• Thomas Knyvet or Knyvett is the name of: Thomas Knyvett (died 1569), MP for Brackley (UK Parliament constituency), Bramber and Plymouth Thomas Knyvet...
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    Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet (/nɪvɪt/; or Knevytt, Knyvett, Knevett, Knevitt; 1545 – 27 July 1622) was an English courtier and Member of Parliament...
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    firstly John Grey, 2nd Viscount Lisle (died 1504), and secondly Sir Thomas Knyvet Norfolk's first wife died on 4 April 1497, and on 8 November 1497 he...
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    was the father of Sir Henry Knyvet and through him grandfather of the Katherine Knyvett who married her third cousin Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk...
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    widow of Sir Francis Weston. Sir Henry Knyvet was the grandson of Sir Thomas Knyvet and the brother of Thomas Knyvet. He succeeded his father in 1546. He...
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    Sir Edmund Knyvet (c. 1508 – 1 May 1551) was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Knyvet (c. 1485 – 1512), a distinguished courtier and sea captain, and Muriel...
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    Yelverton, the Attorney-General; and then at the house of Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet, who owned Staines. It was rumoured that Frances was "tyed...
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    Sir John Knyvet (or Knivett) (died 16 February 1381) was an English lawyer and administrator. He was Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1365 to 1372...
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    however, and the letter was shown to King James. The King ordered Sir Thomas Knyvet to conduct a search of the cellars underneath Parliament, which he did...
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    concealing the gunpowder. Later that evening, the Keeper of the Palace, Sir Thomas Knyvet (Suffolk's brother-in-law) made further search, revealing the gunpowder...
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  • Thomas Knyvet (died 1605), of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk and Stradbroke, Suffolk, was an English politician. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Knyvet of...
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    Ages the parish was mostly open fields In 1603, Thomas Knyvet was granted the manor of Stanwell. Knyvet was the man who arrested Guy Fawkes in his attempt...
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    search be undertaken. Late that night, the search party, headed by Thomas Knyvet, returned to the undercroft. They again found Fawkes, dressed in a cloak...
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    460 English from the Regent. Howard was devastated by the death of Thomas Knyvet, commander of the Regent, and vowed "that he will never see the King...
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    there secretly. For many years, the "House at the Back" was the home of Thomas Knyvet, Keeper of Whitehall Palace, famous for capturing Guy Fawkes in 1605...
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    be made, and about midnight another party, this time led by Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet, discovered Fawkes and arrested him. News of Fawkes's capture...
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    significant that Potts dedicated The Wonderfull Discoverie to Thomas Knyvet and his wife Elizabeth; Knyvet was the man credited with apprehending Guy Fawkes and...
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    of Knyvet's men, thanking Hatton for his efforts "to bring some good end to these troublesome matters betwixt my Lord Oxford and Mr Thomas Knyvet". On...
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    who married firstly, John Grey, 2nd Viscount Lisle, and secondly, Sir Thomas Knyvet. By his father's second marriage to Agnes Tilney, Howard had seven half-brothers...
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    Westminster, formerly called Chudleigh House Knyvet House, residence of Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet (d.1622), now 10 Downing Street Lancaster House...
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    Wiltshire, the oldest child of Sir Henry Knyvet (or Knyvett) and his wife, Elizabeth Stumpe. Her uncle was Sir Thomas Knyvet (or Knyvett), who foiled the "Gunpowder...
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    Priory the manor was granted to the arrester in the Gunpowder Plot Thomas Knyvet(t), who was elevated to the peerage. He left the manor to his nephew...
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    significant that Potts dedicated The Wonderfull Discoverie to Thomas Knyvet and his wife Elizabeth; Knyvet was the man credited with apprehending Guy Fawkes and...
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    Thomas Pope 1536–1544 John Browne 1560–1595 Sir Richard Martin Acted as Master of the Mint from 1581-1617 1599–1609 Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet 1609–1621...
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    King's Presence Chamber. Mary was given into the care of Sir Thomas Knyvet, afterwards Lord Knyvet, who helped arrest Guy Fawkes and stop the Gunpowder Plot...
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    Copmanthorpe, Yorkshire, and Margaret Knyvet. Anne's maternal uncle was Sir Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet. It was this family connection which likely...
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    granted the manor to Thomas Knyvet, who had arrested Guy Fawkes at the Palace of Westminster eight years earlier. Following Knyvet's death, Staines passed...
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  • following an anonymous tip-off (passed to Lord Monteagle in October), Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Catholic plotter Guy Fawkes in a cellar...
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    intermittent series of street battles between the Knyvet clan, led by Anne's uncle, Sir Thomas Knyvet, and Oxford’s men. As in Romeo and Juliet, this imbroglio...
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    Neville as Joyeulx Penser, Sir William Courtenay as Bon Vouloir, Sir Thomas Knyvet as Vaillant desyr and ending with Henry VIII as Cueur Loyal. Each challenger...
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