KNIGHTLEY, Sir Richard (1533-1615), of Fawsley, Northants.

Family and Education

b. 1533, 1st s. of Sir Valentine Knightley of Fawsley by Anne, da. of Sir Edward Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton, Warws. m. (1) Mary (d.1573) da. of Richard Fermor of Easton Neston, 3s. inc. Valentine 3da.; (2) Elizabeth (d.1602), da. of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, 7s. 2da. Kntd. 1565; suc. fa. 1566.VCH Northants. gen. vol. 169 seq.; Baker, Northants. i. 382, 385; Bridges, Northants. i. 67; CPR, 1563-6, p. 530.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Northants. 1568 – 69, 1581 – 82, commr. musters 1571 – 86, 1591 – 1603, 1605 – 12; j.p. from c. 1573, q. from c. 1583, dep. lt. 1569 – 71, 1586 – 89, 1603 – 05, by 1612–d. Northants. Musters, Beacons, Subsidies, ed. Wake (Northants. Rec. Soc. iii), pp. xxi, lxiii, civ. 3; CSP Dom. 1547–80, pp. 366, 376; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 21; APC, xxvi. 389; HMC Hatfield, v. 524.

Parlimentarian

KNIGHTLEY, Sir Richard (1533-1615), of Fawsley, Northants.

Main residence: Fawsley, Northants.

Author

S.M.T.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

KNIGHTLEY, Sir Richard (1533-1615)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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