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  • Name: Sir Henry BELKNAP
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1419 b
  • Death: 3 Jul 1488 d
  • Burial: Chapel of Our Lady at Beckley, Sussex u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Hamon BELKNAP Birth: Abt 1390 Death: 4 Jan 1428/9
  • Mother:
  • Joan De BOTILLER Birth: 4 Death: Before 23 Dec 1444

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Edward BELKNAP Death: 25 Mar 1521
  2. Alice BELKNAP Death: Before 1548
  3. Elizabeth BELKNAP Death: Abt 6 Mar 1504
  4. Mary BELKNAP Death: Abt 3 Nov 1556
  5. Griselde BELKNAP
  6. Margaret BELKNAP
  7. Anne BELKNAP Birth: 13 May 1460 Death: Before 1524

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]p[0-9]*].
  4. Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. London: Charles Skilton Ltd, 1977. Nypl ARF+ 78-835. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p[0-9]*].
  5. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
  6. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
  7. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
  8. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1419 (age 10 in 1429) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p91]
abt 1434 [Ref: Richardson PA p90],
parents:
[Ref: Richardson PA p89, Richardson PA p90, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p90],
name:
Hamon [Ref: Burke Peerage p1825]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson PA p90, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p91]
1 Jul 1488 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p97]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson PA p90, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p91]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret KNOLLYS
date:
before 1471 [Ref: Richardson PA p90, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p91],
child:
[Ref: Paget HRHCharles p97, Richardson PA p90, Richardson PA p91, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p398, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p91]
Research Notes:
Esq, of Crofton, Kent, and Beccles, Suffolk [Ref: Richardson PA p90, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p91]
Esq [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p164]
of Maskelbury, Essex [Ref: Burke Peerage p1825]

1484: heir to his brother, William Belknap; inherited the manors of Knelle (in Beckley), Sussex, Sentling (in St Mary Cray), and Ringwold (in Walmer), Kent [Ref: Richardson PA p90, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p91]



