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Francis KNOLLYS 1526–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1526

Birth Location: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 19 July 1596

Death Location: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Robert KNOLLYS

Mother: Lettice Knollys

Spouse(s): Katherine CARY

Children(s): Anne Lady, Henry KNOLLYS, Lettice (Dudley), William KNOLLYS, Richard KNOLLYS, Francis KNOLLYS, Katharine (Boteler), Robert KNOLLYS, Cecilia KNOLLYS

Francis KNOLLYS was born in 1526 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Robert Knollys And Lettice Peniston Tresham Knollys. Francis KNOLLYS married Katherine Mary Cary, and had children including Anne Knollys Lady, Cecilia Knollys, Francis Knollys, Henry Knollys, Katharine Knollys Boteler, Lettice Knollys Devereux Dudley, Richard Knollys, Robert Knollys, William Knollys. Francis KNOLLYS passed away in 1596 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Francis KNOLLYS was born in 1526 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Robert Knollys And Lettice Peniston Tresham Knollys.
  • Francis KNOLLYS married Katherine Mary Cary, and had children including Anne Knollys Lady, Cecilia Knollys, Francis Knollys, Henry Knollys, Katharine Knollys Boteler, Lettice Knollys Devereux Dudley, Richard Knollys, Robert Knollys, William Knollys.
  • Francis KNOLLYS passed away in 1596 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert KNOLLYS
1481–1521
Birth Location: Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
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Lettice Knollys
1485–1558
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Katherine CARY
1524–1568
Birth Location: Greater London, England
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Children(s)

Anne Lady
1557–1608
Birth Location: England
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Henry KNOLLYS
1542–1582
Birth Location: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
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Lettice (Dudley)
1540–1634
Birth Location: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
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William KNOLLYS
1545–1632
Birth Location: England
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Richard KNOLLYS
1548–1596
Birth Location: –
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Francis KNOLLYS
1550–1648
Birth Location: –
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Katharine (Boteler)
1560–1632
Birth Location: –
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Robert KNOLLYS
1547–1619
Birth Location: –
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Cecilia KNOLLYS
1547–1634
Birth Location: –
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Francis KNOLLYS's Ancestors

Self
Francis KNOLLYS
1526–1596
Birth Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Robert KNOLLYS
1481–1521
Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
Lettice (PENISTON Tresham) Knollys
1485–1558
Grandparents
Robert (KNOLLES) Sir
1435–1481
North Mimms, Hertfordshire, , England
Elizabeth TROUTBECK
1452–1485
Dunham, Cheshire, England
Henry (Francis) KNOLLYS
1464–1583
Rotherfield Gray, Oxfodrshire, England
Margaret CAVE
1470–1518
Rotherfield Gray, Oxfodrshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas KNOLLYS
1416–1445
Isabel
1380–1445
John Troutbeck
1412–1459
Margery Lady
1415–1457
Francis Knollys
1440–
Catherine Cary
1445–
Thomas Esq.
1445–1495
Thomasine PASSEMER
1450–1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas III,
1380–1445
Isabell MORE
1380–1461
Robert Knollys
1418–
Lettice Penyton
1421–
Peter Esq.
1410–1468
Mary BURDET
1425–1487
Thomas Essex
1400–1477

