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KYRIEL, Sir Thomas (1395-1461), of Westenhanger and Sarrecourt in the Isle of Thanet, Kent.

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b. 15 Sept. 1395, CIPM, xx. 28. s. of William Kyriel (1379-1413) of Eynsford, Kent. m. c. June 1437, Cecily (c.1404-Apr. 1472), 1st da. and event. coh. of John Stourton I*, wid. of John Hill I*, 2da.(1 d.v.p.); ?2s. illegit. Ibid.; Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, vi. 254-61; PCC 3 Wattys (PROB11/6, ff. 68-69). Kntd. bef. 1417; banneret by May 1443; E101/51/2; 54/5. KG c. Sept. 1460. Following Reg. Order of the Garter ed. Anstis, i. 166-8 the election is traditionally dated 8 Feb. 1461. However, the titles by which several candidates were nominated, as well as the presence of Leo, Lord Welles, who had joined Queen Margaret’s forces by this date, suggests that the chapter predated the battle of Wakefield and was held in the autumn of 1460: Orders of Knighthood ed. Nicolas, i. 87-88; J.D. Milner, ‘Order of the Garter’ (Manchester Univ. MA thesis, 1972), 70.
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Attestor parlty. elections, Kent 1437, 1447.

J.p. Kent 20 July 1424 – Mar. 1432, 10 May 1458 – d.

Commr. to take musters, Kent Aug. 1426, June 1428, Apr. 1430, Dec. 1459, May 1460; arrest ships and mariners Dec. 1436; of inquiry July 1439 (concealments), Oct. 1439 (enforcement of statutes regarding regrating and forestalling), Kent, Suss. July 1456 (treasons), Kent July 1458 (piracy); array Mar. 1443, Aug. 1456, Aug., Sept. 1457, Jan., Sept. 1458, Feb., Dec. 1459, Jan. 1460; to assess subsidy Aug. 1450; E179/124/218. set watches May 1457; of oyer and terminer Nov. 1457, Kent, Essex, Suff. Sept. 1458; to assign archers, Kent Dec. 1457; seize the earl of Warwick’s ships in Sandwich Dec. 1459; of arrest, Beds., Bucks., Cambs., Derbys., Herts., Hunts., Leics., Lincs., Notts., Staffs., Warws. Jan. 1461.

Capt. of Beauvoisis, Normandy 1431–?, Gisors by 16 Mar. 1432-aft. May 1434, Gournay and Gerberoy by 14 Dec. 1432 – aft.Sept. 1438, Neufchâtel-en-Bray Mich. 1433–4, Le Crotoy 18 Aug.-aft. 13 Nov. 1436. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, fr 25775/1368; 26055/1769; Actes de la Chancellerie d’Henri VI ed. le Cacheux, ii. 224; Letters and Pprs. Illust. Wars of English, ed. Stevenson, ii (2), 544; E403/729, m. 2; E28/58/37.

Lt. of Calais 13 Dec. 1439 – 18 Dec. 1441; lt. of Humphrey Stafford, earl of Stafford, capt. of Calais 18 Dec. 1441–29 Aug. 1442. DKR, xlviii. 331, 352, 354; PPC, v. 205, 208–9.

Ambassador to treat with Flanders Feb. 1440, for a truce with France and Burgundy Apr. 1440, a confirmation of the truce with the duchess of Burgundy July 1440, a truce with France Nov. 1440, Apr. 1441. J. Ferguson, Eng. Diplomacy, 181, 190.

Dep. warden of the Cinque Ports and constable of Dover castle c.1457–d. E372/303–7 sub Kantia.

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KYRIEL, Sir Thomas (1395-1461), of Westenhanger and Sarrecourt in the Isle of Thanet, Kent.
Main residences: Westenhanger; Sarrecourt in the Isle of Thanet, Kent.
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KYNG, Richard, of Maldon, Essex.

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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.

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KYNG, Richard, of Maldon, Essex.
Main residence: Maldon, Essex.
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KYCCHE, Roger (d.?1434), of Cambridge.

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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.

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KYCCHE, Roger (d.?1434), of Cambridge.
Main residence: Cambridge.
Keche, Kyche, Kythch, Kythche
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KNOTTESFORD, John (d.1457), of Bowley in Pagham, Suss.

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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.

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KNOTTESFORD, John (d.1457), of Bowley in Pagham, Suss.
Main residence: Bowley in Pagham, Suss.
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KNIVETON, Geoffrey (d.c.1456), of Bradley, Derbys. and Nottingham.

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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.

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KNIVETON, Geoffrey (d.c.1456), of Bradley, Derbys. and Nottingham.
Main residences: Bradley, Derbys.; Nottingham.
Kneton, Kneeton, Kneveton, Knyfton, Knyveton
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KNIGHTLEY, Thomas, of Northampton.

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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.

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

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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.

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KNIGHTLEY, Richard (d.1442), of Fawsley, Northants. and Gnosall, Staffs.
Main residences: Fawsley, Northants.; Gnosall, Staffs.
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KNIGHT, Stephen (d.1475), of Rochester and Faversham and Davington, Kent.

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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.

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