Esquire of Crofton, Kent, of Beccles, Suffolk.
Third son of Hamon Belknap (or Bealknap) of Knelle, Sussex and Joan Boteler. Grandson of Sir Robert Belknap and Juliane Darset, Sir Thomas Boteler and Alice Beauchamp. He was born between 1424 and 1434.
Husband of Margaret Knolly, daughter of Sir Richard Knollys and Margaret d'Oyley, daughter of William. They married before 1471 and had one son and five daughters.
Henry was heir to his brother, William, by which he inherited the manors of Knelle in Sussex and Sentling and Ringwold in Kent.
Henry left a will requesting burial at the Chapel of our Lady, Beckley. |