Katherine Curwen

Katherine Salkeld was born at Rosgill, Cumberland, England.1 She married Sir Christopher Curwen, son of Sir Thomas Curwen and Anne Lowther, after 1452.1 She died after 14 November 1500 at Workington Hall, Cumberland, England.1 The eldest of Sir Richard Salkeld's five daughters and coheirs.

Subsequent to the death of her husband, Sir Christopher Curwen, Katherine claimed to have had eight children by him, but Isabella is the only one of whom we have a record.1 Her married name became Curwen.1

Child of Katherine Salkeld and Sir Christopher Curwen

• 1.Isabella Curwen1

Citations

• 1.[S146] John F. Curwen, A History of the Ancient House of Curwen of Workington in Cumberland (Kendal, Cumberland, U.K.: Titus Wilson & Co., 1928). Hereinafter cited as History of Curwen in Workington.

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Christopher Curwen married 2ndly, Katherine, widow of Thomas Salkeld, daughter and heir of Richard Salkeld, of Roysgill, and had a daughter,

• [II] Isabella, married (dispensation 9 July, 1492) to Sir John Lamplugh, of Lamplugh.

Citations

• Joseph Foster. The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families. Together with their paternal ancestry .. (Volume 2)  (page 29 of 40) "Lineage of Curwen, of Workington."