Francis KNOLLYS's Descendants

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Francis KNOLLYS (1526–19 July 1596) m. Katherine (Mary) CARY (June 1524–1568)
  1. 1. Anne (KNOLLYS) Lady 1557–1608 m. Thomas (Leighton WEST Sir, 2nd Lord De La) Warr 1556–1602
    1. 1. Anne WEST 1581–1642 m. George (MERRYMAN Du) Coignet 1559–1655
      1. 1. Susannah MERRYMAN 1602–1680 m. William ALEXANDER 1600–
        1. 1. Ann ALEXANDER 1628–1690 m. Abraham BUSH 1622–1687
        2. 2. Ann ALEXANDER 1628–1689
    2. 2. Elanore WEST 1600–1649
    3. 3. Elizabeth (WEST (Pelham)) (Saltonstall) 1573–1633 m. Herbert (PELHAM High Sheriff of) Surry 1545–1620
    4. 4. John WEST 1590–1660
    5. 5. Francis WEST 1586–1633 m. Temperence (FLOWERDEW (Yeardley)) (West) 1590–1628
      1. 1. Elizabeth (YEARDLEY) (Croshaw) 1614–1660 m. Joseph (CROSHAW) Maj 1610–1667
        1. 1. Mary CROSHAW 1648–1679
        2. 2. Benjamin CROSHAW 1640–1667
        3. 3. Joseph Croshaw 1667–1682
        4. 4. Richard CROSHAW 1633–
    6. 6. Robert WEST 1574–1594 m. Elizabeth (COOK Cocke) (West) 1579–1645
      1. 1. Anthony WEST 1599–1652 m. Anne 1608–1658
        1. 1. Katherine WEST 1635–1692 m. Edmund BOWMAN 1620–1691 m. Ralph BARLOWE 1605–1652
        2. 2. John (WEST Lt.) Col. 1638–1703 m. Matilda (SCARBURGH Scarborough) (West) 1644–1721
        3. 3. Anthony (II) WEST 1641–1641
        4. 4. Ann (Barloe) WEST 1634–1652
    7. 7. Thomas (WEST 3rd Baron De La Warr, Gov. of) Virginia 1577–1618 m. Cecily (SHIRLEY) (West) 1580–1662
      1. 1. Elizabeth WEST 1609–1660 m. Richard SALTONSTALL 1586–1661
        1. 1. Anne SALTONSTALL 1632–1633
      2. 2. Essex WEST 1616–
      3. 3. Twiford WEST 1616–1684 m. Mary ('Hannah' TAFT) (West) 1615–1697
        1. 1. Hannah WEST(Perkins) 1659–1732 m. Samuel PERKINS 1655–1700
        2. 2. Thomas ((Capt.)) West 1640–1723
        3. 3. Elizabeth (WEST) (Chaplin) 1652–1702
        4. 4. Nathaniell WEST 1666–1702
      4. 4. John WEST 1616–1683
      5. 5. Thomas WEST 1618–1674
      6. 6. Matthew West 1598–1659
      7. 7. Mary WEST 1605–1695
      8. 8. Anthony WEST 1603–1648
      9. 9. Catherine WEST 1612–1660
    8. 8. Walsingham WEST 1579–1579
    9. 9. Nathanial (WEST Lt.) Col 1592–1623 m. Frances (Mary HINTON) (West) 1601–
    10. 10. Lettice (Letitia) WEST 1579–1612
    11. 11. Anne WEST 1588–1663
    12. 12. Penelope (WEST) (Pelham) 1582–1619 m. Herbert PELHAM 1580–1624
      1. 1. Herbert PELHAM 1600–1673
      2. 2. Penelope (Pelham) Bellingham 1619–1702
    13. 13. Katherine WEST 1583–1650
    14. 14. Helen WEST 1587–1602
    15. 15. Margarey WEST 1576–1633
  2. 2. Henry KNOLLYS 1542–1582
  3. 3. Lettice (KNOLLYS (Devereux)) (Dudley) 1540–1634 m. Robert (DUDLEY Earl of) Leicester 1539–1588 m. Walter (DEVEREUX 1st Earl of) Essex 1541–1576
    1. 1. Penelope (DEVEREAU (Rich)) (Blout) 1563–1607 m. Robert RICH 1559–1623 m. Charles BLOUT 1563–1606
      1. 1. Henry RICH 1590–1649
      2. 2. Robert RICH 1587–1658
      3. 3. Essex RICH 1590–1658 m. Thomas (CHEEKE) Chike 1570–1659
        1. 1. Anne (CHEKE Cheeke Chike of Purgo Pingo Countess of) Warwick 1620–1729 m. Robert (RICH 3rd Earl of) Warwick 1611–1659
    2. 2. Dorothy DEVEREAU 1570–1619
    3. 3. Robert (DEVEREUX 2nd Earl of) Essex 1566–1601 m. Frances (Walsingham) BURKE 1567–1633
      1. 1. Dorothy (Devereux) (Stafford) 1600–1636
      2. 2. Robert Devereux 1591–1646
      3. 3. Walter Devereux 1591–1641
      4. 4. Penelope Devereux –1599
      5. 5. Walter Devereux –1591
      6. 6. Henry Devereux –1596
      7. 7. Frances (Devereux) (Seymour) 1599–1674
    4. 4. Robert DUDLEY 1579–1583
    5. 5. Walter Devereaux 1569–1591 m. Margaret HOBY 1571–1633
  4. 4. William KNOLLYS 1545–1632
  5. 5. Richard KNOLLYS 1548–1596
  6. 6. Francis KNOLLYS 1550–1648
  7. 7. Katharine (KNOLLYS) (Boteler) 1560–1632
  8. 8. Robert KNOLLYS 1547–1619
  9. 9. Cecilia KNOLLYS 1547–1634 m. Thomas LEIGHTON –1610
    1. 1. Thomas LEIGHTON –1617
    2. 2. Elizabeth LEIGHTON 1573–
    3. 3. Anne LEIGHTON –1628

Francis KNOLLYS's Timeline

3 Records

1514
1514
Birth of Francis KNOLLYS in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
1526
1526
Birth of Francis KNOLLYS in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
1596
19 July 1596
Age 70
Death of Francis KNOLLYS in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1514
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 11; Page: 275
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 679497
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1526
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 July 1596
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 11; Page: 275
    [2] Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
    [3] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 679497
    [4] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [5] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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