Knayth is in Lincolnshire.
Around 1280 John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth was born to Roger Darcy [aged 18] and Isabel Aton [aged 18] at Knayth. He married (1) in or before 1317 Emmeline Heron Countess Kildare and had issue (2) after 9th July 1328 Joan Burgh Countess Kildare, daughter of Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster and Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster, and had issue.
Around 1281 Isabel Aton [aged 19] died at Knayth.
Around 1378 Agnes Darcy Countess Kildare was born to Philip Darcy 4th Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 25] and Elizabeth Grey Baroness Darcy Knayth [aged 22] at Knayth. She married her third cousin twice removed Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Earl of Kildare, son of Maurice Fitzgerald 4th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Burghesh Countess Kildare, and had issue.
Around 1379 Elizabeth Darcy was born to Philip Darcy 4th Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 26] and Elizabeth Grey Baroness Darcy Knayth [aged 23] at Knayth.
Around 1383 Philip Darcy was born to Philip Darcy 4th Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 30] and Elizabeth Grey Baroness Darcy Knayth [aged 27] at Knayth.
Around 1387 Elena Darcy was born to Philip Darcy 4th Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 34] and Elizabeth Grey Baroness Darcy Knayth [aged 31] at Knayth.
Around 1389 William Darcy was born to Philip Darcy 4th Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 36] and Elizabeth Grey Baroness Darcy Knayth [aged 33] at Knayth.
In 1398 Joan Darcy was born to Philip Darcy 4th Baron Darcy of Knayth [aged 45] and Elizabeth Grey Baroness Darcy Knayth [aged 42] at Knayth.
Around 11th August 1412 Elizabeth Grey Baroness Darcy Knayth [aged 56] died at Knayth.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 29th September 1439 Agnes Darcy Countess Kildare [aged 61] died at Knayth.