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John Knyvet

Male Abt 1358 - 1418  (~ 60 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Knyvet was born about 1358 in of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England (son of John Knyvet and Eleanor Basset); died on 4 Dec 1418 in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England; was buried in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Between 1358 and 1359, of Mendlesham, Suffolk, England

    Notes:

    Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1391-92; of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, 1392-93; knight of the shire for Huntingdonshire, 1397.

    John married Joan Botetourt before 1377. Joan (daughter of John Botetourt and Katherine de Weyland) died about 1417. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. John Knyvet was born about 1394 in of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England; died on 9 Nov 1445.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Knyvet was born in of Winwick, Northamptonshire, England (son of Richard Knyvet and Joan de Worth); died on 16 Feb 1381.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England
    • Alternate death: Aft Apr 1381

    Notes:

    Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Lord Chancellor of England.

    From Wikipedia:

    Sir John Knyvet (or Knivett) (died 16 February 1381) was an English lawyer and administrator. He was Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1365 to 1372, and Lord Chancellor of England from 1372 to 1377.

    Knyvett was eldest son of Richard Knyvet of Southwick, Northamptonshire, and a keeper of the "Forest of Clyve" (now part of Rockingham Forest). His mother was Joanna, a daughter and the heiress of Sir John Wurth. He married Eleanor, daughter of Ralph, Lord Basset of Weldon, and they had four sons and a daughter. He owned and improved Southwick Manor, which he inherited from his father; the house still survives today.

    Knyvet was practicing in the courts as early as 1347; in 1357 he was called to the degree of Serjeant-at-law, and on 30 September 1361 was appointed a justice of the Court of Common Pleas. On 29 October 1365 he was raised to the office of Chief Justice of the King's bench. In the Parliament of 1362 he served as a "trier of petitions" for Aquitaine and other lands over sea, and afterwards in each Parliament down to 1380, except while he was Chancellor, as a trier of petitions for England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.

    On 30 June 1372, after the death of Sir Robert Thorpe, who had been appointed Chancellor in consequence of a petition by the commons that the great seal should be entrusted to laymen, Knyvet was appointed his successor -- he held the office for four and a half years until 1377; three speeches which he made at the opening of Parliament in 1372, 1373, and 1376 respectively, are given in the Rolls of Parliament.

    In January 1377 Edward III, under the influence of John of Gaunt, reverted to the custom of appointing ecclesiastical chancellors, and Adam de Houghton was appointed to succeed Knyvet on 11 January Knyvet did not again hold judicial office, though he was appointed with the two chief justices to decide a question between the Earl of Pembroke and William la Zouch of Haryngworth. He was an executor of the will of Edward III.

    Knyvet held large estates both in Northamptonshire and East Anglia, and when he died in 1381 his descendants established themselves as an important family in Norfolk.

    John married Eleanor Basset about 1358. Eleanor (daughter of Ralph Basset and Joan) died on 3 Sep 1388. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Eleanor Basset (daughter of Ralph Basset and Joan); died on 3 Sep 1388.
    Children:
    1. Robert Knyvet was born in of Stanway, Essex, England; died about 1419.
    2. 1. John Knyvet was born about 1358 in of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England; died on 4 Dec 1418 in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England; was buried in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Richard Knyvet was born in of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England (son of John Knyvet and Johanna de Engaine); died in 1353.

    Notes:

    Forester of Clive.

    Richard married Joan de Worth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Joan de Worth (daughter of John de Worth).
    Children:
    1. 2. John Knyvet was born in of Winwick, Northamptonshire, England; died on 16 Feb 1381.

  3. 6.  Ralph Basset was born on 27 Aug 1300 in Huntingfield, Suffolk, England; was christened in Huntingfield, Suffolk, England (son of Richard Basset and Joan de Huntingfield); died before 4 May 1341.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: of Weldon, Northamptonshire, England

    Ralph married Joan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Joan

    Notes:

    The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz calls her "Joan Sturdon", but [Royal Ancestry] says she was a "daughter or kinswoman of William de Latimer, Knt., 3rd Lord Latimer, of Corby, Northamptonshire."

    Children:
    1. Joan Basset died before 14 Jul 1343.
    2. 3. Eleanor Basset died on 3 Sep 1388.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Knyvet was born in of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England (son of John Knyvet); died after 1315.

    John married Johanna de Engaine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Johanna de Engaine (daughter of William de Engaine).
    Children:
    1. 4. Richard Knyvet was born in of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England; died in 1353.

  3. 10.  John de Worth
    Children:
    1. 5. Joan de Worth

  4. 12.  Richard Basset was born about 1274 in of Great Weldon, Northamptonshire, England (son of Ralph Basset and Eleanor de la Wade); died before 18 Aug 1314.

