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Leticia Hampden (Knollys)

Birthdate:
Death: March 1666 (74-75)
Coley, Reading, Berkshire, England
Place of Burial: England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rear Admiral Sir Francis Knollys, Kt., MP; Lettice Knollys and Leticia Barrett
Wife of John Hampden; Sir Thomas Vachell; Sir Thomas Vachell, Kt. and John Hampden, Patriae Pater
Sister of Sir Francis Knollys, MP; Elizabeth Hammond; Eleanor Knollys and Richard Knollys

Marriage: 23 Sep 1616
Managed by: Vance Barrett Mathis
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About Leticia Hampden

Born about 1590 in England
ANCESTORS
Daughter of Francis (Knowles) Knollys and Lettice (Barrett) Knollys
Sister of Francis Knollys and Elizabeth (Knollys) Hammond
Wife of Thomas Vachell — married 23 Sep 1616 in Reading, Berkshire, Englandmap
Wife of John Hampden MP — married 5 Jun 1640 (to 24 Jun 1643) [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died Mar 1666 at about age 76 [location unknown]

Lettice Knollys was daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and his wife, Lettice Barrett.
She married firstly Sir Thomas Vachell of Reading in Berkshire, son of Walter Vachell and his wife, Elizabeth Lee.[1]
Their marriage took place at St Lawrence, Reading on 23 Sep 1616. [2]
After Thomas' death she became the second wife of John Hampden, marrying him on 5 June 1640. [3]No children were born to Lettice and John. Lettice died in 1666. [4]
"Letitia Vachell alias Hampden, Widow of Saint Mary Reading" made her Will on 25th September 1665[5], she died in March 1666 and probate of her Will was granted to Robert Hampden on 22nd May 1666 (not 25th as shown here [6].

Sources
↑ The Four Visitations of Berkshire Page 136: Vachell of Colley
↑ Berkshire Marriages Index, Find My Past citing:Lettice Knowlls and Thomas Vatchell 23 Sep 1616 St Lawrence, Reading. By banns accessed: 28 Mar 2020 FMP
↑ Wikipedia: John Hampden
↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Hampden, John (1595–1643)
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D844283;PROB 11/320/426; Date: 22 May 1666
https://archive.org/details/quarterlyjourna00ditcgoog/page/n66/mode...

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knollys-158

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Leticia Hampden's Timeline

1591
1591
1666
March 1666
Age 75
Coley, Reading, Berkshire, England
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England (United Kingdom)