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Sir Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampton 1514 – 1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1514

Birth Location: Grays, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 19 July 1596

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

Father: ROBERT Greys

Mother: KATHERINE Lee

Spouse(s): Lady Chamber

Children(s): Lettice Leicester

Sir Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampton The Elder was born in 1514 in Grays, Oxfordshire, England, the child of ROBERT II 2, Sir Knollys Knolles Knowles of Rotherford Greys and KATHERINE Lettice, Lady Pennyston Peniston, daughter of Sir Thomas I, married Knollys, Tresham and Lee. Sir Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampton The Elder married Lady Catherine (The Illegitimate Tudor") Carey, Lady of the Queen’Privy Chamber, and had children including Lettice Latisha Knollys Countess of Essex & Leicester. Sir Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampton The Elder passed away in 1596 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.

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  • Sir Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampton The Elder was born in 1514 in Grays, Oxfordshire, England, the child of ROBERT II 2, Sir Knollys Knolles Knowles of Rotherford Greys and KATHERINE Lettice, Lady Pennyston Peniston, daughter of Sir Thomas I, married Knollys, Tresham and Lee.
  • Sir Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampton The Elder married Lady Catherine (The Illegitimate Tudor") Carey, Lady of the Queen’Privy Chamber, and had children including Lettice Latisha Knollys Countess of Essex & Leicester.
  • Sir Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampton The Elder passed away in 1596 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Hampton's Ancestors

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Sir Hampton
1514 – 1596
Birth Place: Grays, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
ROBERT II 2, Sir Knollys Knolles Knowles of Rotherford Greys
1481 – 1521
Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England
KATHERINE (Lettice, Lady Pennyston Peniston, daughter of Sir Thomas I, married Knollys, Tresham and) Lee
1485 – 1558
Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert II Knollys of Rotherford) Greys
1481 – 1521
North Mymms, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England
Lettice (CatherineKatherine Lady) Pennyston
1485 – 1558
Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England
Sir (Thomas) Peniston
1446 – 1506
Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England
Alice Bulstrode
1451 – 1557
Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Peniston
1446 – 1506
Alice Bulstrode
1451 – 1557
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Hampton's Descendants

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Sir (Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of) Hampton (1514 – 19 July 1596) m. Lady (Catherine (The Illegitimate Tudor") Carey, Lady of the Queen’Privy) Chamber (19 May 1524 – 15 January 1568)
  1. 1. Lettice (Latisha Knollys Countess of Essex &) Leicester (8 November 1543 – 25 Dec 1634) m. Sir (Christopher Blount, knight of) Kidderminster (1555 – 18 March 1601)
    1. 1. James (Blount of the Astley) Blounts (1594 – 1655) m. Anne Clare (1596 – 1651)
      1. 1. Edmund BLOUNT (abt 1624 – 1694) m. Judith RHODES (1625 – Aft. 1650)
        1. 1. Emma (Catharina) Blount (1650 – 1701) m. John Pike (1648 – 1 Oct 1681)

Sir Hampton's Timeline

2 Records

1514
1514
Birth of Sir Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampton The Elder in Grays, Oxfordshire, England
Grays, Oxfordshire, England
1596
19 July 1596
Age 82
Death of Sir Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of the Garter, Sheriff of Hampton The Elder in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1514
    Event Place: Grays, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 July 1596
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England

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