2955008.
Sir John Knyvet & 2955009. Eleanor Basset
~1325, John born in England, s/o 5910016. Richard Knevit & 5910017. Joan de Wurth.
~1330, Eleanor born in England, heir & d/o 2nd
5910018. Lord Ralph Basset &
5910019. Joan Sturdon.
1343, “John de holtes to Richard knyvet Johanna his wife
& John son of sd. Richard. Lands in Wodenewton. Feoffment. At Appethorpe.”
(S) UKNA.
6/14/1347, Enrolment of grant by … to Sir Andrew de Bures,
knight, … Witnesses: Richard Knivet,
John Knivet his son, … (S) CCRs.
1348, The Black Death entered the west
countryside of England [likely entering through Bristol].
1348-9, John practicing law when the Black Death began
[eventually killing 1/3 of England’s population.]
2/24/1349, Commission of oyer … and John Knyvet, on
complaint by Mary de Sacnto Paulo, countess of Permboke, … (S) CPRs.
6/1349, The Plague reached Dorset, and had spread across
England by the end of 1349.
3/15/1351, Commission of peace … John Knyvet, Northampton.
(S) CPRs.
1/26/1353, Commission of oyer … John Knyvet, …. (S) CPRs.
7/3/1354, Commission to … the king’s consort Queen Philippa,
William Fyfhyd and John Knyvet, stewards of her lands, … to receive fines … (S)
CPRs.
1357, John called to the degree of Serjeant-at-Law,
appointed a Justice of the Common Pleas.
1357, A charter whereby Roger Giffard, cousin and heir of
John Giffard, gave the said advowson, services etc. of the provostship or
chantry of Cotherstoke to John son of Richard Knyvet. (S) CCRs, 12/1/1384.
By 1358, John married Eleanor.
10/15/1358, … Robert de Thorpe and John Knyvet, justices
appointed to deliver the gaol of the castle of Cambridge. (S) CPRs.
9/30/1361, Grant to John Knyvet whom the king has appointed
to be one of the justices of the King’s Bench … £40 … (S) CPRs.
4/15/1363, Commission de walliis et fossatis to Robert de
Ufford, earl of Suffolk, Robert de Thorpe and John Knyvet on the sea shore at
Southclench-warton … co. Norfolk. (S) CPRs.
10/29/1365, Grant to John Knyvet, chief justice, … of 100
marks … yearly … beyond the fees which he takes. (S) CPRs.
11/5/1366, Commission of oyer and terminer to John
Butetourt, John Knyvet, William de Shareshull, … on complaint by Thomas de
Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, … broke his parks … (S) CPRs.
5/22/1368, Appointment of John Knyvet, … as justices in eyre
for … John, duke of Lancaster, the king’s son … (S) CPRs.
3/1369, Due to an outbreak of the plague in London, the
royal court was moved to Windsor.
5/15/1369, 2 fines levied of the tenements therein contained
between the king and the parties … in
chancery in the presence of Sir John Knyvet the chief justice. (S) CCRs.
1372, John purchased the reversion of the manor of Boxworth.
2/13/1372 at Westminster, Promise and oath fealty … in
presence of Sir Robert de Thorp chancellor, Richard Lescrope treasurer of
England, Sir John de Neville steward, Nicholas Carreu keeper of the privy seal,
Sir John Knyvet justice, Henry Wakefeld treasurer of the household. (S) CCRs.
6/1372, Chancellor Robert Thorpe, dying in the palace of
Bishop of Sarum, put the Great Seal in a bag under his own private seal and
that of the Chief Justice John Knyvet.
8/12/1372, Whereas John Knyvet, the chancellor, has admitted
at the king’s will the king’s clerk, Simon de Multon, doctor of laws, … (S)
CPRs.
7/5/1372, The King at Westminster sent his son John of Gaunt
to Chief Justice Knyvet, as Chancellor, with power to administer the oaths to
him.
1372-73, John knighted.
3/24/1373, Licence for John Knyvet, knight, … to found a
chantry … (S) CPRs.
7/1373, Sir John Knyvet appointed Chancellor. (S) Hist. of
England, V4, Pt2, 1747, P236.
11/1373, John summoned to the House of Commons, “by the
newfangled writs” of every county 2 knights “the most expert in feats of arms”
and 2 citizens of every borough “such as had the greates skill in shipping and
merchandising.” They assembled in the Painted Chamber before the King.
2/3/1375, … John Knyvet, knight, the chancellor, … (S) CPRs.
7/16/1375, Licence for the prior and brethren of the
hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England to demise for life at a fixed farm
to John Knyvet, knight, Eleanor his wife, and John their son, all their garden
in Fletestrete in the parish of St. Bride in the suburb of London, lying
between the inn of the abbot of Faveresham and the water of the Thames, … (S)
CPRs.
9/6/1375, Licence for William de Huntyingfeld, knight, …
remainder in tail to John Knyvet, knight, and Eleanor, his wife, … (S) CPRs.
3/13/1376, John an executor of the will of Mary, Countess of
Pembroke. (S) Testamenta Vetusta, Nicolas, 1826, P100.
