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Richard KNOLLYS\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London 1405–1485 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 OCT 1405

Birth Location: North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England

Death Date: 1485

Death Location: North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Thomas III,

Mother: Isabell More

Spouse(s): Margaret Doyley

Children(s): Lady Knolles, Richard Knolles, Lady Knollys, Catherine Knolles, Robert Knolles, Isabel Knollys

The story of Richard KNOLLYS\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London began in 1405 in North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England. Richard KNOLLYS\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London married Margaret Doyley, and had children including Catherine Knolles, Isabel Knollys, Lady Margaret Doyley Knollys, Lady Margaret Knolles, Richard Knolles, Robert Knolles. Richard KNOLLYS\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London passed away in 1485 in North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England.

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  • The story of Richard KNOLLYS\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London began in 1405 in North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England.
  • Richard KNOLLYS\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London married Margaret Doyley, and had children including Catherine Knolles, Isabel Knollys, Lady Margaret Doyley Knollys, Lady Margaret Knolles, Richard Knolles, Robert Knolles.
  • Richard KNOLLYS\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London passed away in 1485 in North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England.

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Richard London's Ancestors

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Richard London
1405–1485
Birth Place: North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
Parents
Thomas KNOLLYS\ Knight, Lord Mayor of London, Captain in the wars against France, Spain, and Brittany under Kings Edward III,
1380–1445
North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England
Isabell More
1380–1461
More Manor, North Mymms, Hertfordshire, England
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Richard London's Descendants

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Richard (KNOLLYS\ Kt., Lord Mayor of) London (5 OCT 1405–1485) m. Margaret Doyley (1415–9 June 1449)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Knolles 1432–1488 m. Sir (Knight Henry) Belknap 1428–1488
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Belknap 1452–1517 m. Sir (Phillip John III Cooke, Sheriff \ Mayor of Vintry) Ward, 1448–1497 m. John Cox 1453–1523
      1. 1. Sir (Knight John) Cooke 1473–1516 m. Lady (Alice) Saunders 1478–1517
        1. 1. Sir (Anthony "the Scholar") Cooke 1504–1576 m. Anne Fitzwilliam 1504–1588
        2. 2. Beatrix Cooke 1501–1554
        3. 3. Catherine Cooke 1507–1534
        4. 4. Humphrey (Carewe) Cooke 1486–1544
        5. 5. Catherine Cooke 1503–1554
        6. 6. Mary Cooke 1507–
        7. 7. Joan Cooke 1510–1534
        8. 8. Sir (William) Harris 1505–1556
        9. 9. John (Carewe) Cooke 1516–1576
      2. 2. Henry (George) Cook 1460–1547
      3. 3. Beatrix Cooke 1475–1554
      4. 4. William (Thomas Colebrooke) Cooke 1471–1544
      5. 5. Sir (John Bourne, Secretary of State to Queen Mary,) 1553-58 1476–1563
      6. 6. Mary Cooke 1471–1509
      7. 7. John ("The Obscure" Cox \) Cooke 1473–1575
      8. 8. Richard Cooke 1477–1517
      9. 9. Elizabeth Cooke 1476–1560
      10. 10. Sir (John) Cooke 1465–1545
      11. 11. Joanna COOKE 1467–1534
      12. 12. Virginia Cox 1467–1532
      13. 13. Elizabeth (Cook Cox) Cocke 1470–1520
      14. 14. Humphrey Cooke 1485–1545
      15. 15. Anthony Cooke 1504–1576
      16. 16. John Cooke 1550–
      17. 17. Robert (Bowcher) Cooke –1871
      18. 18. Anthony Cooke 1481–
      19. 19. Thomas Cooke 1471–1544
      20. 20. Alice Saunders 1478–1517
      21. 21. John Cook 1486–
      22. 22. Richard Cox 1500–1581
      23. 23. John Cooke 1449–1504
    2. 2. Alice Belknap 1458–1537
    3. 3. Griselda Belknap 1441–1498
    4. 4. Lady (Anne) Belknap 1460–1537
    5. 5. Anne Belknapp 1460–1500
  2. 2. Richard Knolles 1435–1481
  3. 3. Lady (Margaret DOyley) Knollys 1429–1449
  4. 4. Catherine Knolles 1429–
  5. 5. Robert Knolles 1435–1458
  6. 6. Isabel Knollys 1430–

Richard London's Timeline

2 Records

1405
5 OCT 1405
Birth of Richard KNOLLYS\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London in North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
1485
1485
Age 80
Death of Richard KNOLLYS\ Kt., Lord Mayor of London in North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 OCT 1405
    Event Place: North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: North Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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