Family and Education
b. c. 1537, 1st s. of Sir Henry Knyvet by Anne, da. and h. of Sir Christopher Pickering of Killingdon, Westmld. wid. of Sir Francis Weston (exec. 1536), aft. w. of John Vaughan (d.1577); bro. of Thomas Knyvet I and half-bro. of Sir Henry Weston. m. (1) 1563, Elizabeth (d.1585), da. and sole h. of Sir James Stumpe of Malmesbury by Bridget, 2nd da. of Sir Edward Baynton, 2s. 4da.; (2) by June 1595, Mary, da. of Sir John Sydenham of Brinton, Som., wid. of John Fitz of Fitzford, Devon. suc. fa. 1546. Kntd. 1574.Genealogist, n.s. xi. 248; xiii. 237-8; Wilts. N. and Q. viii. 448-9; Lansd. 78, f. 91.
Offices Held
Gent. pens. 1560 – c.63; j.p. Wilts. by 1573 – d.; surveyor, south parts, duchy of Lancaster 1577 – 80; seneschal, Galtres forest, Yorks. 1577; sheriff, Wilts. 1578 – 79, dep. lt. by 1585 – d.; receiver, Glos., Hants., Wilts. by 1587; dep. warden, Braydon forest, Wilts. by 1595.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Charlton, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
KNYVET, Henry (c.1537-98)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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