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Lady Anne Knollys 1555–1608 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 July 1555

Birth Location: Stanford, Berkshire, England

Death Date: 30 August 1608

Death Location: Lansium, Hampshire, England

Father: Francis Hampshire,

Mother: Lady Chamber,

Spouse(s): Sir West

Children(s): Col Swann

In 1555, Lady Anne Knollys entered the world in Stanford, Berkshire, England, born to Francis I Sir Knollys Knowles Of Rotherfield Grey Son Of Robert Ii 2Nd Lord De La War Kg Pc Mp Knight Oxford U Cambridge U Vice Chamberlain Of Queen Elizabeth I S Household Sheriff Of Hampshire And Lady Mary Catherine Kate The Illegitimate Tudor Carey Cary Lady Of The Queen S Privy Chamber. Lady Anne Knollys married Sir Knight Lord Thomas Leighton West, and had children including Col William Swann. Lady Anne Knollys passed away in 1608 in Lansium, Hampshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1555, Lady Anne Knollys entered the world in Stanford, Berkshire, England, born to Francis I Sir Knollys Knowles Of Rotherfield Grey Son Of Robert Ii 2Nd Lord De La War Kg Pc Mp Knight Oxford U Cambridge U Vice Chamberlain Of Queen Elizabeth I S Household Sheriff Of Hampshire And Lady Mary Catherine Kate The Illegitimate Tudor Carey Cary Lady Of The Queen S Privy Chamber.
  • Lady Anne Knollys married Sir Knight Lord Thomas Leighton West, and had children including Col William Swann.
  • Lady Anne Knollys passed away in 1608 in Lansium, Hampshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Francis Hampshire,
1514–1596
Birth Location: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
FH
Lady Chamber,
1524–1569
Birth Location: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
LC

Spouses(s)

Sir West
1555–1602
Birth Location: Halnaker, Sussex, England
SW

Children(s)

Col Swann
1585–1638
Birth Location: Gravesend, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England
CS

Lady Knollys's Ancestors

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Lady Knollys
1555–1608
Birth Place: Stanford, Berkshire, England
Parents
Francis I, Sir Knollys Knowles of Rotherfield Grey, son of Robert II, 2nd Lord de La War KG, PC, MP, Knight, Oxford U, Cambridge U Vice Chamberlain of Queen Elizabeth I's Household, Sheriff of Hampshire,
1514–1596
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Lady (Mary Catherine "Kate" ("The Illegitimate Tudor") Carey (Cary), Lady of The Queen's Privy) Chamber,
1524–1569
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
ROBERT (II 2, Sir Knollys Knolles Knowles of Rotherford Greys) PC
1481–1521
Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England
KATHERINE (Lettice, Lady Pennyston Peniston, daughter of Sir Thomas I, married Knollys, Tresham and) Lee
1485–1558
Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England
*Sir (William CARY, Baron Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff and Mayor Of) Bristol
1491–1528
Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, London, Middlesex, England
Lady (Mary Boleyn Carey, Catherine of Hever, Countess of Wiltshire Royal Mistress to King Henry) VIII
1504–1543
Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Greys
1481–1521
Lettice Pennyston
1485–1558
Sir Peniston
1446–1506
Alice Bulstrode
1451–1557
Sir Parliament
1477–1539
Lady Sussex
1480–1538
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Knollys's Descendants

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Lady (Anne) Knollys (19 July 1555–30 August 1608) m. Sir (Knight Lord Thomas Leighton) West (9 July, 1555–24 MARCH 1602)
  1. 1. Col (William) Swann 1585–1638 m. Judith (Austin) GREENE 1589–1680
    1. 1. Col (Edward) Swann 1630–1708 m. Susannah Heath 1632–1693
      1. 1. Susannah Swann 1660–1740 m. Col (Philip) Briscoe 1648–1724
        1. 1. Susanna Holmes 1694–1735 m. John (I) Poston 1685–1744

Lady Knollys's Timeline

2 Records

1555
19 July 1555
Birth of Lady Anne Knollys in Stanford, Berkshire, England
Stanford, Berkshire, England
1608
30 August 1608
Age 53
Death of Lady Anne Knollys in Lansium, Hampshire, England
Lansium, Hampshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 July 1555
    Event Place: Stanford, Berkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 August 1608
    Event Place: Lansium, Hampshire, England
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