Thomas Knyvett, 4th Baron Berners

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Sir Thomas Knyvett (1539-1616?)

Knighted in 1578, High Sheriff of Norfolk 1579.

Thomas was the first son of John Knyvett d. 1524 and Agnes the daughter of Sir John Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire. Knyvett was a native of Ashwellthorpe, and married Muriel Parry, the daughter of Sir Thomas Parry.

He inherited the Ashwellthorpe estates from Jane Bourchier, who was his grandmother.

He was buried at Ashwellthorp on February 9th, 1617/1618. It is stated that he unsuccessfully claimed the title of Lord Berners.


[edit] References

E. T. B., Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press 1892

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