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Sir Richard Knightley 1427 – 1476 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1427

Birth Location: Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 19 Jun 1476

Death Location: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Sir Knightley

Mother: Margaret Purefoy

Spouse(s): Eleanor Throckmorton

Children(s): Maude Knightley, Sir Knightley,, Eleanor Knightley, James Knightley, Mary Knightley, Lady Knightley

In 1427, Sir Richard Knightley entered the world in Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England, born to Sir Richard Knightley and Margaret Purefoy. Sir Richard Knightley married Eleanor Throckmorton, and had children including Maude Knightley, Sir Richard Knightley,, Eleanor Knightley, James Knightley, Mary Knightley, Lady Margaret Knightley. Sir Richard Knightley passed away in 1476 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1427, Sir Richard Knightley entered the world in Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England, born to Sir Richard Knightley and Margaret Purefoy.
  • Sir Richard Knightley married Eleanor Throckmorton, and had children including Maude Knightley, Sir Richard Knightley,, Eleanor Knightley, James Knightley, Mary Knightley, Lady Margaret Knightley.
  • Sir Richard Knightley passed away in 1476 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Knightley
1395 – 1442
Birth Location: Gnosall, Staffordshire, England
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Margaret Purefoy
1395 – 1450
Birth Location: Fenny Drayton, Warwickshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Eleanor Throckmorton
1424 – 1502
Birth Location: Coughton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
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Children(s)

Maude Knightley
1453 – 1483
Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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Sir Knightley,
1455 – 1534
Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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Eleanor Knightley
1457 – 1520
Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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James Knightley
1461 – 1462
Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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Mary Knightley
1467 – 1566
Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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Lady Knightley
1470 – 1554
Birth Location: Lasingcroft, Yorkshire, England
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Sir Knightley's Ancestors

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Sir Knightley
1427 – 1476
Birth Place: Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Sir Richard Knightley
1395 – 1442
Gnosall, Staffordshire, England
Margaret Purefoy
1395 – 1450
Fenny Drayton, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Richard Knightley
1364 – 1415
Gnosall, Staffordshire, England
Johanna Giffard
1370 –
Chillington, Staffordshire
Great-Grandparents
John Knightley
1339 – 1414
Elizabeth Burgh,
1332 – 1363
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Knightley
1315 – 1390
Juliane Knightley
1316 – 1395
William Burgh,
1312 – 1333
Matilda Plantagenet,
1310 – 1377