Pedigree of Sir Henry BELKNAP
                   /-----John BELKNAP
          /-----Sir Robert BELKNAP
         |         \-----Alice
 /-----Hamon BELKNAP
|        |         /-----John DARSET
|         \-----Juliane DARSET
Sir Henry BELKNAP
|                                                               /-----Ralph Le BOTELER
|                                                      /-----Maurice Le BOTELER
|                                             /-----Ralph Le BOTELER
|                                    /-----William Le BOTELER
|                                   |        |                  /-----Hugh PANTULF, Baron Of Wem
|                                   |        |         /-----William PANTULF, Baron Of Wem
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Christiana FITZ ALAN
|                                   |         \-----Matilda De PANTULF
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir Fulk FITZ WARIN, Robin Hood
|                                   |                  \-----Hawise FITZ WARIN
|                                   |                           \-----Maud VAVASOUR
|                           /-----William Le BOTILLER, Lord Botiller
|                          |        |                           /-----Maredudd Ap Bleddyn
|                          |        |                  /-----Madog Ap Maredudd, Prince Of Powys Fadog
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Hunydd Ferch Einudd
|                          |        |         /-----Gruffudd Ap Madog, Prince Of Powys Fadog
|                          |        |        |         \-----Iseult
|                          |         \-----Angharad Ferch Gruffudd
|                          |                 |                  /-----Adam Of Aldithley
|                          |                 |         /-----Henry Of Aldithley
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Emma FITZRALF
|                          |                  \-----Emma Of Aldithley
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir Ralph MAINWARING, Seneschal Of Chester
|                          |                           \-----Bertrad MAINWARING
|                          |                                    \-----Amicia Of Chester
|                  /-----William Le BOTILLER, Lord Botiller, Lord Of Wem
|                 |         \-----Beatrice
|         /-----Sir Thomas De BOTILLER, Lord Sudeley
|        |        |                                             /-----Ralph De SUDELEY, Baron Of Sudeley
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Bartholomew De SUDELEY, Baron Of Sudeley
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Imenia
|        |        |                           /-----John De SUDELEY, Lord Sudeley
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----William BEAUCHAMP, Baron Of Elmsley Castle
|        |        |                          |         \-----Joan De BEAUCHAMP
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Isabel MAUDUIT
|        |        |                  /-----Bartholomew De SUDELEY
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Geoffrey De SAY, Baron Of West Greenwich
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De SAY, Baron Of West Greenwich
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Hawise De CLARE
|        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) De SAY
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Sibyl
|        |        |         /-----John De SUDELEY, Lord Sudeley
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Piers De MONTFORT
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Piers De MONTFORT
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Alice Of Aldithley
|        |        |        |        |         /-----John De MONTFORT, Lord Montfort
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Henry De La MARE
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Maud De La MARE
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan De NEVILLE
|        |        |        |         \-----Maud De MONTFORT
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----William De La PLAUNCHE
|        |        |        |                  \-----Alice De La PLAUNCHE
|        |        |        |                           \-----Aelide
|        |         \-----Joan De SUDELEY
|        |                 |                                    /-----Robert De SCALES
|        |                 |                           /-----Roger De SCALES
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Alice De ROUCESTRE
|        |                 |                  /-----Robert De SCALES, Lord Scales
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Clemence
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert De SCALES, Lord Scales
|        |                 |        |         \-----Isabel De BURNELL
|        |                  \-----Eleanor SCALES
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir Robert De COURTENAY, Baron Of Oakhampton
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir John De COURTENAY, Baron Of Oakhampton
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Mary De VERNON
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De COURTENAY, Baron Of Oakhampton
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De VERE, Earl Of Oxford
|        |                          |        |         \-----Isabel De VERE
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Hawise De QUINCEY
|        |                           \-----Egeline De COURTENAY
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER, Justiciar Of England
|        |                                    \-----Eleanor Le DESPENSER
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Philip BASSET, Justiciar Of England
|        |                                             \-----Aline BASSET
|        |                                                      \-----Hawise De LOUVAINE
 \-----Joan De BOTILLER
         |                                                      /-----William De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Of Salwarpe
         |                                             /-----Walter De BEAUCHAMP
         |                                            |         \-----Joan De St VALERIE
         |                                    /-----William BEAUCHAMP, Baron Of Elmsley Castle
         |                                   |        |         /-----Roger De MORTIMER, Baron Of Wigmore
         |                                   |         \-----Joan MORTIMER
         |                                   |                  \-----Isabel De FERRIERS
         |                           /-----Sir Walter De BEAUCHAMP
         |                          |        |                  /-----Robert MAUDIT, Baron Of Hanslope
         |                          |        |         /-----William IV MAUDIT, Baron Of Hanslope
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Isabel BASSET
         |                          |         \-----Isabel MAUDUIT
         |                          |                 |         /-----Waleran Beaumont De Newbourge, Earl Of Warwick
         |                          |                  \-----Alice De NEWBOURGE
         |                          |                           \-----Alice De Harcourt
         |                  /-----Sir Giles De BEAUCHAMP
         |                 |        |                           /-----Roger IV De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
         |                 |        |                  /-----Ralph VI De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Constance De BEAUMONT
         |                 |        |         /-----Roger V De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LACY, Baron Of Weobley
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Petronilla De LACY
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De BRAOISE
         |                 |         \-----Alice De TONI
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Henry De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford, MC Surety
         |                 |                 |         /-----Humphrey V De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Maud FITZ GEOFFREY De MANDEVILLE
         |                 |                  \-----Alice De BOHUN
         |                 |                          |         /-----Raoul I De LUSIGNAN, Count D'Eu
         |                 |                           \-----Maud D'EU
         |                 |                                    \-----Alice D'EU, Countess Of Eu, Lady Of Hastings
         |         /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP
         |        |        |         /-----Sir John De BURES
         |        |         \-----Catherine De BURES
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert De MUSCEGROS
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John De MUSCEGROS
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Hawise MALET
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert De MUSCEGROS
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William AVENAL
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Cecily Of Avenal
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Aline
         |        |                  \-----Hawise MUSCEGROS
          \-----Alice De BEAUCHAMP
                  |                           /-----Robert CHERLETON
                  |                  /-----John CHERLETON, Lord Cherleton
                  |         /-----John CHERLETON, Lord Cherleton
                  |        |        |                  /-----Gruffyd AP WENNONWEN De La POLE
                  |        |        |         /-----Owain Ap GRIFFITH De La POLE, Prince Of Powys
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John LeSTRANGE
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Hawise LeSTRANGE
                  |        |         \-----Hawise FERCH OWAIN De La POLE
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert CORBET
                  |        |                  \-----Joan CORBET
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir John LeSTRANGE
                  |        |                           \-----(Unk) Le STRANGE
                   \-----Joan CHERLETON
                           |                                    /-----Ralph MORTIMER, Baron Of Wigmore
                           |                           /-----Sir Roger MORTIMER, Baron Of Wigmore
                           |                          |         \-----Gladys DHU
                           |                  /-----Sir Edmund De MORTIMER, Lord Mortimer
                           |                 |        |         /-----William De BRAIOSE, Baron Of Brecknock Castle
                           |                 |         \-----Maud De BRAOISE
                           |                 |                  \-----Eve MARSHALL
                           |         /-----Sir Roger MORTIMER, Earl Of March
                           |        |        |                  /-----Sir Ingleman FIENNES, K.B., Lord Of Wendover
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir William FIENNES
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel Of Conde
                           |        |         \-----Margaret FIENNES
                           |        |                 |         /-----Jean De BRIENNE, Grand Butler Of France
                           |        |                  \-----Blanche De BRIENNE, Lady Of Loupeland
                           |        |                           \-----Jeanne Dame De Chateau Du Loir
                            \-----Maud De MORTIMER
                                    |                           /-----Simon De JOINVILLE, Seigneur De Joinville
                                    |                  /-----Sir Geoffrey De GENEVILLE, Lord Geneville
                                    |                 |         \-----Beatrix Of Auxonne
                                    |         /-----Sir Piers De GENEVILLE, Baron Of Trim
                                    |        |        |         /-----Gilbert De LACY
                                    |        |         \-----Maud LACY
                                    |        |                  \-----Isabel BIGOD
                                     \-----Joan De GENEVILLE, Countess Of March
                                             |                  /-----Hugh XI Le Brun De Lusignan
                                             |         /-----Hugh XII De Lusignan, Count De La Marche
                                             |        |         \-----Yolande De DREUX
                                              \-----Joan De LUSIGNAN
                                                      |         /-----Raoul Seigneur De Fougers
                                                       \-----Joanne De Fougers
                                                                \-----Isabel De CRAON



