23086. Sir Henry Knevet & 23087. Anne
Pickering
~1510, Henry Knyvett born in England, s/o 46172. Thomas Knyvet & 46173. Muriel
Howard.
8/12/1512, Henry’s father died in battle at sea.
12/14/1512, Henry’s mother died in childbirth.
12/1512, Henry’s paternal grandmother Eleanor became the
guardian of him and his siblings.
7/1515, King’s book payments: Eleanor
Knyvet [Henry’s grandmother], quarter's wages for the finding of Sir Th.
Knyvett's children, £22 8s. 4d. (S) L&Ps, F&D, Henry VIII, V2, 1864.
8/23/1517, Anne born in England, heir & d/o 46174. Christopher Pykering & 46175. Jane
Lewknor.
10/5/1523, Anne, heir to Pickering & Moresby estates on
the death of her grandmother Anne Moresby [her father having died in 1518.]
1/26/1525-6, Anne’s wardship was granted to Sir Richard
Weston of Sutton Place.
5/1530, Anne 1st
married Sir Francis Weston, s/o Sir Richard.
4/1531, Privy Purse Expences of Henry VIII. … Rewards to
young Mr. Weston, Henry Knevet, and Thos. the jester, £5 … (S) Letters and Papers,
For. & Dom., V5, 1880.
1533, Sir Francis made a Knight Companion of the Order of
the Bath.
7/22/1535, Edward Clyfford to [Lord Lisle]. As ‘your good
Lordship’ has written to Mr. Secretary and Mr. Henry Knevet in his favor, … (S)
Letters and Papers, For. & Dom., V8, 1885.
5/17/1536, Sir Francis beheaded for committing adultery with
Queen Anne Boleyn, treason, and plotting to kill the King.
10/1536, “A list of "personages t'attende upon the
Kinges Majeste,” … The marquises of Dorset and Exeter, the lord Steward, the
earls of Sussex and Huntingdon, viscount Beauchamp, the lord Privy Seal, … Henry
Knevet, … (S) Letters and Papers, For. & Dom., V11, 1888.
[––Henry & Anne––]
8/1/1537, Henry arrived at Calais and traveled into France.
Henry knighted.
9/21/1538, Sir Henry Knevet at Otfford to Lord Lisle, Deputy
of Calais: “My friend Killygrave … Commend me to my lady my mot[her].” (S)
Letters and Papers, For. & Dom., V13, Pt2, 1893.
1538-39, Henry, of East Horsley in co. Surrey &
Buckenham in co. Norfolk, married Anne.
1540-41, “Indenture Parties: Sir Henry Knyvet, kt., and Anne
his wife; Thomas, Lord Audley, Lord Chancellor; Thomas [Howard] Duke of
Norfolk, Lord Treasurer; Sir Richard Ryche, kt., Chancellor of the Court of
Augmentations, and Edward North esq., Treasurer.” (S) UKNA.
1541, Kirkham, on the eastern banks of the Derwent, a Priory
of Cannons with 7 Churches “granted to Sir Henry Knevet, Knight, and Ann, his
wife.”
5/3/1542, Henry an Ambassador to Emperor Charles V of
Germany: “ … when Sir Henry Knevet was sent ambassadour from the mighty Prince
Henry the VIII to the Emperour Charles the fift, … At which time the said Charles
the V passing over from Genoa and Corsica to Alger in Africa in warlike sort,
with a mighty army by sea, that honorable Knevet the kings ambassadour, Thomas
Chaloner, Henry Knolles, and Henry Isham, right worthy persons, of their owne
accord accompanied him in that expedition, & served him in that warre.” (S)
Navigations Voyages Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, Vol – V,
Univ. of Glascow. [Original in Latin.]
1538-44, “Henry knevet, knight, and Anne his wife, daughter
and heir of Christopher Pekeryng, knight, v. James pykeryng of Crosby,
esquire.: Lordship of Killington and Firbank in Kirkby Lonsdale (Keryngton and
Frythebank), and manor of Old Hulton.” (S) UKNA.
1544, King Henry VIII ordered the Earl of Hertford to attack
Edinburgh, Scotland. [Battle of Edinburgh 5/1544.]
1545, The army continued to pillage border towns of
Scotland.
5/14/1545, “Sir Henry Knevet, marshal, has in prest upon
wages of himself and 40 horsemen £200 from 1 May, and is also paid for
their coats and conduct, and must be allowed such wages as the Master of the
Horse had when marshal, and for his horsemen 9d. a day.”
