John Knyvet (died 1418)
John Knyvet (1358/9–1418), of Mendlesham, Suffolk, was an English Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdonshire in September 1397.[1]
Knyvet was the son of John Knyvet (d. 1381), who the Lord Chancellor of England in 1372–1377, and his wife Eleanor (d. 1388), the daughter of Ralph Basset (d.1341).[1]
By 1377 Knyvet married Joan, daughter and heiress of John Boutetout (d. by 1377) and Katherine. Knyvet's first wife died around 1417. Knyvet's second wife was Joan, who died around 1429.[1]
From his first marriage, Knyvet was the father of a younger John Knyvett who was MP for Northamptonshire in 1421.[1][2]
Knyvet died at Mendlesham on 4 December 1418.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Rawcliffe, C. (1993). "Knyvet, John (1358/9-1418), of Mendlesham, Suff.". In Roskell, J. S.; Clark, L.; Rawcliffe, C. (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421. Boydell and Brewer.
- ^ Rawcliffe, C. (1993). "Knyvet, Sir John (1394/5-1445), of Southwick, Northants., Hamerton, Hunts. and Mendlesham, Suff.". In Roskell, J. S.; Clark, L.; Rawcliffe, C. (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421. Boydell and Brewer.
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