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Monument carved by Nicholas Stone with the kneeling figures of Thomas 1st Baron Knyvett of Escrick & wife Elizabeth Hayward who both died in 1622 "Thomas Knyvett, from a good and illustrious family of Buckingham in the county of Norfolk, a magnanimous, dignified, wise & devout man who earned credit at the court with honourable tasks and was exalted by the ever sacred Elizabeth. in the privy council, he performed the office delegated to him with the utmost praise. And afterwards to James King of Great Britain, with wisdom from horrendous betrayal, (from gunpowder) Was made Baron of Escrick & a a member of the council to Queen Anne. His wife the most beautiful lady Elizabeth, was the daughter of Roland Hayward esq, & widow of Richard Warren, companion of Queen Ann whilst in the county; Astonishingly he was made the protector with much parental love, of the daughters of their Majesties, Mary & Sophia, in place of no man". Thomas was born c 1545, the 2nd son of Henry Knyvett 1574 by Anne daughter of Sir Christopher Pickering of Killington and Jane Lewknor / Lewkenor (Anne was the widow of Francis Weston one of the supposed lovers of Anne Boleyn and m3 John Vaughan) His brother Henry Knyvett is at Charlton His niece, Catherine Knyvet flic.kr/p/6LoRKk m Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk flic.kr/p/6KoYB4 Another niece Frances Cary m1 Ralph son of Edward Baeshe at Stanstead Abbots www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8ANn2S ; m2 George Manners 7th Earle of Rutland dsp 1641 flic.kr/p/JpwnUE Thomas matriculated from Jesus College, Cambridge in 1565 but did not take a degree; he was admitted to the bar at Greys Inn in 1566. He was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth and in 1592 was made Master at Arms. He was MP for Thetford in 1601 and was responsible for valuing the monarch's jewels after her death. He served as Warden of the Royal Mint from 1599 to 1621 He m 1597 Elizabeth eldest surviving daughter of Sir Rowland Hayward 1593 (three times mayor of London) and 1st wife Joan daughter of William Tillesworth / Tylesworth, goldsmith of London. Elizabeth was the widow of Sir Richard Warren 1597 of Claybury, Essex, son of Ralph Warren and Joan Trelake Her sister Anne was the wife of Edward Crayford of Mongham flic.kr/p/34mzeQ Her sister Susan m Henry flic.kr/p/dhs3GT son of Sir Robert Townshend at Ludlow flic.kr/p/dhrYKi Her father m2 Katherine flic.kr/p/2LwGTf daughter of Thomas "Customer" Smith / Smythe and Alice Judd www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/1349696979/ who m2 John Scott of Nettleshead Their daughter, Elizabeth's half sister Catherine m2 Sir Richard son of Sir Michael Sondes and Mary Fynch of Throwley www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/1772812018/ He was granted the manor of Stanwell in 1603 & knighted in 1604 It was Thomas and Edmund Doubleday who conducted a search of the cellars underneath Parliament, in the early hours of 5th November 1605 arresting Guy Fawkes there shortly after midnight, and finding the barrels of gunpowder hidden under piles of firewood and coal. Thomas was given charge of the education of the short-lived Princesses Mary 1605 - 1607 & (the inscription says also Princess Sophia (22 June – 23 June 1606) . He was created Baron Knyvett of Escrick in 1607 (their monument is in Westminster Abbey www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/jam... ) He built new lodgings near his London house for Princess Mary's attendants in 1605 and supervised improvements to St James's Park. He was appointed a Privy Councillor, member of the council to Queen Anne, and Warden of the Mint. In 1613, the manor of Staines was granted him outright. He maintained a long-running feud with Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford causing personal injury and to their servants - Thomas' niece, Anne Vavasour, was the Earl's mistress, and on 21 March 1581 bore his illegitimate son, Edward Vere. Thomas died at his home "Knyvett House" +++ in Westminster 27th July 1622 (the first house known on the site of 10 Downing Street, now the residence of the British Prime Minister) in his day a large timber and brick building with an L-shaped garden, which had been first leased to him in 1581 by Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth died shortly after 5th September 1622 They had no surviving children They are buried under a black marble gravestone next to the monument www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/96szku His will provided for the foundation of a free-school in Stanwell — the Lord Knyvet School of 1624 . +++ "...built part wth Bricke and part wth Tymber and Flemish qalle and covered with Tyle, consistinge of a Large and spacious hall, wainscoted round, well Lighted, and Paved wth brick Pavements, two parls whereof one is Wainscoted round from the seelinge to ye floor, one Buttery, one seller, one Large kitchen well paved with stone and well fitted and Joynted and well fitted wth dreser boards…. "And above stayres in the first story one large and spacious dyneinge Roome, Wainscoted round from the seelinge to the floore, well flored, Lighted and seeled, and fitted wth a faire Chimney wth a foote pace of Paynted Tyle in the same. Also 6 more Roomes and 3 Closetts in the same flore all well lighted and seeled. And in the second story 4 garretts..." The house passed to his niece, Elizabeth Hampden, aunt of Oliver Cromwell, and renamed Hampden House. When the lease expired in 1682, George Downing redeveloped the site and adjoining premises, giving his name to the famous street Provision was made in the foundation of Lord Knyvett's School for 6s. 8d. to be spent on cleaning the Knyvett monument: his was being done as late as 1932 www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knyvett-50 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Knyvet,_1st_Baron_Knyvet Picture with thanks - copyright Chiswick Chap CCL commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Lord_Knyvett_in_S...
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