'Knightley1'
Index
links to: Lead / LetterFamilies covered: Knightley of Fawsley, Knightley of Norton, Knightley of Upton
'Knightley1'Index
links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered:
Knightley of Fawsley, Knightley of Norton, Knightley of Upton
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| We hope in due course to complete the first part of the pedigree of this family which starts with ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sir Rainald, lord of Knightley (a 1066, 1086) succeeded by ... | |||||||||||||||
| According to BP1934, "The estates devolved in turn upon Sir Nicholas, Sir Robert, Sir Jordan, and Sir Robert de Knightley" (who married Aliva de Paulton). We show these as successive generations but this has not been confirmed. | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Nicholas de Knightley succeeded by ... | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Robert de Knightley succeeded by ... | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Jordan de Knightley succeeded by ... | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Robert de Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1255) Alive de Paulton (dau of Sir Ivo de Paulton of Roderwe) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | ?? de Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Robert de Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Lewknor (sister of Sir Roger Lewknor) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | ?? de Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | ?? de Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| Uncertain on number of intervening generations. | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | ?? de Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Richard Knightley of Fawsley, Upton, Hellidon and Gnowshall | ||||||||||||||
| Not mentioned by BP1934 but possibly another wife of this Richard was Eleanor Throckmorton (dau of John Throckmorton of Coughton). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1416) Elizabeth Purefoy (dau of Thomas Purefoy of Drayton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | ?? Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Sir Richard Knightley of Fawsley (d 18.12.1534) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan (dau of Henry Skenard or Skinnerton of Aldrington or Alderton) | |||||||||||||||
| Possibly of this generation, her father being Richard Knightley of Fawsley, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Eleanor Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Cotton of Connington (d 1506) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | William Knightley possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Charlton (dau of Thomas Charlton of Apley Castle) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sir Richard Knightley of Fawsley (d 18.12.1534) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joan (dau of Henry Skenard of Skinnerton of Aldrington or Alderton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Knightley of Upton (d 30.03.1537) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Spencer (dau of Sir John Spencer of Althorp) | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | daughters (all married) - Susan, Jane, Anne, Mary, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Knightley (dvpsp 18.10.1516) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Burneby (dau of Thomas Burneby of Watford) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Sir Edmund Knightley of Fawsley (dsp 15.12.1542) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Vere (dau of Sir George Vere, sister of John, Earl of Oxford) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Sir Valentine Knightley of Fawsley (d 1566) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Ferrers (dau of Sir Edward Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Richard Knightley of Fawsley and Norton (d 01.09.1615) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Fermor (d 27.09.1573, dau of Richard Fermor of Easton Neston) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Valentine Knightley of Fawsley (d 09.12.1618) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Unton (bur 09.03.1595-6, dau of Sir Edward Unton, sister of Sir Henry of Wadley) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Knightley (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Knightley (bur 27.10.1607) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.08.1599) Sir Oliver Luke of Woodend | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Anne Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.06.1601) Richard Chetwood of Chetwood | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Purefoy of Drayton (b 1583, d 13.05.1628) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Edward Knightley of Preston Capes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Coles (dau of Peter Coles of Preston Capes) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Valentine Knightley (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Richard Knightley of Preston Capes (dsp bur 11.11.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Brigit Lucy (dau of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecot) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Mary Knightley (d 03.03.1594) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Barnardiston of Suffolk (dvp bur 29.07.1610) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Dorothy Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Unton (son of Sir Edward of Wadley) | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Constance (d unm), Jerome (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Seymour (d 03.06.1602, dau of Edward Seymour, Duke of Domerset) | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Sir Ferdinando Knightley (a 1616, d unm, captain) | ||||||||||||||
| viii. | Sir Seymour Knightley of Norton and Winwick (b 15.05.1580, d c1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Bedell (dau of Sir John Bedell of Hamerton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Knightley of London (d c1658, tobaconnist) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1.1632) Ellen Yorke (d c1657, of London) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Knightley (b 11.10.1606) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.10.1623) Edward Chamberlain of Aderston | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Anne Knightley (b 24.11.1607, bur 1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.11.1646) Jonathan Holled (d 1680, rector of Cottingham) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Lucy Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Giles Banks (rector of Sharnford) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Bridget Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Daniel Aldern (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| f.+ | other issue - Richard (b 03.10.1603, d unm), John (b 03.10.1603, d unm), Valentine (b 03.06.1605, bur unm 24.02.1647-8), Edward (b 18.04.1611, d unm), Thomas (bpt 21.11.1616), Susan (bpt 10.07.1615), Jane, Dorothy (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ix. | Robert Knightley of Cottesbroke (b 15.09.1588, d before 1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Bridget Palmer (bur 16.1.1637-8, dau of Thomas Palmer of Carlton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Edward Knightley (b c1622, bur 28.03.1685, rector of Achurch) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (06.05.1647) Bridget Farmer (dau of Richard Farmer, rector of Charwelton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Catharine Pleydell (d before 09.1687, dau of Robert Pleydell of Holyrood Ampney) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Lucy Knightley (bur 25.01.1694-5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.10.1636) Edmund Howorth (d 27.01.1673-4, rector of East Carlton) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Richard (bpt 29.07.1623, d young), Elenor (bur 24.11.1635), Bridget (bpt 09.03.1630-1), Thoms, John, Valentine (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Sarah Sharman | |||||||||||||||
| x. | Anne Knightley (b 25.07.1584) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Eusebie Andrew of Charwelton (d 31.07.1619) | |||||||||||||||
| xi.+ | other issue - Sir Francis (b 19.01.1590, dsp bur 12.02.1618-98), Anne (bur 24.02.1583-4), Nathaniel, John (a 1614), Dudley (b c1583, d 11.04.1602) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Edmund Knightley of Grandburgh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Bury (dau of William Bury of Culneham) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Ursula Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Ratton | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sam. Abell of Erith | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Laurence Bolton of Grandburgh | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Richard (dsp), George (dsp), Edward (dsp), Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Thomas Knightley of Brough or Borough Hall (a 1616) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Shukburgh (dau of John Shukburgh of Navesby) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Edward Knightley of Offchurch had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth _ (bur 26.08.1570, of London) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Lenthall of Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| E. | John Knightley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| F. | Anne Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Cockain (son of Sir Thomas of Ashborn) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Constance Knightley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Acton of Ribbesford | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Jane Knightley probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Lumley (dvp 02.06.1537) | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Susan Knightley (d after 1539) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Spencer of Wormleighton, Sheriff of Northamptonshire (b c1496, d 22.06.1532) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BP1934 (Knightley).
(2) For lower section : BP1934 (Knightley), Visitation (Northamptonshire, 1681,
Knightley of Fawsley).
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