IV. SIR THOMAS-CHARLES KEYT, who d. issueless, 24th July, 1755, and was s. by his only surviving brother, V. SIR ROBERT KEYT, of Middleham, in the county of York, who d. s. p. 6th July, 1784, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. The estate at Ebrington, in Gloucestershire, had been sold soon after the third baronet's decease, to Sir Dudley Rider. Arms-Azure, a chevron between three kites' heads erased, or. Berkeley, brother of the last Lord Berkeley of Stratton, and had an only child, SOPHIA, M. to Lord Wodehouse. Anne, m. to Martin Lyster, esq. of Staffordshire, who assumed the surname of Killigrew. Sir Peter, at the untimely decease of his son, settled his estates on Martin Lyster, esq. and Anne, his wife, on condition that they should assume the name and arms of Killigrew, with remainder to the family of Erisey, and died, shortly after making this settlement, 8th January, 1704, when the title became EXTINCT. Arms-Arg. an eagle displayed sa. a border of the second bezantée. Lineage. SIR HENRY KILLIGREW, knt. (descended from a very ancient family settled in Cornwall from a very remote period, for so early as the time of RICHARD II. KILLIGREW of Killigrew acquired the estate of Arwenick in marriage with the heiress thereof) followed the court for advancement in the time of ELIZABETH, "according," says Hale, " to the constant genius of his family." He m. Catherine, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, knt. of Giddy Hall, in Essex, and had by her two daughters; of whom one m. Sir Nicholas Lower, knt. of Clifton, in Cornwall, and d. s. p. 6th June, 1638; and the other wedded, first, Sir Jonathan Trelawney, knt.; and secondly, Sir Thomas Reynell, knt. of Ogwell. The male line of the family was continued by 1. WILLIAM KILLIGREW, esq. of Arwenick, in Cornwall, who was created a BARONET in 1660, with remainder to his brother. Sir William died unmarried in 1665, after having wasted the whole of his paternal estate, and alienated the barton and manor of Arwenick to his brother, SIR PETER KILLIGREW, knt. This gentleman was commonly known as Sir Peter the Post, from his great diligence in conveying messages to CHARLES I. during the civil war. He had an only son, II. SIR PETER KILLIGREW, of Arwenick, who succeeded his uncle as second baronet, and m. Frances, daughter of Sir Roger Twisden, of East Peckham, Kent, by whom he had one son and two daughters, viz. GEORGE, who was killed by a Captain Walter Vincent at a tavern in Penryn. His antagonist did not long survive, though acquitted at the trial at Launceston; he took the affair so much to heart that he sunk under the affliction. Mr. Killigrew m. Anne, daughter of Sir John St. Aubyn, bart. and left an only daughter, who m. Mr. Dunbar, an Irish gentleman. -, m. to Richard Erisey, esq. of Erisey, in Cornwall, and had a daughter and eventual heiress, who wedded John West, esq. and their only child, FRANCES WEST, became ultimately the representative of the families of West, Erisey, and Killigrew. She m. the Hon. Charles Lineage. JOHN KINGSMILL, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, son of Richard Kingsmill, of Barkham, Berks, m. Joan, daughter of Sir John Gifford, knt. of Ishill, and dying in 1504, left a son, SIR JOHN KINGSMILL, knt. of Sidmanton, Hants, who m. Constance, daughter of John Goring, esq. of Burton, in Sussex, and had four sons, viz. 1. WILLIAM (Sir), his heir. 11. George (Sir), one of the justices of the Common Pleas, m. Sarah, Lady Hastings, daughter of Sir James Harington. III. Richard (Sir), surveyor of the Court of Wards, d. in 1600; m. first, Alicia, sister and heiress of Richard Fauconer, esq. of Hoursborne, Hants, relict of Thomas Wroughton, of Overton; and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Alderman David Woodroff, of London, and relict of the Rev. George Stonehouse. IV. Thomas. The eldest son, SIR WILLIAM KINGSMILL, knt. m. Bridget, daughter of George