Descendants of Sir Henry BELKNAP
1. Sir Henry BELKNAP m. Margaret KNOLLYS
m. Margaret KNOLLYS father: Sir Richard KNOLLYS mother: Margaret D'OYLEY

2nd generation

2. Sir Edward BELKNAP m1. Alice BROUN m2.
m. Alice BROUN father: John BROUN
3. Alice BELKNAP m. William SHELLEY
m. William SHELLEY father: John SHELLEY mother: Elizabeth MICHELGROVE Alias FAUCONER
4. Elizabeth BELKNAP m. Sir Philip COOKE
m. Sir Philip COOKE father: Sir Thomas COOKE mother: Elizabeth MALPAS
5. Mary BELKNAP m. Gerard DANNETT
m. Gerard DANNETT father: John DANNETT mother: Joan De La HAY
8. Anne BELKNAP m. Sir Robert WOTTON, K.G.
m. Sir Robert WOTTON, K.G. father: Nicholas WOTTON mother: Elizabeth BAMBURGH

3rd generation

9. Elizabeth BELKNAP m1. William SCOTT m2. Thomas BISHOPP
m. William SCOTT
m. Thomas BISHOPP
10. Katherine SHELLEY m. Henry BROWNE
m. Henry BROWNE father: Sir Matthew BROWNE mother: Frideswide GRUILDFORD
19. John COOKE m1. Alice SAUNDERS m2. Margaret PENNINGTON
m. Alice SAUNDERS father: William SAUNDERS mother: Jane SPENCER
m. Margaret PENNINGTON
29. Elizabeth DANNETT m. Sir John ARUNDELL
m. Sir John ARUNDELL father: Sir John ARUNDELL mother: Eleanor GREY
31. Sir Edward WOTTON m1. Dorothy READE m2. Ursula DYMOKE
m. Dorothy READE father: Sir Robert READE mother: Margaret ALPHEY
m. Ursula DYMOKE father: Sir Robert DYMOKE mother: Jane CRESSENER
38. Margaret WOTTON m1. William MEDLEY m2. Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
m. William MEDLEY
m. Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset father: Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset mother: Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil

4th generation

40. Sir Thomas BISHOPP m1. Anne CROMER m2. Jane WESTON
m. Anne CROMER father: William CROMER
m. Jane WESTON father: Sir Richard WESTON mother: Jane DISTER
43. Sir Thomas BROWNE m1. Mabel FITZWILLIAM m2. Ellen HARDING
m. Mabel FITZWILLIAM father: William FITZWILLIAM mother: Jane ROBERTS
m. Ellen HARDING father: William HARDING
45. Sir Anthony COOKE m. Anne FITZWILLIAM
m. Anne FITZWILLIAM father: Sir William FITZWILLIAM mother: Anne HAWES
48. Anne WOTTON m1. James CROMER m2. Robert RUDSTON
m. James CROMER father: Sir William CROMER mother: Alice HAWTE
m. Robert RUDSTON father: Sir John RUDSTON mother: Ursula DYMOKE
54. Henry GREY, K.G., Duke of Suffolk m. Frances BRANDON
m. Frances BRANDON father: Charles BRANDON, K.G., Duke of Suffolk mother: Mary TUDOR
57. Sir John GREY m. Mary BROWNE
m. Mary BROWNE father: Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G. mother: Alice GAGE
58. Elizabeth GREY m1. Sir Thomas AUDLEY, K.G., Lord Audley m2. George NORTON
m. Sir Thomas AUDLEY, K.G., Lord Audley father: Geoffrey AUDLEY
m. George NORTON
59. Anne GREY m. Sir Henry WILLOUGHBY
m. Sir Henry WILLOUGHBY father: Sir Edward WILLOUGHBY mother: Anne FILLIOL
60. Catharine GREY m. Henry ARUNDEL, Earl of Arundel
m. Henry ARUNDEL, Earl of Arundel father: William ARUNDEL, K.G., Earl of Arundel mother: Anne PERCY

5th generation

62. Sir Edward BISHOPP m. Mary TUFTON
m. Mary TUFTON father: Nicholas TUFTON, Earl of Thanet mother: Frances CECIL
63. Sir Matthew BROWNE m. Jane VINCENT
m. Jane VINCENT father: Sir Thomas VINCENT mother: Jane LYFIELD
68. Sir Richard COOKE m. Anna CAUTON
m. Anna CAUTON
72. Elizabeth COOKE m1. Sir Thomas HOBY m2. John RUSSELL, Lord Russell
m. Sir Thomas HOBY
m. John RUSSELL, Lord Russell father: Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford mother: Margaret St JOHN
73. Katherine COOKE m. Sir Henry KILEGREW
m. Sir Henry KILEGREW father: John KILLIGREW mother: Elizabeth TREWINARD
74. Mildred COOKE m. William CECIL, Lord Burghley
m. William CECIL, Lord Burghley father: Richard CECIL mother: Jane HECKINGTON
75. Anne COOKE m. Sir Nicholas BACON
m. Sir Nicholas BACON father: Robert BACON mother: Isabel GAGE
77. William CROMER m1. Margaret KEMPE m2. Elizabeth GUILDFORD m3. Catherine m4.
m. Margaret KEMPE father: Sir Thomas KEMPE
m. Elizabeth GUILDFORD father: Sir John GUILFORD mother: Barbara WEST
m. Catherine
83. Katherine GREY m1. Henry HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke m2. Edward SEYMOUR, Earl Of Hertford
m. Henry HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke father: William HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke mother: Anne PARR
m. Edward SEYMOUR, Earl Of Hertford father: Edward SEYMOUR, K.G., Duke Of Somerset mother: Anne STANHOPE
85. Jane GREY m1. Henry DENNY m2. Sir Edward GREVILE
m. Henry DENNY
m. Sir Edward GREVILE father: Sir Fulk GREVILLE mother: Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY, Baroness Willoughby
86. Sir Henry GREY, Lord Grey of Groby m. Anne WINDSOR
m. Anne WINDSOR father: William WINDSOR, Lord Windsor mother: Margaret SAMBOURNE
87. Margaret GREY m. Sir Arthur CAPELL
m. Sir Arthur CAPELL father: Sir Henry CAPELL mother: Katherine MANNERS
94. Margaret AUDLEY m1. Henry DUDLEY m2. Thomas HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk
m. Henry DUDLEY father: John DUDLEY, K.G., Duke Of Northumberland mother: Jane GUILFORD
m. Thomas HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk father: Henry HOWARD, K.G., Earl of Surrey mother: Frances VERE
95. Margaret WILLOUGHBY m. Sir Matthew ARUNDELL
m. Sir Matthew ARUNDELL father: Sir Thomas ARUNDELL mother: Margaret HOWARD
98. Mary ARUNDEL m. Thomas HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk
m. Thomas HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk father: Henry HOWARD, K.G., Earl of Surrey mother: Frances VERE