Sir John Knyvet (1394/95–1445), of Southwick, Northamptonshire, Hamerton, Huntingdonshire and Mendlesham, Suffolk, was an English MP. In December 1421, he was a Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire.[1]
He was the son and heir of John Knyvet (1358/9–1418) by his first wife Joan Boutetout (d.c.1417), daughter and heiress of Sir John Boutetout (d. by 1377) of Mendlesham by his wife Katherine.[1][2]
By 1412 he had married Elizabeth (d.1441), daughter of Constantine, 2nd Lord Clifton (1372–95) of Buckenharn castle, Norfolk by his wife Margaret, sister of Sir John Howard and heiress of her brother Sir John Clifton (d.s.p. 1447).[1]
He had been knighted by December 1418.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "KNYVET, Sir John (1394/5-1445), of Southwick, Northants., Hamerton, Hunts. And Mendlesham, Suff. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ C. Rawcliffe, 'Knyvet, John (1358/9-1418), of Mendlesham, Suff.', in J.S. Roskell, L. Clark and C. Rawcliffe (eds), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1993), History of Parliament Online.