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Sir Robert Knollys 1481–1521 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1481

Birth Location: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 19 June 1521

Death Location: Bishopsgate, City of London, Greater London, England

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Spouse(s): Lettice Pennystone\Peniston

Children(s): Sir Knollys

Sir Robert Knollys was born in 1481 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robert Knollys Sr And Elizabeth Troutbeck. Sir Robert Knollys married Lettice Pennystone Peniston, and had children including Sir Francis Knollys. Sir Robert Knollys passed away in 1521 in Bishopsgate, City of London, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Knollys was born in 1481 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robert Knollys Sr And Elizabeth Troutbeck.
  • Sir Robert Knollys married Lettice Pennystone Peniston, and had children including Sir Francis Knollys.
  • Sir Robert Knollys passed away in 1521 in Bishopsgate, City of London, Greater London, England.

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Sir Knollys
1481–1521
Birth Place: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Sir Knollys's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Knollys (1481–19 June 1521) m. Lettice Pennystone\Peniston (1481–1558)
  1. 1. Sir (Francis) Knollys 1514–1596 m. Lady (Catherine) Carey 1524–1568
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Knollys Lady) Leighton 1549–1605 m. Sir (Thomas Leighton Governor of Guernsey and) Jersey 1530–1610
      1. 1. Anne Leighton 1591–1628 m. Sir (John St. John 1st Baronet St John of Lydiard) Tregoze 1585–1648
        1. 1. Anne (Wilmot Countess of) Rochester 1614–1696 m. Francis (Henry Lee 2nd Baronet of) Quarendon 1615–1639 m. Henry (Wilmot 1st Earl) Rochester 1612–1658
        2. 2. Oliver (St.) John 1612–1641
        3. 3. John (St. John) (Jr) 1615–
        4. 4. William (St.) John 1616–1643
        5. 5. Edward (St.) John 1617–1645
        6. 6. Barbara (St.) John 1618–
        7. 7. Nicholas (St.) John 1620–1639
        8. 8. Lucy (St.) John 1621–1658
        9. 9. Sir (Walter St. John 3rd Baronet of Lydiad Tregoze and of) Battersea 1622–1708
        10. 10. Francis (St.) John 1623–1624
        11. 11. Elizabeth (St.) John 1624–1629
        12. 12. Thomas (St.) John 1625–1630
        13. 13. Henry (St. John of) Tandragee 1628–1679
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Leighton) (Talbot) –1633
      3. 3. Thomas (Leighton) (Jr) 1584–
    2. 2. Lettice (Knollys (Devereaux, Dudley, Blount) Countess of Essex and of) Leicester(Banished) 1543–1634
    3. 3. Mary (Knollys) (Stalker) 1541–1593
    4. 4. Sir (Henry) Knollys 1542–1582
    5. 5. Sir (William Knollys 1st Earl) Banbury 1545–1632
    6. 6. Edward Knollys 1546–1580
    7. 7. Sir (Robert) Knollys 1547–1619
    8. 8. Richard Knollys 1548–1596
    9. 9. Maud Knollys 1550–1555
    10. 10. Sir (Francis Knollys "the) younger" 1552–1648
    11. 11. Anne (Knollys) (West) 1555–1608
    12. 12. Sir (Thomas) Knollys 1558–1596
    13. 13. Catherine (Knollys (FitzGerald,) Butler) 1560–1632
    14. 14. Cecily Knollys 1560–
    15. 15. Margaret Knollys 1561–
    16. 16. Dudley Knollys 1562–1580

Sir Knollys's Timeline

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1481
1481
Birth of Sir Robert Knollys in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1521
19 June 1521
Age 40
Death of Sir Robert Knollys in St Helen, Bishopgate, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
St Helen, Bishopgate, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1481
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 June 1521
    Event Place: St Helen, Bishopgate, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bishopsgate, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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