Katherine (Knyvett) Howard (1563 - 1633)

Born 1563 in Charlton, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Rich — married 1579 in Leigh, Essex, England

Wife of Thomas Howard — married about 1583 in Charlton Wiltshire England

Descendants

Died Sep 1633 at about age 70 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England

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Biography

Katherine Knyvett was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Katherine Knyvett was the daughter of Sir Henry Knyvett and his wife, Elizabeth Stumpe. She was born about 1565 in Charlton, Wiltshire, England. She married firstly Richard Rich, son of Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich. After his death in 1580 she then married Sir Thomas Howard who was the son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Hon. Margaret Audley. She died Sep 1638 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England.

For a more in depth, biographical portrait see the following:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Howard,_Countess_of_Suffolk

1. Payne, Helen (2004). "Howard, Katherine, countess of Suffolk (b. in or after 1564, d. 1638)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

Sources

• Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910.), 12 (1): 465

• Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977.), pp. 294, 442

• The English Baronetage (London: Thomas Wotton, 1741. FHL BRITISH Film #990,427 Items 2-6.), 3:592

• Brydges, Egerton, Collins's Peerage of England (London: T. Bensley, 1812.), 3:153

• Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica (London: J.B. Nichols, 1834-1843. FHL BRITISH Film #496,953 Item 3.), 7:83

• G,E Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A Doubleday, Geoffrey H, White, 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 (Name: Name: Alan Sutton Publishing; Location: Gloucester, U,K; Date: 2000;;), volume I, page 401.

• Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 150.

• Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3504.

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p10302.htm#i103014

• The Visitation of Wiltshire 1565 Page 63: Knevett

Acknowledgements

• Knyvet-17 was created by David Sylvester through the import of Cookson-York.ged on Feb 2, 2015.