3/19/1376, Appointment … death of Edward le Despenser,
knight, … this let sealed under the king’s signet was sent to John Knyvet, the
chancellor, to be sealed under the great seal. (S) CPRs.
4/1376, John called what was known as the Good Parliament. At
this time the Commons became vocal, making recommendations to the king as the
basis for passing tax aids and impeaching several of the King’s favorites for
extortion.
1376,
Grantor: Simon, Archbishop of Canterbury, Guy de Brian, Knight, John Knyvet,
Knight, …; Grantee: John de Sutton, …, Knights. Grant of the reversion of the
manor of Peldon; County: [Essex]. (S) UKNA.
10/7/1376, … our dear and faithful knights, William Lord
Latimer, John Knyvet, Chancellor, …
appointed executors of the will of Edward III. (S) Testamenta Vetusta,
V1, 1826, P11.
12/15/1376, Indenture between John son of Sir John Knyvet
knight and Joan (Johannam) his wife of the one part and Dame Katherine (2955011)
who was wife of Sir John Buttourt of the other part, witnessing that whereas
the said Katherine has sued for dower of the manor of Mendlesham against the
said John and the said Joan daughter and heir of the said John Buttourt, it is
agreed amicably between them that the said John and Joan have assigned and
delivered to her dower thereof as follows … (S) CCRs.
1/11/1377, John replaced as Chancellor. He retired due to
failing health.
6/21/1377, Richard II, age 10, son of the Black Prince,
succeeded Edward III as King of England.
10/1/1378, Indenture between Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of
Canterbury, Sir Guy de Bryan, Sir John Knyvet, Sir Thomas Maundevylle, Philip
Melreth, John Bampton and Ivo Sandherst on the one part, and Lady Joan de
Bohun, Countess of Hereford, Essex and Northampton, on the other, witnessing
the grant of 2/3rds of the manor and marsh of Foulness, in the hundred of
Rochford, Essex. (S) Original sold at Christies in 2001.
1379-80, John Knyvet, knight, to grant land in the parish of
St. Bride, Fleet Street, to Thomas Hayton, parson of the church there, and his
successors. London. (S) UKNA.
2/1381, Sir John died.
[––Eleanor––]
1/20/1382, IPM of John Knyvet, knight. Essex: … Bumpstede ad
Turrim … He died on Saturday the feast of St. Juliana last. John Knyvet, his
son, aged 23 years, is his heir. Rutland: … lands etc. in Casterton and Keten
in joint feoffment with Eleanor, his wife, and Robert, their son, both of whom
are still alive … Northampton … messuages etc. in Abethorp and Newenton … manor
and advowson of Hale jointly with Eleanor, his wife … [many properties] … Eleanor,
the deceased’s first wife, who is still living … Lincoln: … [many properties] …
Cambridge … Henry Knyvet, his younger son, is his heir to the lands etc. in
Staunford … 8 years of age … (S) CIsPM.
12/1/1382, To escheator in Norhamptonshire … 1 virgate of
land in Armeston, delivering to Eleanor late the wife of John Knyvet knight any
issues thereof taken … jointly enfeoffed with her and Richard their son by gift
of Adam Bacoun knight. (S) CCRs.
1/24/1383, To escheator in Norhamptonshire. Order to take
the fealty of Eleanor late the wife of John Knyvet knight, and to remove the
king's hand and meddle no further with the manor and advowson of Hale, … (S)
CCRs.
2/13/1383, To escheator in Cambridgeshire. Like order
(omitting fealty) in regard to 20 acres of land in Conyngton, upon the finding
of an inquisition that John Knyvet held the same of others than he king as
jointly enfeoffed with the said Eleanor. (S) CCRs.
9/3/1388, Eleanor died.
10/8/1388, IPM of Eleanor late the wife of John Knyvet,
knight. Essex: She held the under-mentioned third part in dower after the death
of John Knyvet, knight, her husband. Bumpstede ad Turrim. A third part of the
manor called ‘Bourhall’ … She died on 3 September last. John Knyvet, her son by
her husband aforesaid, aged 30 years and more, is her heir. Cambridge: … in
joint feoffment with John Knyvet, knight, sometime her husband … [many
properties of various kinds] … Huntingdon: … in joint feoffment with John
Knyvet, knight … Wynewyk. 4 messuages, 9 cottages, … Northampton: … Ralph
Knyvet, aged 22 years and more, is the younger son of the said John Knyvet and
Eleanor. … London: … in a joint estate with John Knyvet, knight, her husband …
tenement in Fletestrete … garden in Bridelane … (S) CIsPM.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P476. (S) The Lives of the Lord
Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal, Campbell, P235.
Children of John and Eleanor: [6 sons, 2 daughters.]
i. John Knyvet
(1477504), born 1359 in England.
ii. Robert Knevet,
born ? in England.
Robert, married the heiresses Isolde de Beihous and
EllenFitzwaters. [The main seat of this family was at Stanway, Essex.]
iii. Richard Knyvet,
born ? in England.
iv. Ralph Knevet,
born 1366 in England.
v. Henry Knevet, born
1374 in England.
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