Venn: Matric. pens, from St John's, Michs. 1572. 2nd s. of John Knox, the reformer. B.A. 1577-8; M.A. 1581; B.D. 1587. Fellow, 1580. Incorp. at Oxford, 1586. Ord. deacon and priest (Peterb.) Sept. 21, 1586. University preacher, 1587. V. of Gt Clacton, Essex, 1587-91. Died Whitsun eve. Buried in the College Chapel, 1591. Brother of the next. {Cooper, 11. 103.)