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KYNG, Richard, of Maldon, Essex.

Family and Education
m. by 1413, Alice, ?2s. 1da. Essex RO, Maldon bor. recs., ct. rolls, 1412-14, 1415-17, D/B 3/3/8, m. 2d; 10, m. 1d; ct. bk., 1384-1449, D/B 3/1/1, ff. 17v, 20v, 28v, 31; C1/187/44.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Maldon 1455.

Ale taster, Maldon Jan. 1414–15; keeper of the market 1416 – 17, 1419 – 21, 1433 – 34, 1435 – 36; wardman 1417 – 18, 1423 – 25, 1432 – 34, 1435 – 36; weigher of bread 1418 – 19; surveyor of leather 1419 – 21; constable 1421 – 22, 1427 – 28; chamberlain 1423 – 24, 1426 – 27, 1432 – 33, 1436–7. Maldon ct. rolls, 1413–15, D/B 3/3/9, m. 1; 10, m. 2; ct. bk. D/B 3/1/1, ff. 17–19, 21–23, 26, 27.

Main residence: Maldon, Essex.
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Commons 1422-1461
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KYCCHE, Roger (d.?1434), of Cambridge.

Family and Education
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Cambridge 1420, 1421 (May), 1423, 1426, 1429, 1432.

Bailiff, Cambridge Sept. ?1422 – 23, 1426 – 27, 1429–30; Cambs. Archs., Cambridge bor. recs., ‘Cross Bk.’, City/PB Box I/4, f. 13; Add. 5833, f. 138. councillor Apr. 1426. C.H. Cooper, Annals Cambridge, i. 175.

Main residence: Cambridge.
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KNOTTESFORD, John (d.1457), of Bowley in Pagham, Suss.

Family and Education
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.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Suss. 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1453.

Escheator, Surr. and Suss. 4 Nov. 1446–7.

Sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 4 Nov. 1454–5.

Main residence: Bowley in Pagham, Suss.
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KNIVETON, Geoffrey (d.c.1456), of Bradley, Derbys. and Nottingham.

Family and Education
m. Agnes, at least 1s.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Derbys. 1419, Notts. 1421 (May), 1427, Nottingham 1435, 1442, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1450, 1453.

Chamberlain, Nottingham Sept. 1421–2; mayor 1446 – 47; alderman 1449 – d.; coroner by 17 Aug. 1451 – aft.16 Oct. 1453.

Bailiff and receiver, liberty of Queen Joan in Notts. and Derbys. 24 Sept. 1430 – July 1437; bailiff, manor of Orston (Notts.) in the custody of the Crown during the minority of Thomas, Lord Roos, by July 1443. CP40/737, rot. 413.

Steward of William, Lord Fitzhugh’s manor of Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts. by June – aft.Sept. 1432; receiver of Ralph, Lord Cromwell’s castle of Nottingham and forest of Sherwood by Mich. 1444-aft. Mich. 1447.

Alnager, Notts. 20 May 1437 – 23 Feb. 1445.

Commr. to take carpenters and materials for repair of Nottingham castle, Nov. 1437, of royal property, Notts., Northants. Jan. 1444; of gaol delivery, Nottingham Apr. 1448, May 1449, Nov. 1450, July 1451; C66/465, m. 12d; 467, m. 9d; 472, m. 20d; 473, m. 17d. to assess subsidy Aug. 1450; survey property in Sherwood forest Feb. 1453.

Clerk of King’s works, Notts., Northants. Easter 1444 – bef.Feb. 1446.

Main residences: Bradley, Derbys.; Nottingham.
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KNIGHTLEY, Thomas, of Northampton.

Family and Education
m. Emma (d. aft. 1465).
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Bailiff, Northampton Sept. 1423–4; mayor 1449–50. Northampton Recs. ed. Markham and Cox, ii. 550, 557.

Tax collector, Northants. Dec. 1429, Aug. 1430.

Main residence: Northampton.
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KNIGHTLEY, Richard (d.1442), of Fawsley, Northants. and Gnosall, Staffs.

Family and Education
s. and h. of Richard Knightley of Gnosall by Joan, da. of Sir John Giffard of Chillington, Staffs.; nephew of John†. m. by Jan. 1416, Elizabeth (d. 7 Apr. 1474), C140/50/39. da. of Thomas Purefoy of Fenny Drayton, Leics., at least 2s. Dist. 1430, 1439.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Northants. 1425, 1429, 1431, 1433, 1435, 1437.

Teller of the receipt of the Exchequer 2 Mar. 1413 – 28 Feb. 1425.

Commr. Kingston-upon-Hull, Dartmouth, Beds., Bucks., Leics., Northants., Oxon., Staffs. Nov. 1415 – Mar. 1442; to treat for loans, Northants., Rutland Mar. 1430, Northants. May, Aug. 1442.

Steward of Henry Beaufort, bp. of Winchester, at Southwark by 1416-aft. 1419. Hants. RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls 11M59/B1/163–4 (formerly 159419–20).

J.p. Northants. 12 Feb. 1422-July 1423 (q.), 3 July 1432-Feb. 1434, 17 Feb. 1434–d. (q.), Staffs. 12 Feb. 1422-July 1423 (q.), 7 July 1423-Mar. 1430.

Escheator, Northants. and Rutland 6 Nov. 1424 – 24 Jan. 1426, 3 Nov. 1434–7 Nov. 1435. It was almost certainly his father who served successive terms as escheator in Staffs. in 1414–16 and who attested the parlty. election in that county in 1416: E153/1605–6; CFR, xiv. 81, 136, 169; C219/11/8.

Bailiff, liberty of John Stafford, bp. of Bath and Wells, in Som. and Dorset, Mich. 1428-aft. Easter 1433; liberty of Queen Joan in Northants. by Mich. 1429-aft. Mich. 1430. E368/201, rot. 2d; 202, rot. 89; 205, rot. 8d.

Main residences: Fawsley, Northants.; Gnosall, Staffs.
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KNIGHT, Stephen (d.1475), of Rochester and Faversham and Davington, Kent.

Family and Education
s. of Alice, da. of John Brumston of Faversham. C1/65/249. m. Margaret (fl.1484), 6s.
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Groom of the Chamber by Mich. 1446; yeoman of the same Mich 1448 – 51; yeoman of the Crown bef. Feb. 1458. E101/409/16, f. 32; 410/1, f. 28v; 3, f. 32; 6, f. 41.

Escheator, Kent and Mdx. 11 Dec. 1449–50.

Main residences: Rochester; Faversham; Davington, Kent.
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KNIGHT, Roger (d.1474), of Lincoln and Walesby, Lincs.

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.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Lincoln 1422, 1423, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1432, 1435, Lincs. 1442, 1447, Lincoln 1459.

Mayor, Lincoln Sept. 1426–7. Assoc. Archit. Socs. Reps. and Pprs. xxxix. 234; CFR, xv. 169.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Lincoln July 1427; C66/421, m. 17d; JUST3/203, rot. 9. to assess subsidy Jan. 1436; assign archers Dec. 1457.

Mayor of the Boston staple Apr. 1432–15 June 1434. C267/4/30, 31; C67/25.

Envoy to treat for a truce with the duke of Burgundy and the Flemish towns Feb. 1435. Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, ii. 283.

Main residences: Lincoln; Walesby, Lincs.
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