Collections for a History of Staffordshire states, [1]
John de Knightley, the second son [of Robert Knighley and his wife Alice D'Oyley], had the manor of Little Wyrley for life, by the gift of Alice his mother, in 9 Edward III. (to be held of her by the annual render of a rose), as appears by the confirmation thereof from Robert de Knightley to the said John his brother in 14 Edward III. (1340), to whom also John D'Oyley released it in the following year.2 In 41 Edward III. (1368) his uncle Henry D'Oyley likewise gave him for term of life, by deed dated at Cowley (in which he styles him his nephew John de Knightley, senior), all his messuages in the feuds of Cowley and Gnosall.1
1. "House of D'Oyley."
2. Huntbache MS., and "House of D'Oyley."
[1] The William Salt Archaeological Society, ed., Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. 4 (London: Harrison and Sons, 1883), 111, [GoogleBooks].