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Thomas Knyvett
Sir Thomas Knyvett (also Knevitt or Knivet or Knevet), of Buckenham, Norfolk (c. 1485 – 10 August 1512) was a young English nobleman who was a close associate of King Henry VIII shortly after the monarch came to the throne. According to Hall's ''Chronicle'', Knyvett was a frequent participant in the jousts and pageants of the new king's glittering court and was made Henry's Master of the Horse in 1510. Family Sir Thomas Knyvett was the son of Sir Edmund Knyvett (d.1504Sir Edmund Knyvett married Eleanor Tyrrell (died 1514), the daughter of Sir William Tyrrell of Gipping, Suffolk, and sister of Sir James Tyrrell. They had six sons and three daughters, including Edmund Knyvett (died 1 May 1539), esquire, who married Joan Bourchier, the only surviving child of John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners. Sir Edmund Knyvett was drowned at sea in 1504; .) of Buckenham by his wife Eleanor Tyrrell, the daughter of Sir William Tyrrell of Gipping, Suffolk by Margaret, daughter of Robert Darcy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke Of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (144321 May 1524), styled Earl of Surrey from 1483 to 1485 and again from 1489 to 1514, was an English people, English nobleman, soldier and statesman who served four monarchs. He was the eldest son of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, by his first wife, Catharina de Moleyns. The Duke was the grandfather of both Queen Anne Boleyn and Queen Katherine Howard and the great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. In 1513, he led the English to victory over the Scots at the decisive Battle of Flodden, for which he was richly rewarded by King Henry VIII, then away in France. Early life Thomas Howard was born in 1443 at Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, the only surviving son of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, John Howard, later 1st Duke of Norfolk, by his first wife, Katherine, the daughter of William Moleyns (died 1425), Sir William Moleyns (died 8 June 1425) and his wife Margery. He was educated at Thetford Grammar School. Service under Edward IV While a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl Of Suffolk
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, (24 August 1561 – 28 May 1626), of Audley End House in the parish of Saffron Walden in Essex, and of Suffolk House near Westminster, a member of the House of Howard, was the second son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, by his second wife Margaret Audley, the daughter and eventual sole heiress of Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, of Audley End. Early life and marriages Thomas was born at Audley End on 24 August 1561, the second of four children Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, had by his second wife, Margaret Audley. His older sister was Elizabeth Howard, who died in infancy, and his younger siblings were Margaret and William. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, and his second wife Elizabeth Grey. His paternal grandparents were Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and his wife Frances de Vere. On her father's side, Thomas had an older half-brother, Philip Howard, who would later b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Howard, Countess Of Suffolk
Catherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk ( Knyvet/Knyvett; 1564–1638) was an English court office holder who served as lady-in-waiting to the queen consort of England, Anne of Denmark. Private life Catherine was born in Charlton Park, Wiltshire, the oldest child of Sir Henry Knyvet (or Knyvett) and his wife, Elizabeth Stumpe. Her uncle was Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet, Sir Thomas Knyvet (or Knyvett), who foiled the "Gunpowder Plot". Early in her life, Catherine married Richard Rich, son of Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich, and grandson of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich. After his death in 1580, she married Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, Sir Thomas Howard, who, twenty years later, was named the Earl of Suffolk. On the death of her father in 1598, Catherine inherited Charlton Park, Wiltshire, which thereafter became the seat of the Earls of Suffolk. Courtier Howard gained a place in Queen Elizabeth I's bedchamber and the title of Keeper of the Jewel House, Keeper of the J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Knyvet
Sir Henry Knyvet (c. 1537–1598) of Charlton Park, Wiltshire, was an English landowner who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wootton Bassett in 1571 and 1572, for Malmesbury in 1584 and 1586, Wootton Bassett again in 1589 and Malmesbury again in 1593 and 1597. He began the building of Charlton House in Charlton Park. Early life and family Knyvet was the eldest son of Henry Knyvet and his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of Christopher Pickering of Killington, Cumbria, and widow of Francis Weston. The younger Knyvet was born around 1537. Knyvet was the grandson of Thomas Knyvett (d. 1512) and the brother of Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet. He succeeded his father in 1546. Career Knyvet held a number of public offices and was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire (1578–79) and a deputy-lieutenant of Wiltshire. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Wootton Bassett in 1571 and 1572, for Malmesbury in 1584 and 1586, Wootton Bassett again in 1589 and finally Malmesbury aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Knyvet (died 1547)
Sir Henry Knyvet of Charlton in Wiltshire and East Horsley in Surrey was a member of the Enlish gentry. Early life and family Knyvet was the son of Thomas Knyvett and Muriel Howard, the widow of John Grey, the second Viscount Lisle. Muriel Howard was the daughter of Thomas Howard, and Elizabeth Tilney, and through the Howard connection, Knyvett was related to many of the English nobility. Knyvet's father died aboard the '' HMS Regent'', which burst into flames, during the Battle of St. Mathieu in 1512, while his mother died in childbirth four months later. He and his siblings were brought up by their grandmother, Eleanor Knyvett. Knyvet's siblings were Edmund, Katherine, Ferdinand, and Anne. Career Knyvet was knighted some time after 15 November 1538. Knyvet had lands in Surrey and was for several years a gentleman of the privy chamber, ambassador to Charles V in 1540–1541, in 1545 marshal of Hertford's army in Scotland, and in 1546, the year of his death, captain of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Spelman