Raleigh, and was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM KINGSMILL, knt, who d. in 1600. He m. Anne, daughter of William Wilkes, esq. of Middleton Cheney, in the county of Northampton, and left a son and heir, SIR HENRY KINGSMILL, knt. who m. Bridget, daughter and co-heir of John White, esq. of Southwick, Hants, and dying in 1625, was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM KINGSMILL, knt. who m. Anne, daugh ter of Sir Anthony Haslewood, knt. of Maidwell, in the county of Northampton, and had issue, WILLIAM (Sir), his heir. Thomas, died young. FRANCES, b. in 1682; m. Hugh Corry, esq. of Newton, in the county of Down, and had a daughter, ELIZABETH, who m. Robert Bice, esq. of Sidmanton, admiral of the Blue. He married a second time, and had two other daughters, Rebecca, who died young, and Penelope, wife of John Waterman, esq. of Barkham, Berks. Sir William d. in 1698, and his sons all dying unmarried, the representation of the family eventually devolved upon his grandaughter, ELIZABETH, the wife of Admiral Bice. The admiral, in consequence, assumed, by act of parliament in 1766, the surname and arms of Kingsmill, and thus became 1. ROBERT KINGSMILL, esq. of Sidmanton, in the county of Southampton. He was M.P. for Tregony, and in his professional capacity had the command-inchief of his majesty's ships and vessels on the coast of Ireland. He was created a BARONET 24th November, 1800, with special remainder to his brother EDWARD and the heirs male of his body, and dying issueless 23rd November, 1805, when he had attained the rank of admiral of the White, was s. by his nephew, II. SIR ROBERT KINGSMILL, who m. Elizabeth daughter of Charles Newman, esq. of Calcutta, and had issue, a daughter, Eliza-Catherine. He d. 4th May, 1823, and leaving no male heir, the BARONETCY EXPIRED. Arms Arg. semée of cross crosslets sa. a chevron erm. between three fers-de-moline of the second, a chief of the third. KNELLER, OF WHITTON. CREATED 24th May, 1715.-EXTINCT 19th Oct. 1723. Lineage. 1. SIR GODFREY KNELLER, the celebrated painter, was born at Lubeck about 1648, when his father was surveyor-general of the mines, and inspector of Count Mansfeldt's revenues. For a long continuance of years Kneller stood at the head of his profession, but he has left behind him few good pictures. According to his own doctrine, he did as much and no more than was necessary to pass current among his employers. "History painters," he said, "make the dead live, and don't begin to live till they are dead; I paint the living, and they make me live." He died in October, 1723, and was buried at his seat at Whitton, in Middlesex; but a monument was erected to him in Westminster Abbey, executed by Rysbrach, and inscribed with these lines of Pope, more beautiful than just: "Kneller, by heaven and not a master taught, CHARLES BICE, esq. of Castle Chichester, m. Jane, daughter of Robinson, esq. of Newtown Ardes, in the county of Down, and dying in 1746, left issue, ROBERT, created a BARONET, as above, with remainder to his brother. EDWARD, of Belfast, principal surveyor of his majesty's revenue at that port, assumed, like his brother, the surname and arms of KINGSMILL, by sign manual, in December, 1787, m. Catherine, daugh JOHN KNIVETON, of Mercaston, living 25 HENRY VI. who d. s. p.; his brother, NICHOLAS KNIVETON, became his heir; which Nicholas was sheriff of the counties of Nottingham and Derby 5 HENRY VII. and by Joan, his wife, he left a son and heir, NICHOLAS KNIVETON, who was one of the esquires of the body to King HENRY VII. He was twice married; by his first wife, Joan Maliverer, he left a son, JOHN KNIVETON, esq. of Mercaston, who m. Joan, daughter of Sir Nicholas Montgomery, knt. of Cubley, and had two sons, JOHN, who was denominated of Harteshome and Underwood, and dying in the lifetime of his father, left by Anne, his wife, daughter of Thomas Dethick, esq. of Newball, in the county