John Knapp, I

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11. [KNAP591] John the younger (1543), "2nd son", see later;

John purchased New Place in Stoke, near Ipswich, from Edward Sulyard (September 1576), where the family afterwards resided. John died at Ipswich (May 1604). There was a plaque to John in St. Peter's Church, Ipswich. The description in "County Churches: Suffolk" by T. Hugh Bryant (1912) reads:

"In the S. aisle is a brass bearing the effigies of a civilian in ruff and fur-lined gown, and his wife in calash and embroidered petticoat; there are groups of 4 sons, two of them in cloaks, and 8 daughters, five of them in hats, shield, and mantling, and inscription to John Knapp, merchant and portman, 1604, and Martha his wife."

The inscription on the brass itself reads:

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF IOHN KNAPP MARCHAT

AND PORTMAN OF THIS TOWNE OF IPSWICH WHO

DYED YE SECOND DAY OF MAYE ANNO 1604 AND HAD

ISSVE BY MARTHA HIS WIFE 4 SONES & 8 DAVGHTERS

The Knapp coat of arms above the brass has "three close helmets above a lion passant".