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Richard Knollys 1548–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1548

Birth Location: Cold Tanby, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: August 1596

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

Father: Francis Garter

Mother: Lady I

Spouse(s): Joan Heigham

Children(s): Richard Noles, Francis Knowles, Alice Knollys, Robert Knowles

The story of Richard Knollys began in 1548 in Cold Tanby, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. Richard Knollys married Joan Lady Heigham, and had children including Alice Knollys, Francis Knowles, Henry Knolles Knowles, Richard Knowles Or Noles, Robert Knowles. Richard Knollys passed away in 1596 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard Knollys began in 1548 in Cold Tanby, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Richard Knollys married Joan Lady Heigham, and had children including Alice Knollys, Francis Knowles, Henry Knolles Knowles, Richard Knowles Or Noles, Robert Knowles.
  • Richard Knollys passed away in 1596 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Richard Knollys's Ancestors

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Richard Knollys
1548–1596
Birth Place: Cold Tanby, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Francis Knollys I Knight Of The Garter
1514–1596
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Lady (Mary Catherine 'Kate, The Illegitimate Tudor,' Knollys Carey (Cary), Lady of The Queen's Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth) I
1524–1568
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (William Carey of) Aldenham
1500–1528
Chilton, Foliot, Wiltshire, England
Mary Boleyn
1499–1543
Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Carey
1458–1501
Margaret (Spencer)
1472–1536
Thomas Wiltshire
1477–1539
Elizabeth Wiltshire
1480–1538
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Carey
1437–1471
Alice Fulford
1443–1465
Eleanor Beaufort
1431–1501
Sir Kent
1449–1505
Margaret Boleyn
1455–1540
Thomas Norfolk
1443–1524
Elizabeth Surrey
–1497

Richard Knollys's Descendants

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Richard Knollys (1548–August 1596) m. Joan (Lady) Heigham (1548–1637)
  1. 1. Richard (Knowles OR) Noles 1573–1622
  2. 2. Francis Knowles 1592–1640
  3. 3. Alice Knollys 1570–1614
  4. 4. Robert Knowles 1589–1659

Richard Knollys's Timeline

2 Records

1548
1548
Birth of Richard Knollys in Cold Tanby, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Cold Tanby, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
1596
August 1596
Age 48
Death of Richard Knollys in Sandwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Sandwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1548
    Event Place: Cold Tanby, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: August 1596
    Event Place: Sandwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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