DATE                              EVENT

 

1524

• Catherine was born, the daughter of daughter of William Carey and Mary Boleyn

1526

• 4TH MARCH Catherine's younger brother Henry Carey is born.

• Catherine's mother Mary Boleyn is no loinger a mistresss to King Henry VIII of England. Now the Kings attentionois on her aunt Anne Boleyn

1528

• 22ND JUNE Catherine's father William Carey died of the sweating sickness.

• Catherine and her brother Henry went under the wardship of their Aunt, Anne Boleyn. William Carey had left considerable debts,Anne interceded to secure her widowed sister an annual pension of £100 Anne also seen that her nephew had good education They seen their mother Mary regular, who remained on good terms with her sister, until Mary's secret elopement with a soldier

1533

• 1ST JUNE The coronation of Anne Boleyn as Queen consort of England

• 7TH SEPTEMBER Anne Boleyn gives birth to a girl the future Elizabeth 1st of England.

1534

• Mary Boleyn Catherine'smother eloped with a solider named  William Stafford . This resulted iun Mary being exiled from court due to William's low nobility

1535

• Mary's, Boleyn financial circumstances became so desperate that she was reduced to begging the king's adviser Thomas Cromwell to speak to Henry and Anne on her behalf.

• Edward Stafford Catherine's half sister

1536

• 17th MAY Catherine uncle, George Boleyn is executed along with other accused of treason and adultery with her aunt Anne Boleyn

• 19TH MAY The execution of Anne Boleyn Catherine's aunt.

1538

• 3RD APRIL Catherine's grandmother Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire died

1539

• 12TH MARCH Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire Catherine's grandmother died.

• Francis Knolly's Catherine's future husband is attended Anne of Cleves on her arrival in England.

1540

• JANUARY Catherine' became maid of  honour to Queen consort Anne of Cleves

• 26TH APRIL Catherine married Sir Francis Knollys, she is now became known as Mistress Knollys .The couple lived at Greys Court

• 9TH JULY King Henry VIII of England marriage to Anne of Cleves is annulled.

• 28TH JULY King Henry VIII of England married Catherine Howard who is a cousin of Mary Boleyn.

• JULY Catherine is now maid of honour to Queen consort Catherine Howard

• Mary Knolly's Catherine's daughter is born.

1542

• 13TH FEBRUARY Catherine's cousin Queen Catherine Howard is executed at the Tower of London

• Francis Knolly's Catherine's husband entered the House of Commons for the first time as member for Horsham

• Catherine's son Henry Knollys is born.

1543

• 19TH JULY Catherine's mother Maery Boleyn died on her estate in Essex.

• 8TH NOVEMBER Lettice Knolly's is born at Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, Catherine's daughter

1544

• Willian Knolly's is born, Catherine's son.

1545

• 21ST MAY Catherine's brother Henry Carey marrried Anne Morgan

• Edward Stafford died Catherine's half brother.

1546

• Edward Knolly's is born Catherine's son

1547

• 28TH JANUARY King Henry VIII of England is dead and now his son, Edward VI King

• 28TH SEPTEMBER Catherine's husband Sir Francis Knollys is knighted by the commander-in-chief, the Duke of Somerset, Edward Seymour at the camp at Roxburgh

1548

• Richard Knollys is born Catherine's son.

1549

• 15TH JUNE Catherine's daughter Elizabeth Knollys is born

1551

• Catherine's husband Francis was granted the manors of Caversham in Oxfordshire (now Berkshire) and Cholsey in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire)

1552

• Catherine's son Sir Francis Knollys "the Younger" is born.

1553

• 6TH JULY King EdwarVI  of England is dead

• 9TH JULY The Lady Jane Grey is Queen fpr nine days

• JULY Mary Tudor is Queen of England, the The Lady Jane Grey is deposed an imprisoned. England is under Catholic rule.

1555

• 19TH JULY Anne Knollys catherine's daughter is born.

1556

• Catherine and her husband and family fled to Germany during the reign of Queen Mary I, Catherine and her husband only five of their children abroad, leaving the others behind in England

1557

• 21ST DECEMBER Francis and Catherine were members of a church in Frankfurt.

1558

• 17TH NOVEMBER Queen Mary Tudor is now dead, now her hallf sister , Catherine's 's cousin Elizabeth is Queen of England. England is now under Protestant rile.

• Queen  Elizabeth wrote to Catherine in Germany and appointed her chief lady of the bedchamber

1559

• JANUARY Catherine and her husband Francis and familt return to England from exile.

• Francis Knollys was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Royal Household; Catherine became a senior Lady of the Bedchamber, and her daughters Lettice and Elizabeth as Maids of the Privy Chamber

• 21ST OCTOBER Catherine Knollys is born, Catherine's daughter.

   

1560

• 31ST OCTOBER Catherine's brother Henry Carey was appointed master of the queen's hawks with a salary of £40 a year.

• Catherine's daughter Lettice Knollys married Walter Devereux, Viscount Hereford

1561

• 20TH APRIL Henry Carey also became a Knight of the Garter.

1562

• 9TH MAY Catherine son Dudley Knollys is born.

1564

• AUGUST Catherine's husband Francis accompanied the Queen Elizabeth to Cambridge

1565

• 16TH JULY catherine's eldest son married Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir Ambrose Cave

• 10TH NOVEMBER Catherine's grandson Robert Devereux, the future 2nd Earl of Essex, is born. Robert is a future favourite of Queen Elizabeth 1st of England.

1566

• 5TH JANUARY Catherine's daughter Elizabeth Knollys was appointed a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber receiving an annual salary of £33 6s 8d

1568

• 28TH MAY Catherine's husband Francis Knollys and to Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton. Had the duty of taking charge of  Mary Queen of Scots at Carlisle Castle

1569

• 15TH JANUARY Catherine diied at Hampton Court Palace

 

In  the April Catherine Carey was Buried St Edmund's Chapel, Westminster Abbey