Family and Education
s. and h. of Thomas Knight (d.1423) of Langford, Notts., and Lincoln by his w. Alice. Lincoln Rec. Soc. i. 54. Both Thomas and Alice were buried in the church of St. Mark, Lincoln. educ. Cambridge Univ. C67/38, m. 1. m. at least 1s. Dist. 1439, 1458.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Lincoln 1422, 1423, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1432, 1435, Lincs. 1442, 1447, Lincoln 1459.
Mayor, Lincoln Sept. 1426–7.
Commr. of gaol delivery, Lincoln July 1427;
Mayor of the Boston staple Apr. 1432–15 June 1434.
Envoy to treat for a truce with the duke of Burgundy and the Flemish towns Feb. 1435.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Lincoln; Walesby, Lincs.
Knyght
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Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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