Family and Education
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.
Offices Held
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.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Fawsley, Northants.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
KNIGHTLEY, Edmund (by 1491-1542)
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Oxford 1644
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