Paternal Family Tree: Knyvet
Maternal Family Tree: Joan Botetort 1356-1417
Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet resided at Thomas Knyvet's Townhouse, 10 Downing Street, Westminster [Map].
On 1st May 1530 Francis Weston [aged 19] and [his mother] Anne Pickering [aged 16] were married.
In or before 1537 [his father] Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire [aged 26] and [his mother] Anne Pickering [aged 22] were married. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1545 Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet was born to Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire [aged 35] and Anne Pickering [aged 31].
On 30th March 1547 [his father] Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire [aged 37] died at East Horsley, Surrey [Map].
On 20th May 1567 [his brother-in-law] Henry Paget 2nd Baron Paget Beaudasert [aged 28] and [his sister] Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Baroness Paget Beaudasert.
After 28th December 1568 [his brother-in-law] Edward Carey [aged 28] and [his sister] Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert [aged 25] were married. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Around 1580 Anne Vavasour [aged 20] became the mistress of Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [aged 29]. The affair led to open skirmishes and duels in the streets of London, between Oxford and Anne's uncle, Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 35], and his men, which on one occasion led to the wounding of both men, and the death of one of Oxford's men.
On 28th April 1582 [his mother] Anne Pickering [aged 68] died.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Before 1592 Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 46] was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 58].
In 1592 Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 47] was appointed Master of Arms.
Before 21st July 1597 Richard Warren [aged 59] and [his future wife] Elizabeth Hayward Baroness Knyvet [aged 54] were married.
On 21st July 1597 Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 52] and Elizabeth Hayward Baroness Knyvet [aged 54] were married.
In 1604 Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 59] was knighted.
In October 1605 Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 60] searched and arrested Guy Fawkes whilst leaving the cellar shortly after midnight at Westminster Palace [Map].
In 1607 Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 62] was created 1st Baron Knyvet of Escrick. [his wife] Elizabeth Hayward Baroness Knyvet [aged 64] by marriage Baroness Knyvet of Escrick.
On 16th September 1607 Princess Mary Stewart [aged 2] died of pneumonia at the Stanwell Park Stanwell, Surrey home of Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 62] in whose care she had been placed. As soon as Mary died, the Earl of Worcester [aged 57], the Earl of Leicester [aged 43] and the Earl of Totnes [aged 52] went to Hampton Court Palace [Map], to inform the Queen [aged 32] of her daughter's death. Seeing the three men before her, Queen Anne realized what had happened and spared the men the task of telling her.
On 27th July 1622 Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 77] died. He was buried at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell. Baron Knyvet of Escrick extinct.
In September 1622 [his former wife] Elizabeth Hayward Baroness Knyvet [aged 79] died. She was buried at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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John Vaughan of Sutton-on-Derwent in Yorkshire and [his mother] Anne Pickering were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Knyvet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Knyvet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Clifton 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Knyvet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Knyvet 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 
5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Grey 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Astley Baroness Grey Ruthyn 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Grey 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
father: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard 
3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Howard 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Tendring
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 
2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Moleyns
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaumont 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Tilney
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cheney
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cockayne 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Grey 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pickering
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Pickering
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Pickering
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Pickering 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lascelles 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Lascelles
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Lascelles 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Grey 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Mowbray 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
mother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Lewknor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Lewknor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Lewknor
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Lewknor
Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tuchet 4th Baron Audley, 1st Baron Tuchet 
7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Audley Heighley 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley 
3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Ros Baroness Audley Heighley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Tuchet 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Echingham
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Echingham 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Echingham Baroness Audley Heighley 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Knyvet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Knyvet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Botetort