    Notes:

    He was summoned to Parliament by writs directed Ricardo Basset de Weledon. He was constantly employed in the Scottish wars. He was taken prisoner by the Scots at Bannockburn and died shortly thereafter.

    Richard married Joan de Huntingfield between 1298 and 1299. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Joan de Huntingfield (daughter of Roger de Huntingfield and Joyce d'Engaine).
    Children:
    1. 6. Ralph Basset was born on 27 Aug 1300 in Huntingfield, Suffolk, England; was christened in Huntingfield, Suffolk, England; died before 4 May 1341.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  John Knyvet was born in of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England (son of Thomas Knyvet).
    Children:
    1. 8. John Knyvet was born in of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England; died after 1315.

  2. 18.  William de Engaine
    Children:
    1. 9. Johanna de Engaine

  3. 24.  Ralph Basset was born in 1244 in of Great Weldon, Northamptonshire, England (son of Richard Basset and Agnes Peverell); died before 28 Dec 1291.

    Ralph married Eleanor de la Wade. Eleanor (daughter of Henry de la Wade) died after 23 May 1293. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 25.  Eleanor de la Wade (daughter of Henry de la Wade); died after 23 May 1293.
    Children:
    1. 12. Richard Basset was born about 1274 in of Great Weldon, Northamptonshire, England; died before 18 Aug 1314.

  5. 26.  Roger de Huntingfield was born about 1260 in of Huntingfield, Suffolk, England (son of William de Huntingfield and Emma de Grey); died between 28 Oct 1302 and 5 Dec 1302.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Bef 5 Dec 1302

    Roger married Joyce d'Engaine after Jun 1277. Joyce (daughter of John d'Engaine and Joan de Greinville) died after 6 Mar 1303. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 27.  Joyce d'Engaine (daughter of John d'Engaine and Joan de Greinville); died after 6 Mar 1303.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 1312

    Children:
    1. 13. Joan de Huntingfield


Generation: 6

  1. 32.  Thomas Knyvet was born in of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England; died after 1241.
    Children:
    1. 16. John Knyvet was born in of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England.

  2. 48.  Richard Basset was born before 1223 in of Great Weldon, Northamptonshire, England (son of Ralph Basset and Beatrice); died before 25 Jun 1276.

    Notes:

    "He joined the Barons against Henry III, but in Jan 1266 had safe conduct to come to court and stand trial. In 1268 his lands were restored to him." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz]

    Richard married Agnes Peverell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 49.  Agnes Peverell (daughter of Peter Peverell).
    Children:
    1. 24. Ralph Basset was born in 1244 in of Great Weldon, Northamptonshire, England; died before 28 Dec 1291.

  4. 50.  Henry de la Wade was born in of Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, England; died before 4 Sep 1287.

    Notes:

    King's cook. Given the serjeanty of Bletchington in 1260, by Henry III.

    Children:
    1. 25. Eleanor de la Wade died after 23 May 1293.

  5. 52.  William de Huntingfield was born on 24 Aug 1237 in of Huntingfield, Suffolk, England (son of Roger de Huntingfield and Joan de Howbridge); died before 2 Nov 1290.

    Notes:

    Against the king in the Barons' War.

    William married Emma de Grey before 1260. Emma (daughter of John de Grey and Emma de Cauz) died in 1264. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 53.  Emma de Grey (daughter of John de Grey and Emma de Cauz); died in 1264.
    Children:
    1. Saier de Huntingfield was born in of South Stoke, Lincolnshire, England; died after 1300.
    2. 26. Roger de Huntingfield was born about 1260 in of Huntingfield, Suffolk, England; died between 28 Oct 1302 and 5 Dec 1302.

  7. 54.  John d'Engaine was born in of Colne Engaine, Essex, England (son of Viel d'Engaine and Rohese); died on 5 Jan 1297; was buried in Fineshade Priory, Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1228, of Laxton, Northamptonshire, England

    Notes:

    Did service for the Abbey of Ramsey in the Army of Wales, 1245.

    John married Joan de Greinville. Joan (daughter of Gilbert de Greinville and Joyouse) was born in of Hallaton, Leicestershire, England; died after 2 Nov 1305. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 55.  Joan de Greinville was born in of Hallaton, Leicestershire, England (daughter of Gilbert de Greinville and Joyouse); died after 2 Nov 1305.
    Children:
    1. Joan Engaine died on 1 Jun 1315; was buried in Greenfield Priory, Aby, Lincolnshire, England.
    2. 27. Joyce d'Engaine died after 6 Mar 1303.
    3. Nicholas d'Engaine was born in of Colne Engaine, Essex, England; died on 4 Dec 1322.


 

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