John Knightley, of Gnosall

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knightley-6

"John son of Robert and Juliane draws upward the fortunes of this younger house of Knightley which were in a fair way to degenerate to rustic obscurity. He marries an heiress, Elizabeth, daughter of Adam of Burgh and granddaughter and heir of William of Burgh by his wife the heir of Cowley of Cowley, and by this match came Burgh Hall and Cowley to the family of Knightley."[1]

"This John de Knightley made his will on 23rd April, 1413,* and died in the same year, leaving Elizabeth his widow, who was living in 1416. According to the pedigree above mentioned, John de Knightley and Elizabeth de Burgh had issue: 1, Richard, their son and heir, who married a daughter of Giffard of Chillington, and had issue, Richard Knightley, of Burghhall, who purchased the manor of Hellidon, co. Northampton, in 21 Henry VI., and whose son Richard (afterwards of Fawsley) was then ten years of age; 2, John; and 3, Edmund de Knightley, who was next in the settlement after his nephew George de Knightley to his mother's lands in Alreston and Apton in 1402-3."[2]

The Visitation of Warwickshire, page 399

References

1. https://digginroots.com/getperson.php?personID=I2369&tree=bilsbarrow
2. WikiTree contributors, "John Knightley (abt.1342-abt.1413)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knightley-6 : accessed 02 October 2024). cites
   1. The Ancestor; a quarterly review of county and family history, heraldry and antiquities, pg 5 [1]
   2. Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume 4, pg 111 [2]
   3. 'The parish of Church Eaton: Shushions,' in Staffordshire Historical Collections, Vol. 4, ed. George Wrottesley (London: Staffordshire Record Society, 1883), 103-114, accessed March 17, 2016, [3]
   4. ThePeerage http://www.thepeerage.com/p23580.htm#i235800
3. http://www.stirnet.co.uk/genie/data/british/kk/knightley1.php#con4
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosall Gnosall (/noʊsəl/) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England, with a population of 4,736 across 2,048 households (2011 census).[1] It lies on the A518, approximately halfway between the towns of Newport (in Shropshire) and the county town of Staffordshire, Stafford.