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Sir "Knight" CHRISTOPHER PICKERING 1472 – 1516 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1472

Birth Location: Risbridge, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 17 September 1516

Death Location: Somme, Picardie, France

Father: James Pickering

Mother: Lady Moresby

Spouse(s): Lady LEWKNOR, Jane Lewknor

Children(s): Margaret Pickering, Jane Pickering, Anne None, Lady PICKERING, Anna Pickering, Margaret Pickering, Jane Pickering, Anna Pickering

Sir "Knight" CHRISTOPHER PICKERING was born in 1472 in Risbridge, Suffolk, England, the child of James Pickering and Lady Anne of Trotton Moresby. Sir "Knight" CHRISTOPHER PICKERING married Lady JANE LEWKNOR, Jane Johanna (Anne) Lewknor, and had children including Margaret Pickering, Jane Pickering, Anne, Lady ANNE PICKERING, Anna Pickering, Margaret Pickering, Jane Pickering, Anna Pickering. Sir "Knight" CHRISTOPHER PICKERING passed away in 1516 in Somme, Picardie, France.

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Biography

  • Sir "Knight" CHRISTOPHER PICKERING was born in 1472 in Risbridge, Suffolk, England, the child of James Pickering and Lady Anne of Trotton Moresby.
  • Sir "Knight" CHRISTOPHER PICKERING married Lady JANE LEWKNOR, Jane Johanna (Anne) Lewknor, and had children including Margaret Pickering, Jane Pickering, Anne, Lady ANNE PICKERING, Anna Pickering, Margaret Pickering, Jane Pickering, Anna Pickering.
  • Sir "Knight" CHRISTOPHER PICKERING passed away in 1516 in Somme, Picardie, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Pickering
1445 – 1498
Birth Location: Oswaldkirk, Yorkshire, England
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Lady Moresby
1445 – 1523
Birth Location: Trotton, Sussex, , England
LM

Spouses(s)

Lady LEWKNOR
1496 – 1540
Birth Location: Risbridge, Suffolk, England
LL
Jane Lewknor
1496 – 1543
Birth Location: Dedham Hall, Risbridge, Trotton, Sussex, England
JL

Children(s)

Margaret Pickering
1504 – 1557
Birth Location: Witham, Oxfordshire, England
MP
Jane Pickering
1505 –
Birth Location: Killington, Westmorland, England
JP
Anne None
1514 – 1582
Birth Location: Suffolk, England
A
Lady PICKERING
1514 – 1582
Birth Location: Risbridge, Suffolk, England
LP
Anna Pickering
1515 –
Birth Location: Risbridge, Suffolk
AP
Margaret Pickering
1504 – 1557
Birth Location: Witham, Oxfordshire, England
MP
Jane Pickering
1505 –
Birth Location: Killington, Westmorland, England
JP
Anna Pickering
1515 –
Birth Location: Risbridge, Suffolk
AP

Sir PICKERING's Ancestors

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Sir PICKERING
1472 – 1516
Birth Place: Risbridge, Suffolk, England
Parents
James Pickering
1445 – 1498
Oswaldkirk, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Anne of Trotton) Moresby
1445 – 1523
Trotton, Sussex, , England
Grandparents
Sir (James ll) Pickering
1419 – 1497
Oswaldkirk, Yorkshire, England
LADY (MARGARET) LASCELLES
1420 – 1499
Eastkirk, Yorkshire, England
Sir (Christopher) Moresby
1431 – 1499
Trotton, Sussex, England
Lady (Elizabeth Parr of Kendal Castle) Westmoreland
1432 – 1513
Kendal Castle, Kendal, Westmoreland, England
Great-Grandparents
SIR PICKERING
1396 – 1460
MARY LOWTHER
1400 – 1450
Robert Lascelles
1385 –
Catherine Grey
1398 –
Christopher Moresby
1413 – 1461
Margaret Threlkeld
1417 – 1493
Sir Parr
1405 – 1464
Lady Tunstall*
1415 – 1435
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Pickering
1374 – 1460
Ellen Harrington
1376 – 1396
Sir Lowther*
1365 – 1430
Lady Strickland*
1370 – 1449
Sir Lascelles
1360 – 1428
Isabella Wedrington
1355 –
Thomas GREY
1359 – 1400
Jane MOWBRAY
1363 – 1402
James Moresby
1380 – 1459
Margaret Tilliol
1385 –

