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Richard Knollys 1550–1610 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire

Death Date: 1610

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

Father: Sir Knollys

Mother: Lady Carey

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Richard Knollys was born in 1550 in Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, the child of Sir Lord Francis I The Elder Knollys And Lady Mary Catherine Knollys Carey. Richard Knollys passed away in 1610 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Richard Knollys was born in 1550 in Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, the child of Sir Lord Francis I The Elder Knollys And Lady Mary Catherine Knollys Carey.
  • Richard Knollys passed away in 1610 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.

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Richard Knollys's Ancestors

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Richard Knollys
1550–1610
Birth Place: Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire
Parents
Sir Lord Francis I The Elder Knollys
1514–1596
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Mary Catherine Knollys) Carey
1524–1568
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Knollys
1481–1521
North Mymms, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England
Lettice Tresham
1481–1558
Sir (William Carey of) Aldenham
1500–1528
Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
Lady (Mary Catherine Boleyn, Countess of) Wiltshire
1504–1543
Chilton, Witshire, England (or Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England)
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Foliat
1460–1536
Margaret Spencer
1472–1536
Thomas Boleyn
1477–1539
Elizabeth Boleyn
1480–1538
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Knollys's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Richard Knollys in Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire
Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire
1610
1610
Age 60
Death of Richard Knollys in Sandwich, England
Sandwich, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1610
    Event Place: Sandwich, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] 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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