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Sir John Knyvet & 738753. Elizabeth Clifton
~1394, John Knivet born in England, s/o 1477504. John Knyvet & 1477505. Joan Botetort.
By 1396, Elizabeth born in England, heir & d/o 1477506. Constantine Clifton & 1477507
Margaret Howard.
2/19/1396, Elizabeth’s father died.
Bef. 1412, John married to Elizabeth.
3/20/1413, Henry V succeeded Henry IV as King of England.
6/6/1415, Lease for five years by John son of John Knyvet
esq. of Southwick, Northants., and Elizabeth his wife to Simon Butwyleyn and
Henry Smyth of manor called Holtusplace in Woodnewton, Northants. (S) UKNA.
7/1415, Muster roll prior to depature with King Henry:
Retinue of Sir John Blount: Sir Baldwin Frevile, Sir Robert Harlyrett, Sir John
Knyvet and Sir Hugh Fastolf, with 62 lances and 178 archers. (S) Henrici
Quinti, Angliae Regis, Williams, 1850, P266.
9/22/1415, John with King Henry at the capture of Harfleur
after a siege.
10/25/1415, Battle of Agincourt in northern France.
[Documented by 3 eye witnesses.] The English longbows gave “a terrifying hail
of arrow shot.” French estimate of their own dead of 4,000 would imply a ratio
of nearly 9 to 1 in favour of the English.
1417, John with King Henry V’s 2nd excursion in
Normandy.
1417, King Henry captured Argentan.
1417-18, In a winter siege, King Henry captured
Falaise.
By 1418, John knighted. (S) Hist. of Parlaiment, Roskell,
1993.
1418, King Henry began the long siege of Rouen.
12/4/1418, John’s father died. [John and William Leek named
executors.]
1/19/1419, The capture of Rouen, France. A major
event in the Hundred Year's War, where English forces captured the capital of
Normandy.
6/20/1419, To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer.
Order not to trouble John Knyvet knight, son and heir of John Knyvet of
Mendelesham esquire, … commanding livery to be given him of his father's lands;
and the king has taken his homage. (S) CCRs.
3/22/1421, John with the English at the battle of Beauge in
Anjou, France. A major defeat for the English in the Hundred Years war under
the leadership of Thomas, Duke of Clarence, s/o Henry V.
1421, John captured in France near Senlis; ransomed by his
family. Later fighting in Picard, France he was again captured, and ransomed
for £1000.
8/31/1422, Henry VI (an infant) succeeded Henry V as King of
England.
11/3/1427, John Knyvet, knt. vs. Nicholas Lovet, of London. Subject:
debt of £112 6s 4d. (S) CPRs.
1428, Sir John held Carduns’ manor , previously held by his
father.
1430, John settled Carduns’ manor on his son John and his
wife Alice [with the stipulation that their right would cease if they ever
divorced.]
7/4/1430, “Debtor: John Knyvet, knight. Creditor: Lady Alice
Lynne. Amount: 1000m.” (S) UKNA. [Alice his son’s mother-in-law.]
7/12/1430, “John knyvet knt. to John Rowland of Apthorp
& Alice his wife …” (S) UKNA.
1/28/1433, “Debtor: John Knyvet, knight, … Amount £15. …
Creditor … Thomas, lord of Etchingham …”. (S) UKNA.
1435, John coheir to his cousin John Stretch acquiring
manors in Norfolk.
7/7/1435, John Knyvet, son and heir of John Knyvet knight
(militis), to Gilbert Haultoft … Quitclaim with warranty of the manor of
Fendrayton called 'Knyvettes halle' [Suffolk] … (S) CCRs.
1442, John sold Southwick manor to John Lynne married to his
daughter Joan.
11/9/1445, Sir John died.
[––Elizabeth––]
11/14/1445, Writ of diem clausit extremum, after the death
of John Knyvet, knight ; Northampton ; Cambridge and Huntingdon. (S) CFRs.
1447, Elizabeth heir to her brother Sir John Clifton,
inheriting Old Buckenham castle and other properties in Norfolk.
Bef. 12/8/1461, Elizabeth died.
(S) The Dormant and Extinct Baronage, Banks, 1837, P21. (S)
Magna Carta Ancestry, P393.
Child of John and Elizabeth:
[10 children.]
i. John Knivet (369376), born ~1415 in England.
