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Richard Knollys 1568–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1568

Birth Location: Rotherfield Grey Castle, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 21 Aug 1596

Death Location: Sandwich, Kent, England

Father: Sir Elder

Mother: Lady Chamber

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The story of Richard Knollys began in 1568 in Rotherfield Grey Castle, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, England. Richard Knollys passed away in 1596 in Sandwich, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard Knollys began in 1568 in Rotherfield Grey Castle, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, England.
  • Richard Knollys passed away in 1596 in Sandwich, Kent, England.

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Richard Knollys's Ancestors

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Richard Knollys
1568–1596
Birth Place: Rotherfield Grey Castle, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampton The Elder
1514–1596
Grays, Oxfordshire, England
Lady (Catherine "The Illegitimate Tudor" Carey, Lady of the Queen’Privy) Chamber
1524–1568
Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert) Knollys
1481–1521
North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
Lady (Lettice) Peniston
1485–1558
Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England
Henry (VIII "King of England, Ireland, Scotland") Tudor
1491–1547
Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, London, England
Sir (William) Carey
1495–1528
Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Knollys
1435–1458
Elizabeth Troutbeck
1452–1485
Sir Peniston
1446–1506
Alice Bulstrode
1451–1557
Henry England
1457–1509
Elizabeth England
1486–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard London
1405–1485
Margaret Doyley
1415–1449
Sir Troutbeck
1412–1459
Margaret Hulse
1415–1457
Sir Peniston
1424–1465
Lady Harris
1428–1480
Richard Bulstrode
1420–1502
Alice Knyffe
1424–1490
Edmund Richmond
1430–1456
Margaret Beaufort
1440–1509
King Plantagenet
1442–1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492

Richard Knollys's Timeline

2 Records

1568
1568
Birth of Richard Knollys in Rotherfield Grey Castle, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Grey Castle, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, England
1596
21 Aug 1596
Age 28
Death of Richard Knollys in Sandwich, Kent, England
Sandwich, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1568
    Event Place: Rotherfield Grey Castle, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Aug 1596
    Event Place: Sandwich, Kent, England

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