Elizabeth Knyvett (Clifton)

• 'Elizabeth Clifton1,2,3,4,5,6
• 'F, b. circa 1392, d. before 8 December 1461
• Father Sir Constantine Clifton, 2nd Baron Clifton2,3,4,7,6 b. c 1372, d. 19 Feb 1396
• Mother Margaret Howard2,3,7,6 d. 25 Mar 1434
• ' Elizabeth Clifton was born circa 1392 at of Old Buckenham, Norfolk, England.2 She married Sir John Knyvett, Sheriff of Northamptonshire, son of Sir John Knyvet, Sheriff of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, & Huntingdonshire and Joan Botetourt, before 1412; They had 10 children (including 2 sons (John, Esq; & Erasmus) and 3 daughters (Margaret, wife of Richard Chamberlain, Esq. & of William Gedney, Esq; & Joan, wife of Robert Toppes, & of Richard Roos, Esq.).2,3,4,5,6 Elizabeth Clifton died before 8 December 1461.2,6
• 'Family Sir John Knyvett, Sheriff of Northamptonshire b. c 1394, d. 9 Nov 1445
• Children
  • ◦Margaret Knyvett+8,4,6 b. c 1412, d. c 12 May 1458
  • ◦John Knyvet, Esq., Justice of the Peace for Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, & Norfolk+9,6 b. c 1415, d. 1 Jan 1490
• Citations
• 1.[S4306] Unknown author, Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists by F. L. Weis, p. 157; The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 37.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 366.
• 3.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 495.
• 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 409-410.
• 5.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 574.
• 6.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 316.
• 7.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 573.
• 8.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 196.
• 9.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 366-367.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p520.htm#i...
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• 'Elizabeth Clifton1
• F, #228551
• Last Edited=15 Apr 2007
• ' Elizabeth Clifton married Sir John Knyvett.1
• ' She is the daughter of Constantine de Clifton, 2nd Lord Clifton and Margaret Howard.1 Her married name became Knyvett.1
• Citations
• 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 308. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• http://thepeerage.com/p22856.htm#i228551
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• 'John KNYVETT
• Born: ABT 1370/80, Southwick, Northamptonshire, England
• Died: 1445, Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, England
• Notes: Sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1427. Acquired Buckenham Castle through Elizabeth Clifton's inheritance.
• Father: John KNYVETT
• Mother: Joan De BOTTETOURTE
• 'Married: Elizabeth CLIFTON (b. 1392 - d. 1441) (dau. of Constantine De Clifton and Margaret Howard)
• Children:
  • 1. John KNYVETT (Sir Knight)
  • 2. Margaret KNYVETT
  • 3. Joan KNYVETT
  • 4. Richard KNYVETT
  • 5. Anne KNYVETT
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/KNYVETT.htm#John KNYVETT4
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• 'Magna Carta ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• Magna Carta ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• Pg. 436
• 7. MARGARET (or MARGERY) DE SCALES, elder daughter. She married ROBERT HOWARD, Knt, of East Winch, Fersfield, Terrington, and Wiggenhall, etc., Norfolk, son and heir of John HOWARD, Knt., of East Winch and Wiggenhall, Norfolk, Admiral of the Fleet north of the Thames, by Alice, daughter of Robert de Bois, Knt. He was born about 1342 (age 30 in 1372). They had one son, John, Knt., and one daughter, Margaret. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1378-79, for detaining Margery de Nerford from her grandmother, Lady Alice Neville. SIR ROBERT HOWARD died testate at East Winch, Norfolk 18 July 1388. His widow, Margaret, married (2nd) Walter de Bermingham, Knt., of Ireland (died before 10 Feb. 1401). She left a will dated 8 May 1416. She was buried with her 1st husband in the south side of the chancel at East Winch, Norfolk. . . . . .
• Children of Margaret de Scales, by Robert Howard, Knt.:
