Lettice Penystone

1485 - 1557  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Lettice Penystone
  Birth	~ 1485	Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Jun 1557	Rothwell, Essex, England   [2]
  Person ID	I47537	The Hennessee Family
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Sir Thomas Penystone, Knight,   b. ~ 1446, Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England d. 0___ 1506, Buckinghamshire, England (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Alice Bulstrode
  Marriage	Y  [1, 2, 3]
  Family ID	F17453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sir Robert Knollys   d. 0___ 1521
  Marriage	Y  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Sir Francis Knollys, Knight,   b. 1511-1514, Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England d. 19 Jul 1596 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F17449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - ~ 1485 - Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England Death - 11 Jun 1557 - Rothwell, Essex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  About Lettice Penistone Also known as Katherine or Leticia. The Peniston line, for the most part, follows the research of William Henry Corbusier, Colonel, United States Army, retired honorary member of the Bermuda Historical Society, etc. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bmuwgw/penistongen2.htm In the records the name is also spelled Penygeston, Peningstone, Penison, Pennystone, Penystone, Penistone and Penn is ton. Penn (Welsh) signifies a head or promontory of land, ton or tun (Gaelic) an enclosure or estate. The early Penistons were Britons and the name was of repute in the year 959. Sir Thomas Peniston (Pennystone), son of 25.i., 5 E IV, 1466. Lord of Hawridge (Hawrudge) and Marshall Co. Bucks Esq., Married Alice daughter of Richard Bulstrode: Sable a Stage head cabussed A. attired or. a cross pattee ficchee between the antlers and an arrow untinctured in its mouth fessways. Issue: i. Thomas of Deane, 30; ii. Jane, 31, married to John Hastings of Delford. Co. Oxon Esq; iii. Lettice or Leticia, 32. married firstly to Robert Knowles, armiger of Nether Winchedon, Co. Bucks Esq., (Rotherfield, Grays Oxford ..., a widow in 1521 she was married secondly to Sir Robert Lee, knt., of Burston (Quarrendon) Co. Bucks 1529, whose will was made October 8, 1537. proved May 10th 1539 died Feb. 23,1538/39. She was his second wife. Her will was made June 28, 1557. proved June 11, 1558. (The Heradl and Genealogist, London, 1874. pg. 292). * [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S10412] "Lettice Knollys" pedigree, abstracted, downloaded and published Thursday, February 16th, 2017 by David A. Hennessee, in. [S10417] "Lettice Penistone" profile, abstracted, downloaded and published Wednesday, February 16th, 2017 by David A. Hennessee,. [S10420] "Sir Thomas Peniston" profile, abstracted, downloaded and published Friday, February 17th, 2017 by David A. Hennessee, i.