Sir PICKERING's Descendants

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Sir ("Knight" CHRISTOPHER) PICKERING (1472 – 17 September 1516) m. Lady (JANE) LEWKNOR (1496 – 1540) m. Jane (Johanna (Anne)) Lewknor (1496 – 1543)
  1. 1. Margaret Pickering (1504 – 1557)
  2. 2. Jane Pickering (1505 – )
  3. 3. Anne (1514 – 28 April 1582)
  4. 4. Lady (ANNE) PICKERING (before 1514 – 25 April 1582) m. Sir (FRANCIS WESTON "Gentleman of the Court of King Henry VIII of) England" (1511 – 17 May 1536) m. Sir ("Knight" HENRY KNYVETT "Gentleman of King Henry VIII's Privy Chamber" (A soldier and a gentleman. Ambassadeur extraordiniare en France to Emperor Charles) V.) (1510 – 30 March 1547) m. Sir ("Knight" JOHN VAUGHAN "Member of the Council of Queen Elizabeth) I" (1525 – 1595)
    1. 1. Sir (Henry) WESTON (1534 – 11 April 1592)
    2. 2. Sir (HENRY KNYVETT of Charlton "Knight" (Soldier who fought in the Seige of Leith against the French and the wars of Scotland. Captain to Lord Chamberlain prior to the invasion of the Spanish Armada.High Sheriff of) Wiltshire. (1539 – 14 June 1598)
    3. 3. Anne Knyvett (abt 1542 – unknown)
    4. 4. Catherine KNYVETT (1543 – 20 December 1622)
    5. 5. Sir (Thomas) KNYVETT (1545 – 27 July 1622)
    6. 6. Alice KNYVETT (1547 – 1600)
    7. 7. Frances Vaughan (1550 – 19 Jul 1647)
    8. 8. Francis Vaughan (1553 – Aug 1597)
    9. 9. Roger Vaughan (1555 – Oct 1609)
    10. 10. Daughter Vaughan (abt 1558 – abt 1558)
    11. 11. Sir (John) Vaughan (Abt. 1562 – 14 Aug 1642) m. Dorothy Herbert (1565 – bef 1605) m. Dorothy Herbert (1565 – Abt 1649)
      1. 1. Barbara Vaughan (Abt. 1605 – 23 Oct 1665) m. William Latham (1620 – 1642) m. William Latham (1605 – )
        1. 1. William Latham (Abt. 1625 – 1662)
        2. 2. Barbara Latham (1640 – 1712)
        3. 3. Margaret Latham (1642 – 1668)
        4. 4. Sydney Latham
        5. 5. William Latham (abt 1625 – 1662) m. Elizabeth Richart (abt 1630 – )
      2. 2. Sydney Vaughan (1590 – 29 Mar 1661)
      3. 3. Henry Vaughan
    12. 12. John Vaughan (1568 – 14 Aug 1642)
    13. 13. James Vaughan ( – 22 Jul 1641)
  5. 5. Anna Pickering (1515 – )
  6. 6. Margaret Pickering (1504 – 1557)
  7. 7. Jane Pickering (1505 – )
  8. 8. Anna Pickering (1515 – )

Sir PICKERING's Timeline

2 Records

1472
1472
Birth of Sir "Knight" CHRISTOPHER PICKERING in Risbridge, Suffolk, England
Risbridge, Suffolk, England
1516
17 September 1516
Age 44
Death of Sir "Knight" CHRISTOPHER PICKERING in Somme, Picardie, France
Somme, Picardie, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1472
    Event Place: Risbridge, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 September 1516
    Event Place: Somme, Picardie, France
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