Sir Henry Spelman (c. 1562 – October 1641) was an English antiquary, noted for his detailed collections of medieval records, in particular of church councils. Life Spelman was born in Congham, Norfolk, the eldest son of Henry Spelman (d. 1581), of Congham, and the grandson of Sir John Spelman (1495–1544). He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1583. He sat in parliament as a member for Castle Rising in Norfolk in 1593 and 1597–98. Knighted in 1603, he was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1604. In 1612, he settled in London near his friend Sir Robert Bruce Cotton. In 1617, he served on a commission to inquire into disputed Irish estates, and later took part into legal inquiries into the exactions levied on behalf of the Crown in the civil and ecclesiastical courts. Henry Spelman continued to rise in prestige served as a member of the Parliament of England for Worcester in 1625. In 1627, he became treasurer of the Guiana Company, and he was also an ene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Spelman (judge)
Sir John Spelman (died 1546) was an English judge from Norfolk, noted for his composition of law reports. Origins Born about 1480, Spelman was the fourth son and youngest child of Henry Spelman (died 1496), of Bekerton in Stow Bedon, a lawyer and judge who was a Reader of Gray's Inn and Recorder of Norwich, and his second wife Ela, widow of Thomas Shouldham (died 1472), of Marham, and daughter and coheiress of William Narborough, of Narborough. Spelman's family originated in Hampshire, where before 1272 they held the manor of Brockenhurst, but by 1369 had moved to Norfolk where they had lands in and later acquired the manor of Bekerton. Career About 1500, Spelman followed his father to study law at Gray's Inn, where he served as Reader three times, and in 1521 was created a serjeant, followed next year by gaining his father's old post of Recorder of Norwich. In 1526, he was promoted to King's Serjeant and in 1531 was appointed a Justice of the King's Bench, being sworn in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashwicken
Ashwicken is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Leziate, in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village sits on the B1145 King's Lynn to Mundesley road around east of King's Lynn. In 1931 the parish had a population of 117. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Leziate. The village name means 'At the specialised-farm', with the later addition of 'ash-tree' or a personal name. Ashwicken is the site of a shrunken medieval village, one of around 200 lost settlements in Norfolk.Parish Summary: Leziate Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2015-11-15. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Thursby (d
Thomas Thursby (died 9 August 1510), was a merchant, three times Mayor of King's Lynn and the founder and benefactor of Thoresby College. He was the son of Henry Thursby, four times Mayor of Lynn and Burgess for Lynn, in turn son of John Thursby, Mayor of Lynn Regis 1425 and Deputy-Mayor 1435. Thomas' brother, Robert Thursby, was Burgess for Lynn 1462–3, 1482–3 and 1487, holding the manors of Ashwicken and Burg's Hall in Hillington before his death, 29 October 1500. In his will he leaves 'my special good Earl of Oxford, lord of Oxenford', John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, a tabernacle of our Lady of gold. At the time of his death, he was married to Elizabeth (d.1518), the widow of Robert Aylmer (d.1493) List of mayors of Norwich, Mayor of Norwich. Elizabeth is not the daughter of John Burgoyne who in the ''Visitations of Cambridgeshire'' marries 'Thomas Thorseby of Norfolk', as that Elizabeth is still alive and apparently a wife in 1528, when she receives an inheritance fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Knyvet
Sir Edmund Knyvet (c. 1508 – 1 May 1551) was the eldest son of Thomas Knyvett (c. 1485 – 1512), a distinguished courtier and sea captain, and Muriel Howard (died 1512), the daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. Family Born about 1508, Edmund Knyvet was the eldest son of Thomas Knyvett (c. 1485 – 1512) and Muriel Howard (died 1512), the daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, by his first wife, Elizabeth Tilney. By her first marriage to John Grey, 2nd Viscount Lisle, Muriel Howard had a daughter, Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess Lisle. Knyvet's father was slain in a naval battle near Brest on 10 August 1512, and four months later, Knyvet's mother died in childbirth between 13 and 21 December 1512. According to S. J. Gunn, Knyvet and his two brothers and two sisters, Ferdinand, Henry (died c. 1546), Katherine, and Anne, were at first entrusted to the care of their grandmother, Eleanor Knyvet. In 1516, Knyvet's wardship was sold for £400 to his father's fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth I Of England
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor. Her eventful reign, and its effect on history and culture, gave name to the Elizabethan era. Elizabeth was the only surviving child of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. When Elizabeth was two years old, her parents' marriage was annulled, her mother was executed, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Henry restored her to the line of succession when she was 10. After Henry's death in 1547, Elizabeth's younger half-brother Edward VI ruled until his own death in 1553, bequeathing the crown to a Protestant cousin, Lady Jane Grey, and ignoring the claims of his two half-sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, despite statutes to the contrary. Edward's will was quickly set aside and the Catholic Mary became queen, deposing Jane. During Mary's reign, Elizabeth was imprisoned fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
