About John Knyvet
Lived 1358 – 1418 (aged 59–60). John Knyvet was an English politician.
John Knyvet (1358/9–1418), of Mendlesham, Suffolk, was an English Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdonshire in September 1397.
Knyvet was the son of John Knyvet (d. 1381), who was the Lord Chancellor of England in 1372–1377, and his wife Eleanor (d. 1388), the daughter of Ralph Basset (d.1341).
Knyvet died at Mendlesham on 4 December 1418.
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Who was John Knyvet?
(1358/9-1418) of Mendlesham, Suff
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John Knyvet was born in 1358.
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John Knyvet died in 1418.
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John Knyvet was a politician.
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John Knyvet was English.
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