Alice Knyvet

Lady Alice Knyvet was an English noblewoman, wife of John Knyvet of Buckenham Castle.

In 1461, left in charge of the castle by her husband, she refused to surrender it to Edward IV and the royal commissioners.[1] Raising the drawbridge, she defended the castle "with slings, 'paveises', faggots, timbers, and other armaments of war", assisted by fifty people "armed with swords, 'glavyes', bows and arrows".[2]

References

  1. ↑ Anne Echols; Marty Williams (1992). An Annotated Index of Medieval Women. Markus Wiener Publishers. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-0-910129-27-5. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Great Britain. Public Record Office (1897). Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public record office. His Majesty's Stationery Office. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
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