Anthony Knyvett (Black Rod)
Sir Anthony Knyvett (c. 1486 – 1549) held the office of Black Rod in the English parliament from 1536 to 1543.[1]
He was described as a gentleman usher of the privy chamber to Henry VIII, with Roger Ratcliffe, in the Eltham Ordinance of 1526.[2][3]
In 1541, he married Avice Gibson, widow of Nicholas Gibson, who founded the Nicholas Gibson Free School, now Coopers' Company and Coborn School.
References
[edit]- ^ "Sir Anthony Knyvett (c1486-1549)". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ A Collection of Ordinances and Regulations for the Government of the Royal Household (London, 1790), p. 154.
- ^ London, Society of Antiquaries of (1790). A Collection of Ordinances and Regulations for the Government of the Royal Household, Made in Divers Reigns: From King Edward III. to King William and Queen Mary. Also Receipts in Ancient Cookery. Society of Antiquaries. p. 154.
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