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Winifred Knightley 1515–1569 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Marsham, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 16 January 1569

Death Location: Tittleshall, Norfolk, England

Father: William Knightley

Mother: Ann Hare

Spouse(s): Sir Essex

Children(s): Dorothea Cooke

Winifred Knightley was born in 1515 in Marsham, Norfolk, England, the child of William Wymer Knightley And Ann Hare. Winifred Knightley married Sir Robert Cook Of Mileham Earl Of Essex, and had children including Dorothea Audrey Cooke. Winifred Knightley passed away in 1569 in Tittleshall, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • Winifred Knightley was born in 1515 in Marsham, Norfolk, England, the child of William Wymer Knightley And Ann Hare.
  • Winifred Knightley married Sir Robert Cook Of Mileham Earl Of Essex, and had children including Dorothea Audrey Cooke.
  • Winifred Knightley passed away in 1569 in Tittleshall, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Knightley
1486–1548
Birth Location: Staffordshire, England
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Ann Hare
1489–1549
Birth Location: City of Norwich, Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir Essex
1513–1561
Birth Location: Mileham, Norfolk, England
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Children(s)

Dorothea Cooke
1547–1630
Birth Location: Mileham, Norfolk, England
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Winifred Knightley's Ancestors

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Winifred Knightley
1515–1569
Birth Place: Marsham, Norfolk, England
Parents
William Wymer Knightley
1486–1548
Staffordshire, England
Ann Hare
1489–1549
City of Norwich, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
John (Hare of Homersfield "Speaker of the House of the Commons of London and) Homersfield"
1457–1526
Homersfield, Waveney District, Suffolk, England
Elizabeth Fortescue
1464–1557
Homersfield, Waveney District, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Winifred Knightley's Descendants

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Winifred Knightley (1515–16 January 1569) m. Sir (Robert Cook of Mileham, Earl of) Essex (1513–15 November 1561)
  1. 1. Dorothea (Audrey) Cooke 1547–1630 m. Thomas Franklin 1542–1598
    1. 1. Elizabeth Frankin 1562–1671 m. Robert Andrews 1571–1643
      1. 1. Alice Andrews 1617–1641 m. William Franklin 1589–1692
        1. 1. Issabell Franklin 1610–1678 m. Adam Atkinson 1597–1684

Winifred Knightley's Timeline

2 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Winifred Knightley in Marsham, Norfolk, England
Marsham, Norfolk, England
1569
16 January 1569
Age 54
Death of Winifred Knightley in Tittleshall, Norfolk, England
Tittleshall, Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Marsham, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 January 1569
    Event Place: Tittleshall, Norfolk, England
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