Belknap, Sir Sir Henry

1420 - 1488  (68 years)

• Name	Belknap, Sir Henry
  Title	Sir
  Birth	May 1420	Griffe, Warwickshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Verified	Yes - Research
  Residence	1488	Canterbury, Kent, England
  	Wills Proved in The Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1383-1558 (A-J)
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  _UID	030B24F4913E4DBDBA10DF7FDFB778588D2C
  Death	10 Jul 1488	Griffe, Warwickshire, England
  Person ID	I763	Charles Banks and Jon Ray Family Tree
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Belknap, Sir Knight Hamon,   b. 4 Sep 1384, Warwickshire, England d. 10 Jul 1429, St. Mary Cray, Kent, England (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Botiler, Lady Joan,   b. 1395, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England d. 1489, Griffe, Warwickshire, England (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	1411	Griff, Warwickshire, England
  Family ID	F242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Knolles, Lady Margaret,   b. 1432, North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England d. 7 Oct 1488, Warwick, Warwickshire, England (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1451	Giddy Hall, Sussex, England
  Children	1. Belknap, Lady Elizabeth,   b. 1452, Giddy Hall, Sussex, England d. 1517, Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - May 1420 - Griffe, Warwickshire, England Marriage - 1451 - Giddy Hall, Sussex, England Residence - Wills Proved in The Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1383-1558 (A-J) - 1488 - Canterbury, Kent, England Death - 10 Jul 1488 - Griffe, Warwickshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The recorded history of the Belknap family commences with John Belknap, father of Sir Robert Belknap. It continues through Robert's son, Sir Hamon Belknap (about 1380-1429), to Hamon's son, Sir Henry Belknap (about 1420-1488), to Henry's son, Sir Edward Belknap (about 1471-1521). The surname Belknap, as carried through descendants of Sir Robert Belknap, appears to have died out with Sir Robert's great grandson, Sir Edward. However, several other males surnamed Belknap, whose connections to Sir Robert are at present unknown, were contemporaries of Sir Robert's family during the 15th and 16th Centuries. The Belknap surname may have continued through one of these other contemporaneous Belknaps through the Beltoft family of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire ("Beltoft" appears to be an Anglo-Saxon etymological derivative of the Norman surname "Belknap"), who assumed or resumed using the surname Belknap in the 1500s, not long before Abraham Belknap (formerly known as Beltoft) emigrated to Massachusetts in the 1630s. (Adaline Knight, first wife of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap (5th great grandson of Abraham Belknap), is a direct descendant of Sir Robert Belknap several ways: through her paternal great grandfather, Samuel Knight, whose Hutchens ancestry ties to Sir Robert via the Whitney-Baskerville-Devereaux-Ferrers lines; and through her paternal grandmother, Rizpah Lee, whose Lee ancestry on both sides of her family ties to Sir Robert via the Hungerford and Shelley lines.)

  
  

• Reference

  Charles Banks. "Belknap, Sir Sir Henry". The families of Charles Banks and Jon Ray. https://familytree.banksray.com/getperson.php?personID=I763&tree=banksray (accessed April 25, 2026).