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John Sir Mendlesham KNYVETT 1352–1419 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1352

Birth Location: Winwick, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 24 JAN 1419

Death Location: Mendlesham, Suffolk, England

Father: Sir Knyvett

Mother: Alianore Basset

Spouse(s): Joan BOTETOURT

Children(s): Margaret KNYVETT, Elizabeth Knyvett, Sir Knyvett

In 1352, John Sir Mendlesham KNYVETT entered the world in Winwick, Northamptonshire, England, born to Sir Knight John Chancellor Of England Knyvett And Alianore Basset. John Sir Mendlesham KNYVETT married Joan Botetourt, and had children including Elizabeth Knyvett, Margaret Knyvett, Sir John 3Rd Lord Chancellor Knyvett. John Sir Mendlesham KNYVETT passed away in 1419 in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1352, John Sir Mendlesham KNYVETT entered the world in Winwick, Northamptonshire, England, born to Sir Knight John Chancellor Of England Knyvett And Alianore Basset.
  • John Sir Mendlesham KNYVETT married Joan Botetourt, and had children including Elizabeth Knyvett, Margaret Knyvett, Sir John 3Rd Lord Chancellor Knyvett.
  • John Sir Mendlesham KNYVETT passed away in 1419 in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England.

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John KNYVETT's Ancestors

Self
John KNYVETT
1352–1419
Birth Place: Winwick, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Sir Knight John 'Chancellor of England' Knyvett
1322–1381
Southwick, Northamptonshire, England
Alianore Basset
1325–1389
Weldon, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Richard Knyvett
1291–1352
Southwick, Northamptonshire, England
Johanna Wourth
1295–1381
Southwick, Northamptonshire, England
Sir (Ralph Baron Basset) Weldon
1300–1341
Huntingfield, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Joan) Stourton
1305–1346
Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Knyvett
1265–
Johanna DeEngayne
1269–
Sir Basset
1265–1314
Joan Huntingfield
1278–1314
Sir Stourton
1265–1303
Lady DeBerkeley
1273–1290
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ralph BASSET
1232–1291
Alianore WADE
1239–1293
Roger Huntingfield
1250–1302
Joyce Engaine
1258–1312

John KNYVETT's Descendants

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John (Sir Mendlesham) KNYVETT (1352–24 JAN 1419) m. Joan BOTETOURT (1356–1417 1428)
  1. 1. Margaret KNYVETT 1372–1467 m. Thomas (de) ETCHINGHAM 1370–1444
    1. 1. Elizabeth DeEtchingham 1394–1464 m. Thomas Lewknor 1392–1452 m. Knight (Thomas) HOO 1366–1420
      1. 1. Thomas HOO 1473–1551 m. Maude Bardolph 1475–
        1. 1. Thomas HOO 1499–1551 m. Elizabeth Newman 1501–1575 m. Maude (the Empress of) Bardolph 1445–1499
        2. 2. Ann Hoo 1525–
      2. 2. William Lunsford 1420–
      3. 3. Roger Lewknor 1419–
      4. 4. Anne Hoo 1410–
      5. 5. Thomas Hoo 1416–1486
    2. 2. Thomas Echingham 1423–1482
    3. 3. Anne Echingham 1420–1498
    4. 4. Richard Etchingham 1398–1482
    5. 5. Richard Echingham 1398–1461
    6. 6. Matilda Echingham 1407–1464
  2. 2. Elizabeth Knyvett 1378–
  3. 3. Sir (JOHN [3rd Lord Chancellor]) Knyvett 1383–1441

John KNYVETT's Timeline

2 Records

1352
1352
Birth of John Sir Mendlesham KNYVETT in Winwick, Northamptonshire, England
Winwick, Northamptonshire, England
1419
24 JAN 1419
Age 67
Death of John Sir Mendlesham KNYVETT in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England
Mendlesham, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1352
    Event Place: Winwick, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: BET 1391 AND 1432
    Record Source: British Chancery Records, 1386-1558

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 JAN 1419
    Event Place: Mendlesham, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

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