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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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