of Derby, THOMAS, heir to his grandfather. Nicholas. He was s. by his grandson, THOMAS KNIVETON, esq. of Mercaston, who m. Joan, eldest daughter of Ralph Leech, esq. of Chatsworth, in the county of Derby, and had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. George, died in his passage to Ireland. Elizabeth, m. to William Kniveton, esq. of Brad- Margaret, m. to Gabriel Armstrong, esq. of Nottinghamshire. Jane, m. to Griffin Harmead, esq. of Northumberland. Anne, m. to George Sutton, esq. of Over Haddon, in the county of Derby. Mary, m. to Sir George Chaworth, knt. of Annesley, Notts. He was s. by his eldest son, 1. WILLIAM KNIVETON, esq. of Mercaston, high sheriff for Derbyshire 29 ELIZABETH, and knight of the shire 1 JAMES I. who was created a BARONET 29th June, 1611, and served again as sheriff for the county of Derby in the 12th year of King JAMES's reign. He m. Matilda, daughter and sole heir of John Rollesly, esq. of Rollesly, and had issue, GILBERT (Sir), his heir, who was knighted at KNOLLYS, OF GROVE PLACE. CREATED 6th May 1642.-EXTINCT in 1648. Lineage. This family was founded by SIR ROBERT KNOLLYS, K. G. the celebrated general in the martial times of EDWARD III. the companion in arms of the Black Prince, and the most renowned warrior of his day. In 1 RICHARD II. Sir Robert was governor of the castle of Brest, and in the 3rd of the same reign he went with Thomas Plantagenet (of Woodstock), Earl of Buckingham, to assist the Duke of Brittany against the French, when they marched quite through France without resistance. The next year, on the outbreak of Jack Straw's insurrection, he led the citizens of London against the rebels, and thus terminated, at an advanced age, his military career. Independently of those high deeds which rendered his name famous all over the world, Sir Robert left other noble memorials behind him. He erected a stately bridge over the river Medway, near Rochester, known as Rochester Bridge. He enlarged the house of Friers Carmelites, commonly called White Friers, in the city of London, and he founded a college at Pontefract, in Yorkshire, where his wife, the Lady Constance, was born, endowing it with an estate of £180. per annum. He died at the manor of Sconethorp, in Norfolk, full of honour and years, being at least ninety years of age, 15th August, 1407, and was buried with his lady in the church of the White Friers. He left issue, a daughter, Emma, the wife of Anthony Babington, and a son and heir, THOMAS KNOLLYS, who was seated at North Mymms, in Hertfordshire, and had two sons, ROBERT, whose daughter married Henry Ford- From the younger son, THOMAS KNOLLYS, descended ROBERT KNOLLYS, who m. Margaret D'Oyley, and was father of ROBERT KNOLLYS, gentleman of the privy chamber to King HENRY VIII. who had from that monarch a lease for a certain number of years of the manor of Rotherfield Grey, called Greys, in the county of Ox ford. He m. Lettice, daughter of Sir Thomas Penyston, Lord of Haurage and Marshal, in Bucks, and by her (who m. secondly, Sir Robert Lee, of Quarendon, Bucks, and thirdly, Sir Thomas Tresham, lord prior of St. John,) had a daughter, Jane, m. to Sir Richard Wingfield, of Kimbolton Castle, and a son and heir, SIR FRANCIS KNOLLYS, upon whom HENRY VIII. conferred the lordship of Rotherfield Grey, in fee, and made him one of the gentlemen pensioners. He was afterwards high in favour with Queen ELIZABETH, was sworn of her majesty's privy council, constituted vice-chamberlain of the household, and employed on several important negociations abroad. In the 29th of ELIZABETH he was appointed one of the judges to sit in judgment on the unhappy Queen of Scotland, and was subsequently made treasurer of the household, and installed a knight of the Garter. He m. Catherine, daughter of William Carey,. esquire of the body to HENRY VIII. by his wife, Lady Mary Boleyne, sister of Queen ANNE BOLEYNE, and had issue, viz. 1. HENRY, member