Through his marriage Knyvet was closely connected to the Shelton , Boleyn and Howard families . Knyvet joined his uncle , Thomas Howard , 3rd Duke of Norfolk , in suppressing the uprising in Yorkshire in 1536 known as the Pilgrimage of Grace . He was knighted in 1538 or 1539 , and was made sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in November 1539
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Edmund Knyvet