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From: G . EDWARD ALLEN< >
Subject: Re: Knightley & Charlton: Why did family assume Charlton name?
Date: 1 Oct 1998 08:22:29 -0700


Sophelyn wrote:
>
> Please forgive my (ongoing but slowly receding) massive ignorance of
> the intricacies of medieval genealogy, and maybe my question ties in
> with the other thread on people treating House names too much like
> surnames, etc. Anyway!
>
> I have in my database Thomas (de) Knightley (de) Charlton b. c 30 May
> 1394, d. 4 January 1459/60, m. Elizabeth Francis. Parents of Thomas
> are shown as William de Knightly and Anna de Charlton. I only know of
> one child of Thomas: Robert Charlton who m. Mary Corbet.
>
> So! Is there any interesting reason that Thomas' name mainly reflected
> his mother's and his descendants kept the tradition up? I read Kay
> Allen's post about the Knightly ancestors
> (http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=380572763) - interesting.
>
> Soph
> who lacks a juicy source for Thos. & Liz marrying anyway

While Knightley was a very well_known name, William was either a much
younger son or illegitimate. Since Charleton was the more illustrious of
the two names and since it was long-associated with Apley Castle, Thomas
seems to have assumed his mother's surname.

Kay Allen AG

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