in the first parliament of ELIZABETH, m. to Sir John Willoughby, of 11. William (Sir), treasurer of the household to JAMES I. and raised to the peerage by that monarch as Baron Knollys and Viscount Wallingford, and made by CHARLES I. EARL OF BANBURY. (Refer to BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Peerage, for details of this nobleman, and the litigation that ensued regarding the succession to his honours.) III. Robert (Sir), K. B. left by his wife, Joan Highham, Sir Robert Knollys, m. Joanna, daughter of Sir John Wolstenholme, and had (with a younger son, William, and three daughters: the eldest m. to Sir John Corbet, of Stoke, in Shropshire; the second, to Egerton, of Staffordshire; the third, to Holmby, of Yorkshire,) a son and heir, Robert Knollys, who m. Mary Saunders, of Menogwell, in Oxfordshire, and left a son, Robert, M. P. for the county of Oxford, with whom this branch expired. IV. Richard, whose son, Francis, m. first the daughter of Sir Charles V. FRANCIS (Sir), of whom presently. tries, under Maurice, Prince of Orange, m. 1. Lettice, m. first, to Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, and was mother of ROBERT, Earl of Essex, the ill-fated favou- She m. secondly, Robert Dudley, Earl of 11. Anne, m. to Thomas, Lord de la War. IV. Catherine, m. first, to Gerard Fitzgerald, Lord Ophaly, son and heir of the Earl of Kildare, and secondly, to Sir Philip Boteler, of Watton Woodhall. The fifth son, SIR FRANCIS KNOLLYS, knt. inherited under his father's will the manor of Battel, and other estates in the vicinity of Reading, and was styled of Reading Abbey. He represented the city of Oxford in parliament, and afterwards the county of Berks. He m. Lettice, daughter of John Barret, esq. of Hanham, in Gloucestershire, and was s. by his son, SIR FRANCIS KNOLLYS, knt. who m. Ellen, daughter and heir of Richard Milles, esq. of Lower Win chendon, Bucks, and left a son and heir, RICHARD KNOLLYS, esq. who m. Mary Bellingham, of Everingham, in Sussex, sister and heir of Henry Bellingham, and was s. by his son, FRANCIS KNOLLYS, esq. who m. Anne, daughter and co-heir of Bateman, esq. of Berkshire, and had, with a daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Sir Francis Cur son, of Waterferry, in Oxfordshire, a son and heir, FRANCIS KNOLLYS, esq. M. P. for Reading, who m. Elizabeth, youngest daughter and co-heir of John Striblehill, esq. of Thame, in the county of Oxford, and dying, of the small-pox, in 1701, was s. by his son, FRANCIS KNOLLYS, esq. of Thame, M. P. for the city of Oxford, died a bachelor, 24th June, 1754, and was s. by his brother, RICHARD KNOLLYS, esq. who m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Humphrey Thayer, esq. secondly, Hannah, daughter of Theophilus Salivey, esq. of Woodford, and thirdly, Anne, daughter of John Taylor, esq. By the two last he had no issue, by the first, an only son, 1. FRANCIS KNOLLYS, esq. of Thame, in the county of Oxford, who was created a BARONET 1st April, 1754. Sir Francis was sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1757, and was elected to parliament for Reading in 1761. He m. in 1756, Mary, daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Kendall Carter, of Kempston, in the county of Bedford, third son of John Kendall, esq. of Basingbourn Hall, in Essex, but dying without issue 29th June, 1772, the BARONETCY EXPIRED. arms against the Conqueror, but intermarrying with Emme, daughter of William Dammartin, a Norman, obtained restoration. From Othomarus, after four descents, sprang SIR JOHN DE KNEVIT, Lord of Southwick, who was great-grandfather of another SIR JOHN KNEVIT, whose son and heir, RICHARD KNEVIT, m. Joan, daughter and co-heir of Sir Richard Wourch, knt. and was father of SIR JOHN KNEVIT, knt. barrister-at-law, who at tained the coif in 31 EDWARD III.; was made one of the justices of the King's Bench in two years after; chief justice, 39th of the same