John Knyvet (died 1418)

For other people named John Knyvet, see John Knyvet (disambiguation).

John Knyvet (1358/9–1418), of Mendlesham, Suffolk, was an English Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdonshire in September 1397.^[1]

Knyvet was the son of John Knyvet (d. 1381), who was the Lord Chancellor of England in 1372–1377, and his wife Eleanor (d. 1388), the daughter of Ralph Basset (d.1341).^[1]

By 1377, Knyvet married Joan, daughter and heiress of John Boutetout (d. by 1377) and Katherine. Knyvet's first wife died around 1417. Knyvet's second wife was Joan, who died around 1429.^[1]

From his first marriage, Knyvet was the father of a younger John Knyvett, who was MP for Northamptonshire in 1421.^[1][2]

Knyvet died at Mendlesham on 4 December 1418.^[1]