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KNIPE, THOMAS, son of Richard Knipe (KS 1684, qv); b.; adm.; QS (aged 14) 1711; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1716, matr. 8 Jun 1716, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1716 – void 1722; BA 1720; ordained; Rector of Fawkham, Kent 1720-3 ? (but still described as Rector of Fawkham on marriage); Trinity Hall, Cambridge; MA 1729; Vicar of St. Peter’s, Maldon, Essex, from 1725; Vicar of Dengie, Essex, from 1729; m. 17 Jul 1725 Catherine Greenhill, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden; d. 16 Feb 1749.

KNIPE, RICHARD, son of Richard Knipe (qv); godson of Richard Busby (qv); b.; adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1707; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1712, matr. 4 Jul 1712, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1712 – void 1720; BA 1716; MA 1719; DD 1729; adm. Middle Temple 23 Nov 1717; ordained deacon (Winchester) 4 Jun 1721, priest (Winchester, lit. dim. from Canterbury) 1722; Vicar of Bexley, Kent, from 1722; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 23 Sep 1729; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II [check]; Hearne describes him as “a great Rattle, being soft and weak” (Remarks and Collections x, 180-1); d. 19 Oct 1736.

KNIPE, RICHARD, son of Thomas Knipe (elected to Oxford 1657, qv); godson of Richard Busby (qv); bapt. Westminster Abbey 24 Mar 1668/9; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1684; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1686, matr. 17 Dec 1686, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1686 – void by marriage 4 Jul 1689; MA Lambeth 22 Jul 1702; High Bailiff of Westminster 23 Aug 1692; m. 1689 Elizabeth ---; buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey 22 Feb 1702/3.

KNIPE, CHRISTOPHER, brother of Edward Knipe (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1670; buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey 28 Apr 1673.

KNIGHTLEY, THOMAS, fifth son of Rev. Richard Knightley, Prebendary of Durham and Rector of Byfield, Northants, and Sarah, dau. of John Wood, Hookland Park, Sussex; b.; adm.; KS 1689; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1693, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1693, aged 17, scholar 20 Apr 1694, matr. 1694; BA 1696/7; MA 1700; ordained deacon 28 Feb 1696/7, priest 19 Dec 1697 (both Winchester); Rector of Byfield, Northants, from 24 Dec 1697; allegation for lic. to m. 2 Nov 1698 Sarah, dau. of Humphrey Mitford, Mitford, Northumberland; d. 14 Sep 1721.

KNIGHTLEY, JOHN, brother of Thomas Knightley (qv); b. 1677; adm.; KS 1691; left 1692; adm. Gray’s Inn 24 Jan 1692/3; an attorney; resided in Ireland; m.; d. 1736.

KNIGHT, THOMAS JOHN, second son of William Young Knight, St. James’s Square, Westminster, solicitor; b. 1 Nov 1805; adm. 14 Sep 1818 (Packharness'); KS 1820; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1824, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1824, scholar 1825; BA 1828; MA 1831; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jun 1826, called to bar 25 Nov 1831; special pleader; Hampshire circuit and Surrey Sessions; emigrated to Hobart, Tasmania 1845, where he continued to practice as a barrister; Solicitor-Gen., Tasmania 25 Apr 1857 – 1 Nov 1860, Attorney-Gen. 2 Nov 1860 – 4 Feb 1861; returned to England 1865; m.; d. 25 Apr 1870.

KNATCHBULL, WADHAM, eldest son of Rev. Wadham Knatchbull LLD, Chancellor and Prebendary of Durham, and Vicar of Chilham, Kent, and Harriet, dau. of Charles Parry, Oakfield, Berks.; bapt. Durham Cathedral 27 Jan 1745/6; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1759; elected to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1764, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1764; BA 1768; MA 1771; ordained; Preacher, Highgate Chapel, Middlesex, from 1769; d. 6 Jan 1773.

Knapp, Percival Ernest, brother of Sir Arthur Rowland Knapp (q.v.); b. Dec. 20, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1888; left Dec. 1892; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Devonshire Regt. Oct. 10, 1894; Lieut. Nov. 5, 1897, 2nd Madras Infantry July 30, 1898, 1st (afterwards the 51st) Sikhs Dec. 1898; Capt. Oct. 10, 1903; Double Company Commander Oct. 13, 1905; Major Oct. 10, 1912; served in the Tirah campaign 1897-8, in China at the relief of Peking 1900, in Egypt Nov. 1914-July 1915, at Aden July-Aug. 1915, and in Mesopotamia from Nov. 1915; mentioned in despatches; killed in action at Sheikh Saad Jan. 7, 1916; unm.