Background
He was born in London the son of John Knight and attended Street Paul"s School, London and Trinity College, Cambridge (Bachelor 1702, Master of Arts 1706), and received a Cambridge Doctor of Divinity in 1706.
He was born in London the son of John Knight and attended Street Paul"s School, London and Trinity College, Cambridge (Bachelor 1702, Master of Arts 1706), and received a Cambridge Doctor of Divinity in 1706.
He was ordained in 1704 and became chaplain to the Earl of Oxford. He was Rector of Borough Green, Cambridgeshire (1707-1746), Vicar of Chippenham, Cambridgeshire in 1707, Prebendary of Ely cathedral, (1714-1746) and Rector of Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire (1714-1746). He served as chaplain to King George II from 1730 to 1746 and as Archdeacon of Berkshire from 1735 to 1746.
He was a prebendary of Lincoln from 1742 to 1746.
Knight died on 9 December 1746 and was buried in Bluntisham Church. He had a son Samuel.