Mary Wolverston

Mary Wolverston, Lady Killigrew (formerly Knyvett; born before 1525 – died after 1587), was a gentlewoman from Suffolk, married into an ancient Cornish family, who was accused of piracy during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Several sources have confused this lady with her husband Sir John IV Killigrew's mother, Elizabeth Trewennard/Trewinnard, and even with his granddaughter-in-law, Jane Fermor. Origins She was the daughter of Philip Wolverston (often described as a "gentleman pirate") of Woolverstone Hall in Suffolk, and widow of Henry Knyvett. Marriage She was the wife of Sir John IV Killigrew of Arwenack (d. 1584), near Penryn in Cornwall, 2nd Governor of nearby Pendennis Castle, built on the family's estate.