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Sir Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys 1514–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1514

Birth Location: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 18 Aug 1596

Death Location: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Sir Knollys

Mother: Lady (Peniston)

Spouse(s): Lady Carey

Children(s): Lady Knollys

The story of Sir Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys began in 1514 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England. Sir Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys married Lady Mary Catherine The Illegitimate Tudor Carey, and had children including Lady Lettice Countess Of Essex Amp Leicester Knollys. Sir Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys passed away in 1596 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys began in 1514 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England.
  • Sir Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys married Lady Mary Catherine The Illegitimate Tudor Carey, and had children including Lady Lettice Countess Of Essex Amp Leicester Knollys.
  • Sir Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys passed away in 1596 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Knollys's Ancestors

Self
Sir Knollys
1514–1596
Birth Place: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Robert Knollys
1481–1521
Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Katherine Lettice Pennyston) (Peniston)
1481–1558
Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Knollys's Descendants

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Sir (Lord Francis I "The Elder") Knollys (1514–18 Aug 1596) m. Lady (Mary Catherine ("The Illegitimate Tudor")) Carey (19 May 1524–15 January 1568)
  1. 1. Lady (Lettice , Countess of Essex & Leicester) Knollys 1543–1634 m. Walter ((1st Earl of Essex)) Devereux 1539–1576
    1. 1. Dorothy ("Dot" Devereux Countess of) Northumberland 1564–1619 m. Henry (Percy II, 9th Earl of Northumberland) (Sir) 1564–1632
      1. 1. Lady (Dorothy) Percy 1598–1659 m. Robert (Sydney, 2nd Earl of) Leicester 1595–1677
        1. 1. Dorothy ((Sacharissa) Sydney, Countess of Sunderland, Baroness Spencer of) Wormleighton 1617–1684 m. Henry (Spencer, 1st Earl of) Sunderland 1621–1683

Sir Knollys's Timeline

3 Records

1514
1514
Birth of Sir Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
1596
19 Jul 1596
Age 82
Death of Sir Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
1596
18 Aug 1596
Age 82
Burial of Sir Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] The Book of Carlaverock : Memoirs of the Maxwells, Earls of Nithsdale, Lords Maxwell & Herries
    [2] The Livingstons of Callendar and Their Principal Cadets : the History of an Old Stirlingshire Family

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Jul 1596
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 18 Aug 1596
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: BOD224_c_1

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