Catherine Knyvet (1564-1633?) was born in Charlton, Wiltshire Born: , Charlton, Wiltshire, England. Events March 8 - Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death June 22 - Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World September 10 - The Battle of Kawanakajima Ottoman Turks invade Malta Modern pencil becomes common in England Conquistadors crossed the Pacific Spanish found a colony... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... Charlton, Wiltshire may refer to: Charlton, a place in the Kennet district of Wiltshire, England. ... A bridge over the river Avon at Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...
She was the daughter of Sir Henry Knyvet of Charlton and Elizabeth Stumpe.
She married Robert Rich, son of Richard Rich and then Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk There are several entries for people with the name Robert Rich: There is an ambient musician by the name Robert Rich Robert Rich is a pen name used by American screenwriter and novelist Dalton Trumbo Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick was a British naval officer and politician. ... Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (1490? - June 12, 1567), was Lord Chancellor during the reign of King Edward VI of England. ... Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (24 August 1561-28 May 1626) was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Hon. ...
In 1619 she suffered fromsmallpox "which spoiled that good face of hers, which had brought to other much misery and to herself greatness which ended with much unhappiness" Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ...
Thomas Knyvet (or Knevytt, Knyvett, Knevett, Knevitt), (1558-27 July 1622) was the 2nd son of Sir Henry Knyvet of Charlton, Wiltshire and Anne Pickering, daughter of Sir Christopher Pickering of Killington, Westmoreland, Westmoreland.
Lord Knyvet was also famous for a long running feud with Edward de Vere, the Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, of whom many claim to be the true identity of William Shakespeare.
Knyvet's niece was Anne Vavasour, the mistress of the Earl of Oxford who bore him a child.
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