Sir
Anthony
Knyvett
aka Knyvet
Born about in England
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Knyvet
and Anne (Lacy) Knyvet
Brother of
Elizabeth (Knyvet) FitzWilliam [half], Robert Knyvet [half], Richard Knyvet, William Knyvet, Lucy (Knyvet) Gates, Alice (Knyvett) Verney and Anne (Knyvet) Carr
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 37
in Tower of London, Middlesex, England
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Mar 2019
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Biography
Anthony Knyvett is Notable.
Anthony Knyvett, son of Charles Knyvet and his second wife,Anne Lacy, was born sometime after 1507 as he was still a minor in 1528. His uncle, Sir Edward Knyvet in his will proved 10 December 1528 instructed his executors "to bring up young Antony Knyvet, my nephew son of my brother Charles Knyvet deceased". [1]
Anthony was knighted around 1538 while serving as Porter of Calais. [2]
He was made Governor of Portsmouth in 1544 and oversaw the building of Southsea Castle. The castle was a pet project of the King being built to protect the deep water passage to Portsmouth harbour, which runs very close to the shore, from a possible French invasion.[3][4] The castle was a new kind of military structure designed as a defence against canon fire, surrounded by ramparts that would absorb the effects of the shot. Anthony saw it completed in quick time and wrote to the king on 22 October "Your Highness's new fortress here....may be called a castle, both for the compass, strength and beauty - and the device and fashion thereof is strange and marvellously praised by all men that have seen it. I dare say your Majesty has never so great a piece of work done and so substantial, in so little time, as all skilful men that have seen it do report." [5] It was from the environs of the castle that, the following year, the court watched the sinking of the Mary Rose. [4]
In 1553, Anthony joined Wyatt's Rebellion and was routed at the Battle of Hartley. [6]He was executed at the Tower of London on 1 March 1554.[3]
Research note
Wikipedia currently says (25 March 2019) that it was Anthony who was lieutenant of the Tower at the time of the racking of Anne Askew [3] which appears to be a mistake for Anthony Kingston. [7]
Sources
- ↑ Shakspeareana Genealogica, Volume 1 Page 272
- ↑ Knights of England Page 51
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wikipedia: Anthony Knyvett (1507–1554)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wikipedia: Southsea Castle
- ↑ Information boards at Southsea Castle
- ↑ The Battle of Hartley 1554
- ↑ Wikipedia: Anthony Kingston
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