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Richard Knightley

Birth
Preston Capes, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Death
8 Nov 1639 (aged 46)
Preston Capes, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Burial
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England Add to Map
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M.P for Northamptonshire
1621, 1624, 1625 and 1628
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1626–27

Acted in the House of Commons with Sir John Eliot and John Hampden in their resistance to Charles I forced loan in 1627.

A founder member of the Providence Island Company.

Richard succeeded to Fawsley on the death his uncle Sir Valentine in 1618

Richard died without issue
M.P for Northamptonshire
1621, 1624, 1625 and 1628
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1626–27

Acted in the House of Commons with Sir John Eliot and John Hampden in their resistance to Charles I forced loan in 1627.

A founder member of the Providence Island Company.

Richard succeeded to Fawsley on the death his uncle Sir Valentine in 1618

Richard died without issue


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