'Knight03'
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Families covered: Knight of Chawton, Knight of Cowden, Knight (Gally-Knight) of Langold, Knight of Lingfield, Knight of Smythies
| John Knighte of Smythies in Lingfield, Surrey (d by 1581) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | George Knight of Smythies in Lingfield (a 1581) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Knight of Lingfield (bur 28.10.1611) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.05.1567) Isabel Saxbie (d by 1627) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Knight of Cowden (bpt 28.11.1574, d before 1646) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.01.1602) Elizabeth Vinall (a 1646) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Knight of Cowden (bpt 18.10.1612, bur 12.08.1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joanna Titchborne (dau of Richard Titchborne (by Dorothy, dau of John Saxbie), m2. John Botting) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Knight of Cowden (bpt 31.01.1636, bur 09.03.1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (16.09.1660) Mary Aynscombe (d 05.06.1674, dau/heir of Rev. Thomas Aynscombe of Cowden & Wadhurst) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | issue (d young?) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Sarah Johnson (dau of Jeremiah Johnson of Charlwood) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Catharine Knight (bpt 01.05.1677) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Sarah Knight (b 10.09.1680) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.08.1703) Leonard Gale of Crabbett in Worth (b c1673) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Philippa Gale (d 14.01.1766, coheir) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1731) James Clitherow of Boston House (b 1694, d 03.05.1752)) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Robert Knight of Cowden (bpt 10.04.1625, bur 21.03.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Richard Knight of Cowden (bur 31.10.1692) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (11.08.1640) Mary Botting of the Bower | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c03.1647-8) Sibilla Lyndsey (a 1654, dau of Edward Lyndsey of Buxted & sister of Richard, relict of Thomas Gilbert) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Bridget Knight | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Payne of Legg's Heath, East Grinstead | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anne Knight (bpt 26.06.1653) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Bridgland of Maresfield | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Knight of Hartfield (bpt 14.10.1576, a 1622) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (19.05.1611) Marie Knight (bur 14.11.1615) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | George Knight of Lingfield (bpt 08.08.1585, bur 22.10.1641) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catharine (a 1644) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Edward Knight (bpt 27.12.1629) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (18.05.1657) Martha Gainsford (bur 15.02.1658) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (19.11.1661) Mary Budgen | |||||||||||||||
| B | Robert Knight in Smythies (a 1581) | ||||||||||||||
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| Commoners starts with William Knight of Chawton, described as "living about the middle of the sixteenth century" and mentioned as great-grandfather of Nicholas who, by his wife Elizabeth, was father of John, Nicholas & Stephen with Stephen being father of Richard (father of Sir Richard) and Dorothy. This seems somewhat confused, given that BLG1952 shows the following ... | |||||||||||||||
| William Knight of Chawton, Hampshire (a 1525, d 1585) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1560) Elizabeth Standen | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Knight of Chawton, Sheriff of Hampshire (d 1620-1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Neale (dau of William Neale of Warnford) | |||||||||||||||
| BLG1952 reports that John dsp 1620. Commoners reports that he d 1621 having had ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Joanna Knight | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gunter of Racton | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Stephen Knight of Chawton, Sheriff of Hampshire (d 1627-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Judith | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Knight (dsp 1636) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Knight of Chawton (d 1641-2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Fielder (dau of J. Fielder of Barrow Court) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Richard Knight of Chawton (dsp 1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Priscilla Reynolds (dau of Sir Robert Reynolds of Elvetham) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Dorothy Knight | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Martin of Ensham | |||||||||||||||
| Chawton passed into the Martin family, members of which assumed the name Knight. | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | son | ||||||||||||||
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| Descended from "the family of the Knights of St. Dens neer Suthampt. (sic)" was ... | |||||||||||||||
| William Knight of Newbury (Berkshire) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Worthington | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Ralph Knight of Langold, Yorkshire (b c1619, d 21.04.1691, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (23.06.1646) Faith Dickinson (d 18.04.1671, dau/heir of Rev. William Dickinson or Dickenson of Rotherham) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Knight of Langold (bpt 21.06.1648, d 06.05.1695) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Clarkson (dau of Alderman _ Clarkson of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Hannah Knight | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.04.1708) Thomas Stones of Mosborough | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Isaac Knight of Langold (b 1652-3, d 13.09.1721) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Robinson (dau of Sir John Robinson of Denston) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Ralph Knight of Langold (bpt 006.06.1712, d unm 1768) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Knight of Langold (d 1784) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Gally (d 07.08.1769, rector of St. Giles-in-the-Field, chaplain to King George II, refugee following the Edict of Nantz) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Gally, later Gally-Knight of Langold (b c1741, d unm 1804, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Henry Gally, later Gally-Knight of Langold (d 1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1784) Selina Fitzherbert (d 1823, dau of William Fitzherbert of Tissington) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Gally-Knight of Firbeck Hall & Langold (b 02.12.1788, a 1837) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1828) Henrietta Eyre (dau of Anthony Hardolph Eyre of Graoce) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Hester Knight | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Clarkson of Kirton | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Christian(a) Knight | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jonathan Staniforth | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Bridget Knight (b 1655-6, d 13.06.1734) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Taylor of Wallingwells | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Faith Knight | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Cornwallis of Bevercotes | |||||||||||||||
| G.+ | other issue - Raphe (a 1666, dsp), Thomas (b after 1666?, a 1689), Dickinson (d 10.01.1746), Anne (b after 1666? or d infant?), 5 other sons, 3 other sons | ||||||||||||||
| HoP ("Ralph Knight") reports that Ralph & Faith had 8 sons (3 dvp) & 7 daughters. Dugdale names 3 sons & 4 daughters. Commoners names 5 sons & 5 daughters. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. c05.1687, sp) Elizabeth (widow of John Rolleston of Sookholme) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Dina Knight | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Payne of Letwell | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : MGH (NS1, vol 4 (1884),
'Knight of Cowden, co. Kent', p199+)
(2) For middle section (originally uploaded to a Temporary page on 02.04.08) :
BLG1952 ('Knight of Chawton'), Commoners (vol 1, 'Knight of Godmersham', p443)
(3) For lower section (originally uploaded 23.03.16 to KZmisc04) : Commoners (vol 4, 'Gally-Knight of Firbeck and Langold', p710+) with some support from Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1666, 'Knight of Langold')
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