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Ann Pargiter (Knight)

Also Known As: "Agnes"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Charwelton, Northamptonshire, England
Death: after circa 1558
Greatworth, Northamptonshire , England (m. 1523 Greatworth, Northants, England)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir John Knight, Sr., of Carlton and Anne Spencer
Wife of Robert Pargiter, of Greatworth
Mother of Amy Washington; George Pargiter; Edward Pargiter; Cicely Manley; William Pargiter, of Greatworth and 2 others
Sister of John Knight, Jr.

Managed by: Judith (Jay) Stanton
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About Ann Pargiter

Lawrence Washington's second marriage was to Anne Aimee Pargiter (b. 1504, d. 07 Oct 1564) in 1538 in Sulgrave, England.  Anne was the daughter of Robert Pargiter and Anne Knight and the widow of Thomson of Greatworth.


  • The visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1564 and 1618-19 : with Northhamptonshire pedigrees from various Harleian mss. by Harvey, William, d. 1567; Metcalfe, Walter C. (Walter Charles); Vincent, Augustine, 1584?-1626 Published 1887. Page 40.
    • Richard Pargiter of Greatworth ,co. North'ton, mar. Anne, da. of Richard Coles of Preston in the said co., and had issue,----
      • Robert Pargiter of Greatworth, co. North'ton, Gent., eldest son and heir to Richard, mar. Anne, da. of John Knight of Carlton, co. North'ton, and by her had issue,—
        • William, his eldest son; 
        • Anthony, second son; 
        • George, third son; and 
        • Edward, fourth son; 
        • Mary, mar. to William Mowle; 
        • Anne, mar. to John Blencowe; 
        • Amey, mar. to Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave, co. North'ton, Gent.; 
        • Cicely, mar. to Edward Manly of Northampton.
  • Genealogical Gleanings in England, Volume 1 By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters.  Page 487
    • WILL OF ROBERT PARGITER OF GREATWORTH   1558
      • will that Anne my wife shall have and enjoy all my lands and tenements and all other my possessions, with all profits and commodities thereto belonging, whatsoever they be, lying and being within the towns and fields of Gritworth and Laurence Marson, during her natural life, and that she shall have and enjoy my lease of my farm in Grytworth which I do now hold of the Right Honorable my lord Windsor by indenture, during her natural life, paying the annual rent therefor. My son William and Anne my wife shall have my farm in Shattiswell in the Co. of Warwick, which I hold by indenture of Sir Thomas Pope, knight, during my years therein, to be equally divided and severed betwixt them. After my decease my son William shall pay yearly out of my lands in Stuttisbery to Anne my wife forty shillings, that is to say every half year twenty shillings by even portions. I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Molle four marks of good and lawful money, to be paid to her every year a mark during four years. Other bequests of household goods to son George. The residue to Anne my wife and my sou William Pargiter, whom I do ordain and make mine executors. ...
  • The visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1564 and 1618-19 : with Northhamptonshire pedigrees from various Harleian mss. by Harvey, William, d. 1567; Metcalfe, Walter C. (Walter Charles); Vincent, Augustine, 1584?-1626 Published 1887. Page 123.  "Pargiter of Greatworth.". Arms : Barry of four Or and Sable, three mascles counterchanged. Tabulated as in the Visitation of 1564, and continues the descent from Robert, son of William Pargiter and Agnes his wife, thus: William Pargiter of Greatworth (eldest son and heir of Robert).= Agnes, da. of Christopher Light of Horley, co. Oxon, Gent.
  • http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chase/html/fam022...
  • http://history.loftinnc.com/Washington_Lawrence_1500.htm
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Ann Pargiter's Timeline

1482
1482
Charwelton, Northamptonshire, England
1510
1510
Shattiswell, Warwickshire, England
1514
1514
Greatworth, Northamptonshire, England (United Kingdom)
1514
Greatworth, Northamptonshire, England
1516
1516
Greatworth, Northamptonshire, England (United Kingdom)
1520
1520
Greatworth, Northamptonshire, England (United Kingdom)
1522
1522
Greatworth, Northamptonshire, England (United Kingdom)
1527
1527
Greatworth, Northamptonshire, England (United Kingdom)
1558
1558
Age 76
Greatworth, Northamptonshire , England