reign; and was constituted LORD CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND in the 49th of the same king. He m. Eleanor, elder daughter of Ralph Basset, second Lord Basset of Welledon, and his eldest son and heir, JOHN KNEVIT, was found by inquisition, 10 HENRY IV. to be co-heir with Sir John de Aylesbury to the family of Basset, on the extinction of the heirs male, (refer to BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Peerage.) He served as one of the knights in parliament for Huntingdonshire 21 RICHARD II. and by Joan, his wife, daughter of Sir John Botetort, of Mendlesham, in Suffolk, left, with two daughters, an only son, SIR JOHN KNEVIT, knt. who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Constantine de Clifton, second Baron Clifton, and eventually co-heir of her noble family. By this marriage he acquired a fair inheritance, including the castle of Buckenham, in Norfolk. Sir John served the office of sheriff for that county and Suffolk, 15 RICHARD II. and it is presumed was buried at Buckenham, where were many ancient monuments of the Knevits, recognized by their armorial ensigns, the inscriptions being entirely worn out. His only son and heir, SIR JOHN KNEVIT, knt. in whom or his representatives the BARONY OF CLIFTON became vested, on the demise of his uncle, Sir John de Clifton, third baron. Sir John Knevit m. first, Alice, daughter of Reginald, Lord Grey of Ruthyn, and had a son, EDMUND, his heir. He m. secondly, Joan, daughter of Humphrey Stafford, Edward (Sir), who was sheriff for the counties of He d. 7 HENRY VII. and was s. by his elder son, SIR EDMUND KNEVIT, knt. of Buckenham, who m. Eleanor, sister of Sir James Tyrell, kut. and had a daughter, Anne, wife of Sir George St. Leger, and five sons, of whom THOMAS, (the eldest) succeeded to the estate. EDMUND, who was serjeant porter to King HENRY VIII. m. JANE BOURCHIER, only surviving daughter of Sir John Bourchier, second BARON BERNERS, and acquired thereby the manor of Ashwellthorpe, in Norfolk. By this great heiress + he had three sons, and three daughters, viz. 1. JOHN KNYVET, of Plumstead, in Norfolk, who d. before his mother, leaving a son and heir, His younger daughter, JOANE BASSET, m. Sir John de Aylesbury, and had a son, SIR JOHN DE AYLESBURY, who was declared co-heir with John Knevit to the Basset estates. + She was interred in the church of Ashwellthorp, under the following inscription: SIR THOMAS KNYVET, through whose descendant ELIZABETH KNYVET, wife of his grandfather, HENRY WILSON, Esq. of Didlington, ROBERT WILSON, esq. was sum. moned to parliament in 1832, as LORD BERNERS. 2. William, ancestor of the KNYVETTS, of Fundenhall, in Norfolk, who continued to reside there. One of their descendants, marrying against the consent of his father, removed to London, and from that time to the day of his death, was an entire stranger to his family and connections in Norfolk. He was father of the late Mr. Knyvett, organist and composer to GEORGE III. who purchased an estate at Sonning, near Reading, in Berkshire, now the residence of his eldest son, CHARLES KNYVETT, esq. 3. Edmund. 1. Rose, wife of Oliver Reymes. 2. Alice, wife of Oliver Spiers. 3. Christian, wife of Thomas Foster. The eldest son, SIR THOMAS KNYVET, of Buckenham, was made knight of the Bath at the coronation of HENRY VIII. 23rd June, 1509, and subsequently constituted master of the horse to the same monarch. He m. Muriel, widow of John Grey, Viscount Lisle, and daughter of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, and had issue, 1. EDMUND (Sir), bis heir. 11. Ferdinando. III. Henry (Sir), knighted by Queen ELIZABETH in 1574. He m. Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Christopher Pickering, and thence descended the brothers, 1. Sir HENRY KNYVETT, knt, of Carleton, in KATHERINE KNYVETT, who m. first, 2. SIR THOMAS KNYVETT, who was of the JANE KNYVET resteth here, the only Heir by Right |