Margaret Knightley

Married 1) Margaret Pawe 2) Agnes, sister of Sir Nicholas Hare, Knight, Master of the rolls, who survived him.

His children were all under age & last 3 daughters unmarried when will was written in 1547: George (son & heir), Letitia, Wynefryd, Awdry, & Catherine.

The children of Margaret Pawe and William Knightley were:

1. Letitia, daughter and co-heir. Married 1) John Clipsby 2) William Cardinall.
2. Elizabeth, 2nd daughter and co-heir. Married John Hill.
3. Winfred (d aft 1569), 3rd daughter and co-heir. Married Robert Coke, Esq.
4. Ethedrede or Awdry, 4th daughter and co-heir. Married Thomas Gawdrie, Sr.

The children of Agnes Hare and William Knightley were:

1. George Knightley, son and heir. Married Katherine Pyrton.
2. Katherine, sister of George. Married Reginald Rowe, Esq.

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http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-19_f_102.pdf

The testator’s nephew, William Knightley (d. 27 January 1548?), married firstly Margaret Pawe, and secondly Agnes Hare. His daughter, Winifred Knightley, was the mother of Sir Edward Coke. See Boyer, Allen, D., Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age, (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003), p. 2 at: https://books.google.ca/books?id=lkEv6eccC44C&pg=PA2

Winifred Knightley Coke, the Chief Justice’s mother, came from a family at least as old and likely more prominent. Her grandfather, Andrew Pawe, had practiced law in Norwich for thirty-odd years, beginning under Edward IV and continuing into the reign of Henry VIII. William Knightley had practiced law in Norwich for forty-five years, from around 1495 to around 1540. (He seems to have lived most of a decade beyond this; the Chief Justice’s longevity may have been inherited from this side of the family.). William belonged to the Knightley family who were prominent in Northamptonshire; he may have settled in Norwich upon marrying Margaret Pawe. The Pawe family’s status was reason enough. Old Andrew had been town clerk for Norwich and clerk of the peace for Norfolk, and he had married his daughters well. Winifred’s sister Audrey married Sir Thomas Gawdy – lawyer and landholder, right-hand man to the Duke of Norfolk, father of two judges, connections which would be invaluable to Coke.

Other lasting connections were forged at this juncture. William Knightley’s second wife Agnes was the sister of Lord Keeper Sir Nicholas Hare. . . . Winifred’s other sister, Lettice, had a granddaughter who married Sir Ranulph Crewe. . . .

For the will of William Knightley, see NRO Will register 55 (Wymer).

Note: seems to miss first wife Margaret Pawe in the Visitations of Essex (1558) and therefore, in the chart below. The children of Anne Hare were George and Katherine Knightley.

http://www.stirnet.co.uk/genie/data/british/kk/knightley2.php#con1

• John Knightley m. Margaret Daniell (dau of Thomas Daniell)
  • 1. Thomas Knightley of Bent, Staffordshire m. _ Gifford
    • A. William Knightley ('of Morgrave Knightley') of Marsham, Norfolk (d 1543, 3rd son) m. Anne Hare (dau of Thomas Hare, sister of Sir Nicholas)
      • i. George Knightley of Essex (dsp) m. Katherine Pyrton (dau of Sir William Pyrton of Essex)
      • ii. Lettice Knightley m1. William (not John) Clipsbye m2. William Cardinall 'of Bromley Magna, Essex
        • ' b. Charles Cardinall
          • (1) William Cardinall
      • iii. Winifred Knightley (d 01.1569)m1. Robert Cooke (b c1513, d 15.11.1561) m2. Robert Bozom
        • a. John Bozom
      • iv. Elizabeth Knightley m. John Hill
        • a. John Hill m. Joyce Woodnoth
          • (1)+ issue - Henry, Anne
      • v. Audrey Knightley m. Thomas Gawdey (d 1588, serjeant at law)
      • vi. Katharen Knightley m. Reynold Rouse of Badingham
    • B.+ other issue - Thomas, Mathew (priest)

References

• “Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica, Volume 1.” By Joseph Jackson Howard. Page 97. GoogleBooks, Page 98 GoogleBooks