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Robert Knollys 1481–1520 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1481

Birth Location: Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: Nov 1520

Death Location: St Helen, Middlesex, England

Father: Robert Knollys

Mother: Elizabeth Troutbeck

Spouse(s): Lettice Pennyston

Children(s): Sir Knollys

In 1481, Robert Knollys entered the world in Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England, born to Robert Knollys And Elizabeth Troutbeck. Robert Knollys married Lettice Pennyston, and had children including Sir Francis The Elder Knight Of The Garter Knollys. Robert Knollys passed away in 1520 in St Helen, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • In 1481, Robert Knollys entered the world in Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England, born to Robert Knollys And Elizabeth Troutbeck.
  • Robert Knollys married Lettice Pennyston, and had children including Sir Francis The Elder Knight Of The Garter Knollys.
  • Robert Knollys passed away in 1520 in St Helen, Middlesex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Knollys
1451–1485
Birth Location: North, Hertfordshire, , England
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Elizabeth Troutbeck
1452–1458
Birth Location: Dunham, Cheshire, , England
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Spouses(s)

Lettice Pennyston
1485–1558
Birth Location: Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, , England
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Children(s)

Sir Knollys
1514–1596
Birth Location: Rutherfield Greys Caversham, Oxfordshire, England
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Robert Knollys's Ancestors

Self
Robert Knollys
1481–1520
Birth Place: Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Robert Knollys
1451–1485
North, Hertfordshire, , England
Elizabeth Troutbeck
1452–1458
Dunham, Cheshire, , England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Knollys's Descendants

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Robert Knollys (1481–Nov 1520) m. Lettice Pennyston (1485–1558)
  1. 1. Sir (Francis "The Elder", Knight of the Garter) Knollys 1514–1596 m. Katherine Cary 1524–1569
    1. 1. Anne (Lady Delaware) Knollys 1555–1608 m. Thomas (Leighton , '2nd Lord de la Warre') West 1556–1602
      1. 1. Colonel (John) West 1590–1659 m. Ursula (`Unity`) Croshaw 1633–1669 m. Lady (Anne Claiborne) Percy 1608–1667
        1. 1. Anne West 1655–1708 m. Henry Fox 1645–1714
        2. 2. Colonel (John) West 1632–1689 m. Ursula (`Unity`) Croshaw 1633–1669
        3. 3. John (percy) West 1615–
        4. 4. Unity West 1634–
        5. 5. Anthony WEST 1617–
        6. 6. Thomas West 1621–1689
        7. 7. Anthony West 1634–1689
        8. 8. Matthew West 1633–1689
        9. 9. Thomas West 1625–1659
        10. 10. Anne West 1630–1708
        11. 11. Nathaniel West 1632–1689
        12. 12. Alice West 1615–1673
      2. 2. Katherine West 1571–
      3. 3. Jane West 1588–1606
      4. 4. Wakingham West 1582–1577
      5. 5. Margery West 1576–
      6. 6. Thomas ("3rd Lord De La Warr") West 1577–1618
      7. 7. Eleanor West 1593–1660
      8. 8. Penelope West 1582–1619
      9. 9. Nathaniel West 1571–1623
      10. 10. Zachariah West 1574–
      11. 11. Helena West 1587–1602
      12. 12. Lucy West 1572–
      13. 13. Letitia West 1589–1645
      14. 14. Anne West 1581–1640
      15. 15. Lettice West 1579–1612
      16. 16. Catherine West 1583–1650
      17. 17. Walsingham West 1578–1580
      18. 18. Robert West 1575–1602
      19. 19. Elizabeth West 1573–1633
      20. 20. Francis West 1586–1634
    2. 2. Cecelia KNOWLES 1551–1600
    3. 3. Maud Knollys 1548–
    4. 4. William (Earl Banbury) Knollys 1546–1632
    5. 5. Francis (II) Knollys 1552–1643
    6. 6. Edward (Knollys) KG 1546–1580
    7. 7. Mary Knollys 1542–1593
    8. 8. Lettice (Countess of Essex and Leicester) Knollys 1539–1634
    9. 9. Richard Knollys 1548–1596
    10. 10. Sir (Robert) Knollys 1547–1626
    11. 11. Sir (Henry) Knollys 1542–1583
    12. 12. Margaret Cave 1562–1583
    13. 13. Henry Knollys 1548–1596
    14. 14. Lady (Elizabeth) Knollys 1542–1611

Robert Knollys's Timeline

2 Records

1481
1481
Birth of Robert Knollys in Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England
1520
Nov 1520
Age 39
Death of Robert Knollys in St Helen, Middlesex, England
St Helen, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1481
    Event Place: Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Nov 1520
    Event Place: St Helen, Middlesex, England
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