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KNIGHTLEY, Richard (by 1484-1538), of Upton and Fawsley, Northants.

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b. by 1484, 1st s. of Sir Richard Knightley of Fawsley by Joan, da. and h. of Henry Skennard (Skynnerton) of Alderton; bro. of Edmund. educ. M. Temple, adm. 12 Feb. 1504. m. settlement 1521/22, Jane, da. of Sir John Spencer of Althorp, 5da. suc. fa. 8 Dec. 1534.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/57/2; VCH Northants. gen. vol. 169-82; Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 31.
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J.p. Northants. 1511 – d.; commr. subsidy 1523, 1524; gent. usher extraordinary by 1525–d.LP Hen. VIII, i-xii.

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KNIGHTLEY, Richard (by 1484-1538), of Upton and Fawsley, Northants.
Main residences: Upton; Fawsley, Northants.
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KNIGHTLEY, Richard (by 1484-1538)

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KNIGHTLEY, Edmund (by 1491-1542), of the Middle Temple, London and Fawsley, Northants.

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b. by 1491, 3rd s. of Sir Richard Knightley of Fawsley by Joan, da. and h. of Henry Skennard (Skynnerton) of Alderton, Northants.; bro. of Richard. educ. M. Temple, adm. 1 May 1505. m. settlement 16 Nov. 1520, Ursula, da. of Sir George Vere, wid. of George Windsor, 6da. suc. bro. 30 Mar. 1538. Kntd. by 1541.Date of birth estimated from education. VCH Northants. gen. vol. 181-3; Baker, Northants. iii. 97; LP Hen. VIII, xvi.
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Bencher, M. Temple 1522, Lent reader 1522, 1527.

Attorney-gen. duchy of Lancaster Nov. 1522 – Dec. 1526; commr. subsidy Northants. 1523, 1524, enclosures 1526, for suppression of monasteries 1536, musters 1539; other commissions 1513 – 40; j.p. Northants. 1524 – d.; serjeant-at-law by 1532–9.Somerville, Duchy, i. 407; E179/192/140; LP Hen. VIII, i, iii-v, vii, x-xiv, xvi, xvii.

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KNIGHTLEY, Edmund (by 1491-1542), of the Middle Temple, London and Fawsley, Northants.
Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Fawsley, Northants.
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KNIGHTLEY, Edmund (by 1491-1542)

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KNIGHT, Thomas (by 1475-1518/20), of Walford in Baschurch and Shrewsbury, Salop.

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b. by 1475, 1st s. of Roger Knight of Shrewsbury by Jane, da. of William Mytton of Weston-under-Lizard, Staffs. m. Elizabeth, da. of Nicholas Pontesbury, 3s. 5da.Date of birth estimated from admission to drapers’ company. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 289-90 where Knight’s wife is given as ‘Bonsbury’, 360; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 4), xii. 178.
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Warden, Shrewsbury drapers’ co. 1497 – 99, 1505 – 07; alderman, Shrewsbury by 1501, bailiff 1501 – 02, 1505 – 06, 1509 – 10, 15I3–14, 1517 – 18; escheator, Salop 1512 – 13; commr. subsidy, Shrewsbury 1514, 1515.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 1), iii. 251–3; (ser. 4), iii. 214, 245; H. Owen and J. B. Blakeway, Shrewsbury, i. 530; Statutes, iii. 119, 174.

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KNIGHT, Thomas (by 1475-1518/20), of Walford in Baschurch and Shrewsbury, Salop.
Main residences: Walford in Baschurch; Shrewsbury, Salop.
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KNIGHT, Thomas (by 1475-1518/20)

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KNIGHT, Richard (by 1518-55 or later), of Chichester, Suss.

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b. by 1518.Date of birth estimated from first reference.
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Mayor, Chichester 1554–5.Suss. Arch. Colls. lxxxix. 151; A. Hay, Chichester, 569.

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KNIGHT, Richard (by 1518-55 or later), of Chichester, Suss.
Main residence: Chichester, Suss.
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KNIGHT, Richard (by 1518-at least 55)

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KNIGHT, John II (c.1520-66), of Hythe, Kent.

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b. c. 1520, 1st s. of Richard Knight of Hythe by Joan. m. Sybil, da. of Arthur Blechinden of Aldington, 2s. 4da. suc. fa. 1535/36.Under age at father’s death. Canterbury prob. reg. C15, f. 335; 30, f. 366; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), iv. 72.
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Common clerk or recorder, Hythe 1549–d.Cinque Ports White and Black Bks. (Kent Arch Soc. recs. br. xix), 240 seq.

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KNIGHT, John II (c.1520-66), of Hythe, Kent.
Main residence: Hythe, Kent.
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KNIGHT, John II (c.1520-66)

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