KNOTTESFORD, John (d.1457), of Bowley in Pagham, Suss.

s. and h. of James Knottesford by Beatrice (c.1388-aft. 1428), C139/33/26. da. of Thomas Jardyn† (d.1410) of South Mundham and Bowley and sis. and coh. of John Jardyn (d.1426). The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 489. m. Anne, ? da. of William Sydney*,1s. ?1da. Beatrice Knottesford, an attendant on Edw. IV’s queen, may have been the MP’s da. Her mother is given in peds. of the Apsley fam. as a da. of – Sydney: Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 39, 85.