Background
He was the only surviving son of Edward Knightley of Gray"s Inn, London and Preston Capes, Northantonshire and was educated at Gray"s Inn.
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Richard Knightley
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Career
He was the grandson of Sir Richard Knightley. He was Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire in the parliaments of 1621, 1624, 1625 and 1628, and also served as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1626-1627. He refused to pay the King"s forced loan in 1627, and thereafter acted in the House of Commons with Sir John Eliot and John Hampden in their resistance to the royal policy.
He died in 1639 and was buried at Fawsley.
They had no children.
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Useless Parliament; Happy Parliament.
