Sir Edward Belknap

Edward Belknap

Sir Edward Belknap was active in the service of the English crown, both on the battlefield and as a court official, during the 16th and 17th centuries.

He fought for Henry VII at the battles of Stoke Field and Blackheath and possibly at other battles as well. In 1508, he was appointed to the post of "surveyor of the King's prerogative". This office gave him the power to appropriate the lands and property of anyone who had violated the king's prerogative in some way, such as conviction for a felony. Belknap's appointment was part of an effort by Henry VII to improve the royal finances. Belknap was a privy councillor for both Henry VII and Henry VIII. In 1520, he was most probably at the Field of the Cloth of Gold with Henry VIII.

His heir and daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Bishopp whose son became Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet of Parham.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Belknap

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• Sir Edward Belknap1
• M, #143247
• Last Edited=20 Mar 2005
• Child of Sir Edward Belknap
  • 1.Elizabeth Belknap+1 b. b 1534
• Citations
• 1.[S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 156. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p14325.htm#i143247 ________________________
• Henry Belknap, Esq.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
• M, #44672, b. circa 1419, d. 3 July 1488
• Father Hamon Belknap, Esq.1,11,12,13,14 b. c 1390, d. 4 Jan 1429
• Mother Joan Boteler1,11,12,13,14 b. b 21 Sep 1398, d. b 1473
• Henry Belknap, Esq. was born circa 1419 at of Crofton, Kent, England; Age 10 in 1429; age 50+ in 1484.1,2,5,6,10 He married Margaret Knollys, daughter of Sir Richard Knollys and Margaret D'Oyley, before 1471; They had 1 son (Sir Edward) and 6 daughters (Alice, wife of William Shelley; Anne, wife of Sir Robert Wotton; Elizabeth, wife of Sir Philip Cooke; Mary, wife of Gerard Dannet; Margaret, wife of John Boteler, Esq; & Griselde, wife of John Caryl).15,2,5,6,10 Henry Belknap, Esq. died on 3 July 1488 at of Beccles, Suffolk, England; Requested burial in the Chapel of Our Lady, Beckley, Sussex.1,2,5,6,10 His estate was probated on 2 December 1488.5,6,10
• Family Margaret Knollys d. a 3 Jul 1488
• Children
  • Elizabeth Belknap+16,17,5,6,10 d. c 6 Mar 1504
  • Anne Belknap+18,2,4,5,19,6,7,9,10,20 d. bt 1521 - 26 Dec 1523
  • Margaret Belknap5,6 b. c 1475, d. 18 Aug 1513
  • Mary Belknap+21,6,10 b. c 1477
  • Griselde Belknap5,6 b. c 1478, d. 11 Jul 1498
  • Alice Belknap+22,3,5,6,8,10 b. c 1482, d. b 4 Jan 1549
• Citations
• 1.[S11572] The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, by Gerald Paget, Vol. II, p. 398.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 90.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 341-342.
• 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 307.
• 5.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 141.
• 6.[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 232-233.
• 7.[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 167.
• 8.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 582.
• 9.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 163-164.
• 10.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 90.
• 11.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 89-90.
• 12.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 140-141.
• 13.[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 232.
• 14.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 89.
• 15.[S11572] The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, by Gerald Paget, Vol. II, p. 398, 399.
• 16.[S11572] The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, by Gerald Paget, Vol. II, p. 246, 398.
• 17.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 90-91.
• 18.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 420.
• 19.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 370.
• 20.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 397.
• 21.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 143.
• 22.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 161.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1486.htm#... _______________________________
• BISHOP, Thomas (by 1506-60), of Henfield, Suss.
• b. by 1506. m. 1551/52, Elizabeth, illegit. da. of Sir Edward Belknap, wid. of Walter Scott of Stapleford Tawney, Essex, 1s. Thomas†.1
• Offices Held
• Servant of William Shelley by 1527; prothonotary, sheriffs’ ct. London by 1528-33; attorney for Robert Sherborne, bp. of Chichester by 1536; clerk of the peace, Suss. 1535-55, 1559-d.; escheator, Surr. and Suss. 1554-5; j.p. Suss. 1556, q. 1558/59; commr. to survey impropriations, Chichester diocese 1559.2
• .... etc.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/bi... ______________________________
• Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet (1550–1626) was an English politician.
• He was the only son of Thomas Bishopp of Henfield, Sussex and his wife Elizabeth Belknap and educated at St John’s College, Oxford (1562), Clifford’s Inn and the Inner Temple (1572).
• Before 1549, Thomas Bishopp senior had acted as feoffee to Elizabeth, who was a recusant. Her father, Sir Edward Belknap, was active both on the battlefield and as a court official during the 16th and 17th centuries. He had fought for Henry VII of England and been appointed to the post of "surveyor of the King's prerogative", which gave him the power to appropriate lands and property. By Thomas's marriage to Elizabeth he had obtained a considerable estate in Sussex.[1] They had settled at Henfield in Sussex where Thomas became a JP and attorney to the bishop of Chichester, Robert Sherburne (bishop 1508-36), who annexed the prebendary of Henfield in 1499 to his bishopric and then conveyed the estate to Thomas senior. .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Bishopp,_1st_Baronet ______________________________
• BISHOP, Thomas (1553-1626), of Henfield; later of Parham, Suss.
• b. 1553, o.s. of Thomas Bishop† of Henfield by Elizabeth, illegit. da. of Sir Edward Belknap, wid. of Walter Scott of Stapleford Tawney, Essex. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1562; I. Temple 1573. m. (1) Sept. 1577, Ann, da. of William Cromer of Tunstall, Kent; (2) bef. 1589, Jane, da. of Sir Henry Weston of Sutton, Surr., 3s. 3da. suc. fa. 1560. Kntd. 1603; cr. Bt. 1620.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/bi... _______________________________