Paternal Family Tree: Knyvet
Around 1440 William Knyvet was born to John Knyvet [aged 24].
Before 1461 William Knyvet [aged 20] and Alice Grey [aged 25] were married.
Around 1461 [his son] Edmund Knyvet was born to William Knyvet [aged 21] and [his wife] Alice Grey [aged 26] at Buckenham Castle, Norfolk [Map]. He married in or before 1484 Eleanor Tyrrell and had issue.
On 6th August 1462 William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 24] and [his future wife] Joan Stafford Viscountess Beaumont [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Beaumont. She the daughter of Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham and [his future mother-in-law] Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham [aged 54]. He the son of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk [aged 62]. They were first cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1471 Roger Clifford [aged 34] and [his future wife] Joan Courtenay were married. She the daughter of Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon and Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon. They were third cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 4th April 1474 [his wife] Alice Grey [aged 39] died.
Before 1476 William Knyvet [aged 35] and Joan Stafford Viscountess Beaumont [aged 33] were married. She the daughter of Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham and Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham [aged 67].
Around 1476 [his son] Edward Knyvet was born to William Knyvet [aged 36] and [his wife] Joan Stafford Viscountess Beaumont [aged 34]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married after 1511 Margaret le Strange.
On 26th December 1476 [his sister-in-law] Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 39] died.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Before 1477 William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 38] and [his wife] Joan Stafford Viscountess Beaumont [aged 34] were divorced (or the marriage was set aside).
In 1483 [his son] Charles Knyvet of Princethorpe was born to William Knyvet [aged 43] and [his wife] Joan Stafford Viscountess Beaumont [aged 41]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Close Rolls Edward IV Edward V Richard III 1476-1485. 23rd October 1483 King Richard III of England [aged 31]. Leicester, Leicestershire [Map]. Precept to the Sheriff of Devon to issue a proclamation (English) denouncing Thomas Dorset, late Marquess of Dorset [aged 28], who holds unshameful and mischievous woman called Shore's wife in adultery, Sir William Noreys [aged 42], Sir William Knevet [aged 43], Sir Thomas Bourghchier of Barnes, Sir George Broun, knights, John Cheyne, John Noreis, Walter Hungerford, John Russh and John Harecourt of Staunton, who have assembled the Person by the comfort of the great rebel the late duke of Bukyngham [aged 29] and bishops of Ely and Salisbury, and offering rewards for their capture and pardon for all who withdraw from them. By K.
In or before 1484 [his son] Edmund Knyvet [aged 22] and [his daughter-in-law] Eleanor Tyrrell were married.
Before 1485 [his wife] Joan Stafford Viscountess Beaumont [aged 42] died.
Before 8th October 1489 William Knyvet [aged 49] and Joan Courtenay were married. She the daughter of Thomas Courtenay 5th or 13th Earl Devon and Margaret Beaufort Countess Devon.
In 1491 [his father] John Knyvet [aged 75] died.
In 1504 [his son] Edmund Knyvet [aged 43] drowned.
After 1511 [his son] Edward Knyvet [aged 35] and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret le Strange [aged 40] were married.
On 2nd December 1515 William Knyvet [aged 75] died at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map].
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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[his son] Bennet Knyvet was born to William Knyvet and Alice Grey.
[his daughter] Anne Knyvet was born to William Knyvet and Alice Grey. She married John Thwaites.
[his daughter] Anne Knyvet was born to William Knyvet and Joan Stafford Viscountess Beaumont. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married her half second cousin once removed Charles Clifford and had issue.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Knyvet was born to William Knyvet and Alice Grey.
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Knyvet 
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Knyvet
Grandfather: John Knyvet
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Botetort
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Botetort
Father: John Knyvet
Grandmother: Elizabeth Clifton 