Sir Knightley's Descendants

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Sir (Richard) Knightley (1427 – 19 Jun 1476) m. Eleanor Throckmorton (1424 – 10 Oct 1502)
  1. 1. Maude Knightley (1453 – Bet. 1483–1547)
  2. 2. Sir (Richard) Knightley, (1455 – 8 Dec 1534) m. Lady (Jane) Skenard (1461 – 22 May 1539)
    1. 1. Sir (Richard) Knightley (1483 – 30 Mar 1537) m. Jane Spencer (1490 – 8 Jan 1560)
      1. 1. Jane Knightley (1516 – 1593)
      2. 2. Susan Knightley (1519 – 1583)
      3. 3. Ann KNIGHTLEY\Throckmorton (1521 – 11 June 1565)
      4. 4. Mary Knightley (1528 – )
      5. 5. Frances Knightley (1529 – 7 Apr 1585)
    2. 2. Sir (Thomas) Knightley (1485 – 18 Oct 1516) m. Joan Burneby (1489 – 1515)
    3. 3. Sir (Edmund) Knightley (1487 – 15 Dec 1542) m. Ursula (de) Vere (21 Aug 1500 – Aug-Nov 1558)
      1. 1. Jone Knightley (1521 – 1522)
      2. 2. Isabel Knightley (1523 – 1524)
      3. 3. Susan Knightley (1527 – 1529)
      4. 4. Joan Knightley (1530 – 1532)
    4. 4. Anthony Knightley (1493 – 1539)
    5. 5. Lady (Susan) Knightley, (1498 – 22 Sep 1532) m. Sir (William) Despenser, (1496 – 22 Jun 1532)
      1. 1. Sir (John) Spencer (1524 – 8 Nov 1586) m. Catherine (Katherine) Kitson, (1521 – 8 Nov 1586)
        1. 1. Ann Spencer (1540 – 22 Sep 1618)
        2. 2. Sir (John De Spencer) Spenser, (1541 – 9 Jan 1599) m. Mary (Margaret) Catlyn (2 Nov 1548 – 5 JAN 1619)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Spencer (1547 – 1623) m. Sir (George) Carey, (1547 – 9 Sep 1603) m. Sir (Ralph Evers or) Eure (24 Sep 1558 – 1 Apr 1617)
        4. 4. Edmund Spencer (1553 – 13 Jan 1599)
        5. 5. William Spencer ( – 18 Dec 1609)
    6. 6. Sir (Valentine) Knightley (1501 – 8 May 1566) m. Anne Ferrer (1510 – 12 Dec 1554)
      1. 1. Richard (Payne) Knightley, (1532 – 1 Sep 1615) m. Mary Fermor (1533 – 27 Sep 1573) m. Elizabeth Seymour (1547 – 3 Jun 1602)
        1. 1. Valentine Knightly, (1556 – 9 Dec 1618) m. Anne Unton (1554 – 19 Mar 1596)
        2. 2. Thomas Knightley (1557 – )
        3. 3. Constance Knightley (1558 – )
        4. 4. Jerome Knightley (1564 – 1596)
        5. 5. Edward Knightley, (1566 – 18 Nov 1598) m. Mary Coles (29 Jul 1577 – 19 Jan 1610)
        6. 6. Seymour Knightley (15 May 1580 – 12 Jul 1640) m. Dorothy Bedell (1584 – 22 Jan 1633)
        7. 7. Dudley Knightley (27 Jun 1582 – 11 Apr 1602)
        8. 8. John Knightley (1 Aug 1585 – 1614)
        9. 9. Nathaniel Knightley (25 Feb 1587 – 1602)
        10. 10. Robert Knightley (15 Sep 1588 – Unknown) m. Bridget Palmer (24 FEB 1590 – 16 JAN 1637) m. Sarah Ward (1590 – )
        11. 11. Francis Knightley (19 Jan 1590 – 19 February 1619)
      2. 2. Edmund Knightley (1534 – 18 Jun 1596) m. Alice Bury (ABT 1545 – 1612)
        1. 1. Richard Knightley (1569 – 1610)
        2. 2. George Knightley (ABT 1571 – 1596)
        3. 3. Anne Knightley (ABT 1575 – )
        4. 4. Ursula Knightley (ABT 1577 – ABT MAY 1606)
      3. 3. Thomas Knightley (1541 – 28 Nov 1621) m. Elizabeth Shuckburg (1554 – 21 Dec 1594)
        1. 1. Maria (Mary) Coles (29 Jul 1577 – 19 Jun 1610)
        2. 2. Sir (Richard) Knightley, (abt 1580 – 15 Sep 1650) m. Jane Littleton (1587 – 31 Aug 1657)
        3. 3. Samuel Knightley (1587 – 1653) m. Elizabeth Knightley (1591 – 1658)
        4. 4. Elizabeth Knightley (1588 – 8 Jun 1634) m. Walter Devereux, (1575 – 5 Jan 1658) m. Matthew Martin (1559 – 1613)
        5. 5. Frances Knightley (1590 – AFT 1659)
        6. 6. Edward Knightley (5 Aug 1593 – 20 May 1674) m. Elizabeth Knightley (1598 – 1659)
        7. 7. Nathaniel Knightley (1595 – 22 January 1638) m. Rose Johnson
        8. 8. Thomas (E) Knightley (Jul 1598 – 15 Oct 1688) m. Elizabeth Smith (1602 – December 1679) m. Frances (Anne) Sare (1611 – abt 1715)
        9. 9. Martha Knightley (1600 – )
      4. 4. John Knightley (1545 – 24 Jul 1614) m. Ellen Elizabeth (1527 – )
        1. 1. John Knightley (1550 – 1612)
      5. 5. Ann (Knightly) (Cokayne) (1549 – 12 Jul 1617)
    7. 7. Dorothy Knightley (1503 – 1538)
    8. 8. Ursula Knightley (1505 – 1538)
  3. 3. Eleanor Knightley (1457 – 1520)
  4. 4. James Knightley (1461 – Bet. 1462–1551)
  5. 5. Mary Knightley (1467 – 1566)
  6. 6. Lady (Margaret) Knightley (1470 – 1554)

Sir Knightley's Timeline

2 Records

1427
1427
Birth of Sir Richard Knightley in Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England
Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England
1476
19 Jun 1476
Age 49
Death of Sir Richard Knightley in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1427
    Event Place: Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Jun 1476
    Event Place: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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