Knt.
abbreviation
Knight.
Knt.
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Knt
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Sr Edmond Andros, Knt. born at London, 6 Dec. 1637, made Gentl: in Ordinary to the Queen of Bohemia, Ao 1660, and Major to the Regimt of foot sent into America Ao 1666.
From A Memoir of Sir Edmund Andros, Knt., Governor of New England, New York and Virginia, &c., &c. by Whitmore, William Henry
The eldest son of Sir Robert Killegrew, Knt. chamberlain to the Queen, was born at the Manor of Hanworth, near Hampton-Court, in the month of May, 1605.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III by Cibber, Theophilus
Sir Jonathan Reymond, Knt. and Alderman, is to serve the matron’s cellar.
From Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir
I am aware she was the daughter of Ralph Freke, Esq., of Hannington, and married Sir George Norton, Knt. of Abbot's Leigh, in the county of Somerset.
From Notes and Queries, Number 59, December 14, 1850 by Various
Hortensius was the late Sir William Bolland, Knt.: and, a few years before his death, one of the Barons of his Majesty's Exchequer.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
They bear no date, but as they are signed 'Rupert' and addressed to 'Sir Edward Spragge, Knt.,
From Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)
I am in for Life, and am bound to subscribe my self, with great Sorrow of Heart, Your humble Servant, John Enville, Knt.'
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
Alice Shaa was the only daughter and heiress of her father, and the eldest son of this William and Alice was Sir John Poley, Knt.
From Notes and Queries, Number 237, May 13, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
In St. Thomas Church, Norwich, stands the monument of Sir Joseph Paine, Knt, the most famous mayor and benefactor of that city in the seventeenth century.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel
Northampton, son of Hugh, younger son of Baldwin Lord Wake, and had issue three sons and two daughters, of which Margaret was married to Sir Robert Carey, of Cockington, Knt.
From Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various
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