Henry Knyvet

Sir Henry Knyvet (c. 1537–1598) of Charlton Park, Wiltshire, was an English Member of Parliament.

He was succeeded by his surviving three daughters, Katherine (who inherited Charlton Park and eventually became Countess of Suffolk), Elizabeth and Frances.

[3] His daughter, Frances Knyvet (died 1605) first married Sir William Bevill, and secondly, in 1602, Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland.

Her sister, Katherine, Countess of Suffolk, portrayed Kathare.

Her daughter, Katherine Manners married the royal favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, in 1620.