471
Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
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Children(s)

Lady Bryan
1468–1551
Birth Location: Benningborough, Yorkshire, England
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John Berners
1467–1533
Birth Location: , Devon, , England
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Anna Bourchier
1470–1529
Birth Location: Beningbrough, Yorkshire, England
AB

Lady Norfolk's Ancestors

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Lady Norfolk
1446–1497
Birth Place: Ashwellthorpe Manor, Norfolk, England
Parents
Sir Frederick Tylney, Lord of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, and Boston, Lincolnshire, England
1420–1478
Ashwellthorpe, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
Elizabeth (Cheney, Lady) Say
1424–1473
Fen Ditton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Philip Tylney, Lord of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, and Boston, Lincolnshire,) England
1384–1453
Boston, Leicestershire, England
Isabel Thorpe
1395–1436
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Lawrence Cheyney
1436–1461
Fenditton, Camb, England
Elizabeth Cockayne
1397–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Norfolk's Descendants

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Lady (Elizabeth Agnes Tilney Duchess) Norfolk (04 Apr 1446–4 April 1497) m. Humphrey (Bouchier) Knight (1 Jun 1435–14 April 1471)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Bourchier Baroness) Bryan 1468–1551 m. Thomas (Bryan, Lord van) Upper-Ossary 1464–
    1. 1. Sir (Francis Lord Chief Justice of Ireland BRYAN) DEBRIENNE 1490–1550 m. Lady (Phillippa Spice) Montgomery 1492–1540 m. Lady (Joan Fitzgerald Countess of) Ormond 1514–1569
      1. 1. Sir (Robert Bryan of) Aylesbury 1530–1604 m. Lady (Joane Smith (Bryan of) Aylesbury) 1534–1581
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas Bryan) I 1554–1611 m. Frances Bowling –1624
        2. 2. Jane Bryan 1567–1632
        3. 3. Christopher Bryan 1565–1630
        4. 4. Margaret Bryan 1574–1646
        5. 5. Joann Bryan 1560–1597
        6. 6. John Bryan 1553–
        7. 7. Joanne ("Perkins") Bryan 1564–1602
        8. 8. Robert Bryan 1569–1640
        9. 9. Susan Bryan 1571–1643
        10. 10. Thomas BRYAN 1570–1660
        11. 11. Ann (Lady Smyth Smythe) Smith 1552–1635
  2. 2. John (Bourchier - 2nd Baron) Berners 1467–1533 m. Lady (Catherine) Howard 1447–1535 m. Elizabeth Bacon 1474–1510
    1. 1. Jane Bourchier 1486–1562 m. Edmund Knyvett 1490–1539
      1. 1. John Knyvett 1517–1552 m. Agnes Harcourt 1513–1579
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas Knyvett, 4th Baron Berners High Sheriff of) Norfolk 1539–1618 m. Muriel (Parry, Baroness) Berners 1548–1616
        2. 2. Rose Knyvett 1540–1590
        3. 3. Anthony Knyvett 1539–1554
        4. 4. Abigail Knyvett 1541–1623 m. Martine Sedley 1531–1609
        5. 5. Henry Knyvett 1540–1618
        6. 6. Elizabeth Knyvett 1541–1623
    2. 2. Christopher Bourchier 1498–
    3. 3. George Bourchier 1510–
    4. 4. Ursula Bourchier 1512–
    5. 5. Mary Bourchier 1502–1522
    6. 6. Thomas (Christopher Bourchier Lord) Berners 1498–
    7. 7. Margaret Bourchier 1500–
    8. 8. Joan (Berners) Bourchier 1497–1561
    9. 9. James Bourchier 1506–1554
    10. 10. Humphrey Bourchier 1508–1540
  3. 3. Anna Bourchier 1470–1529

Lady Norfolk's Timeline

2 Records

1446
04 Apr 1446
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk in Ashwellthorpe Manor, Norfolk, England
Ashwellthorpe Manor, Norfolk, England
1497
4 April 1497
Age 51
Death of Lady Elizabeth Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk in Thetford, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England
Thetford, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 04 Apr 1446
    Event Place: Ashwellthorpe Manor, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 April 1497
    Event Place: Thetford, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Aldgate, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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