William Charlton

William de Knightley

• Born: Abt 1364, Fawsley Park, Northamptonshire, England
• Marriage: Anna de Charlton

Anne de Charlton, was the only child and heir of Thomas de Charlton. She married William Knightley, who took the name of Charlton, and they were the parents of Thomas, father of Robert, who married Mary, daughter of Robert Corbet of Morton corbet.

from Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland, Pg. 39

• 32. Thomas de Charlton, of Appleby, co. Salop, b. 1345, d. 6 Oct. 1387.
• 33. 'Anna de Charlton, b. bef. 1390, d. by 1399; m. William de Knightley, son of Richard Knightley of Fawesley, co Northampton.
• 34. Thomas de Knightley de Charlton, b. 30 mar. 1394, d. 4 Jan. 1460; m. Elizabeth Francis, dau. of Sir Robert Francis (Franceys) of Foremark, co. Derby. (See TAG 35: 62-63).

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Pedigrees of the plea rolls state that John de Knighteleye was the guardian of Ann Cherlton.

William de Knightley adopted his wife's family name of de Charlton upon the death of his wife's brother Thomas at the age of 17 years who was the last of the family line from then on this branch of the family was known as de Charlton, Although clearly this family branch is still a Knightley male blood line.

Source: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol11/pp215-221#highlig...

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References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153843194/william_de_knightley
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134852328/anna_de_knightley
3. The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years. By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, and William Ryland Beall. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1999. < GoogleBooks >
4. https://cybergata.com/roots/7246.htm cites
   1. Pedigrees of Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. I, p. 134 , Vol. II, p. 261,
   2. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Vol. V., pp. 344-345