KNIGHT, John I (c.1656-1708), of Beaufort Buildings, Strand, and Somerset House, London

Family and Education

b. c. 1656, s. of Henry Knight, bell-founder, of Reading, Berks. m. Elizabeth, 1s. 2 other ch. IGI, Berks.; CJ, xii. 195.

Offices Held

Apprentice, Goldsmiths’ Co. 1668, freeman 1676. Goldsmiths’ Hall, apprenticeship bk. 2, f. 175; Index to apprenticeships and freedoms.

Comptroller of first fruits 1687–97; asst. to receiver-gen. of customs 1689–91, receiver-gen. 1691–7; auditor of vacant bishoprics. 1691–?3; receiver of million pound lottery 1694; commr. taking subscriptions to Bank of England 1694, dir. 1694–7; receiver of salt tax 1694; trustee, Exchequer bills 1697. Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 1637, 2168; ix. 1176, 1302, 1373; x. 36, 549; xii. 8; N. and Q. clxxix. 41.

Parlimentarian

KNIGHT, John I (c.1656-1708), of Beaufort Buildings, Strand, and Somerset House, London

Main residence: Beaufort Buildings, Strand, and Somerset House, London.

Author

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

KNIGHT, John I (c.1656-1708)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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