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Sir Valentine Knightley 1501 – 1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 8 May 1566

Death Location: Baddesley, Clinton, Warwickshire, England

Father: Sir Knightley,

Mother: Lady Skenard

Spouse(s): Anne Ferrer

Children(s): Richard Knightley,, Edmund Knightley, Thomas Knightley, John Knightley, Ann (Cokayne)

In 1501, Sir Valentine Knightley entered the world in Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England, born to Sir Richard Knightley, and Lady Jane Skenard. Sir Valentine Knightley married Anne Ferrer, and had children including Richard Payne Knightley,, Edmund Knightley, Thomas Knightley, John Knightley, Ann Knightly (Cokayne). Sir Valentine Knightley passed away in 1566 in Baddesley, Clinton, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1501, Sir Valentine Knightley entered the world in Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England, born to Sir Richard Knightley, and Lady Jane Skenard.
  • Sir Valentine Knightley married Anne Ferrer, and had children including Richard Payne Knightley,, Edmund Knightley, Thomas Knightley, John Knightley, Ann Knightly (Cokayne).
  • Sir Valentine Knightley passed away in 1566 in Baddesley, Clinton, Warwickshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Knightley,
1455 – 1534
Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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Lady Skenard
1461 – 1539
Birth Location: Alderton, Northamptonshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Anne Ferrer
1510 – 1554
Birth Location: Baddesley Clinton, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England
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Children(s)

Richard Knightley,
1532 – 1615
Birth Location: Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England
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Edmund Knightley
1534 – 1596
Birth Location: Fawsley Hall, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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Thomas Knightley
1541 – 1621
Birth Location: Fawsley Hall, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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John Knightley
1545 – 1614
Birth Location: Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England
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Ann (Cokayne)
1549 – 1617
Birth Location: Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
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Sir Knightley's Ancestors

