John Knyvet

Abt 1394 - 1445  (~ 51 years)

• Name	John Knyvet
  Birth	Abt 1394	of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Between 1394 and 1395	of Mendlesham, Suffolk, England   [2]
  Death	9 Nov 1445  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I18303	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	John Knyvet,   b. Abt 1358, of Southwick, Northamptonshire, England d. 4 Dec 1418, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Joan Botetourt   d. Abt 1417
  Marriage	Bef 1377  [1]
  Family ID	F11327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Clifton,   b. Abt 1392   d. Bef 8 Dec 1461 (Age ~ 69 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1412  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. John Knyvet,   b. of Buckenham, Norfolk, England d. 1 Jan 1490 + 2. Margaret Knyvet,   b. Abt 1412   d. Bef 12 May 1458 (Age ~ 46 years)
  Family ID	F11326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018

  
  

• Notes

  He was present at the siege of Harfleur, and also at Henry V's invasion of Normandy two years later. On two separate occasions he was captured and ransomed by the French, said ransoms forcing him to sell some of his property. Knight of the shire for Northampton, 1421; sheriff of Northamptonshire 1427-28.

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S1526] The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, Wife of Reverend John Owsley, Generations 1-15, Fourth Preliminary Edition, by Ronny O. Bodine and Bro. Thomas Spalding, Jr. 2013.