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

Family and Education

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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residences: Walford in Baschurch; Shrewsbury, Salop.

Author

M.B.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

KNIGHT, Thomas (by 1475-1518/20)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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