Alice Knyvet

**Alice Knyvet** (1418 - bayan 1490) mace ce mai daraja 'yar Ingila, wacce aka san ta da kare Buckenham Castle a lokacin yakin Roses a 1461.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Knyvet **Alice Lynne** a shekara ta 1418 ga Alice Stokes (wanda ya rasu a shekara ta 1480) na Kent, da kuma William Lynne na Landan .     Lynne ya kasance mai sayar da kayan abinci mai nasara daga Landan wanda ya mallaki gidaje da dama a tsawon aikinsa.    A cewar masanin tarihi Roger Virgoe, wataƙila Alice Stokes ta kasance 'yar Stokes ta Bignell a Oxfordshire, wani reshe na dangin Harcourt masu daraja. 

Alice ita ce ta huɗu cikin 'ya'ya biyar na ma'auratan; 'yan uwanta su ne John, Robert, Margaret, da Beatrice.   William Lynne ya mutu a shekara ta 1421 yayin da 'ya'yansa suna ƙanana.   Wasiyyarsa ta bar kadarorinsa na bazawara a cikin gundumomi shida na London, waɗanda za su ci gaba da zama nata har abada idan ba ta sake yin aure ba.   Gidansa, wanda aka yi sulhu a shekara ta 1424, shi ma ya bar wa 'ya'yansa gado ɗaya.   Gadon Alice na maki 350, ko £233 6s 8d,  an riƙe shi a matsayin amana har sai ta girma ta hannun Thomas Catworth, mai sayar da kayan abinci kuma daga baya magajin garin London.   A lokacin, wannan kuɗin ya kasance mai yawa ga mutumin da ba memba na manyan mutane ba ta hanyar haihuwa; dukiyar da Alice ta samu daga baya za ta inganta damar aurenta. 

## Aure
Alice ta auri ɗan John Knyvet, wanda kuma ake kira John, a shekara ta 1430.    Iyalan Knyvet sun kasance daular siyasa mai tasiri a Norfolk, inda surukin Alice ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗan majalisar dokoki (MP) da kuma Sheriff na Northamptonshire.   A lokacin auren Alice da ƙaramin John Knyvet, duk da haka, Knyvets suna fuskantar matsin tattalin arziki.  Shigar Alice cikin iyali ta hanyar aure ya nuna ci gaba ga dukiyarsu, wanda hakan ya ƙara inganta ne kawai lokacin da ɗan'uwan Alice, John Lynne, ya auri 'yar babban John Knyvet, Joan.  

Lokacin da babban John Knyvet ya mutu a shekara ta 1445, an raba kadarorinsa tsakanin Joan da ƙaramin John.  A shekara ta 1447, mijin Alice shi ma ya gaji Buckenham Castle (wani lokacin ana rubuta shi a matsayin Bokenham  ), bayan mutuwar wani kawu na uwa wanda ke cikin dangin Clifton, masu mallakar gidan sarauta na gargajiya.   Iyalin sun kuma karɓi iko da kadarorin Clifton, wanda ke wakiltar kuɗin shiga mai daɗi ga Knyvets. 

## Tsaron Buckenham Castle
A lokacin Yaƙe-yaƙen Fure, jerin gwano tsakanin rassan 'yan kadet guda biyu masu hamayya da juna na Gidan Sarauta na Plantagenet, iyalan Knyvet sun tausaya wa Gidan Lancaster .  Edward na IV na Gidan York mai adawa da juna ya kori Lancastrian Henry VI a matsayin Sarkin Ingila a watan Maris na 1461.  Don ƙarfafa iko, Edward ya fara kwace kadarorin magoya bayan Lancaster da sauri, tare da mijin Alice John Knyvet a cikinsu.  

A watan Satumba na shekarar 1461, kwamishinonin sarauta goma da kuma wani alkalin zaman lafiya, John Twyer, sun halarci Buckenham Castle don kwace shi bisa umarnin sarki.    John Knyvet bai halarta ba.   A cewar masanin tarihi Audrey Thorstad, akwai yiwuwar jami'an sarki sun jira har sai ya kasance ba ya nan, suna raina ikon Alice na tsayayya da kwace shi da kansa. 

Yayin da ƙungiyar jami'ai ke tunkararsu, sun gano cewa Alice, wacce John ya ba ta aikin kare Buckenham, ta ɗaga gadar . [1] [2] Ta kuma tattara maza hamsin na yankin don taimaka mata wajen kare kadarorin, tana ba su makamai da takuba, gyale, ko baka da kibiyoyi . [1] [3] Maƙwabcin Knyvets, mutumin kirki William Toby, shi ma yana nan don goyon bayan Alice. [4] [5] Alice ta yi wa Twyer jawabi kai tsaye daga wani hasumiya:

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