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Sir Edmund Knightley 1487 – 1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1487

Birth Location: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 15 Dec 1542

Death Location: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Sir Knightley,

Mother: Lady Skenard

Spouse(s): Ursula Vere

Children(s): Jone Knightley, Isabel Knightley, Susan Knightley, Joan Knightley

Sir Edmund Knightley was born in 1487 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Knightley, and Lady Jane Skenard. Sir Edmund Knightley married Ursula de Vere, and had children including Jone Knightley, Isabel Knightley, Susan Knightley, Joan Knightley. Sir Edmund Knightley passed away in 1542 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Edmund Knightley was born in 1487 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Knightley, and Lady Jane Skenard.
  • Sir Edmund Knightley married Ursula de Vere, and had children including Jone Knightley, Isabel Knightley, Susan Knightley, Joan Knightley.
  • Sir Edmund Knightley passed away in 1542 in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Knightley's Ancestors

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Sir Knightley
1487 – 1542
Birth Place: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Sir Richard Knightley,
1455 – 1534
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Jane) Skenard
1461 – 1539
Alderton, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard) Knightley
1427 – 1476
Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England
Eleanor Throckmorton
1424 – 1502
Coughton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Knightley
1395 – 1442
Margaret Purefoy
1395 – 1450
Sir Throckmorton,
1380 – 1445
Eleanor Spinney
1385 – 1467
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Knightley
1364 – 1415
Johanna Giffard
1370 –
Sir Throckmorton,
1355 – 1412
Agnes Besford
1350 – 1428

Sir Knightley's Descendants

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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)

Sir Knightley's Timeline

2 Records

1487
1487
Birth of Sir Edmund Knightley in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
1542
15 Dec 1542
Age 55
Death of Sir Edmund Knightley in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1487
    Event Place: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: 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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