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 - Aft 1551
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| Name |
Knight, William |
| Born |
Of Reading, Berkshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Aft 1551 |
| Person ID |
I09028 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
27 May 2015 |
| Family |
Wife, b. Abt 1500, England , d. Aft 1551, England (Age ~ 52 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1545 |
England |
| Family ID |
F02769 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
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It will be noted that Nos. I, 2 and 3 bells and probably No. 6, the splendid tenor, came from the celebrated Reading foundry, which was run by the Knight family with distinguished success for a prolonged period. Prior to the Knights' connection with it this business was at first carried on at Wokingham, and though no trace of the old foundry is visible there now, a lane bearing the name of " Bell Lane " probably perpetuates the memory of the fact. Reading subse- quently became a noted centre for bell-founding, and amongst the municipal records is a book dating from about 1565, entitled " The Booke of the Names and Ordnances of the Cutlers and Bell-founders Companye." Three names of Reading firms are there given, William Welles, William Knighte and Vincent Garrowaye. This Wm. Knight died in 1586. His earliest bell-founding exploit on record is the casting a bell in 1567 for St. Lawrence, Reading. He is believed to have been the son of a distinguished father of the same name who was Under Warden of the Bell-founders' Company of London in 1518, Upper Warden in 1528, and Master in 1530. The line was continued by Henry, d. 1622, Ellis, d. 1642, Henry, d. 1672, and Henry who gave the bond above men- tioned, who was in partnership with a second Ellis Knight, and died in 1680. The last to hold the business in Reading was Samuel Knight, who removed to London about 1710,
Father??
Will of William Knyght or Knight of Reading, Berkshire 18 May 1536 PROB 11/26
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