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1. 1. Grey, Alice
      1. Knyvett, William
         1. Knyvett, Edmund I
         2. Knyvett, Benedicta
         3. Knyvett, Elizabeth
         4. Knyvett, Anne

Source References

1. Michael Neuman: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I003216 @ ralph d'aubigny.ged Caldwell and related families
   1. • Source text:

        # ID: I003216
        # Name: John De Botetourt , Lord Botetourt 1 2 3
        # Sex: M
        # Birth: ABT 1262 in Castle St. Briavel, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England 1 2 3
        # Death: 25 NOV 1324 in St. Briavel Castle, St. Briavel, Gloucestershire, England
        # Note: John de Botetourt, 1st Lord Botetourt held the office of Governor of St. Briavel Castle in 1291. He held the office of Admiral of the Northern Seas between 1294 and 1297. He was created First Lord Botetourt on 13 July 1305. He held the office of Governor of Framlingham Castle in 1314. He held the office of Admiral of the Northern Seas in 1315. He fought in the Battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1322 on the side of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster's rebels. On 8 October 1322 he was fined 1000 pounds and pardoned.

         

         

        Father: Edward I 'Longshanks Plantagenet ,King of England b: 17 JUN 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, England
        Mother: Mistress

        Marriage 1 Maud fitzThomas de Mendlesham b: ABT 1265 in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England

        Children

        1. Has Children Thomas de Botetourt b: ABT 1294 in Castle St. Briavel, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
        2. Has Children Ada De Botetourt b: ABT 1295 in Castle St. Briavel, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
        3. Has No Children Robert de Botetourt b: ABT 1296 in Castle St. Briavel, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
        4. Has No Children Johanna de Botetourt b: ABT 1298 in Castle St. Briavel, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
        5. Has Children Sir Otho De Botetourt b: ABT 1300 in Castle St. Briavel, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
        6. Has Children Guy de Botetourt b: ABT 1302 in Castle St. Briavel, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
        7. Has Children Elizabeth de Botetourt b: ABT 1305 in Castle St. Briavel, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England

         

        Sources:

        1. Title: CALDWELL.FTW
        Repository:
        Media: Other
        Text: Date of Import: Mar 23, 2002
        2. Title: CALDWELL.GED
        Repository:
        Media: Other
        Text: Date of Import: Mar 23, 2002
        3. Title: Margaret de Monthermer.ged
        Repository:
        Media: Other
        Text: Date of Import: 19 Feb 2005

         

         

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        e-mail: michaelneuman@earthlink.net

2. LR93-R8C
3. LDLQ-H4F FamilySearch.org
   1. • Source text:

        Sir William Knyvett (c. 1440 – 2 December 1515) was an English knight in the late Middle Ages. He was the son of John Knyvett and Alice Lynne, the grandson of Sir John Knyvett, and assumed the titles of Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, Burgess of Melcombe, Bletchingley, & Grantham, Constable of Rising Castle.

        Life
        Sir William married three times. The first was to Alice Grey, daughter of John Grey, Esq., of Kempston, eldest son of Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn by his second wife, Joan Astley; by whom he had issue. His second marriage was to Lady Joan Stafford, daughter of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Lady Anne Neville, by whom he had issue. His final marriage was to Lady Joan Courtenay, widow of Sir Roger Clifford, and daughter of Thomas de Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon, a friend of York, and his wife, Lady Margaret Beaufort; they had no issue.

        Sir William Knyvett died 2 December 1515. In his will dated 18 September 1514 and proved 19 June 1516 he requested to be buried in the church of Wymondham, Norfolk.

        Issue
        His children by his first wife, Alice Grey, were:
        1. Sir Edmund Knyvett (d.1504) of Buckenham, who married Eleanor Tyrrell, the daughter of Sir William Tyrrell of Gipping, Suffolk by Margaret, daughter of Robert Darcy, knight. Eleanor was sister of Sir James Tyrrell. Sir Edmund Knyvett, his eldest son by his first marriage, was partly disinherited by his father, who left Buckenham Castle and other properties to Sir Edward Knyvett, the eldest son of his second marriage to Joan Stafford. ...
        2. Anne Knyvett who married John Thwaites, Esq.
        3. Bennet Knyvett, a daughter
        4. Elizabeth Knyvett

        By his second wife, Lady Joan Stafford, Sir William Knyvett had three sons including along with three daughters:
        1. Sir Edward Knyvett, (d.1528) the eldest son of his second marriage, who received a great inheritance from his father at the expense of his brother. He married Anne Calthorpe, widow of John Cressener, and daughter of John Calthorpe, knight, by Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Wentworth.
        2. Charles Knyvett, according to Carole Rawcliffe, in The Staffords, Earls of Stafford and Dukes of Buckingham 1394-1521, Charles Knyvett witnessed against the Duke because he had "wrongfully withheld" the possessions of Elizabeth Knyvett after her death.
        - Robert Knyvett (c.1512–1549), gentleman, son and heir, slain in Kett's Rebellion
        3. John Knyvett
        4. Elizabeth, likely the Elizabeth Knyvett who is mentioned in her father's will in 1514 as being of a marriageable age. And also likely the Elizabeth Knyvett who died in 1518, when Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham gives 15/- 'To M. Geddyng, toward the burying of my said cousin', after giving at Easter last 'Eliz. knevet' the 20/- due to her at Lady Day. The two were related through her mother.
        5. Anne Knyvett who married Charles Clifford, Esq.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Knyvett_(died_1515)

      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDLQ-H4F