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Robert Holdenby of Holdenby & Wold d 06.1411 | |||||||||||||||
m by 1375 Maud, heiress of Wold b c1348, dau of William de la Carnail | |||||||||||||||
1. | John Holdenby of Holdenby & Wold | ||||||||||||||
A. | John Holdenby of Holdenby & Wold 2nd son | ||||||||||||||
i. | William Holdenby of Holdenby & Wold | ||||||||||||||
m Eleanor Mortimer dau of John Mortimer of Grendon by Anne Longueville | |||||||||||||||
a. | William Holdenby of Holdenby & Wold d 07.1498 | ||||||||||||||
1 | John Holdenby of Holdenby & Wold b1488, dspms | ||||||||||||||
m Joce d 1511 | |||||||||||||||
b. | Elizabeth Holdenby | ||||||||||||||
m1 Henry Hatton of Holdenby | |||||||||||||||
m2 _ Giles | |||||||||||||||
ii. | John Holdenby of Holdenby Isham d c1456 | ||||||||||||||
m Joan Mortimer dau of John Mortimer of Grendon by Anne Longueville | |||||||||||||||
a. | William Holdenby of Holdenby Isham | ||||||||||||||
m Agnes m2. _ Nevill | |||||||||||||||
1 | William Holdenby of Holdenby Isham | ||||||||||||||
B. | Jane Holdenby possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m Henry Dyve of Brampton | |||||||||||||||
C. | Elizabeth Holdenby possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m Robert Mordaunt of Turvey a 1422 | |||||||||||||||
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Commoners starts with William Knight of Chawton, described as "living about the middle of the sixteenth century" and mentioned as great-grandfather of Nicholas who, by his wife Elizabeth, was father of John, Nicholas & Stephen with Stephen being father of Richard father of Sir Richard and Dorothy. This seems somewhat confused, given that BLG1952 shows the following ... | |||||||||||||||
William Knight of Chawton, Hampshire a 1525, d 1585 | |||||||||||||||
m 1560 Elizabeth Standen | |||||||||||||||
1. | John Knight of Chawton, Sheriff of Hampshire d 1620-1 | ||||||||||||||
m Mary Neale dau of William Neale of Warnford | |||||||||||||||
BLG1952 reports that John dsp 1620. Commoners reports that he d 1621 having had ... | |||||||||||||||
A. | Joanna Knight | ||||||||||||||
m John Gunter of Racton | |||||||||||||||
2. | Stephen Knight of Chawton, Sheriff of Hampshire d 1627-8 | ||||||||||||||
m Judith | |||||||||||||||
A. | John Knight dsp 1636 | ||||||||||||||
B. | Richard Knight of Chawton d 1641-2 | ||||||||||||||
m Elizabeth Fielder dau of J. Fielder of Barrow Court | |||||||||||||||
i. | Sir Richard Knight of Chawton dsp 1679 | ||||||||||||||
m Priscilla Reynolds dau of Sir Robert Reynolds of Elvetham | |||||||||||||||
C. | Dorothy Knight | ||||||||||||||
m Richard Martin of Ensham see below | |||||||||||||||
As shown below, Chawton passed into the Martin family. | |||||||||||||||
3. | son | ||||||||||||||
Michael Martin of Ensham, Oxfordshire b 1545, d 1610 | |||||||||||||||
1. | Richard Martin of Ensham d 1617 | ||||||||||||||
A. | Richard Martin of Ensham | ||||||||||||||
m Dorothy Knight dau of Stephen Knight of Chawton see above | |||||||||||||||
i. | Michael Martin of Ensham d 1681 | ||||||||||||||
m Frances Lewkenor dau of Sir Christopher Lewkenor by Mary, dau of John May of Rawmere | |||||||||||||||
a. | Richard Martin of Ensham, later Knight of Chawton d unm 1687 | ||||||||||||||
b. | Christopher Martin, later Knight of Chawton d unm 1702 | ||||||||||||||
c. | Elizabeth Martin dsp 1737 | ||||||||||||||
m1 William Woodward son of Edward of Fosters by Elizabeth, dau of Sir Christopher Lewkenor by Mary May | |||||||||||||||
m2 1725 Bulstrode Peachey, later Knight of Chawton dsp 1736-7 | |||||||||||||||
B. | Michael Martin dsp | ||||||||||||||
C. | Edward Martin of Whitney | ||||||||||||||
m Anne Brice | |||||||||||||||
i. | Anne Martin | ||||||||||||||
m John Hinton prebendary of Sarum, rector of Newbury, etc. | |||||||||||||||
a. | Edward Hinton b 1671, rector of Sheering | ||||||||||||||
m Mary Bridge dau/heir of Rev. Francis Bridge | |||||||||||||||
1 | Mary Hinton | ||||||||||||||
m 1745 John Hinton rector of Chawton just below | |||||||||||||||
b. | John Hinton 5th son | ||||||||||||||
1 | John Hinton rector of Chawton | ||||||||||||||
m1 Mary Hinton dau of Rev. Edward Hnton, cousin just above | |||||||||||||||
A | Jane Hinton | ||||||||||||||
m James Baverstock | |||||||||||||||
m2 Elizabeth Harrison dau of Thomas Harrison | |||||||||||||||
B+ | other issue - John Knight, 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
c.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
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John May of Rawmere, Sussex | |||||||||||||||
1. | Christopher May | ||||||||||||||
m Dorothy Prude | |||||||||||||||
A. | Anne May | ||||||||||||||
m William Broadnax or Brodnax | |||||||||||||||
i. | Thomas Broadnax or Brodnax of Godmersham, later May, later Knight of Chawton d 1781 | ||||||||||||||
m 1729 Jane Monk dau/coheir of William Monk of Buckingham by Hannah, dau of Stephen Stringer of Goudhurst by Jane Austen | |||||||||||||||
a. | Thomas Knight of Chawton & Godmersham b 1735, dsp 1794 | ||||||||||||||
m Catherine Knatchbull dau of Wadham Knatchbull of Durham | |||||||||||||||
Godmersham & Chawton passed to Edward Austen who assumed the name Knight. | |||||||||||||||
2. | John May | ||||||||||||||
m Constance | |||||||||||||||
A. | Sir Thomas May dsp 1710 | ||||||||||||||
3. | Mary May | ||||||||||||||
m Sir Christopher Lewkenor of West Dean | |||||||||||||||
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Reignold / Reginald Ragon of Bromham, Bedfordshire | |||||||||||||||
m Elizabeth Woodville sister/heir of Thomas Woodville of Grafton | |||||||||||||||
1. | John Ragon | ||||||||||||||
A. | Agnes Ragon | ||||||||||||||
m Thomas Wylde of Bromham | |||||||||||||||
i. | Elizabeth Wylde | ||||||||||||||
m1/2. Henry Dyve of Bromham | |||||||||||||||
m2/1. William Salisbury of Horton, Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||
a. | Mary Salisbury | ||||||||||||||
m William, Lord Parr of Horton d 10.09.1546 | |||||||||||||||
b. | Elizabeth Salisbury | ||||||||||||||
m John Enderby of Stratton |
Sources:
1 VCH Northamptonshire, vol IV, Old alias Wold
2 BLG1952 Knight of Chawton, Commoners vol I,
Knight of Godmersham
3 Commoners vol I, Knight of Godmersham
4 BLG1952 Knight of Chawton
5 Visitation Bedfordshire, 1566, Dyve of Bromham
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