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Richard Knight

Male 1623 - 1684  (~ 61 years)


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  • Name Richard Knight 
    Christened 4 Jan 1623  Bicknor, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 11 Apr 1684  Bicknor, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3920  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father James Knight,   b. Bef 1568, of Bicknor, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 6 Oct 1636, Bicknor, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Mother Anne Coullen,   b. Bef 1587, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 14 Sep 1638, Bicknor, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Married 30 Jun 1606  Bicknor, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1880  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Extraction of Bicknor Parish Records (FHL film 1851040, it. 6), Bishop's Transcript (FHL film 1751589, it. 1), and Archdeacon's Transcript (FHL film 1736525, it. 3); records start 1571:
      Family Group:
      -2 Nov 1573, William Knyghte an olde inhabitant was buryed.
      -8 Dec 1609, Jone Knite widow, an olde inhabitant, bur.
      Family Group -- James Knight and two wives Helen [Ellen] ___ and Anne Coullen. James Knight is named as churchwarden from 1611 to 1612:
      -6 Jan 1605[/6?], Hellen wife of Jacobi [James] Knyte, bur.
      -30 Jun 1605[1606?], "James Knyte and Anne Coullen weare also joygned togeither in Matrimonye"
      -6 Oct 1636, James Knight, bur.
      -14 Sep 1638, Anne Knight widow of James Knight, bur.
      -Children of the above:
      -25 Mar 1607, William s of Jacoby Knyte, bap.
      -25 Mar 1610[/11?], Robert s of Jacobi Knite, bap.; 3 Oct 1678, Robert and James Knight, bur. [James was a widower and his burial record is not found in Stockbury with his wife. No other James Knights of Bicknor fit for a burial.]; many baptisms and burials starting 4 May 1646 found in this parish for children of Robert and Elizabeth Knight.
      -28 Feb 1612/13, James son of James Knite, bap.;
      -[No record for the daughter Anne was found in the records.]
      -4 Apr 1619, Joan d of James Knite, bap.; 25 May 1641, William Morgan and Joan Knight, marr. [The 1 at the end of 1641 has been transcribed by some as a 2, but it is definitely a 1.]
      -4 Jan 1623/4, Richard s of James Knight, bap.; 11 Apr 1684, Rich Knight, bur.
      Family Group:
      -William Knight named as churchwarden 1616-1617. [No church records found for a William of this time period. Most likely the son William named in William Knight's will of 1573, which makes him the brother of James above.]
      Family Group -- Ingeram was chr. 6 Mar 1597 in Hougham to William Knight. He becomes the progenitor of many Knights in Stockbury. He is the son of William the churchwarden above.
      -25 Nov 1622, Ingeram Knight and Elizabeth Brenard, mar.
      -19 Oct 1623, Marye d of Ingeram Knight, bap.
      Family Group: This William is the one bapt. above in 1607 and who married Anne Knight in Hollingbourne in 1642.
      -5 Feb 1642/3, Richard s of William Knight and [blank] his wife, bap.
      Comments: The fact that William Knight, the churchwarden of 1616-17, was in Bicknor shows an association with the Knights of this parish, who are all closely related. We know from Ingeram's christening record in Hougham that his father was William Knight, which leads us to the conclusion that William the churchwarden is most likely his father since there was no known brother to Ingeram named William. William is most likely the brother of James of Bicknor and the son of the William and Jone as named in his father's will. Ingeram becomes the progenitor of many Knights in Stockbury.

      2. Mentioned in father's will:
      Family Search's "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 28 July 2015, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Wills, 1636, A-Z, images 257-259 of 497:
      Will: Knight, James; Bicknor; 1632; 1636; PRC/17/70/472; PRC/16/213 K/3
      Website: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23160-48543-70?cc=1949814&wc=M68K-RMS:250713701,250719201,251319801#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecapi%2Fsord%2Fwaypoint%2FM68K-K38%3A250713701%2C250719201%3Fcc%3D1949814
      Will written 31 May 1632
      James Knight
      - to be buried in churchyard of Bicknor
      - eldest son William Knight, two parcells of land named Petscroft in the parish of Bicknor
      - wife Anne Knight with rights to Petscroft for her natural life
      - younger son Ritchard Knight under the full age of 24
      - sons Robart Knight and James Knight
      - wife Anne and son William named as executors
      - daughters Anne Knight and Joan Knight under the full age 22
      Witnessed by William Peckett [Beckett?] and Walter Bentley. James signed with a mark.
      Probated 10 Nov 1636.

      DEATH:
      1. Will: Knight, Richard; Bicknor; 1684; 1684 PRC/17/76/144 PRC/16/310 K/2 1684.
      England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881
      Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury
      Wills1684, A-Z, Image 148 of 266
      Accessed on web: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23185-7769-62?cc=1949814&wc=M68K-123:250713701,250719201,251403301
      Will written 4 April 1684; Richard Knight of Bickner, Kent, Husbandman
      -Ann Brockwell wife of Steven Brockwell of Bickner, Kent yoman 4 acres being in Stockbury, parsell of woodland commonly called Saywelles in Bicknor. [Anne is RIchard's sister]
      -After her [Ann Brockwell's] decease to James Knight of Stockburey [Stockbury], Kent husbandman. [James is most likely Richard's brother; alternately it could be his nephew b. 1651.]
      -Ann Brockwell as sole executor
      Will probated 23 April 1684
      "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881"

      BURIAL:
      1. Bicknor Church Records (FHL film 1851040, it. 6): "Rich. Knight buried Apr. 11, 1684."