  • ii. MARGARET HOWARD, married after Feb. 1389/90 CONSTANTINE DE CLIFTON, Esq. 2nd Lord Clifton, of Buckenham, Babingley, Hilborough, etc. Norfolk, Little Waltham, Essex, etc., son and heir of John de Clifton, Knt., 1st Lord Clifton, by Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph de Cromwell, Knt., 1st Lord Cromwell. He was born about 1372 (aged 16 in 1388, aged 19 1/2 in 1391). They had one son, JOhn, Knt. [3rd Lord Clifton], and one daughter, 'Elizabeth'. He was summoned to Parliament from 13 Nov. 1393 to 20 Nov. 1394. CONSTANTINE DE CLIFTON, Esq., 2nd Lord Clifton, died 19 Feb 1395/6. His widow, Margaret, married (2nd) (as his 3rd wife) GILBERT TALBOT, Knt., of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire and Wadley, Berkshire (died 6 Feb. 1398/9). They had one son, Richard. She died 25 March 1434, and was buried at Black Friars, Norwich. . . . . .
  • Child of Margaret Howard, by Constantine de Clifton, Esq.:
    • ' i. ELIZABETH CLIFTON, married JOHN KNYVET, Knt., of Southwick, Northamptonshire [see GURDON 9]
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• 'Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• Pg. 495
• 10. ELIZABETH DE CROMWELL, married JOHN DE CLIFTON, Knt., of Buckenham, Babingley, Denton, Hilborough, West Bradenham, etc., Norfolk, son and heir of Constantine de Clifton, of Buckenham, Norfolk, by Katherine, daughter of William de la Pole, Knt. He was born about 1353 (aged 15 in 1368). They had one son, Constantine, Esq. [2nd Lord Clifton], and one daughter, Katherine (wife of Ralph Greene and Simon Felbrigg, Knt.). He was summoned to Parliament from 1 Dec. 1376 to 28 July 1388, by writs directed to Johanni de Clyfton, whereby his is held to have become Lord Clifton. SIR JOHN DE CLIFTON, 1st Lord Clifton, died at Rhodes 10 August 1388. His widow, Elizabeth, married (2nd) EDWARD BENSTED, Knt. She died 24 Sep 1391. . . .
  • 11. CONSTANTINE DE CLIFTON, Esq., 2nd Lord Clifton, of Buckenham, Babingley, Hilborough, etc., Norfolk, Little Waltham, Essex, etc., son and heir, born about 1372 (aged 16 in 1388, aged 19 1/2 in 1391). He married after Feb. 1389/90 MARGARET HOWARD, daughter of Robert Howard, Knt., of East Winch, Fersfield, and Wiggenhall, Norfolk (descendant of King John), by Margaret (or Margery), daughter of Robert de Scales, 3rd Lord Scales [see CORNWALL 8 for her ancestry]. They had one son, John, Knt. [3rd Lord Clifton], and one daughter, 'Elizabeth'. He was summoned to Parliament from 13 Nov. 1393 to 20 Nov. 1394. CONSTANTINE DE CLIFTON, Esq., 2nd Lord Clifton, died 19 Feb. 1395/6. His widow, Margaret, married (2nd) (as his 3rd wife) GILBERT TALBOT, Knt., of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire and Wadley, Berkshire (died 6 Feb 1398/9), They had one son, Richard. She died 25 March 1434, and was buried at Black Friars, Norwich. . . .
  • Child of Constantine de Clifton, Esq., by Margaret Howard:
    • ' i. ELIZABETH CLIFTON, married JOHN KNYVET, Knt., of Southwick, Northamptonshire [ see GURDON 10].
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• 'Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William
• Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William
• Pg. 197
• 33. ELIZABETH CROMWELL, d. 1393/4; m. (1) John Clifton, b. abt. 1353, 1st Lord Clifton, of Buckenham Castle, co. Norfolk, d. Rhodes, 10 Aug. 1388, son of Constantine Clifton, d. by 1372, of Buckenham co. Norfolk, by wife Catherine de la Pole, dau. of Sir William de la Pole, Mayor of Hull, baron of the Exchequer, d. 1366; m. (2) Sir Edward Bensted. (CP III: 307-308)
  • 34. CONSTANTINE CLIFTON, by (1), b. 1372, 2nd Lord Clifton, of Buckenham Castle, co. Norfolk, d. 1395; m. aft. Feb 1389/90, Margaret Howard, d. 1433, dau. of Sir John Howard, d. 1438, of Wigenhall, Norfolk, by (1) wife Margaret Plaiz, d. 1391, dau. Sir John Plaiz, 5th Lord Plaiz, d. 1389. (CP III: 308, X: 541-542).
    • ' 35. ELIZABETH CLIFTON, liv. 1447, h. of Buckenham, co. Norfolk; m. SIR JOHN KNYVET (1888-10), d. 1445. (CPIV; 308). (Gens. 33-35 added by Douglas Richardson).

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Elizabeth Clifton Knyvet BIRTH 1392 Buckenham, Broadland District, Norfolk, England DEATH 1441 (aged 48–49) Winwick, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England BURIAL All Saints Churchyard Ashwellthorpe, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England MEMORIAL ID 146090707

Family Members Parents Constantine de Clifton 1372–1395

Margaret Howard Clifton 1376–1434

Spouse John Knyvet 1395–1445

Children John Knyvet unknown–1491

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