Robert Knyvet

- 1419

• Name	Robert Knyvet
  Gender	Male
  Died	1419	of Stanway, Essex, England
  Person ID	I6006	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	27 May 2021

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Carew,   d. 25 Sep 1410, of Beddington, Surrey, England
  Married	Aft 1400	, , England
  Last Modified	28 May 2021
  Family ID	F2567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): "ROBERT KNYVET, Esq., in right of his 1st wife, of Stanway, Down Hall (in Rayleigh), Rarnsden-Belhouse, and Whatley (in Rayleigh), Essex, Newington Belhouse (in Newington), Kent, and Groton, Suffolk, and, in right of his 2nd wife, of Broadhurst (in Horsted Keynes), etc., Sussex, South Mimms, Middlesex, and Stoke Doyle, Northamptonshire, and, perhaps in right of his 3rd wife, of Fitz Walters (in Shenfield), Essex, younger son. He married (1st) before 1395 JOAN CASTELAYN, daughter and heiress of John Castelayn, Esq., by Iseult, daughter of John Belhouse. They had one son, Thomas. He married (2nd) ELIZABETH CAREW, widow of Roger Lewknor, Esq. [see LEWKNOR 13], of Broadhurst in Horsted Keynes, Sussex (died 1400), and daughter of Nicholas Carew, of Beddington and Warlingham, Surrey, by his 1st wife, Isabel, daughter and heiress of Alice de la Mare, of Delamers (in Wheathampstead), Hertfordshire. His wife, Elizabeth, died 25 Sept. 1410, and was buried at Beddington, Surrey. He married (3rd) before 1411 ELLEN ___. They had one son, John. ROBERT KNYVET, Esq., left a will proved in 1419 (P.C.C. 47 Marche). His widow, Ellen, died in 1435. Morant Hist. & Antiqs. of Essex 1(1768): 194, 202-203, 276-277; 2 (1768): 190-191. Hasted Hist. & Top. Survey of Kent 8 (1799): 199-202 (arms of Robert Knyvet: Argent, a bend, within a bordure engrailed, sable, an annulet for difference) (identifies wife of Robert Knyvet as Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Belhouse). Coll. Top. et Gen. 7 (1841): 273-278. D'Ewes Autobiography & Correspondence of Sir Simonds. D'Ewes 1 (1845): 326-346. Moore Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Johannis Baptiste de Colecestria 2 (1897): 504. List of Early Chancery Procs. 1 (PRO Lists and Indexes 12) (1901): 16, 17, 35. Copinger Manors of Suffolk 1 (1905): 113-115. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 374. Genealogist n.s. 22 (1906): 187. Feudal Aids 6 (1920): 414, 470, 491, 500, 526. VCH Northampton 3 (1930): 132-133. Feet of Fines for Essex 3 (1929-49): 234-235.” 2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “ROGER LEWKNOR, Esq., of Horstead Keynes, lteford, and Selmeston, Sussex, South Mimms, Middlesex, Stoke Doyle, Northamptonshire, etc., son and heir by his father's 2nd marriage, born before 1374 (of age in 1395). He married ELIZABETH CAREW, evidently daughter of Nicholas Carew, of Beddington and Warlingham, Surrey, Knight of the Shire for Surrey, Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex, by his 1st wife, Isabel, daughter of Alice de la Mare, of Delamere (in Wheathampstead), Hertfordshire. They two sons, Thomas, Knt., and John, Knt., and one daughter, Agnes (or Anne) (wife of Andrew Sackville, Richard Myll, Esq., and William Kighley). ROGER LEWKNOR, Esq., died shortly before 15 Nov. 1400. His widow, Elizabeth, married (2nd) (as his 2nd wife) ROBERT KNYVET, Esq. [see KNYVET 13], of Stanway, Down Hall (in Rayleigh), Ramsden-Belhouse, and Whatley (in Rayleigh), Essex, Newington Belhouse (in Newington), Kent, and Groton, Suffolk, younger son of John Knyvet, Knt., of Southwick, Northamptonshire, Winwick, Huntingdonshire, Elsworths (in Conington) and Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire, etc., Justice of the Common Pleas, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Lord Chancellor of England, by Eleanor, daughter of Ralph Basset, Knt., 2nd Lord Basset of Weldon [see KNYVET 12 for his ancestry]. His wife, Elizabeth, died 25 Sept. 1410, and was buried at Beddington, Surrey. ROBERT KNYVET, Esq., left a will proved in 1419 (P.C.C. 47 Marche). Betham Baronetage of England 1 (1801): 173-176 (sub Mill). Brydges Collins' Peerage of England 2 (1812): 101 (sub Sackville, Duke of Dorset). Berry County Gens.: Sussex Fams. (1830): 130 (Lewknor ped.). Banks Baronies in Fee 2 (1843): 146-148 (sub Tregoz). Top. & Gea. 2 (1853): 124-136. Elwes Hist, of the Castles, Mansions & Manors of Western Sussex (1876): 102 (Tregoz-Lewknor ped.). Cooke & Mundy Vis. of Worcester 1569 (H.S.P. 27) (1888): 86-87 (Lewknor ped.: "Sr Roger Lewknor Knt Ano 2 H. 4, 1401. = Elizebeth da. of Carew."). Benolte et al. Vis. of Sussex 1530 & 1633-4 (H.S.P. 53) (1905): 25-30 (Lewknor ped.: "Sr Roger Lewknor knight 31 H. 6. = Elizabeth d. of... Carew."). Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 432. Feudal Aids 5 (1908): 146; 6 (1920): 491, 500, 526 (which shows in 1412 that Robert Knyvett, Esq., held Horstead Keynes, Selmeston, and Iteford, Sussex, South Mimms, Middlesex, and Stoke Doyle, Northamptonshire, the latter property being specifically stated as being held in right of his wife). VCH Surrey 4 (1912): 170, 335. VCH Berkshire 3 (1923): 418 (Carew arms: Or, three lions passant sable). VCH Northampton 3 (1930): 132-133. C.F.R. 12 (1931): 82. Comber Sussex Gens. 3 (1933): 148-158 (sub Lewknor). VCH Middlesex 5 (1976): 282. Michell Carews of Beddington (1981): 18 (Nicholas Carew had a "daughter who married Thomas Lewkenor and died in 1410 (this was recorded on a brass now lost)."). Roskell House of Commons 1386-1421 2 (1992): 482-485 (biog. of Nicholas Carew) (apparent confusion on Carew relationship as calls Sir Thomas Lewknor his "reputed son-in-law").”