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Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury - Son of Francis Knolles - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys Baroness de la Warr, Lady at the Court of Queen Elizabeth 1547–1632 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1547

Birth Location: Rotherfield Peppard Court, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 25 May 1632

Death Location: Greater London, England

Father: Francis Hampshire,

Mother: Lady I

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Children(s):

The story of Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury - Son of Francis Knolles - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys Baroness de la Warr, Lady at the Court of Queen Elizabeth began in 1547 in Rotherfield Peppard Court, Oxfordshire, England. Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury - Son of Francis Knolles - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys Baroness de la Warr, Lady at the Court of Queen Elizabeth passed away in 1632 in Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury - Son of Francis Knolles - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys Baroness de la Warr, Lady at the Court of Queen Elizabeth began in 1547 in Rotherfield Peppard Court, Oxfordshire, England.
  • Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury - Son of Francis Knolles - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys Baroness de la Warr, Lady at the Court of Queen Elizabeth passed away in 1632 in Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Francis Hampshire,
1526–1596
Birth Location: Rutherfield Greys Caversham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
FH
Lady I
1524–1569
Birth Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
LI

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Elizabeth's Ancestors

Self
Sir Elizabeth
1547–1632
Birth Place: Rotherfield Peppard Court, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Francis I, Sir Knollys Knowles of Rotherfield Grey, son of Robert II, 2nd Lord de La War KG, PC, MP, Knight, Oxford U, Cambridge U Vice Chamberlain of Queen Elizabeth I's Household, Sheriff of Hampshire,
1526–1596
Rutherfield Greys Caversham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Mary Catherine 'Kate, The Illegitimate Tudor,' Knollys Carey (Cary), Lady of The Queen's Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth) I
1524–1569
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
*Sir (William E Carey of Aldenham Knight, Baron of Clovely, Sheriff & Mayor of Bristol.) LORD
1491–1528
Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
Lady (Mary Catherine Countess of Wiltshire Boleyn Royal Mistress to King Henry VIII) Stafford
1504–1543
Chilton, Witshire, England (or Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England)
Great-Grandparents
*Thomas Kent
1477–1539
*Lady (Bristow)
1480–1538
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Elizabeth's Timeline

2 Records

1547
1547
Birth of Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury - Son of Francis Knolles - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys Baroness de la Warr, Lady at the Court of Queen Elizabeth in Rotherfield Peppard Court, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Peppard Court, Oxfordshire, England
1632
25 May 1632
Age 85
Death of Sir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury - Son of Francis Knolles - Sibling of Lady Anne Knollys Baroness de la Warr, Lady at the Court of Queen Elizabeth in Greater London, England
Greater London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: Rotherfield Peppard Court, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 May 1632
    Event Place: Greater London, England
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