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Sir Knight Henry Esq Knyvett 1537–1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1537

Birth Location: Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 June 1598

Death Location: Charlton (North), Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England

Father: Anne Vaughan

Mother: Sir Wiltshire)

Spouse(s): Lady Stumpe

Children(s): Catherine Knyvett, Elizabeth Fiennes

In 1537, Sir Knight Henry Esq Knyvett entered the world in Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Anne Vaughan And Sir Hendrik Henry Knyvett Sir Of Charlton Wiltshire. Sir Knight Henry Esq Knyvett married Lady Elizabeth Stumpe, and had children including Catherine Elizabeth Knyvett, Elizabeth Clinton De Fiennes. Sir Knight Henry Esq Knyvett passed away in 1598 in Charlton (North), Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1537, Sir Knight Henry Esq Knyvett entered the world in Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Anne Vaughan And Sir Hendrik Henry Knyvett Sir Of Charlton Wiltshire.
  • Sir Knight Henry Esq Knyvett married Lady Elizabeth Stumpe, and had children including Catherine Elizabeth Knyvett, Elizabeth Clinton De Fiennes.
  • Sir Knight Henry Esq Knyvett passed away in 1598 in Charlton (North), Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Sir Knyvett's Ancestors

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Sir Knyvett
1537–1598
Birth Place: Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Anne Vaughan
1514–1582
Killington, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Sir (Hendrik (Henry) Knyvett (Sir of Charlton,) Wiltshire)
1506–1574
Buckenham Castle, Buckenham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Christopher Pickering
1485–1516
Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Jane Lewknor
1496–1543
Dedham Hall, Risbridge, England, United Kingdom
Sir (Edmund) Knyvett
1462–1528
Buckenham Castle, Buckenham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Alice Gray) Tyrrell
1466–1514
Gipping, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Knyvett's Descendants

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Sir (Knight Henry Esq) Knyvett (1537–14 June 1598) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Stumpe (1524–11 May 1587)
  1. 1. Catherine (Elizabeth) Knyvett 1564–1633 m. Lord (Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, Baron of) Walden 1561–1626
    1. 1. Theophilus Howard 1584–1640 m. Elizabeth Home 1599–1633
      1. 1. Margareta Howard 1622–1689 m. Roger Boyle 1621–1679
        1. 1. Margaretha Boyle 1643–1683
    2. 2. Thomas (1st Earl Berkshire) Howard 1587–1669
    3. 3. Edward (1st Baron of Escrick) Howard 1597–1675
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Clinton-De) Fiennes 1578–1632

Sir Knyvett's Timeline

2 Records

1537
1537
Birth of Sir Knight Henry Esq Knyvett in Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
1598
14 June 1598
Age 61
Death of Sir Knight Henry Esq Knyvett in Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1537
    Event Place: Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 June 1598
    Event Place: Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Charlton (North), Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current

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