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Sir Henry Knollys 1542–1582 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1542

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

Death Date: 21 December 1582

Death Location: Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Francis I

Mother: Lady Privy

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The story of Sir Henry Knollys began in 1542 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Sir Henry Knollys passed away in 1582 in Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Henry Knollys began in 1542 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Sir Henry Knollys passed away in 1582 in Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England.

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Sir Knollys's Ancestors

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Sir Knollys
1542–1582
Birth Place: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Francis Knollys I
1514–1596
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Lady (Mary Catherine Kate Carey (Cary), Lady of The Queen's) Privy
1524–1568
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Knollys
1481–1521
North Mymms, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England
Lettice Tresham
1481–1558
Sir (William Carey Baron Carey of Clovelly and) Sheriff
1492–1528
Chilton, Wiltshire, England
Mary (Catherine Lady in Waiting, mistress of Henry 8th) Boleyn
1504–1543
Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Carey
1455–1500
Margaret Spencer
1472–
Thomas Boleyn
1485–1539
Elizabeth Howard
1480–1538
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Knollys's Timeline

2 Records

1542
1542
Birth of Sir Henry Knollys in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1582
21 December 1582
Age 40
Death of Sir Henry Knollys in Netherlands, Pays-Bas
Netherlands, Pays-Bas

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 December 1582
    Event Place: Netherlands, Pays-Bas
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stanford-on-Avon, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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