KNIGHTLEY, Richard (d.1442), of Fawsley, Northants. and Gnosall, Staffs.

Family and Education

s. and h. of Richard Knightley of Gnosall by his w. Joan, da. of Sir John Giffard of Chillington, Staffs.; nephew of John. m. by Jan. 1416, Elizabeth (d.1474), da. of Thomas Purefoy of Drayton, Leics., at least 2s.C139/110/44; CPR, 1413-16, p. 391; VCH Northants. Fams. 180 (where the date of his marriage is mistakenly given as February 1415).

Offices Held

Teller of the receipt of the Exchequer 2 Mar. 1413–28 Feb. 1425.PRO List ‘Exchequer Offs.’ 226.

Commr. to bring the forfeited goods of Henry, Lord Scrope of Masham, from Pontefract castle to London Nov. 1415; assemble ships and muster the men of John, Lord Clifford, Kingston-upon-Hull July 1416; muster the men of Sir Thomas Carew, Dartmouth Feb. 1417; of inquiry, Beds., Bucks., Northants. May 1421 (property of felons), Northants. May 1423 (ownership of land in Byfield); to make arrests, Bucks., Leics., Northants., Oxon. Nov. 1421; raise royal loans, Northants. July 1426, May 1428, Mar. 1430, Mar. 1431, Feb. 1436, Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar. 1442; assess persons liable to contribute to a subsidy, Staffs. Apr. 1431; distribute a tax rebate, Northants. Apr. 1440; raise taxes Feb. 1441.

J.p. Northants. 12 Feb. 1422 – July 1423, 3 July 1432 – Nov. 1443, Staffs. 12 Feb. 1422-Mar. 1430.

Escheator, Northants. and Rutland 6 Nov. 1424 – 24 Jan. 1426, 3 Nov. 1434–7 Nov. 1435.

Tax assessor, Northants. Jan. 1436.

Parlimentarian

KNIGHTLEY, Richard

Main residences: Fawsley, Northants.; Gnosall, Staffs.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

KNIGHTLEY, Richard (-d.1442)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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