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John Knyvet
- Preferred Name: John Knyvet[1]
- Gender: M
- Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Sir Knight
- Birth: 1359 in Southwick & Hale in Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, England at LATI: N2.5179 LONG: E0.5011 with note: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p520.htm#i15626
Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 366 and Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 172.
- Death: 4 DEC 1418 in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England at LATI: N2.2488 LONG: E0.0802 with note: Mendlesham, Hartismere, Suffolk, England,
standardize date and place
- Occupation: Sheriff of Suffolk
- Burial: AFT 4 DEC 1418 in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England at LATI: N2.2488 LONG: E0.0802
- National Identification: with note: Description: JOYCE
- Occupation: Sheriff of Cambridge
- Occupation: Sheriff of Norfolk
- Life Sketch: with note: Description: Notes: one of the Knights of the Shire for Huntingdon in 1397 (21 Richard II). He was found by an Inquisition Post Mortem to be co-heir with Sir John De Aylesbury (son of Sir John De Aylesbury by his wife Joan, younger daughter of Ralph Basset) to the family of Basset, on the extinction of heirs male.
- National Identification: with note: Description: IND3099
- FSID: LZGQ-L5D
- Notes:
=== He was M.P for Huntingfield 1397-8, 8 No ===
He was M.P for Huntingfield 1397-8, 8 Nov 1408 a coheir of Richard Basset of Weldon. SS 144 p 10, CP III p 808, Bridges II p 354, 421, Barron p 370.
=== Member of Parliament for Huntingfield 1 ===
Member of Parliament for Huntingfield 1397/1398; obtained W eldon.
=== Weis. 188-9. Sir John Knyvet, Esq. was ===
Weis. 188-9. Sir John Knyvet, Esq. was Member of Parliament for Huntingfield in 1397/8.
=== Sources: Colket; A. Roots 188, 216A, 238 ===
Sources: Colket; A. Roots 188, 216A, 238. Colket: M.P. for Huntingfield, 1397-98. Nov. 8, 1408, a coheir ofRichard Basset of Weldon. Roots: John Knyvet, Esquire, M.P. for Huntingfield 1397/8.
=== Notes: one of the Knights of the Shire f ===
Notes: one of the Knights of the Shire for Huntingdon in 1397 (21 Richard II). He was found by an Inquisition Post Mortem to be co-heir with Sir John de Aylesbury (son of Sir John de Aylesbury by his wife Joan, younger daughter of Ralph Basset) to the family of Basset, on the extinction of heirs male.
=== BURKE'S PEERAGES (GS NUMBER 942 D22BUG) ===
BURKE'S PEERAGES (GS NUMBER 942 D22BUG) P.308; BURKE'S FAMILY RECORDS (1897);
=== !#21-v2-p13; !s & h; ===
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=== Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna ===
Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th Ed., Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1999], 52-8.
=== was found by inquisition to be co-heir ===
was found by inquisition to be co-heir with Sir John de Aylesbury, son of Sir John de Aylesbury, by Joan, his wife, younger daughter of Ralph Basset, to the family of Basset, on the extinction of heirs male. he was one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of Huntington in the 21st year of the reign of Richard II. married Joan, daughter of Sir John Botetort, of Mendlesham, Suffolk.
Preferred Parents:
Father: John Knyvet, b. 1322 in Southwick, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England d. 16 FEB 1381 in Southwick Hall, Northamptonshire, England
Mother: Eleanor Basset, b. 1325 in Great Weldon, Northamptonshire, England d. 3 SEP 1388 in Northamptonshire, England
Family 1: Joan Botetourt, b. ABT 1356 in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England d. 1417 in Winwick, Northamptonshire, England
- m. 1377 in Suffolk, England
- John Knyvett, b. 1395 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England d. 9 NOV 1445 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England
Sources:
- Title: John Knyvett, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7QM2-VMMM : 6 March 2021), John Knyvett, ; Burial, Mendlesham, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England, St Mary The Virgin Churchyard; citing record ID 194583183, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7QM2-VMMM;
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