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Mary Katherine Carey 1524 – 1569 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 May 1524

Birth Location: Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 15 Jan 1569

Death Location: Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England

Father: William Carey

Mother: Mary Boleyn

Spouse(s): Sir Elizabeth

Children(s): Abigail Knollys

The story of Mary Katherine Carey began in 1524 in Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England. Mary Katherine Carey married Sir Francis Bart Knollys\Knowles, MP, KG, of Rotherfield Grey, Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth, and had children including Abigail Lettice Knollys. Mary Katherine Carey passed away in 1569 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Mary Katherine Carey began in 1524 in Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England.
  • Mary Katherine Carey married Sir Francis Bart Knollys\Knowles, MP, KG, of Rotherfield Grey, Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth, and had children including Abigail Lettice Knollys.
  • Mary Katherine Carey passed away in 1569 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Carey
1495 – 1528
Birth Location: Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
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Mary Boleyn
1499 – 1543
Birth Location: Blickling, Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir Elizabeth
1514 – 1596
Birth Location: Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England
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Children(s)

Abigail Knollys
1551 – 1620
Birth Location: Durham, England
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Mary Carey's Ancestors

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Mary Carey
1524 – 1569
Birth Place: Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
William Carey
1495 – 1528
Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
Mary Boleyn
1499 – 1543
Blickling, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Thomas Cary
1460 – 1536
Clovelly, Devon, England
Margaret (de) Spencer
1466 – 1501
Spencercomb, Devon, England
Thomas, (1st Earl of Wiltshire) Boleyn
1477 – 1539
Hever, Kent, England
Elizabeth Howard
1480 – 1538
Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Spencer
1430 – 1502
Eleanor, Beaufort
1431 – 1501
Thomas, Howard
1443 – 1524
Elizabeth, Tilney
1446 – 1497
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund, Beaufort
1406 – 1455
Eleanor Beauchamp
1407 – 1467
John, Howard
1421 – 1485
Catherine, Moleyns
1424 – 1465

Mary Carey's Descendants

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Mary (Katherine) Carey (19 May 1524 – 15 Jan 1569) m. Sir (Francis Bart Knollys\Knowles, MP, KG, of Rotherfield Grey, Vice-Chamberlain to Queen) Elizabeth (1514 – 19 Jul 1596)
  1. 1. Abigail (Lettice) Knollys (1551 – 1620) m. Joseph Hildreth (1550 – 1611)
    1. 1. Richard Hildreth (1583 – 1645) m. Lady (Elizabeth Platt, Hildreth) (imm) (Abt. 1580 – 28 Oct 1677)
      1. 1. Sgt. (Richard Stanley Hildreth) (imm) (Dec 1605 – 23 Feb 1693) m. Elizabeth Henchman (1625 – 1693)
        1. 1. Joseph Hildreth (1658 – 1706) m. Abigail Wilson (1666 – 1747)

Mary Carey's Timeline

2 Records

1524
19 May 1524
Birth of Mary Katherine Carey in Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England
1569
15 Jan 1569
Age 45
Death of Mary Katherine Carey in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England
Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 May 1524
    Event Place: Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Jan 1569
    Event Place: Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England
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