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FRANCIS (12) KNOWLES 1552–1643 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1552

Birth Location: Reading Abbey, Berkshire, , England

Death Date: 1643

Death Location: Reading, Reading Borough, Berkshire, England

Father: Francis Knollys

Mother: Lady Carey

Spouse(s): Lettice Barrett

Children(s): Robert Knollys, Lettice Knowles, Francis Knowles

In 1552, FRANCIS (12) KNOWLES entered the world in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, , England, born to Francis Sir Elder Knight 13 Knollys And Lady Katherine Mary 13 Illegitimate Tudor Carey. FRANCIS (12) KNOWLES married Lettice Barrett, and had children including Francis Knollys Or Knowles, Lettice Knowles, Robert 11 Knowles Knollys. FRANCIS (12) KNOWLES passed away in 1643 in Reading, Reading Borough, Berkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1552, FRANCIS (12) KNOWLES entered the world in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, , England, born to Francis Sir Elder Knight 13 Knollys And Lady Katherine Mary 13 Illegitimate Tudor Carey.
  • FRANCIS (12) KNOWLES married Lettice Barrett, and had children including Francis Knollys Or Knowles, Lettice Knowles, Robert 11 Knowles Knollys.
  • FRANCIS (12) KNOWLES passed away in 1643 in Reading, Reading Borough, Berkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Francis Knollys
1514–1596
Birth Location: Grays, Oxfordshire, England
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Lady Carey
1524–1568
Birth Location: R Greys, Oxfordshire, England
LC

Spouses(s)

Lettice Barrett
1555–1620
Birth Location: Hanham, Gloucestershire, , England
LB

Children(s)

Robert Knollys
1585–1613
Birth Location: Hull, Yorkshire, England
RK
Lettice Knowles
1599–1668
Birth Location: Reading, Berkshire, , England
LK
Francis Knowles
1590–1643
Birth Location: Of Reading Abbey, Berkshire, , England
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FRANCIS KNOWLES's Ancestors

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FRANCIS KNOWLES
1552–1643
Birth Place: Reading Abbey, Berkshire, , England
Parents
Francis ( Sir Elder Knight) (13) Knollys
1514–1596
Grays, Oxfordshire, England
Lady (Katherine Mary (13)(illegitimate Tudor)) Carey
1524–1568
R Greys, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
Robert Knolles
1480–1520
Mimms, Hertfordshire
Lettice Pennyston
1485–1558
Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England
Henry (King of England Tudor) VIII
1491–1547
Greenwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England
William ((14)(of Aldenham)) Carey
1495–1529
Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Peniston
1446–1506
Alice Bulstrode
1451–1557
Henry VII
1457–1509
Elizabeth York
1465–1503
Thomas Carey
1465–1548
Margaret Spencer
1471–1501
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Edmund Tudor
1431–1456
Edward IV
1442–1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492

FRANCIS KNOWLES's Descendants

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FRANCIS ((12)) KNOWLES (1552–1643) m. Lettice Barrett (1555–1620)
  1. 1. Robert ((11) Knowles) Knollys 1585–1613 m. Susan Pordage 1585–1631 m. Morning (Dove Narragansett Indian) Brown 1583–1612
  2. 2. Lettice Knowles 1599–1668
  3. 3. Francis (Knollys or) Knowles 1590–1643

FRANCIS KNOWLES's Timeline

2 Records

1552
1552
Birth of FRANCIS (12) KNOWLES in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, , England
Reading Abbey, Berkshire, , England
1643
1643
Age 91
Death of FRANCIS (12) KNOWLES in Reading, Berkshire, , England
Reading, Berkshire, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1552
    Event Place: Reading Abbey, Berkshire, , England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1643
    Event Place: Reading, Berkshire, , England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Reading, Reading Borough, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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