Edward Knyvett

Born [date unknown] in England

Ancestors

Died before 4 Feb 1501 in England

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Biography

Edward was the son of Thomas Knyvett and Elizabeth Lunsford.^[1] He married twice. By his first wife, he had a daughter:

• Elizabeth or Isabel, wife of John Rainsforth ^[2]

His second wife was Catherine Marney, daughter of Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney.^[3][4] They had no children.^[4]

Edward died before 4 February 1501.^[5][6] At his death he held land at Groton, Suffolk and Stanway, Essex.^[5] Inquisitions Post Mortem were held in 1500-1 (16 Henry VII).^[7]

After Edward's death, his widow married Thomas Bonham.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II p. 510, KNYVET 11
2. ↑ L L Erwin. The Ancestry of William Clopton of York County, Virginia. Privately published, 1939, p8, Internet Archive
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} History of Parliament Online, entry for 'BONHAM, Thomas (by 1482-1532), of Stanway, Essex'
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Kathy Lynn Emerson, 'A Who's Who of Tudor Women' website, entry for 'CATHERINE MARNEY (c.1480-1535)', www.tudorwomen.com/?page_id=695, no longer available as at 22 March 2021
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Joseph Biancalana. The Fee Tail and the Common Recovery in Medieval England: 1176–1502, Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 413 (entry 57), Google Books
6. ↑ W A Copinger. The Manors of Suffolk: the Hundreds of Babergh and Blackbourn, T Fisher Unwin, 1905, p.114, Internet Archive
7. ↑ 'Chancery; Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series II, and other Inquisitions, Henry VII to Charles I', National Archives, ref. C 142/15/28, 'Edward Knyvet, esquire: Essex', 16 Henry VII, National Archives catalogue entry, accessed 17 September 2020; also C142/15/29 (Suffolk), C 142/15/30 (Kent) and C 142/15/38 (Essex)

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.