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KNOLLES, Thomas (d.1435), of London.

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m. ?by 1371, Joan (d.1431), 19 ch.J. Amundesham, Chron. S. Albani ed. Riley, i. 59. According to their epitaph, Knolles and his wife ‘weren togeder sixty yere; and nineteen chyldren they had in feer’. Only three daughters and two sons are mentioned in the MP’s will, however (J. Weever, Funeral Mons. 189; Reg. Chichele, ii. 519-21).
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Warden of the Grocers’ Co. 1387 – 88; master July 1431–2.W. W. Grantham, Wardens Grocers’ Company, 7, 9.

Alderman of Dowgate Ward 12 Mar. 1393–7, of Cordwainer Street Ward by 5 Mar. 1398 – d.; auditor of London 21 Sept. 1393–4, 1395 – 96, 1398 – 99; mayor 13 Oct. 1399–1400, 1410–11.Beaven, Aldermen, i. 114, 137; Cal. Letter Bk. London, H, 399, 415, 425, 434, 444, 449; I, 4–5, 10, 89, 97.

Sheriff, London and Mdx. Mich. 1394–5.

Commr. of oyer and terminer, London and Mdx. Jan. 1400, London July 1411 (treasons and felonies); inquiry Mar. 1400 (concealment of deodands), Jan. 1412 (liability for taxation), Dec. 1412, Jan. 1414 (lollards at large), Feb., July 1418 (estates of Sir John Oldcastle); gaol delivery Jan. 1411; to confiscate goods from alien merchants bef. Feb. 1413.Cal. Letter Bk. London, I, 1, 99; CIMisc. vii. no. 557.

Collector of the wool custom, London 18 Nov. 1400–6 Oct. 1401.

Jt. treasurer for the wars 25 Mar.-14 Nov. 1404.J.H. Wylie, Hen. IV, i. 413–14.

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KNOLLES, Thomas (d.1435), of London.
Main residence: London.
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KNIVETON, John, of Mercaston, Derbys. and Whatton, Notts.

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yr. s. of Nicholas Kniveton (d.1390) of Mercaston by his w. Agnes. m. by Sept. 1407, Agnes.Vis. Derbys. 50-51; E404/22/568; Harl. Ch. 45 F14.
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Dep. to Sir William Arundel and Sir Thomas Rempston I as constables of Nottingham castle 1 Oct. 1399-aft. 6 Sept. 1407.E364/38 m. A; E404/22/568.

Commr. to make an arrest, Notts. Dec. 1400; of inquiry, Derbys. Mar. 1406 (desertions to northern rebels).

J.p. Derbys. 16 May 1401 – Feb. 1404.

Collector of a tax, Notts. Mar. 1404.

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KNIVETON, John, of Mercaston, Derbys. and Whatton, Notts.
Main residences: Mercaston, Derbys.; Whatton, Notts.
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KNIVETON, John

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

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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).
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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.

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