10/5/1545, John Elder to Paget. … the writer reports that
the earl of Hertford, lieutenant general in the North, passed the river of
Twide, 2 miles above Warke, on 9 Sept., … The army numbered 16,000, of whom
12,000 were footmen. … Sir Henry Knevet, the marshal, who was general of the
4,000 horsemen; and the ordnance, … (S) Letters and Papers, For. & Dom., V20,
Pt2, 1907. [The Battle of Ancrum Moor was fought by a part of this army; a loss
for the English.]
7/2/1546, Passport for Viscount Lisle, High Admiral of
England, … and Sir Henry Knevet, of the Privy Chamber, who are now sent with
special commission to the French king. (S) Letters and Papers, For. & Dom.,
V21, 1908.
7/18/1546, Lisle … received a letter from Sir Henry Knevet,
by a Spaniard of Gamboa's band … that the Admiral has 20 days' respite of his
coming to the King, intends to delay at Amyas or elsewhere (feigning illness or
other occasion) and await the coming of the King's letters to the French king …
(S) Letters and Papers, For. & Dom., V21, 1908.
1/28/1547, King Edward VI succeeded Henry VIII as King of
England.
6/27/1547, Plaintiffs: Sir Henry Knevet and his wife Anne,
daughter of Sir Christopher Pickering. Defendants: James Pickering, esq. Subject
of decree: Manors of Kyllyngton, Frythbanke and Old Hutton, Westmorland, late property
of Sir Christopher Pickering, deceased. (S) UKNA.
1547, Henry died.
[––Anne––]
Anne married 2nd John Vaughan.
1/1550, Defendants: Lady Anne Knevet (widow of Sir Henry
Knevet) and John Vaughan, gent, now her husband. Subject of decree: Debt of
£318 owed by Sir Henry Knyvet, deceased. (S) UKNA. [Money owed to merchants in
London.]
10/1/1553, Queen Mary I crowned Queen of England.
7/24/1554, Bond in £100 1) Rees David, clerk, chaplain of
Lady Anne Knevet of Sutton 2) John Brace, gent. To make a 30 year lease of the
parsonage in Compton, lands and tithes to Brace within 20 days after his
institution. (S) UKNA.
11/20/1555, Defendants: John Vaughan and his wife, Dame
Anne, widow of Sir Henry Knevet. Subject of decree: Debts of Sir Henry Knevet,
deceased, worth £206; dismission. (S) UKNA.
1/15/1559, Queen Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England.
1/3/1569, Instructions by [Queen] Elizabeth to John Vaughan
or Sir Henry Gates. (S) Cal. of State Papers, Scotland, V3, 1903.
1572, “William Clyfton and Austen Salvage v. John Vaughan
and his wife Dame Anne, late wife of Sir Henry Knyvet, deceased.”
[Queen Elizabeth I] Plaintiffs: John Vaughan and Lady Anne
Knevet his wife. Defendants: Christopher Dacre. … the defendant having married
the daughter of the plaintiff Lady Anne, … (S) UKNA.
John Vaughan died.
1577, Will of Miles Whitney, gentleman, servant to the right
worshipfull Dame Anne Knevet, late wife to John Vaugan Esq. (S) Index of Wills,
Perogative Court of Canterbury, V18, P337.
1582, Anne died.
(S) Old Yorkshire, William Smith, 1890. (S) UKNA. (S) Historical
Notes. 1509-1714, 1856, Sheppard, P178. (S) Letter and Papers, F&D, Henry
VIII.
Children of Henry
and Anne:
i. Katherine Knevet (11543), born ~1540 in England.
ii. Henry Knevet, born ? in England. [Heir]
Henry, master of the jewel office to Queen Elizabeth. (S)
The Genesis of the United States, 1890, Borwn, P844.
11/27/1568, Henry an overseer of the will of Henry, 2nd
Lord Paget, who at the time was married to his daughter Catherine.
Child: Catherine Knevet, born 1564 in Charlton, Wiltshire. She
married Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk. [13 children.]
iii. Sir Thomas Knevet, born ? in
England.
1592, Thomas Master
of Arms and M.P. of Thetford.
7/21/1597, Thomas
married Elizabeth Hayward, widow of Richard Warren.
1603-4, Thomas
knighted.
11/1605, Thomas
famous for foiling “The Gundpowder Plot”, attempted assignation of King James
I.
1607, Thomas, Baron
Knyvet, a M.P.
Child of John and Anne:
i. Francis Vaughn,
born ? in England. [Heir]
7/15/1597, Francis,
lord of Sutton on Derwent, slain in battle in Ireland.
