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Francis Knight

Francis Knight
Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married about 1558 in Englandmap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Englandmap
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Biography

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:

  • my son Francis and his wife Katherine
  • their son john
  • my son Edward and his wife Martha
  • their children Francis, Bridget, Robert and John
  • my daughter Martha Challoner, wife of William
  • their children Robert, Francis, Martha, Joan, William, Thomas and Bridget
  • my brother Robert Aldworth and his wife
  • Francis son of John Aldworth
  • my brother in law Mr John Egglefield
  • my sister Challoner
  • my brother Matthew Knight
  • his children John and Thomas
  • my sister Bennet's children
  • my cousin William Mallaball

His will was probated on 12 Oct 1616.

Research Notes

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.

Sources

  1. National Archives UK, AC/JS/61/4 38 Eliz.I August 25 1596 Discovery
  2. Mayors and Sheriffs of Bristol 1600 -1699, Transcribed from 'Annals of Bristol Vol. 1' by John Latimer Bristol
  3. Glamorgan Archives, summary of R. L. Knight of Tythegston Court Deeds and Papers - 1450-1943 Glamorgan Archives
  4. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 . Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers;PROB 11128Ancestry Record 5111 #926312




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