Self
Sir Knightley
1501 – 1566
Birth Place: Fawsley Hall, 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 (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)
      1. 1. Richard Knightley (1578 – Died Young)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Luke (1580 – 27 Oct 1607)
      3. 3. Anne Knightley (1582 – 9 Dec 1618)
      4. 4. Mary Knightley (1585 – 18 April 1617)
    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)
      1. 1. Valentine Knightley (1592 – 19 Mar 1595)
      2. 2. Richard Knightley (2 Jun 1593 – 8 Nov 1639) m. Bridget Lucy (1593 – 1655)
        1. 1. Lucy Knightley
    6. 6. Seymour Knightley (15 May 1580 – 12 Jul 1640) m. Dorothy Bedell (1584 – 22 Jan 1633)
      1. 1. Valentine Knightley (3 Jun 1605 – 2 Feb 1647)
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Knightley) (Chamberlain) (11 Oct 1606 – 12 Dec 1637)
      3. 3. Robert Knightley (1609 – 4 Feb 1657) m. Ellen Yorke (1611 – ABT 1657)
        1. 1. Mary Knightly (1644 – abt 1706)
      4. 4. Thomas Knightley (18 Apr 1611 – 1616)
      5. 5. Susan Knightley (Jul 1615 – )
    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 – )
      1. 1. Eleanor Knightley (1612 – 25 Nov 1635)
      2. 2. Thomas Knightley (ABT 1614 – 8 Apr 1686) m. Elizabeth Bearcroft (1658 – 28 Nov 1721)
      3. 3. Lucy Knightley (1615 – 25 Jan 1694) m. Edmond Howarth (1609 – 27 JAN 1673)
      4. 4. Ferdinand Knightley (1618 – 1620)
      5. 5. Valentine Knightley (ABT 1620 – )
      6. 6. Rev (Edward) Knightley (1622 – 25 March 1685) m. Bridget Farmer (1625 – 1648) m. Catharine Pleydell (ABT 1626 – 22 Dec 1685)
        1. 1. Katharine Knightley (13 Oct 1648 – 25 Feb 1685)
        2. 2. Robert Knightley (1650 – 27 Apr 1652)
        3. 3. Edward Knightley (1652 – 30 Oct 1652)
        4. 4. Edward Knightley (11 Jun 1657 – 29 May 1691)
        5. 5. Susanna Knightley (Sep 1660 – 5 Jul 1685)
    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)
      1. 1. Jane Knightly (1606 – 27 Jun 1667)
      2. 2. Sir (Richard) Knightley (1610 – 29 Jun 1661) m. Anne Courteen (1614 – 01 Feb 1703)
        1. 1. Richard Knightly (1647 – aft 1667)
        2. 2. Essex Knightley (1649 – 20 Apr 1670) m. Sarah Foley (1650 – 7 November 1687)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Knightly (1651 – 1685)
      3. 3. Edward Knightley (1612 – 2 Aug 1659)
      4. 4. Elizabeth Knyghtley (12 Mar 1612 – 12 Dec 1637)
      5. 5. Deveraux Knightley, (15 Jan 1619 – 17 Dec 1681) m. Elizabeth Crew (ABT 1643 – 21 APR 1715)
        1. 1. Mary Knightley (1673 – AUG 1674)
        2. 2. Devereux Knightley (14 APR 1676 – 31 JUL 1695)
      6. 6. Valentine Knightley, (1620 – 1 May 1671)
      7. 7. Lucius ((Lucy)) Knightley (3 Apr 1623 – 22 Oct 1691) m. Elizabeth Dent (02 Nov 1632 – 21 Jan 1710)
        1. 1. Lucius ('Lucy') Knightley, (29 Mar 1651 – 29 Nov 1726) m. Jane
        2. 2. Elizabeth Knightley (08 JUL 1653 – 26 SEP 1711)
        3. 3. Richard Knightley (24 February 1658 – 9 July 1728) m. Elizabeth Waldren\Walrond (08 Nov 1653 – 9 Jul 1723)
        4. 4. John Knightley (1662 – 9 July 1728)
        5. 5. Giles Knightley, (10 Aug 1674 – 12 Apr 1743) m. Catherine Knightley (1666 – 26 Oct 1730) m. Angel Stanley (24 December 1711 – 18 May 1779)
        6. 6. Dent Knightley (03 Feb 1677 – 1743) m. Malachi Thurston ( – 1728)
    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)
      1. 1. Essex Devereux (1615 – 20 February 1640)
      2. 2. Leicester Devereux (1617 – 1 December 1676)
      3. 3. Walter Devereux (1618 – 1683)
      4. 4. John Devereux (abt 1619 – 24 Dec 1695)
    5. 5. Frances Knightley (1590 – AFT 1659)
    6. 6. Edward Knightley (5 Aug 1593 – 20 May 1674) m. Elizabeth Knightley (1598 – 1659)
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Knightley) (Newse) (2 April 1631 – )
      2. 2. Richard Knightley (25 Aug 1634 – 23 Nov 1644)
      3. 3. Martha (Knightley) (Chapman) (15 Sep 1638 – 13 Oct 1681)
    7. 7. Nathaniel Knightley (1595 – 22 January 1638) m. Rose Johnson
      1. 1. Ann Knightley (1623 – 1624)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Knightley (1625 – 1628)
    8. 8. Thomas (E) Knightley (Jul 1598 – 15 Oct 1688) m. Elizabeth Smith (1602 – December 1679) m. Frances (Anne) Sare (1611 – abt 1715)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Knightley (1633 – 30 September 1685)
      2. 2. Richard Knightley (1636 – 17 September 1695) m. Sara Wood (1637 – 11 Jun 1723) m. Elizabeth Hampton ( – Deceased)
        1. 1. John (1668 – 1676)
        2. 2. Thomas Knightley (1672 – Deceased)
        3. 3. Essex Knightley (1648 – 20 Apr 1670)
      3. 3. Jane Knightley (1643 – 6 January 1740)
      4. 4. Catherine Knightley (1646 – 6 February 1719)
      5. 5. Anne Hinde (1653 – Mar 1672)
      6. 6. Thomas Knightley (1638 – )
      7. 7. Francis Knightley (1645 – )
      8. 8. Edward Knightley (02 Oct 1655 – ) m. Ann Fordhom
        1. 1. Henry Knightley (Abt. 1675 – 1748) m. Mary (1686 – 1748)
        2. 2. Henry Knightley (1700 – 9 May 1773)
        3. 3. George Knightley
    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)

Sir Knightley's Timeline

2 Records

1501
1501
Birth of Sir Valentine Knightley in Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England
Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England
1566
8 May 1566
Age 65
Death of Sir Valentine Knightley in Baddesley, Clinton, Warwickshire, England
Baddesley, Clinton, Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 May 1566
    Event Place: Baddesley, Clinton, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [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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