Ancestral Trails 2016 » Catherine KNYVETT (1565-1638)

Persoonlijke gegevens Catherine KNYVETT 

• Zij is geboren in het jaar 1565 in Charlton, Wiltshire.
• Titel: Countess of Suffolk
• (Alternative Name) : Katherine Knyvett.
• Zij is overleden op 12 september 1638 in Saffron Walden, Essex, zij was toen 73 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Henry KNYVETT en Elizabeth STUMPE

Gezin van Catherine KNYVETT

(1) Zij is getrouwd met Richard Rich.

Zij zijn getrouwd rond 1585 te Charlton, Wiltshire.

Kind(eren):

1. Robert Rich  ± 1590-± 1660 

(2) Zij is getrouwd met Thomas HOWARD.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1583 te Saffron Walden, Essex, zij was toen 18 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Henry HOWARD  1589-1616 
2. Charles HOWARD  1594-1628
3. Edward HOWARD  1600-1675 
4. Gertrude HOWARD  1585-????
5. Thomas HOWARD  1587-1669 
6. Frances HOWARD  1590-1632 
7. Elizabeth HOWARD  1586-1658 
8. Katherine HOWARD  1592-???? 
9. Theophilus HOWARD  1584-1640 
10. Robert HOWARD  1596-1653 

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Notities over Catherine KNYVETT

Catherine (or Katherine) Howard, Countess of Suffolk (1564-1638), was born in Charlton, Wiltshire, the oldest child of Sir Henry Knyvet and his wife Elizabeth Stumpe. Her uncle was Sir Thomas Knyvet, who foiled the gunpowder plot.

Early in her life, she married Richard Rich, son of Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich, and grandson of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich. After his death in 1580 she then married Sir Thomas Howard, who twenty years later was named the Earl of Suffolk.

Howard gained a place in Queen Elizabeth's bedchamber and the title of Keeper of the Jewels in 1599. This honor went further as she was also granted authority over the lodgings where Queen Anne gave birth to the princess. In fact, she was in such a position of high esteem within the court, she would have been given the honor of godmother to Princess Sophia born of Queen Anne if the child had not perished. She danced in two of the queen's masques, one of which was written by Ben Jonson, titled The Masque of Blackness. King James wanted the actors to look African so the actors painted their faces black. In 1611, the poet Emilia Lanier chose to dedicate her poem Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum to her.

Howard strived with some success to gain rank in court but proved to be corrupt. She served as a liaison between Spain and Salisbury, and demanded bribes for doing so. Sir Thomas Howard was appointed Lord Treasurer, which allowed her more opportunity for financial gain. Howard was known to be very beautiful in her younger years, and during her time at court had many suitors and a string of alleged love affairs, using the position her husband achieved in the government to extort kickbacks from her lovers. However, in 1619, at the age of 55, she was the victim of an attack of smallpox "which spoiled that good face of hers, which had brought to other much misery and to herself greatness which ended with much unhappiness." Many of the details of her corruption came out in the Suffolk's trial in the same year, where Sir John Finet alleged "to be spared a bond of £500, a citizen gave £83 and a sable muff to the countess".

The Countess was ultimately caught and, as a result of her treachery, she and her family were banned from court. Peers generally sympathized with Sir Thomas for being caught in her web of corruption, and she endured the blunt of the blame for the Howards' fall from grace. After being expelled from court, she continued to write letters on behalf of others seeking court positions.

Howard had fourteen children:

Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1582-1640); married Elizabeth Hume
Elizabeth Howard (c. 1583-1658); married firstly William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury, then Edward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden
Sir Robert Howard (1584-1653); married Catherine Nevill
Gertrude Howard (born c. 1585)
Sir William Howard (1586-before 1672)
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (1587-1669); married Elizabeth Cecil. Inherited the Wiltshire estates that had passed on to his mother after her father's death.
Catherine Howard (c. 1588-1673); married William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
Emily Howard (born 1589)
Frances Howard (1590-1632); married firstly Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex then Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
Sir Charles Howard (1591-21 June 1626); married Mary Fitzjohn
Henry Howard (1592-1616); married Elizabeth Bassett
John Howard (1593-1595)
Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick (d. 24 April 1675)
Margaret Howard (c. 1599 - 1608)
SOURCE: Wikipedia


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