On 25 Aug 1596, Francis Knight of Bristol was mentioned with John Laundson in a quitclaim for two messuages. [1]
He was an alderman and in 1613 was mayor of the city of Bristol [2], and was granted an estate at Congresbury, Somerset, by Queen Elizabeth I. [3]
Francis had his will drawn up on 8 Aug 1616 [4] and made bequests to:
His will was probated on 12 Oct 1616.
Francis's descendant, Robert Knight, married Cecil Turberville of Sutton, granddaughter and heiress of Richard Lougher of Tythegston, Glamorgan, in 1708. The estate of Tythegston and Lougher manor therefore passed to the Knight family of Bristol. Robert's grandson, Henry Knight (d. 1772) purchased Pembroke manor (named after the Herberts, earls of Pembroke) in 1771. Henry's eldest son, Colonel Henry Knight (d. 1825), died without issue. Tythegston and Lougher manor passed to the Rev. Robert Knight, rector of Newton Nottage, Glamorgan, who sold Lougher manor in 1840 to Sir Joshua John Guest, owner of the Dowlais ironworks; Pembroke manor passed to his younger brother, Henry Hey Knight (d. 1857), rector of Neath Abbey. The Tythegston estate then descended in the male line, the owner in about 1990 being Henry Lougher Knight (b. 1907), great-grandson of the Rev. Robert Knight.
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